Vote for your favorite horizontal shmup HuCard!

[FraGMarE]

If I've missed any, let me know.  Some games on here are kind of stretching the bounds of shmupdom (Mr. Heli, Veigues) but I'll include them anyway.  I didn't include Salamander, as it has vertical stages.

[CrackTiger]

Aeroblasters

[roflmao]

I think I'm going to have to go with Air Zonk.  Aeroblasters is a close second in my book.  And for nostalgia's sake, R-Type gets an honorable mention for getting me hooked on the system in the first place.  But overall, Air Zonk wins it for me.

Great poll, btw!

[BlueBMW]

Aeroblasters and Air Zonk are definitely good, but Parodius Da! takes the cake for me.

[FraGMarE]

I had to go with Aldynes.  R-Type and Parodius are pretty close, and Aeroblasters is great 2-player fun, but Aldynes just has this original, hardcore, gritty feel to it that I love.  It almost feels like a spiritual precursor to Gate Of Thunder and some of the same people worked on both games, iirc.  R-Type flickers a bit too much so that it affects the gameplay a little bit, and Parodius and Air Zonk are awesome but I've never been a big fan of cute-em-ups.  The no-gravity levels in Aeroblasters kind of drag it down, for me.

[Mishran]

I have to go with Air Zonk. Aeroblasters is a close second.

[Tatsujin]

Since there is no multiple choice, I have to stick with R-Type

[spenoza]

AeroBlasters did it for me. The only think I didn't like about that game was the flicker, something Chris C. could probably resolve with a SuperGrafx upgrade similar to what he's got in the works for R-Type.

[SMF]

R-Type for me, Air Zonk is a close 2nd.

[nectarsis]

Parodius Da!, followed by Air Zonk, Aldynes, and Veigues Tactical Gladiator.

[andrew23]

I'd have to say Aero Blasters, I really like this one.

[Keranu]

I voted Saint Dragon just because I don't expect it to get any votes, plus I think it's a cool game.

[FraGMarE]

Who the hell voted for W-Ring?  lol

[munchiaz]

air zonk for me.

[Tatsujin]

Who the hell voted for W-Ring?  lol

It's not such a baddie

[Keranu]

I thought about voting W-Ring, I kinda like that one too.

[PunkCryborg]

Parodius Da! or GTFO

[SignOfZeta]

You missed Hanatakadaka!? so I'll vote when that gets added to the poll.

Failing that, Aeroblasters.

[Keranu]

You missed Hanatakadaka!? so I'll vote when that gets added to the poll.

Ooooh good one! That just might get my vote too.

Would Genji Tsushin Agedama count as a horizontal shooter? Same sort of league as Veigues.

[Samurai Ghost]

PC Denjin/Air Zonk for me. One of my top games for the PC Engine. Love the gameplay, graphics, music, sound, characters, everything! Perfection!!

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I voted for Air Zonk with Dead Moon a close second.

You missed Hanatakadaka!?

I don't see Gokuraku Chuka Taisen either, though I'm sure nobody is clamoring to vote for it.

[Gogan]

The lost sunheart...I like to slay angry babies!!

[PunkCryborg]

The lost sunheart...I like to slay angry babies!!

that was probably my runner up, it's a really weird and funky shooter!

[esteban]

Since the horizontal shooting stage from BRAVOMAN was shamefully omitted from this list, I'll have to vote with my heart.

[thesteve]

i had to vote dead moon, tho i havent played much of the list

[Samurai Ghost]

Since the horizontal shooting stage from BRAVOMAN was shamefully omitted from this list, I'll have to vote with my heart.

:head explodes:

[spenoza]

Nobody for Coryoon, eh? I guess Air Zonk was a slightly better game using that engine.

[henrycsc]

Hana Taka Daka needs to be added.  Great game, but beat out by others.
Air Zonk is superb, so it's got my vote.

[roflmao]

Nobody for Coryoon, eh? I guess Air Zonk was a slightly better game using that engine.

Coryoon is one of those games I'd really like to get, but it looks so similar to Air Zonk I've held out so far.  One of these days I'm sure I'll pick it up and I'll probably love it.

[FraGMarE]

Added: Hanatakadaka! and Gokuraku!

[RegalSin]

They are all pretty nice, to play it just depends on your skill level.

You have Magical Chase on that list but not Burning Angels???? Did you know that game has an built in Vertical mode, unlike other games you have to press the buttons in a specific order in order to use verticle mode. It feels like a real arcade when I see that screen strech.

[SignOfZeta]

RegalSin - My favorite new member of 2011.

Seriously, I love this guy.

[nectarsis]

How could I forget about Hanatakadaka! awesome game

[rag-time4]

Since there is no multiple choice, I have to stick with R-Type

I felt exactly teh same way! Can we please have like 4-5 extra votes?

I would like to cast a vote for Barunba aka "Spriggan Killer"

[Arkhan Asylum]

I went with Coryoon because the music is extremely fun, the colors make me happy, and the game makes me go =3

I also <3 Aldynes and Rabio Lepus.

[Tatsujin]

Since there is no multiple choice, I have to stick with R-Type

I felt exactly teh same way! Can we please have like 4-5 extra votes?

I would like to cast a vote for Barunba aka "Spriggan Killer"

lol, why is barunba a spriggan killler?

[TR0N]

Air Zonk all the way man

Runner ups
Hanatakadaka
Magical Chase
Coryoon

[Arkhan Asylum]

RegalSin - My favorite new member of 2011.

Seriously, I love this guy.

my guess is his TV fell over.

[geise]

Hehe...and on his head. 

It was very hard for me but I voted for Air Zonk.  It was a tough choice between  Air Zonk, Aero Blasters, R-Type, and Coryoon.  I went with what I play the most.  It might've  been Coryoon if I owned it.    One of these days...

[Nazi NecroPhile]

You have Magical Chase on that list but not Burning Angels???? Did you know that game has an built in Vertical mode, unlike other games you have to press the buttons in a specific order in order to use verticle mode. It feels like a real arcade when I see that screen strech.

Just what every good horizontal shootie should have - verticality.

[Arkhan Asylum]

You have Magical Chase on that list but not Burning Angels???? Did you know that game has an built in Vertical mode, unlike other games you have to press the buttons in a specific order in order to use verticle mode. It feels like a real arcade when I see that screen strech.

Just what every good horizontal shootie should have - verticality.

Like I said duder, his TV fell over!

[RegalSin]

Or maybe I am one of those techno hoars, who just tilted his display panel.

[Arkhan Asylum]

Or maybe I am one of those techno hoars, who just tilted his display panel.

That's the professional way of saying your TV fell over.

[geise]

Regalsin, you know Burning Angels is a vertical shooter and this is the survey of horizontal shooter? You know what you mean by vertical?  This is a very serious question indeed.

[RegalSin]

 :roll:Vertical is the position my joystick stays after seeing a woman with a big pair of handwarmers, and hair that over shadows the moon.

[Arkhan Asylum]

:roll:Vertical is the position my joystick stays after seeing a woman with a big pair of handwarmers, and hair that over shadows the moon.

i loled.

[FraGMarE]

Wow, Air Zonk ran away with it.  I would have expected something more serious like R-Type to take it, honestly.  BTW, who's the other person who voted for Aldynes?  You, my friend, are a kindred spirit!

[Tatsujin]

Yeah, and R-Type is far 2nd

[soop]

PC Denjin for me   Loved it since I saw it in a magazine all those years ago!

[roflmao]

I'm a little surprised Magical Chase isn't getting more love.  Perhaps the 2 people that voted for it are the only 2 on the forums that actually have it?