What are your top 5 shoot 'em up games for the TG-16/PC Engine?

[Otaking]

What are your top 5 shoot 'em up games for the TG-16/PC Engine?

Mine are:
1. Winds/Lords of Thunder
2. Soldier Blade
3. Hana Taka Daka!
4. Spriggan
5. Magical Chase

[reson8er]

Having not played a significant number of great shooters on the NEC powerhouse, I'm not nearly qualified to answer as best I could, however, I'll answer based on what I own.

Also, top 5 is not nearly enough

R-Type >The game that got me to buy the system, legendary shooter which I swooned over in the arcade.
Blazing Lazers > Still one of my favorite shooters of all time. It just that good to me.
Lords of Thunder > Truthfully a tie between LoT and GoT as they are both epic, However LoT gets a bump for the totally bad ass and unique premise/design.
Gate of Thunder > Just awesome, could probably have used a smidge more variety in levels but holy hell, what a masterfully crafted game.
Spriggan > My love for Compile burns bright and Spriggan is Blazing Lazers (god why couldn't they just call it Gunhed) turned up to "11." So happy I finally have this in my library.

My continued list.

Download > Really, really awesome game which I just got recently and am enjoying quite a lot. Hard as nails but oh so cool.
Spriggan Mk. 2 > Very different from Spriggan but wow what a game. For a shooter the production values are fantastic.
Nexzr> I think this game, if I can ever pass the 2nd stage will go higher on my list, but as it stands its kicking my ass. And I'm enjoying it 
Sapphire> A masterpiece and glimpse of what the PC Engine/AC could do. It is a shame more could not be accomplished on this config. of hardware.

[pulstar]

My top 5 will not be totally conclusive as I've not played all SHMUPs but here goes:

Lords of Thunder
Spriggan
Super Star Soldier (Edges out Soldier Blade on nostalgia)
PC Denjin
Cotton.

[bob]

no particular order...

GoT
Sapphire
Blazing Lazers
Air Zonk
Atlantean

[HyperionAlpha]

Download 2
Final Soldier (the best Soldier, yeah, I went there)
R-TYPE Ccomplete CD
Rayxanber 2
Gradius 2

[A Black Falcon]

Blazing Lazers
Nexzr
Sapphire
Gradius II
Gate of Thunder

Honorable Mentions: W-Ring, Gradius, R-Type, Spriggan, Down Load, Super Darius 2, Alzadick, and more.

[majors]

ALL OF THEM!

(well, save for Armed F and Ordyne...I did not care for those)

[Bklyn4ever]

I can't comment on PC Engine games because I haven't played any, but my top five shoot 'em ups in no particular order are:

Blazing Lazers
Super Star Soldier
Dragon Spirit
Gate of Thunder
Sinistron

[Dicer]

Tough call

No Order

Gate/Lords Of Thunder (counting as one so I can get an extra)
Spriggan MkII (yeah yeah one is better, screw you)
Blazing Lazers/Gunhed
R-Type (complete)
Ai Cho Aniki yep it's "fruity" but it's also a solid experience graphically and musically

[Miracle_Warrior]

No love for Coryoon  here?

I'd have to go with:

Lords of Thunder
R-Type
Coryoon
Cho Aniki
Cotton

[schweaty]

1. Drac X... j/k...Soldier Blade
2. Blazing Lazers
3. Sapphire
4. Air Zonk
5. R-Type Complete

Shout outs to:  Sinistron (which I just got and like a lot) and Cotton

[geise]

This is not easy to do with all the awesome shooters that are on the system.  I feel it should be broken into hucard and cd games, however I will not do that.

1. Gate of Thunder
2. Spriggan
3. Soldier Blade
4. Blazing Lazers/Gunhed
5. R-Type US Version

Man that was not easy and I'm sure I am going to want to change it later.  This selection isn't a personal preference selection, but is based off of gameplay, format, and year released.   I love Lords of Thunder more than some of these shooters on the list.  However the ones on my list play better, or were awesome for being shoved on a hucard.

EDIT:  I'm a dipshit and finally realized it's "your" top 5.  I was thinking THE top 5.
So, new list would be:

1. Gate of Thunder
2. Spriggan
3. Soldier Blade
4. Lords of Thunder
5. Nexzr

[PixyJunket]

Winds of Thunder
Soldier Blade
Gunhed
Seirei Senshi Spriggan
Slyphia

Okay so it's a little biased, I'll brush up eventually and (maybe) put out a more varied list later.

[Otaking]

Winds of Thunder
Soldier Blade
Gunhed
Seirei Senshi Spriggan
Slyphia

Okay so it's a little biased, I'll brush up eventually and (maybe) put out a more varied list later.

Why is it biased? 
Is it because you picked 3 Compile games?

[Nando]

WoT
Air Zonk
R-Type
SideArms
Mr. Heli 

[esteban]

I can't pick only 5; I suck at narrowing things down.

[imparanoic]

Soldier Blade
Winds of Thunder
PC Denjin/Air zonk
super star soldier
nezxr

[HailingTheThings]

The shooters, they effeah me, they effah me real bad, but I enjoy playing them, so I guess its like enjoying an abusive relationship.

1.) Air Zonk
2.) Cotton
3.) Magical Chase
4.) Dead Moon (don't judge
5.) hmm I wanna say Aero Blasters but that game makes me so effffing mad, so instead a not that great game Cyber-Core!!!! (better than sinistron (spelling?) at least

also wanna metion that I like Paranoia/Psychosis, not in the fivessss but its okay-ish I guess, at least so far what I've played, will need to give it more time soon-ish, but its kinda gonna wait in line behind Ys and Samurai Ghost for a min.

[ParanoiaDragon]

ALL OF THEM!

(well, save for Armed F and Ordyne...I did not care for those)

All of them, including Deep Blue & Legion!?!

For me:

Spriggan
Lords of Thunder
Gate of Thunder
Air Zonk
Star Parodia

It's hard to pick just 5, I'd also go with Blazing Lazers, & all Star Soldiers, Aeroblasters, etc. etc. etc.

[A Black Falcon]

What's so wrong with Armed Formation F?  It's a fun game!

[CrackTiger]

Probably:

Super Darius
Sidearms Special
Aeroblasters
Lords of Thunder
Gate of Thunder

[Obfuscate]

1.) Soldier Blade
2.) Nexzr
3.) Lords of Thunder
4.) Rayxanber 2
5.) Gate of Thunder

Gosh, Image Fight 2 is so close to these also, I could make an argument for all 6 they are the best on the system.

[geise]

1.) Soldier Blade
2.) Nexzr
3.) Lords of Thunder
4.) Rayxanber 2
5.) Gate of Thunder

Gosh, Image Fight 2 is so close to these also, I could make an argument for all 6 they are the best on the system.

Word.  I almost added Rayxanber II.  I love/hate that game so much.  For a regular CD-Rom2 game it is definitely up there as some of the best on the system.

[tiptopjames]

No order:

Gate of Thunder
Toilet Kids
W-Ring
Air Zonk
Sapphire (too good...too hard)

[sosoyo180]

No particular horder:

- Air Zonk
- Gates of Thunder
- Lords of Thunder
- Final Soldier
- J.B Harold's Murder Club (sweet fast-paced action)

Peace!

[roflmao]

J.B. Harold is one of the best shmups I've ever played.

[geise]

J.B. Harold is one of the best shmups I've ever played.

Then you haven't played It Came From the Desert yet.

[MrFlutterPie]

In no particular order:

Gate of Thunder
Soldier Blade
Air Zonk
Blazing Lazers
Aero Blasters

[ClodBusted]

From those that I own:
1. Gradius II
2. Star Parodier
3. Salamander
4. Gate of Thunder
5. Winds of Thunder

Honorable mentions: Gradius, Air Zonk, Blazing Lazers

[Retrocool]

Lords of Thunder
Blazing Lazers
Air Zonk
Spriggan
Sapphire

Runner Up
Download 2

[esteban]

Shoot-em-up stages from Beavoman and Yo Bro and Final Zone II get DIShonorable mention

[Mathius]

No way I can put any game I own into any sort of list. I probably could have back before I became older and arguable wiser.

Spriggan
Gate of Thunder
Blazing Lazers
Nexzr (still can't get anywhere close to beating it)
Air Zonk

This list could very well change tomorrow. Point is I love most all shooties on NEC's little Engine.

[FraGMarE]

Gate of Thunder
Spriggan
Lords of Thunder
Soldier Blade
Blazing Lazers

Honorable mention to: R-Type, Gradius II, Aldynes, Nexzr, Sapphire, Air Zonk and many more

[csgx1]

Really tough question to answer.  So many great ones. 

No particular order:
-Gate of Thunder
-Salamander
-Winds of Thunder
-Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
-Blazing Lazers

ALL OF THEM!

(well, save for Armed F and Ordyne...I did not care for those)

All of them, including Deep Blue & Legion!?!

I like Legion.  Not on my top 5 but I enjoyed it after giving it some play time. 

[Medic_wheat]

I like the one that goes pew pew



Actually I first need to play more then five shooter on the system before I can comment


But I do have and payed gates of thunder, sprigen 1 & 2, as well as blazing lasers and these are all fine shooters.

[roflmao]

But I do have and payed gates of thunder, sprigen 1 & 2, as well as blazing lasers and these are all fine shooters.

I like how you managed to botch the spelling of each of those games.

Making a top 5 for shmups is impossible.

Kyukyoku Tiger isn't getting enough love here.  Probably because there are soooo many outstanding shmups, but it's a classic!

If I was stuck on a desert island Spriggan and Star Parodier would be with me. The others would rotate, but would be pretty much what's already been said.

[Medic_wheat]

But I do have and payed gates of thunder, sprigen 1 & 2, as well as blazing lasers and these are all fine shooters.

I like how you managed to botch the spelling of each of those games.

Making a top 5 for shmups is impossible.

Kyukyoku Tiger isn't getting enough love here.  Probably because there are soooo many outstanding shmups, but it's a classic!

If I was stuck on a desert island Spriggan and Star Parodier would be with me. The others would rotate, but would be pretty much what's already been said.

It's a gift really


I guess shooters are to the TG-16 as fighting games are to the Neo Geo

[synbiosfan]

I guess shooters are to the TG-16 as fighting games are to the Neo Geo

Only around a 1/3 of Neo Geo games are fighters.

[roflmao]

I like how you managed to botch the spelling of each of those games.

It's a gift really

I'm just giving you a hard time.   Welcome!

[tg16manaic]

deep blue lol....just kidding

Lords of Thunder
Gate of Thunder
Blazing Lazers
Super Star Soldier
Final Soldier

[Medic_wheat]

I like how you managed to botch the spelling of each of those games.

It's a gift really

I'm just giving you a hard time.   Welcome!

All good

I can see it is a salty group here. But clearly there is alot of inside jokes that must have progressed for years. So newbies like me are playing catch up.


I think the only non boys group good natured joking I have gotten was over the whole sealed game thing. I guess it is a sore topic for some.

Less not speak of how many toy collectors only buy sealed figures lol.

[roflmao]

Toys are meant to be played with. Personally, I don't care if it's Transformers or Tubografx-16. A sealed game is a thing dying to be played with. So we don't see eye-to-eye on that. Whatever. As long as you're here to enjoy the library these consoles have to offer, then good on ya.   I just hope you  don't turn out to be a collector interested only in the value of these games. 

[Medic_wheat]

I want to participate in this thread, but I can't.  Like others have said, there are too many good shmups to pick just 5!

with so many to choose from, a better thread may be "top 5 shmups that nobody else has heard of".

Try five Hu and five super cd


Or top five us and five import only...

[Medic_wheat]

Toys are meant to be played with. Personally, I don't care if it's Transformers or Tubografx-16. A sealed game is a thing dying to be played with. So we don't see eye-to-eye on that. Whatever. As long as you're here to enjoy the library these consoles have to offer, then good on ya.   I just hope you  don't turn out to be a collector interested only in the value of these games. 

No worries there I couldn't care less about price or worth of anything I collect as I have no plans on selling.

The only time price is an issue is when it is something I want to try and the price feels or is unattainable.

But at times it makes you feel good when you get that deal or find said item in the wild and am able to finally added and play ....because of the expense of it.....


Rarity is one thing but hyped up price is another......especially when said item average norm was in the 20-45 dollar range not to long ago...


Cookers adventure
Earthbound
Chroni trigger
Etc
Etc

[Psycho Punch]

In no particular order:

Super Raiden
R-Type
Sinistron
...and all the first party Hadasan shooters.

[munchiaz]

There are still a ton of other shmups i still need to play for the turbo, but for the ones i have played, heres my list of favs,

Spriggan
Lords of thunder
Air Zonk
Star Parodier
Final solider

[jordan_hillman]

The five I seem to play the most, in no particular order of quality, are:

Soldier Blade
Blazing Lazers
Sidearms
Aero Blasters
Fantasy Zone

[NecroPhile]

In no particular order and based more on nostalgia than anything:

Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Air Zonk
Soldier Blade
Dead Moon

And special honors to Steam Hearts for the odd story.

[esteban]

Steam Hearts, ha!

[Medic_wheat]

The five I seem to play the most, in no particular order of quality, are:

Soldier Blade
Blazing Lazers
Sidearms
Aero Blasters
Fantasy Zone

I wonder why Airzonk 2 never gets as much love.....


I guess (based on game play) the first game is the best game.