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Title: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
Post by: Arkhan on October 24, 2010, 08:15:58 AM
THe thought crossed my mind yesterday. My first one was Dinoriki for NES.
f*ck was that game a bitch.
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Post by: sunteam_paul on October 24, 2010, 08:44:15 AM
Probably Space Invaders if you count those old hand held games.
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Post by: SignOfZeta on October 24, 2010, 09:42:29 AM
I guess it depends on what your definition of shooter is. I played Space Invaders (arcade) in 1979 or so (when many arcade games were still b/w) but the first real shooter I played with scrolling and an actual ending was Vanguard (arcade) which would have been around...1983? 1984? Something like that.
Is Defender a shooter? It obviously looks like one, but doesn't really play like one.
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Post by: Colossus1574 on October 24, 2010, 10:17:54 AM
I guess it depends on what your definition of shooter is. I played Space Invaders (arcade) in 1979 or so (when many arcade games were still b/w) but the first real shooter I played with scrolling and an actual ending was Vanguard (arcade) which would have been around...1983? 1984? Something like that.
Is Defender a shooter? It obviously looks like one, but doesn't really play like one.
Atari 2600 - Galaxian or Asteroids, can't remember
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Post by: termis on October 24, 2010, 10:20:39 AM
I can remember far back as:
space invaders galaga phoenix time pilot xevious
All when I used to frequent arcades as a kid... all those games are in my memory as far back as I can remember, so I can't say which one I played first. There may even be some that aren't as memorable that I still played around with at the same time.
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Post by: Arkhan on October 24, 2010, 10:24:41 AM
I guess I should have been a bit more specific, hah.
I meant scrolling ones. The ones that we define as hori/vert shmups nowadays.
The precursor stuff (Defender, Galaxian, Gorf, etc) is an entirely different genre to me.
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Post by: bartre on October 24, 2010, 10:50:11 AM
hmm, i don't think i played a single one until i got my DC. and I know the first one i played was Zero Gunner 2. effing awesome game.
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Post by: Colossus1574 on October 24, 2010, 10:53:25 AM
then i'm gonnna have to change mine to more NES era games... it's probably either a shitty game by FCI called Mag Max (i was a kid and the box art had this killer robot on it....) or 1942 which was one of my earlier vertical shmups....
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Post by: blueraven on October 24, 2010, 11:01:22 AM
Centipede in the arcade. Forever ago.
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Post by: TheClash603 on October 24, 2010, 11:08:38 AM
There are a flood of games I played in a relatively small period of time, so I would be lying if I named one. BUT, Defender scrolls, so I count that. Then Defender it is.
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Post by: Arkhan on October 24, 2010, 11:12:36 AM
then i'm gonnna have to change mine to more NES era games... it's probably either a shitty game by FCI called Mag Max (i was a kid and the box art had this killer robot on it....) or 1942 which was one of my earlier vertical shmups....
dude, we do not dis the Mag Max.
hory shet that games sweet.
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Post by: turbogrfxfan on October 24, 2010, 12:43:20 PM
Astroids, combat, defender. is missle command a shooter?
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Post by: Joe Redifer on October 24, 2010, 01:20:32 PM
Centipede in the arcade. Forever ago +1.
Don't remember what my first horizontal shooter was. Maybe Transbot. They don't make 'em that awesome anymore. No game can compare.
I'd have to see a list of shooters listed by date to really answer as I played most of them day and date since I am f*cking old.
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Post by: Colossus1574 on October 24, 2010, 01:42:54 PM
then i'm gonnna have to change mine to more NES era games... it's probably either a shitty game by FCI called Mag Max (i was a kid and the box art had this killer robot on it....) or 1942 which was one of my earlier vertical shmups....
dude, we do not dis the Mag Max.
hory shet that games sweet.
My lil' brother picked that one when our parents let us each choose a game....u couldn't blame him, the box was hella cool...the game not so much #-o
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Post by: BlueBMW on October 24, 2010, 01:46:59 PM
I remember playing Sky Shark on our DOS computer, I think that was the earliest. Some time around that same time I first played Zaxxon and Blue Max on our Atari 800. I guess Galaxian was on there too.
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Post by: Arkhan on October 24, 2010, 02:42:47 PM
My lil' brother picked that one when our parents let us each choose a game....u couldn't blame him, the box was hella cool...the game not so much #-o
the game is as sweet as the cover. youre crazy
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Post by: Tatsujin on October 24, 2010, 03:51:32 PM
I think it was phoenix on a VC-20 or so at my godfathers friends home (was kinda computer crack) . Remember very vague. Next I remember was teh XEVIOUS arcade :)
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Post by: Tablet on October 24, 2010, 09:18:11 PM
Mine will have to be Transbot on SMS, I love the music on that game along with Alex Kidd in a Miracle World will forever be burned into my memory.
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Post by: Opethian on October 25, 2010, 01:09:12 AM
Arcade: Phoenix Tandy: Don Pan DOS: Zaxxon Famicom: Hector '87
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Post by: Necromancer on October 25, 2010, 05:41:49 AM
I'm not sure which was first, but something on the 2600. River Raid, Chopper Command, or Defender, I suppose.
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Post by: Vecanti on October 25, 2010, 06:17:18 AM
For me the first shooter I remember would have to be Zaxxon for the C64. I remember that game being really hard. But I haven't played it in 20+ years. I guess I need to go find a copy.
This is really the only 3/4 view shooter I remember. Kind of cool, does anyone know of any others?
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Post by: _joshuaTurbo on October 25, 2010, 06:19:48 AM
I'm pretty sure it was playing Zaxxon as well in a Radio Shack on a Tandy CoCo 2! :)
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Post by: geise on October 25, 2010, 07:21:28 AM
It was so long ago so it might not be my first virgin shooter experience, but I remember playing Bosconian by Namco.
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Post by: sunteam_paul on October 25, 2010, 08:04:19 AM
It was doubtless some obscure shoot 'em up on the ZX Spectrum that I wouldn't even remember. The first 'typical' shoot 'em up that I actually REALLY enjoyed (after years of disinterest in the genre) was Super Star Soldier.
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Post by: rag-time4 on October 25, 2010, 10:25:39 AM
My first shooter ever was Sidearms in the arcade. My local Straw Hat pizza had it way back when. In fact, I still have in my possession a little story I wrote about sidearms as an elementary school student. The story book we wrote in was a cut-out of an astronaut that totally reminded me of the spaceman in the upper left of the arcade marquee!!
Sidearms was one of the main reasons I wanted a Duo and one of the first games I got.
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Post by: Necromancer on October 25, 2010, 10:28:01 AM
In fact, I still have in my possession a little story I wrote about sidearms as an elementary school student. The story book we wrote in was a cut-out of an astronaut that totally reminded me of the spaceman in the upper left of the arcade marquee!!
Sounds cute. Scan and share? :pray:
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Post by: rag-time4 on October 25, 2010, 10:47:59 AM
For me the first shooter I remember would have to be Zaxxon for the C64. I remember that game being really hard. But I haven't played it in 20+ years. I guess I need to go find a copy.
This is really the only 3/4 view shooter I remember. Kind of cool, does anyone know of any others?
In fact, I still have in my possession a little story I wrote about sidearms as an elementary school student. The story book we wrote in was a cut-out of an astronaut that totally reminded me of the spaceman in the upper left of the arcade marquee!!
Sounds cute. Scan and share? :pray:
HAHA If I can clear it I'll post scans of the Sidearms storybook! Sidearms is definitely one of my first true loves in terms of video games. I could barely reach the buttons back then.
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Post by: Tatsujin on October 25, 2010, 01:30:08 PM
I second that emotion!!! SideArms was/still is WICKED, i remember it was the closest thing to Robotech in the arcade, and being 2 players was even more kickass! It's so awesome that it goes from horizontal to a vertical scroller, music on the CD version was incredible too. :clap:
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Post by: rag-time4 on October 25, 2010, 07:08:36 PM
Born in the summer of 1980 (30 years old as of this posting)
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Post by: Starfighter on October 25, 2010, 10:23:05 PM
I played 1942 when I was 11 or 12 at an arcade in Spain of all places but I didn't care all that much - it was just the only cab they had on the hotel. The first shmup I got a hold of with score-intentions was Strikers 1945 II.
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Post by: Gogan on October 26, 2010, 01:09:46 AM
Had to be Blazing Lazers for me.
Turbo to the bone
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Post by: Arkhan on October 26, 2010, 02:14:44 AM
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Post by: Digi.k on October 26, 2010, 06:41:14 AM
probably space invaders in the arcade... others like GORF and moon buggy and scramble
for home console I think it was berzerk on atari 2600.. but would you class it as a shmup ?
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Post by: SignOfZeta on October 26, 2010, 07:46:25 AM
I think his idea of shooter is "scrolls by itself, either vert/hor/diag, you shoot everything that comes at you, there is probably an ending". If we include every game from the 70s and 80s where you shoot something...that would be about %95 of the games from that period. Centipede, Bezerk, Space Invaders, etc are not shooters. Defender and Chop Lifter are *almost* shooters. Fantasy Zone pretty much is a shooter. Even though the user controls the scrolling, there is nothing to do but shoot. In other words, when you buy a "shooter" today, from Cave or whoever, the types of shooters that the PCE, Saturn, and DC (and now, 360) are famous for, that kind of game. They first really came to form in mid-late 80s.
I'm pretty sure Vanguard was the first shooter if this type. It scrolled by itself and even had an ending (which was just a vertical bar that said "END" in big letters. When you touched it the game was over.
Not shooters:
Battle Zone Hogans Alley Doom Ikari Warriors Space Harrier Hyperball Asteroids
Shooters for sure:
Aero Blasters Zaxxon Side Arms Xevious (even though it suuuuucks) Gate of Thunder Ikaruga Twin Cobra
Grey area:
Choplifter Fantasy Zone
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Post by: nodtveidt on October 26, 2010, 10:38:01 AM
First one ever was Defender in the arcade. I remember being severely disappointed by the Atari 2600 version. My first TG shmup was Fantasy Zone, but before that, I had written a few of my own on the Commodore 64... including one that I might someday port to our beloved PCE.
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Post by: Starfighter on October 26, 2010, 10:49:47 AM
No way Fantasy Zone is in the gray zone! :o
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Post by: Arkhan on October 26, 2010, 04:23:37 PM
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Post by: TR0N on October 26, 2010, 06:29:55 PM
Spaceinvader,Galaga,Galaxian i think.
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Post by: blueraven on October 26, 2010, 09:33:17 PM
For the Compaq 286 I had Galaxian. 4-color graphics mode was the only one that worked.
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Post by: Starfighter on October 27, 2010, 12:29:50 AM
Quote from: Arkhan
I imagine its in the FANTASY ZONE.
:clap:
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Post by: DragonmasterDan on October 27, 2010, 02:52:53 AM
Space Invaders or Galaga
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Post by: guyjin on October 27, 2010, 09:23:37 AM
I think my first shmup was Demon Attack, but that may just be the first memorable one. It could also have been Vanguard; Vanguard was definitely my first Scrolling shmup.
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Post by: nodtveidt on October 29, 2010, 03:15:22 PM
Fantasy Zone is pwnage. It somehow manages to pull off cute and hardcore at the same time, and it does it without bullet-hell.
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Post by: Arkhan on October 31, 2010, 08:22:13 AM
Demon Attack is a pretty sweet game
so was demons to diamonds.
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Post by: SOU212 on November 05, 2010, 06:29:16 AM
Astro Warrior for SMS. Either that or R-Type for the same system. I don't remember exactly.
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Post by: SignOfZeta on November 05, 2010, 06:44:27 AM
One game that impressed me from back then, and I still find a lot of fun, is Megamania. A friend of mine started a DS remix for that and never finished it. It ran, and I made some music for it and everything. It just fizzled. Bummer.
Any 2600 game that is still playable post-NES is a rare thing indeed. Most of them are about as fun as walking to summer school on a 97ยบ day in orthopedic shoes.
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Post by: Arkhan on November 05, 2010, 07:32:20 AM
Every activision game was great on the 2600.
I loved Star Master. Shit was that game awesome.
and Seaquest
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Post by: MotherGunner on November 05, 2010, 03:53:53 PM
For me it was LifeForce on NES aka Salamander.
Fell in love with shooters ever since. Today I enjoy games like Ikaruga, R-Type, Soldier Series, and too many more to list.
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Post by: BlueBMW on November 06, 2010, 03:39:39 AM
I got a jewel+manual+sleevey thing copy for 7.95 locally, so....
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Post by: Ninja Spirit on January 03, 2011, 06:34:54 AM
Alpha Mission for the NES I think
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Post by: SNKNostalgia on January 08, 2011, 03:53:09 AM
Life Force on the NES. I really didn't get to play many video games until I got my NES X-mas 1987. I remember my cousin returning a Gradius rental on the NES before I got my system, but I never got to see it or play it. Anyways, first time playing Life Force was when my mom rented it for my friend Terry and I. He had a sub to Nintendo Power and knew about the Konami code working and we went right through it 2 player.
The first Shootemup I owned was Abadox. It was OK actually. I don't have my copy due to the Thomas Floyd Randall incident of 96. Me: "Hey Floyd, where are my NES games I let you borrow???" Floyd: "Man, I, I, I lost em man." Me: What in the hell do you mean you lost them? Those were like 15 games dude!". I forgave him as he was the Nintendo King of our town. This guy could beat any game you throw at him.
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Post by: oldskool on January 10, 2011, 08:54:23 AM
I think the first shooter that I recall playing was either Defender on the 2600, or Vanguard in the arcade.
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Post by: rodek on January 12, 2011, 01:15:51 PM
non scrolling.. would be Omega Race on Vic-20
Scrolling.. ? Thexder on PC(aka 286/386)
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Post by: Arkhan on January 12, 2011, 02:23:30 PM
Life Force on the NES. I really didn't get to play many video games until I got my NES X-mas 1987. I remember my cousin returning a Gradius rental on the NES before I got my system, but I never got to see it or play it. Anyways, first time playing Life Force was when my mom rented it for my friend Terry and I. He had a sub to Nintendo Power and knew about the Konami code working and we went right through it 2 player.
The first Shootemup I owned was Abadox. It was OK actually. I don't have my copy due to the Thomas Floyd Randall incident of 96. Me: "Hey Floyd, where are my NES games I let you borrow???" Floyd: "Man, I, I, I lost em man." Me: What in the hell do you mean you lost them? Those were like 15 games dude!". I forgave him as he was the Nintendo King of our town. This guy could beat any game you throw at him.
You forgave someone for losing all your games because he was good at games? Hey, send me some stuff to borrow. :)
Man, Thexder doesn't get enough love. I picked that up for the FC about a year ago and was like man this is pretty awesome! I like the style. There aren't too many games like it. Its like a shooter/adventure hybrid.
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Post by: rodek on January 12, 2011, 03:17:42 PM
Man, Thexder doesn't get enough love. I picked that up for the FC about a year ago and was like man this is pretty awesome! I like the style. There aren't too many games like it. Its like a shooter/adventure hybrid.
They remade it for the ps3 it will be released soon Take a look
You forgave someone for losing all your games because he was good at games? Hey, send me some stuff to borrow. :)
Well not really the reason. The guy was ghetto poor and he most likely pawned my games. My friend's cousin who also hanged out with Floyd did the same thing except with my SNES games around that time like Super Metroid, Dracula X, Actraiser and UN Squadron. I knew for sure my friend's cousin did it cause he did it to him as well.
The thing that pisses me off the most is that I let them borrow these games expecting them back. They didn't get shit for pawning them compared to what I paid or would have to pay to replace them. With Floyd it wasn't a huge deal since they were really cheap and common NES games, but the SNES games with the other guy were worth 8x more.
What is it about ghetto poor kids pawning their so called friends stuff? That is even worse than straight stealing them in some ways. I don't worry about it now, but at the time I was really pissed. I kinda forgave Floyd since I really think he is mildly autistic. Look how I quoted his words. Oh well, all in the past.
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Post by: hashiriya1 on January 21, 2011, 07:08:11 AM
Vanguard for 5200.
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Post by: Eltigro on March 14, 2011, 05:05:45 PM
First I can remember that actually scrolled as the OP mentioned, was probably River Raid on the 2600. After that, on the NES, Tiger-Heli. And then they get muddled....
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Post by: Senshi on March 15, 2011, 05:05:21 AM
I'm not sure which one would have been first exactly but it definitely was on a NEO-GEO arcade cabinet.
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Post by: Black Tiger on March 15, 2011, 08:34:03 AM
One of the first shooters I played was Space Invaders in the arcade. An early one that made a big impression on me was Sinistar.
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Post by: Arkhan on March 15, 2011, 11:46:17 AM
One of the first shooters I played was Space Invaders in the arcade. An early one that made a big impression on me was Sinistar.
the cockpit cabinet sinistar was awesome
Hell yeah I remember Sinistron! He scared the shite out of me when I was little!
I can't remember the 1st one, but Life Force on the NES made the biggest impression on me. The 1st stage's Brain Boss would probably go on a personal top 10 list of memorable 8-Bit boss fights.
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Post by: vestcoat on March 15, 2011, 04:36:00 PM
I played Space Invaders in 1985 on some Texas Instruments console my friend had. Then Zaxxon on some IBM. Then Life Force on the NES, the first time I thought "whoa, shooters are cool."
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Post by: tsuran on March 15, 2011, 05:17:03 PM
If you're counting old old school, then space invaders for me, other than that it was Ikaruga on Gamecube.
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Post by: Mathius on March 15, 2011, 05:22:46 PM
If you're counting old old school, then space invaders for me, other than that it was Ikaruga on Gamecube.
That's one hell of a time gap! :)
Seriously. Well, I can't recall the very first shoot-em-up (it would be a tie between a bunch of games), but I can tell you that I obsessed over Asteroids, Space Invaders and MEGA ZONE in the arcade and Combat (2600).
There was a handheld LCD CALCULATER around 80-81 I obsessed over that had a shoot-em-up on it (diamonds and arrows for all the graphics, it actually was quite well done!)
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Post by: td741 on March 16, 2011, 09:42:56 AM
There was a handheld LCD CALCULATER around 80-81 I obsessed over that had a shoot-em-up on it (diamonds and arrows for all the graphics, it actually was quite well done!)
Was that a calculator that had a plastic slider thingy that covered most of the LCD screen in calculator mode but then slid to cover the calculator keys to reveal a screen with a little control stick/button? I had the "adventure" version of that one, the adventure game was pretty good! Of course, it might suck if I see it again.
It might have been like the "space-n-counter" found on this page: http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/calculator/index7.html
Oh, I think I found the one I had: http://www.handhelden.com/misc/ChaseNCounter.html
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Post by: tsuran on March 17, 2011, 09:50:59 AM
If you're counting old old school, then space invaders for me, other than that it was Ikaruga on Gamecube.
That's one hell of a time gap! :)
Yeah, lol it was one of the genre's I had never gotten into before i got older, I was always into platformers when I was young
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Post by: _joshuaTurbo on March 17, 2011, 10:19:05 AM
Does Centipede or Galaga count? I can remember a few in the 'cades that I might have played... Defender perhaps?
For consoles, I'm pretty sure that the first shmup I owned was for the Coleco Vision. I cannot remember it's name, but it was by SEGA, and in the game you controlled a triangle of like 5 space ships. When you got hit one of your ships would explode and you'd have to continue onward till you beat the level or till you were all out of ships. It was actually a pretty awesome concept.
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Post by: geise on March 17, 2011, 10:47:00 AM
Does Centipede or Galaga count? I can remember a few in the 'cades that I might have played... Defender perhaps?
For consoles, I'm pretty sure that the first shmup I owned was for the Coleco Vision. I cannot remember it's name, but it was by SEGA, and in the game you controlled a triangle of like 5 space ships. When you got hit one of your ships would explode and you'd have to continue onward till you beat the level or till you were all out of ships. It was actually a pretty awesome concept.
I would say yes those count. I also think you're right and that is a very awesome concept for a game.
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Post by: Arkhan on March 17, 2011, 11:39:15 AM
What game?
i cant think of any sega games that are like that game.
Were all these ships on screen at a time? Its not space fury is it?
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Post by: Black Tiger on March 17, 2011, 01:31:43 PM
Were all these ships on screen at a time? Its not space fury is it?
Yes all the ships were on the screen at the same time. Lemme see if I can quick make a MS pain mock up of what it looks like in my memory- (http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z70/TurboSage/gametime.jpg) Its not space fury, and it's not Zaxxon.... I can't remember the name....
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Post by: td741 on March 18, 2011, 09:32:00 AM
Was it Tac/Scan: ?
Your drawing looks like the Atari 2600 version: :P
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Post by: _joshuaTurbo on March 18, 2011, 11:59:45 AM
Was it Tac/Scan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB5bwhNSFnU ? Your drawing looks like the Atari 2600 version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTGkTQ3eMUQ :P
HOLY CRAP 741!! That's it! Huhh- Tac-Scan.... well- at least I remembered it was by Sega...lol
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Post by: DHG Hunter on March 18, 2011, 12:47:03 PM
I'm thinking Space Invaders on the 2600... Could have been Defender or Asteroids, though. Think my parents had all of those at the time.
Later.
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Post by: esteban on March 19, 2011, 12:52:24 AM
There was a handheld LCD CALCULATER around 80-81 I obsessed over that had a shoot-em-up on it (diamonds and arrows for all the graphics, it actually was quite well done!)
Was that a calculator that had a plastic slider thingy that covered most of the LCD screen in calculator mode but then slid to cover the calculator keys to reveal a screen with a little control stick/button? I had the "adventure" version of that one, the adventure game was pretty good! Of course, it might suck if I see it again.
It might have been like the "space-n-counter" found on this page: http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/calculator/index7.html
Oh, I think I found the one I had: http://www.handhelden.com/misc/ChaseNCounter.html
Yes, it most certainly was Space-n-Counter and I played the heck out of that thing. I remember when the batteries were weak, the LCD display would be so faint and flickery, but I would keep playing, just to see how long I could last. I basically was playing with only an occasional glimpse of the screen. SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE A GAME TODAY BASED ON THIS CONCEPT: Brief glimpses and auditory clues. An audio game with an optional mode that provides brief visual cues would be neat, IMHO.
Anyway, I want to play the Adventure game (Chase-N-Counter) you had!
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Post by: Arkhan on March 25, 2011, 11:42:01 AM
Was it Tac/Scan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB5bwhNSFnU ? Your drawing looks like the Atari 2600 version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTGkTQ3eMUQ :P
HOLY CRAP 741!! That's it! Huhh- Tac-Scan.... well- at least I remembered it was by Sega...lol
I thought you said it was on the Colecovision lol
Title: Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
Post by: Mishran on April 01, 2011, 06:42:46 PM
Not counting all the pre-NES scrollers i played, the first shmup for me would be Xevious for NES. I put many many hours into that game as a kid. Game ruled back then. Forget all you xevious haters! Wish it had an actual ending though. Now I have to get my hands on a PCE copy if I can locate one. PCE Sale/Trade thread, here i come!
Title: Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
Post by: esteban on April 02, 2011, 03:05:28 AM
Not counting all the pre-NES scrollers i played, the first shmup for me would be Xevious for NES. I put many many hours into that game as a kid. Game ruled back then. Forget all you xevious haters! Wish it had an actual ending though. Now I have to get my hands on a PCE copy if I can locate one. PCE Sale/Trade thread, here i come!
Not all of us dismiss Xevious :). There are a handful of old fogies here who still enjoy it. I think you'll like the PCE version.
Title: Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
Post by: Mishran on April 02, 2011, 12:02:23 PM