PC Engine (and FX) all shooter list (codename peacock)

[Tatsujin]

already years ago i started with listing all shoot'em ups available on the PC Engine. the list now is grown up to 110 titles.

also i add the few pseudo shmups like after burner, space harrier, thunder blade and space fantasy zone to the list. imo they're pure classic shoot'em ups, even they're optically not kept in consistent and pure horizontal/vertical 2D. also counted Wonderboy III - Monster lair, since almost 50% is pure shooting as well as the jumping levels are scrolling automatically and the main task is shoot all you can as well!

me myself owning 107 out of that list at the moment, still missing darius alpha (only because its high price) and Soldier blade special (because i couldn't find it yet).

I believe this list is nearly 100% complete. other titles would only be some mixed bastards with a less portion of shooting than Monster lair offers.

anyway please check it out and add some comments as well some, eventually forgotten titles. surprise me^^



#   TITEL   Manufacturer   RELEASE   GENRE
            
   (Super) Hu-Card         
            
1   <1941 Counter Attack   Hudson   1991   V
2   <1943 Kai   Naxat   1991   V
3   <Aero Blasters    Hudson   1990   H
4   <After Burner II   NEC-Ave   1990   3D
5   <Aldynes    Hudson   1991   H
6   <Armed Formation F    Pack-In   1992   V
7   <Atomic Robo Kid Special   UPL   1990   H
8   <Barunba   Namco   1990   V/H
9   <Bouken Danshaken Don San-Heart Hen   I'Max   1992   H
10   <Burning Angels   Naxat   1990   V
11   <Coryoon   Naxat   1991   H
12   <Cyber Core   IGS   1990   V
13   <Daisenpu   NEC-Ave   1990   H
14   <Darius Alpha   NEC-Ave   1991   H
15   <Darius Plus   NEC-Ave   1990   H
16   <Dead Moon-Gessekai No Akumu    TSS   1991   H
17   <Deep Blue-Kaitei Shinwa    Pack-In   1989   H
18   <Download   NEC-Ave   1990   H
19   <Dragon Saber   Namco   1991   V
20   <Dragon Spirit   Namco   1988   V
21   <Fantasy Zone   NEC-Ave   1988   H
22   <Final Blaster   Namco   1990   V
23   <Final Soldier   Hudson   1991   V
24   <Final Soldier Special Version   Hudson   ?   V
25   <Galaga 88   Namco   1988   V
26   <Gokuraku Chuka Taisen   Taito   1992   H
27   <Gradius   Konami   1991   H
28   <Gunhed   Hudson   1989   V
29   <Gunhed Special Version   Hudson   ?   V
30   <Hana taakadaka!?    Taito   1991   V/H
31   <Hany in the Sky   Face   1989   V
32   <Heavy Unit   Taito   1989   H
33   <Image Fight   Irem   1990   V
34   <Kyûkyoku Tiger / Ultimate Tiger   Taito   1989   V
35   <Magical Chase   Palsoft   1991   H (regular and PCE fan release)
36   <Metal Stoker   Face   1991   V/H
37   <Mr. Heli no Daibôken   Irem   1989   V/H
38   <Ordyne   Namco   1989   H
39   <Override   Data East   1991   V
40   <P 47-The Freedom Fighter   Aicom   1989   H
41   <Paranoia   Naxat   1990   H
42   <Parodius da!!   Konami   1992   H
43   <PC-Denjin-Punkic Cyborgs   Hudson   1992   H
44   <Power Gate   Pack-In Video   1991   H
45   <Psycho Chaser   Naxat   1990   V
46   <Rabio Lepus Special   Video System   1990   H
47   <Raiden   Hudson   1991   V
48   <Rock On   Big Club   1989   H
49   <R-Type I   Hudson   1988   H
50   <R-Type II   Hudson   1988   H
51   <Salamander   Konami   1991   V/H
52   <Side Arms   NEC-Ave   1989   H
53   <Soldier Blade   Hudson   1992   V
54   <Soldier Blade Special Version   Hudson   ?   V
55   <Space Harrier   NEC-Ave   1988   3D
56   <Space Invaders-Fukkatsu No Hi    Taito   1990   V
57   <Super Star Soldier   Hudson   1990   V
58   <Tatsujin   Taito   1992   V
59   <Tenseiryû / Saint Dragon   Aicom   1990   H
60   <Terra Cresta II   Nichibutsu   1992   V
61   <Thunder Blade   NEC-Ave   1990   V/3D
62   <Toilet Kids   Media Rings   1992   V
63   <Toy Shop Boys   Victor   1990   V
64   <Twin Bee-deta na!!   Konami   1992   V
65   <Violent Soldier   IGS   1990   H
66   <W-Ring / Double Ring   Naxat   1990   H
67   <Xevious-Fadraut   Namco   1990   V
            
            
            
   Arcade/Super/CD-Rom²         
            
1   <Ai Chôaniki   NCS   1995   V/H
2   <Alzadick - Summer Carnival '93   Naxat   1992   H
3   <Avenger   Telenet   1990   V
4   <CD-Denjin-Rockabilly Tengoku    Hudson   1993   V/H
5   <Chôaniki   NCS   1992   V/H
6   <Cotton   Hudson   1993   H
7   <Daisenpû Custom   NEC-Ave   1991   H
8   <Download 2   NEC-Ave   1991   H
9   <Forgotten Worlds   NEC-Ave   1992   V/H
10   <Gate of Thunder   Hudson   1992   H
11   <Ginga Fukei Densetsu-Sapphire   Hudson   1995   V
12   <God Panic-Shijyou Saikyu Gundan   Teichiku   1992   V
13   <Gradius II-Gofer no Yabô   Konami   1992   H
14   <Hawk F-123   Pack-In Video   1992   H
15   <Hellfire-S   NEC-Ave   1991   H
16   <Image Fight 2   Irem   1992   V
17   <Kiaiden 00   Telenet   1992   H
18   <L-Dis   NCS   1991   H
19   <Legion   Telenet   1990   H
20   <Macross 2036   NCS   1992   H
21   <Metamor Jupiter   NEC-Ave   1993   H
22   <Nexzr   Naxat   1992   H
23   <Nexzr Special - Summer Carnival '92   Naxat   1993   H
24   <Psychic Storm   Telenet   1992   H
25   <Rayxanber II   Data West   1991   H
26   <Rayxanber III   Data West   1992   H
27   <R-Type Complete CD   Irem   1991   H
28   <Seirei Senshi Spriggan - Summer Carneval '91   Naxat   1991   V
29   <Side Arms Special   NEC-Ave   1989   H
30   <Space Fantasy Zone (unrelease)   NEC-Ave   1991   3D
31   <Space Invaders - The Original Game    NEC-Ave   1995   V
32   <Spriggan mkII - the terraforming Project   Naxat   1992   H
33   <Star Parodia   Hudson   1992   V
34   <Steam Hearts   TGL   1996   H
35   <Super Darius   NEC-Ave   1990   H
36   <Super Darius 2   NEC-Ave   1993   H
37   <Super Raiden   Hudson   1992   V
38   <Sylphia   Tonkin House   1993   V
39   <Terraforming   Right Stuff Corp.   1992   H
40   <Winds of Thunder   Hudson   1993   H
41   <Wonderboy III-Monster Lair   Hudson   1989   H
42   <Zero Wing   Naxat   1992   H
            
            
            
   PC-FX         
            
1   <Choushin Heiki Zeroigar   Hudson   1997   V
            
            
110   total

[Buster D]

Cool, this will come in handy.

Oooh, Dead Moon...  I remember wanting to get that game back in the day but I never was able to.  That's another one for the list.

Another one you might want to add is Veigues Tactical Gladiator, a favorite of mine when I was a kid.  Although you're in a giant robot instead of a spaceship, the game play is more like a side-scrolling shooter than a platform game IMO.  You just have to stay on the ground most of the time, and your character and the enemies are bigger.

[Tatsujin]

dead moon already is containing, of course^^  i also try to list up the japanese names of the titles (or subtitles).

Veigues Tactical Gladiator imo is much more a jump'n shoot than a shoot' em up. sorry, i can't add this one. but you're very free to add it on your  own list of shoot'em ups
may other people also don't like to see monster lair or after burner type shmups on the list ;)

[merriman_bk]

Thanks for the list, and yah Buster dead moon is a good shooter -- was unexpectedly surprised when I got it.  

[Tatsujin]

surely, it isn't in the upper class of PCE shmups, but it's a solid shooter with some nice locations and parallax

[Buster D]

dead moon already is containing, of course^^

Sorry, I meant it's another one for my list of games to buy.

Veigues Tactical Gladiator imo is much more a jump'n shoot than a shoot' em up. sorry, i can't add this one.

Since the scrolling is automatic, it seems more like a shooter to me. Plus pressing left on the d-pad makes you move left but you're still facing right like in a side-scrolling shooter.  The only part that's like a platformer is the jumping aspect, really.  And even that is sort of more like a shooter, since you press up on the d-pad and not the I or II button to jump, and when you get your boosters powered up all the way you fly for 10 seconds or so instead of jump.

[Tatsujin]

OK, in a way you're right. have to play it once again and will judge it

[esteban]

UPDATE: https://archives.tg-16.com/complete_list_of_tg16_pce_shooters.htm



Note: It only took 8 years...

Original Post...

Kool

You know what might also be interesting? We could create a second list of all the games that contain shoot-em-up segments in them! Some of the games would overlap with your list...

Updated (08.03):

Monster Lair (Boss sequence for every stage)

Bravoman (Stages 2 and _____ ) *

Final Zone II (Stage 2 and ____ ) *

Shockman (Shubibinman2)

* Off the top-of-my-head I can't recall the exact stages


And there is Cychorider (or something like that), that was a bonus game (shooter demo) included on the Mook version of Anearth Fantasy Stories.

------------ Clarification Required -------------------
Also, isn't there a horizontal shoot-em-up demo on one of the Ultra Box volumes?

And, isn't there yet another title that includes a vertical shoot-em-up as a hidden game? It's a very basic shoot-em-up (but it keeps score, IIRC) and you have to enter a code to access it...

And... the "Hudson School" CD supposedly has a shoot-em-up demo on it, according to Thibaut (in a recent post here at these boards)...

[Bt Garner]

And there is Cychorider (or something like that), that was a bonus game included on another title

This is on the Mook version of Anearth Fantasy Stories.

and I could not help but notice that Meteor Blaster DX is not on the list.  Phhhhhhht!   

-bt

[Odonadon]

OK, in a way you're right. have to play it once again and will judge it

I think if you're going to put Monster Lair on the list you should have Veigues as well since the same argument can be used to justify both

OD

[JoshTurboTrollX]

We could create a second list of all the games that contain shoot-em-up segments in them! Some of the games would overlap with your list...

Don't forget the AMAZING shooting Levels in Shockman(Shubibinman2)!!

LOL, just making more work for you aren't we....LOL



Shockman= HUGELY underrated game!


TurboSage

[shubibiman]

You're perfectly right Turbo Sage, Shubibiman 2 is just great.  

[Bardoly]

Ne-ne-ne-necro-bump!   


So, how updated is this list?

I want to create a list of easy, moderate, hard, and expert (Tatsujin) shoot-'em-ups for the TG-16 & PC Engine, which I will start that thread before too long, but I must have good data with which to do so.

[esteban]

To build on my own earlier post (from 7 years ago?!?! Holy sh*t!)....

I still want (and would love) a comprehensive list of Shooters-within-other-games:

1. Mesopotamia/Somer Assault (enter code for a basic vertical shooter, Easter egg. Here I am, in 2013, identifying my next-to-last mystery game from 2006).

2. Yo, Bro has a shoot-em-bonus stage (or two), a horizontal scrolling feast for TG-16 fans...

3. Shadow of the Beast has a horizontal shoot-em-up level (Beast with a Jetpack)...

Otherwise, I still want everything in my initial post verified!

Kool

You know what might also be interesting? We could create a second list of all the games that contain shoot-em-up segments in them! Some of the games would overlap with your list...

Updated (08.03):

Monster Lair (Boss sequence for every stage)

Bravoman (Stages 2 and _____ ) *

Final Zone II (Stage 2 and ____ ) *

Shockman (Shubibinman2)

* Off the top-of-my-head I can't recall the exact stages


And there is Cychorider (or something like that), that was a bonus game (shooter demo) included on the Mook version of Anearth Fantasy Stories.

------------ Clarification Required -------------------
Also, isn't there a horizontal shoot-em-up demo on one of the Ultra Box volumes?

And, isn't there yet another title that includes a vertical shoot-em-up as a hidden game? It's a very basic shoot-em-up (but it keeps score, IIRC) and you have to enter a code to access it...

And... the "Hudson School" CD supposedly has a shoot-em-up demo on it, according to Thibaut (in a recent post here at these boards)...

I guess we can include published homebrew Easter eggs, too (Revival chase)...

TATSUJIN WANTS TO COMPLETE THIS LIST FOR ME! HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE! HE WANTS THE LIST COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLETE. HELL YES.  

[CrackTiger]

Ghost Manor has a shooter section at the end.

I don't remember the flying sections of Tailspin very well, but they may be shooterish.

Shapeshifter also has a shooter section at the end.

[Bardoly]

Yeah, level 7? of Tailspin is a shoot-'em-up level.

[esteban]

Ghost Manor has a shooter section at the end.

I don't remember the flying sections of Tailspin very well, but they may be shooterish.

Shapeshifter also has a shooter section at the end.

HELL YES, THANK YOU .

MORE INFO, FROM EVERYBODY! Precise stages, descriptions, and screenshots... hahahahahhahahaha...

Yeah, level 7? of Tailspin is a shoot-'em-up level.

HELL YES, THANKS TO YOU

MORE, MORE, MORE, now, now, now

Details, screenshots....

I WILL MAKE A NICE PAGE IF I GET SOME INFORMATION. I WILL MAKE A PAGE NO MATTER WHAT. I LUVS THE SHOOTERS. I WANTS THE SHOOTERS.

STATUS: Though a mystical seven years has transpired since the birth of this thread, the fruit is only now ripening. Milk is swelling up in the breast of a leathery, dusty thread from yesteryear...

[CrackTiger]

Xak I & II has schump sections.

[CrackTiger]

Youkai Douchuki (Shadowland [arcade]) boss fights have you flying around firing bullets at various enemies and the boss.

Vasteel's battles usually involve flying mechs that shoot and often are ships as much as robots. The base battles are similar to the first stage of Thunderforce II.






If you count shooting into the screen gameplay (Space Harrier, Afterburner, etc) as shooters, there's the shooting sequences in Snatcher, It Came From the desert and Lords of the Rising Sun.

Jim Power has schumping stages as well.



All of these images were stolen from The Brothers Duomazov.

[Tatsujin]

Lol, 7 years

I have added two more shewties into MY "official" list of PCE shewters since then.

One sure was Cychorider and one other I have to find out right now..lol.

That would make a nice number of 111 shewties.

At the moment there are only 110 registered on PCE Daisakusen, because Cychorider is still not in the database:

http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/2/27/list-games-Shmups-1-0-100-name-asc-0.htm


Force Gear would be also a tempted title to add, but which is really just a sub game of a game and not an individual title.

[esteban]

Youkai Douchuki (Shadowland [arcade]) boss fights have you flying around firing bullets at various enemies and the boss.

Vasteel's battles usually involve flying mechs that shoot and often are ships as much as robots. The base battles are similar to the first stage of Thunderforce II.






If you count shooting into the screen gameplay (Space Harrier, Afterburner, etc) as shooters, there's the shooting sequences in Snatcher, It Came From the desert and Lords of the Rising Sun.

Jim Power has schumping stages as well.



All of these images were stolen from The Brothers Duomazov.

Awesome. 

I didn't know about many of these! I love finding out about this sort of thing.

[exodus]

Don't forget tokimeki memorial's twinbee returns minigame!

[CrackTiger]

I thought that the Tokimeki Memorial mini games were what inspired the shooters-within-a-game list.

[NecroPhile]

Fray has shewty portions.

[Bardoly]

So, if we were to break this list down into vertical shoot-'em-ups, horizontal shoot-'em-ups, hybrid (Salamander, Mr. Heli, etc...), platformer shoot-'em-ups (Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair - I usually call this style run-'n-gun, myself.), and whatever other styles, then how would these break down?

[roflmao]

So, if we were to break this list down into vertical shoot-'em-ups, horizontal shoot-'em-ups, hybrid (Salamander, Mr. Heli, etc...), platformer shoot-'em-ups (Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair - I usually call this style run-'n-gun, myself.), and whatever other styles, then how would these break down?

The second half of each level in Monster Lair is a traditional horizontal shooter.  Only the first part is run-and-gun. It strays from the other WB games in that sense.

[Tatsujin]

So, if we were to break this list down into vertical shoot-'em-ups, horizontal shoot-'em-ups, hybrid (Salamander, Mr. Heli, etc...), platformer shoot-'em-ups (Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair - I usually call this style run-'n-gun, myself.), and whatever other styles, then how would these break down?

The second half of each level in Monster Lair is a traditional horizontal shooter.  Only the first part is run-and-gun. It strays from the other WB games in that sense.

Yeah, and as many times already explained

Bards must play his many many games a bit further than just 30 secs of the 1st level..hehe  O:)

[esteban]

Fray has shewty portions.

Fray. Hmmm....

[Bardoly]

So, if we were to break this list down into vertical shoot-'em-ups, horizontal shoot-'em-ups, hybrid (Salamander, Mr. Heli, etc...), platformer shoot-'em-ups (Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair - I usually call this style run-'n-gun, myself.), and whatever other styles, then how would these break down?

The second half of each level in Monster Lair is a traditional horizontal shooter.  Only the first part is run-and-gun. It strays from the other WB games in that sense.

Yeah, and as many times already explained

Bards must play his many many games a bit further than just 30 secs of the 1st level..hehe  O:)

True that.  You got me.     I usually try to play new games that I get for 1-5 minutes, just to test them, but since I usually get games in 4-10 at a time, I usually don't have enough time to play them much more than that.  Then, later when I have several hours to game with, I'll pull out a game that I want to play and try to play through it.  I'm currently up to almost 30 TG-16/PC Engine games that I've beaten in the last year, so my average seems to be beating one game every two weeks.  Of course, I do play some multi-player games (Bomberman and such) with my kids and friends in-between beating games.


Anyway, I'd like to break down the shoot-'em-up games list into sub-genre (horizontal, vertical, etc...)  and then try to classify the easiest shoot-'em-ups versus the most difficult ones.

[CrackTiger]

What did John Brandstetter call Lords of Thunder in that interview? A "DVH shooter"?

[esteban]

What did John Brandstetter call Lords of Thunder in that interview? A "DVH shooter"?

This is why I love you. 

VHD shooter = vertical, horizontal, diagonal.

On an ancient forum somewhere, I wrote something funny about this.

Anyway, I didn't make any silly STD jokes (referred to as STI these days, by the way).

BONUS:





STATUS: recycling of images...successful!

Anyway, I'd like to break down the shoot-'em-up games list into sub-genre (horizontal, vertical, etc...)  and then try to classify the easiest shoot-'em-ups versus the most difficult ones.

I'd like that, too. It would be nice to see the breakdown. It is possible that someone here will make a nice list and post it here! 

[roflmao]

That guy is such a hipster. :p

[CrackTiger]

What did John Brandstetter call Lords of Thunder in that interview? A "DVH shooter"?

This is why I love you. 

VHD shooter = vertical, horizontal, diagonal.

On an ancient forum somewhere, I wrote something funny about this.

Anyway, I didn't make any silly STD jokes (referred to as STI these days, by the way).

BONUS:



STATUS: recycling of images...successful!

Whenever I think of that video, I like to re-imagine it similar to the final panel of the first Johnny Turbo comic. But instead of a screen shot of Gate of Thunder appearing behind him as he declares Lords of Thunder the "Turbo Game of the Month!", I think of a window of video playing behind him, with footage of the dozens of pre-existing horizontal shooters which also scrolled vertically and diagonally... or perhaps an extended version, with looping video of his dumbstruck reaction to the host dismissing Lords as "just a typical shooting game", and the extended HVD games footage including all the non-horizontal shooters which happen to scroll horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

[esteban]

What did John Brandstetter call Lords of Thunder in that interview? A "DVH shooter"?

This is why I love you. 

VHD shooter = vertical, horizontal, diagonal.

On an ancient forum somewhere, I wrote something funny about this.

Anyway, I didn't make any silly STD jokes (referred to as STI these days, by the way).

BONUS:



STATUS: recycling of images...successful!

Whenever I think of that video, I like to re-imagine it similar to the final panel of the first Johnny Turbo comic. But instead of a screen shot of Gate of Thunder appearing behind him as he declares Lords of Thunder the "Turbo Game of the Month!", I think of a window of video playing behind him, with footage of the dozens of pre-existing horizontal shooters which also scrolled vertically and diagonally... or perhaps an extended version, with looping video of his dumbstruck reaction to the host dismissing Lords as "just a typical shooting game", and the extended HVD games footage including all the non-horizontal shooters which happen to scroll horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

Was it desperation that led TTi/Jonathan to push the nonsense about VHD? Oh well...this reminds me, what should we call the category for Axelay? I think VHD doesn't quite capture everything Konami achieved in Axelay...

REGARDLESS: We are going to use VHD as an official sub-genre of shoot-em-ups. 

STATUS: I am eagerly waiting for 100+ PCE shooters to be broken down into their respective sub-genres...

[CrackTiger]

Override = DCTS: Dungeon Crawling Tank Shooter

[esteban]

Override = DCTS: Dungeon Crawling Tank Shooter

HELL YES.

I'm going to use that in the official PCE list-o-shooters. You think I'm joking. I'm not.

Psycho Chaser is a shooter, of sorts. What sub-genre does it belong to?

[bob]

Psycho Chaser is strange and I love it.

[CrackTiger]

Psycho Chaser is a sprint 'em up, commonly refered to as "Shprumps".

Aftetburner, Space Harrier, etc are 3rd person shooters.

Battle Ace, Faceball, etc are 1st person shooters.

[geise]

Spriggan gets categorized in the Awesome'up section.

[shubibiman]

What did John Brandstetter call Lords of Thunder in that interview? A "DVH shooter"?

This is why I love you. 

VHD shooter = vertical, horizontal, diagonal.

On an ancient forum somewhere, I wrote something funny about this.

Anyway, I didn't make any silly STD jokes (referred to as STI these days, by the way).

BONUS:



STATUS: recycling of images...successful!

Whenever I think of that video, I like to re-imagine it similar to the final panel of the first Johnny Turbo comic. But instead of a screen shot of Gate of Thunder appearing behind him as he declares Lords of Thunder the "Turbo Game of the Month!", I think of a window of video playing behind him, with footage of the dozens of pre-existing horizontal shooters which also scrolled vertically and diagonally... or perhaps an extended version, with looping video of his dumbstruck reaction to the host dismissing Lords as "just a typical shooting game", and the extended HVD games footage including all the non-horizontal shooters which happen to scroll horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

Was it desperation that led TTi/Jonathan to push the nonsense about VHD? Oh well...this reminds me, what should we call the category for Axelay? I think VHD doesn't quite capture everything Konami achieved in Axelay...

REGARDLESS: We are going to use VHD as an official sub-genre of shoot-em-ups. 

STATUS: I am eagerly waiting for 100+ PCE shooters to be broken down into their respective sub-genres...

Turbografx 16 : 20 years too early.

[Bardoly]

STATUS: I am eagerly waiting for 100+ PCE shooters to be broken down into their respective sub-genres...

Your wish is my command!

See below lists broken down into sub-genre and point out any mistakes and/or additions which need to be made.


HuCard Horizontal Shoot–'Em–Ups (includes SuperGrafx)

Aero Blasters
Air Zonk (TG-16)
Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis (SuperGrafx)
Atomic Robo-Kid Special (multi-directional)
Barunba (multi-directional)
Bouken Danshaken Don San-Heart Hen / Lost Sunheart, The
Coryoon
Darius Alpha (enhanced for the SuperGrafx)
Darius Plus (enhanced for the SuperGrafx)
Dead Moon-Gessekai No Akumu
Dead Moon (TG-16)
Deep Blue-Kaitei Shinwa
Deep Blue (TG-16)
Download
Fantasy Zone (non-forced-scrolling)
Fantasy Zone (TG-16) (non-forced-scrolling)
Gokuraku Chuka Taisen
Gradius
Hana taakadaka!?
Heavy Unit
Magical Chase (regular and PCE fan release)
Magical Chase (TG-16)
Mr. Heli no Daibôken (multi-directional)
Ordyne
Ordyne (TG-16)
P 47-The Freedom Fighter
Paranoia
Parodius da!!
PC-Denjin-Punkic Cyborgs
Power Gate
Psychosis (TG-16)
Rabio Lepus Special
Rock On
R-Type (TG-16)
R-Type I
R-Type II
*Salamander (also has vertical stages)
Side Arms, Hyper Dyne
Side Arms, Hyper Dyne (TG-16)
Sinistron (TG-16)
Tenseiryû / Saint Dragon
Violent Soldier
W-Ring / Double Ring


CD Horizontal Shoot–'Em–Ups (includes Super CD and Arcade CD)

Ai Chôaniki
CD-Denjin-Rockabilly Tengoku
Chôaniki
Cotton, Fantastic Night Dreams
Cotton, Fantastic Night Dreams (TG-16)
Download 2
Forgotten Worlds
Forgotten Worlds (TG-16)
Gate of Thunder
Gate of Thunder (TG-16)
Gradius II-Gofer no Yabô
Hawk F-123
Hellfire-S
Kiaiden 00
L-Dis
Legion
Lords of Thunder (TG-16)
Macross 2036
Metamor Jupiter
Rayxanber II
Rayxanber III
R-Type Complete CD
Side Arms Special, Hyper Dyne
Spriggan Mark II - the Terraforming Project
Super Air Zonk (TG-16)
Super Darius
Super Darius 2
Syd Mead's Terraforming (TG-16)
Terraforming
Winds of Thunder
Wonderboy III-Monster Lair (platformer hybrid)
Zero Wing


HuCard Vertical Shoot–'Em–Ups (includes SuperGrafx)

1941 Counter Attack (SuperGrafx)
1943 Kai
Blazing Lazers (TG-16)
Burning Angels
Cyber Core
Cyber-Core (TG-16)
Daisenpu
Dragon Saber
Dragon Spirit
Dragon Spirit (TG-16)
Final Blaster
Final Soldier
Final Soldier Special Version
Formation Armed F / Armed Formation F
Galaga '88
Galaga '90 (TG-16)
Gunhed
Gunhed Special Version
Hany in the Sky
Image Fight
Kyûkyoku Tiger / Ultimate Tiger
Metal Stoker (multi-directional)
Override
Psycho Chaser
Raiden
Raiden  (TG-16)
*Salamander (also has horizontal stages)
Soldier Blade
Soldier Blade (TG-16)
Soldier Blade Special Version
Space Invaders-Fukkatsu No Hi
Super Star Soldier
Super Star Soldier (TG-16)
Tatsujin
Terra Cresta II
**Thunder Blade (also has into-the-screen stages)
Toilet Kids
Toy Shop Boys
Twin Bee-deta na!!


CD Vertical Shoot–'Em–Ups (includes Super CD and Arcade CD)

Alzadick - Summer Carnival '93
Avenger
Buster Bros. (TG-16) (static screen)
Daisenpû Custom
Ginga Fukei Densetsu-Sapphire
God Panic-Shijyou Saikyu Gundan
Image Fight II
Nexzr
Nexzr Special - Summer Carnival '92
Pomping World (static screen)
Psychic Storm
Seirei Senshi Spriggan - Summer Carnival '91
Space Invaders - The Original Game
Star Parodier / Fantasy Star Soldier
Steam Hearts
Super Raiden
Sylphia


HuCard Into-the-screen Shoot–'Em–Ups (includes SuperGrafx)

After Burner II
Battle Ace (SuperGrafx)
Space Harrier
Space Harrier (TG-16)
**Thunder Blade (also includes vertical stages)


CD Into-the-screen Shoot–'Em–Ups

Space Fantasy Zone (unreleased)



*Note: Salamander is included in both the Vertical and Horizontal lists
**Note: Thunder Blade is included in both the Vertical and Into-the-screen lists

[bob]

Theres a game called "toilet kids"?
Is it shitty?

[Flare65]

Theres a game called "toilet kids"?
Is it shitty?

Lol....yeah you could say that!!

[esteban]

Theres a game called "toilet kids"?
Is it shitty?

Lol....yeah you could say that!!

It's not the worst shoot-em-up on the PCE. It's average, I suppose. The intro is amusing, if you are into scatalogical/stupid humor.

[CrackTiger]

Override = DCTS: Dungeon Crawling Tank Shooter

HELL YES.

I'm going to use that in the official PCE list-o-shooters. You think I'm joking. I'm not.

Psycho Chaser is a shooter, of sorts. What sub-genre does it belong to?

Sorry, I was thinking of Metal Stoker.

[Tatsujin]

Override = DCTS: Dungeon Crawling Tank Shooter

HELL YES.

I'm going to use that in the official PCE list-o-shooters. You think I'm joking. I'm not.

Psycho Chaser is a shooter, of sorts. What sub-genre does it belong to?

Sorry, I was thinking of Metal Stoker.

Damn, I smelt something wrong here

[CrackTiger]

Cross Wiber has shooter stages as well.



Does the PC Engine have more shooters-within-a-game than the SNES/SFC has shooters in general?

[esteban]

Cross Wiber has shooter stages as well.
...
Does the PC Engine have more shooters-within-a-game than the SNES/SFC has shooters in general?

(1) Yes! Another one!

(2) Ha!, SNES/SFC was starved for shoot-em-ups, which is a damn shame.

[CrackTiger]

This thread should be stickied. Aside from being worthwhile, it is also difficult to search for.


Faerie Dust Story contains vertical shooter segments (complete with only-on-SNES-full-screen-transparency effects), as well as Arkanoid, Pac Man and misc mini-games.

Check out 7:16 in this video:
Faerie Dust Story: Meikyuu no Elfeene Game Sample -- PC Engine CD

Remember when FFVII was heralded as being so groundbreaking and content-filled for having a few simple mini-games? So many PCE games had more substantial bonus game content plus futuristic technology absent from FFVII and most Square games that generation, such as CD quality audio and voice acting.

[esteban]

Dude! Thanks for updating. I was trying to find this thread the other day and couldn't find it.

I gotta make a page with all of this info!