What are your three favorite vertical or horizontal shooters?

[tk375]

Measuring the level of entertainment I had playing this games this is my list.

1.-Radiant Silvergun

2.- Soukyugurentai

3.- Cyvern

[Da_Pohli]

R-Type :)

[Ravenscar]

Guwange
Dragonblaze
Do Donpachi

[Propaganda]

I would have to say:

1. 1943 (Battle of Midway or Kai)
2. Twin Cobra
3. Side Arms - Hyper Dyne

Runner ups:
Armed Police Batrider
R-Type
Gradius

[RetroBorg]

Juno First
Defender
Galaxian

[nailsn]

Dodonpachi
Esp.ra.de.
Viper Phase 1
(and I like Gradius 2)

[DemonEyeX]

Hmmmmmmm........ Apart from what's been said already.
If we're talking MAME,then probably

Galaga
Battle Garegga
Sexy Parodius
Metal Black
Pulstar
Raiden\Raiden Fighters Series
Salamander 2
Tengai
X Multiply
Xexex

Oops,sorry 'bout that.Got a bit carried away there,
So.That's 3 Horizontal,3 Vertical,3 Diagonal (if you bend your neck),& an extra one just in case your blisters start to mend.

But apart from MAME,the Dreamcast & the PC Engine CD Rule The Shoot 'Em Up World For Me.
Ouch,My Finger.

[nailsn]

But apart from MAME,the Dreamcast & the PC Engine CD Rule The Shoot 'Em Up World For Me.
Ouch,My Finger.

Say, Could you recomment a few cool PC Engine CD shoot 'em Ups? I have no experience with this system.

[DemonEyeX]

Say, Could you recomment a few cool PC Engine CD shoot 'em Ups? I have no experience with this system.

Ummmm,yeaaah,i think......
I'm a bit slack with remembering game names & stuff,but i'm pretty sure that these are all PCECD gems.

Spriggan (Seirei Senshi Spriggan)
Rayxanber III
PCE Summer Carnival '92 - Alzadick (!@?#!@.....as Qbert might say)
Macross 2036
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire

Now i just gotta work out how to run 'em through HyperSpin.........

[sp3ctr3]

1.-Strikers 1945 (played this for 2 years on/off to 1cc it)

2.-Sky Adventure ('cause of childhood memories and its heavy on engrish)

3.-Battle Bakraid (Really enjoy the art and the fact that you can actually see the damn bullets compared to other Raizing games)

runner up is Under Defeat

[Rossman]

Can't believe no one is saying Ikaruga! I love that game

[bombeta]

Vertical
TigerHeli
Galaga
Galaxian

Horizontal
Golden Axe
Track and Field
Defender

:)

[ogytork]

ESP ra. de.
Tempest is my favorite "oval" shooter ;-)
Galaxian
Scramble
Defender

Does Track and Field count as a shooter?
Shouldn't that be called Munich Track and Field? (oooooh, that's bad. runs for cover)

[ckergald]

galaga
zero wing
ikaruga

[ACE]

Galaga
Defender
Contra 3

[Mista_Ed]

armed police batrider!!

/cue epileptic fit!

[Rawd]

1942
1943
1941

[SORHP]

TRIGGERHEART Exelica (DC)
Harmful Park (PS1)
Air Buster (Sega Genesis)

-Honorable Mention-
Radilgy
Karous
Einhander
and most of the saturn SHMUPS here... http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/saturn/2008/10/sega-saturn-shmups-2d-shooters.html

oh yeah, and level 2 of Captian America and The Avengers (Arcade)

[glassbox]

R-Type Delta (PS1)
Gradius V (PS2)
Thunder Force IV (Genesis)

hmmm those are all horizontal...

ok, for vertical i'd have to say...

Strikers 1945 (Arcade)
Gunbird (DC)
and this game where your a tank and can pivot your gun... the name escapes me atm

[R083RT0]

Galaga
1942
Twin Cobra

:proud:

[cyhill99]

Ikaruga
life force nes
Zero wing just for the all your base are belong to us stuff.

[Jay Ace]

3? That's a tough one.

1. Galaga
2. Einhander
3. Silk Worm (either arcade or C64)

It's tough picking just 3 lol. EDF, Strikers 1945 and Under Defeat are equally as good.

[RetroGamerBear]

1942
Raiden Fighters 2
Galaxian

[DR9]

Truxton
R-Type Leo
Raiden

off the top of my head

[blur]

juno first
galaxian part x
amidar
joust
... don't remember names :)