Now, vote for your favorite VERTICAL shmup HuCard!

FraGMarE · 01/20/2012, 09:16 AM

Okay, we did horizontal HuCard shmups, now it's time to do vertical HuCard shmups.

I have a feeling I already know what game is going to run away with this one, but we'll do it anyway. You don't have to own the game to vote for it. If you've played it on an emulator or whatever, that's fine. Also, apparently, nobody can change their votes since I've edited the poll, so make it count.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/20/2012, 09:28 AM

That was hard. I can't pick between twinbee and dragon saber. I went with Dragon Saber.

dinosaurs and dragons kick ass.

FraGMarE · 01/20/2012, 09:32 AM

I went with Soldier Blade, the obvious choice. Though, I'll say I like Blazing Lazers nearly as much (yay for Compile games) and Raiden would be close if it weren't for that annoying checkpoint start-back crap. Instant respawns in shmups, please.

Oh yea, Detana! Twinbee's up there too. 1941 is good, but seems a little clunky to me. I was also pleasantly surprised by Burning Angels... I can see why it preceeded something awesome like Sapphire.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/20/2012, 09:36 AM

Twinbee is really awesome. I almost want to change my vote now. but, Dragon Saber is so good too.

SoldierBlade is definitely my favorite Soldiergame though.

Mishran · 01/20/2012, 09:39 AM

Xevious!

Tatsujin · 01/20/2012, 09:43 AM

And where is the most impressive of all vert shewties?

:edith:

Ah ok, hueys only

soop · 01/20/2012, 09:56 AM

Ooops... I picked soldier blade by mistake, I meant to pick Super Star Soldier.
Out of all of them though, I've only got SSS, Final Soldier, Gunhed and Cyber Core. And I haven't even played Gunhed.

On that list, I do mean to get Twinbee, Dragon Spirit and Image Fight, maybe a 194x, but there's no point just yet. I haven't even played the SNES Twinbee I got last week.

FraGMarE · 01/20/2012, 09:59 AM

What the hell? If i edit the poll just once it makes it so no one can change their vote.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/20/2012, 10:00 AM

STOP EDITING HTE POLL YOU POLLSMOKER.

OldRover · 01/20/2012, 10:04 AM

Gunhed, no contest.

FraGMarE · 01/20/2012, 10:09 AM

Quote from: guest on 01/20/2012, 10:00 AMSTOP EDITING HTE POLL YOU POLLSMOKER.

I'll edit you, pollack. lol :p

Arkhan Asylum · 01/20/2012, 10:11 AM

mmm do it. i like it.

majors · 01/20/2012, 11:55 AM

Yeah, this one is hard...Only _one_ pick for "personal" fav? Well, had to go with B'Lazers for shear playtime I put into it. Final and Blade are right next to it (for the time attack mode!). I love me some Dragons and Winbees also, but gotta stick my "guns" (space shooters).

FraGMarE · 01/20/2012, 12:27 PM

Wow, if one guy hadn't misplaced his vote, Blazing Lazers would be in the lead right now. I'm tempted to restart the poll and not mess with it so the "change vote" option is still intact.

Nazi NecroPhile · 01/20/2012, 01:35 PM

Fuck yeah, Soldier Blade! My second pick would be teh X.E.V.I.O.U.S., obviously.

P.S. - it's 1943 not 1942.

SignOfZeta · 01/20/2012, 01:38 PM

SSS

roflmao · 01/20/2012, 02:16 PM

I had to go with Blazing Lazers, though I think it's a tougher call than the horizontal shooters. All of the Soldier games are outstanding.

_Paul · 01/20/2012, 02:21 PM

Super Star Soldier.

I hated shoot 'em ups before I played this game.

nectarsis · 01/20/2012, 02:32 PM

Some solid choices up there, but for me it's Soldier Blade VERY easily.

spenoza · 01/20/2012, 02:35 PM

Lots of excellent titles, but BL is my fave. It was my first on the system and it was the one I always went back to. It let you in nice and easy and then, in the later levels, it tried to eat your face.

ccovell · 01/20/2012, 06:10 PM

Metal Stoker is not a vertical shooter. It's overhead, but scrolls in every which direction, like arcade Assault. Will there be a poll for "misc/hybrid" shooters like Barunba, Kikikaikai, Metal Stoker, and Salamander? Er... well SideArms and Mr. Heli scroll vertically too... Space Invaders? You shoot "up" into the screen like Galaga '88.

TR0N · 01/21/2012, 02:18 AM

Voted for blazing lazers does that make me a compile whore

Samurai Ghost · 01/21/2012, 03:03 AM

Quote from: ccovell on 01/20/2012, 06:10 PMMetal Stoker is not a vertical shooter. It's overhead, but scrolls in every which direction, like arcade Assault. Will there be a poll for "misc/hybrid" shooters like Barunba, Kikikaikai, Metal Stoker, and Salamander? Er... well SideArms and Mr. Heli scroll vertically too... Space Invaders? You shoot "up" into the screen like Galaga '88.

Yeah, I was about to say. Metal Stoker doesn't really belong here.

It was a tough choice between Soldier Blade and Gunhed but went with SB. Gunhed is a great game and I love it, but the majority of the game is so easy it almost gets boring after a while. Maybe I just played it too much?

FraGMarE · 01/21/2012, 04:32 AM

Removed Metal Stoker. Glad to see Blazing Lazers gettin so much love!

SignOfZeta · 01/21/2012, 05:13 AM

Quote from: Mishran on 01/20/2012, 09:39 AMXevious!

Someone ban this guy.

bartre · 01/21/2012, 05:28 AM

I haven't played most of these, but I gotta say, override got me lots of fun, so i picked that one

esteban · 01/21/2012, 05:50 AM

Wow, my vote puts Soldier Blade and Blazing Lazers in a dead heat: 9 - 9.

soop · 01/21/2012, 08:47 AM

Quote from: fragmare on 01/20/2012, 12:27 PMWow, if one guy hadn't misplaced his vote, Blazing Lazers would be in the lead right now. I'm tempted to restart the poll and not mess with it so the "change vote" option is still intact.

nah, I wanted SSS

csgx1 · 01/21/2012, 01:59 PM

I've only played about 5 games on the list. Voted for Soldier Blade, which at this point puts it in the lead.

So Salamander is considered neither a vertical or a horizontal shooter?

FraGMarE · 01/21/2012, 02:04 PM

I'd say Salamander is a hybrid. It's kind of both, and it's kind of neither. To avoid complication, I left it off both polls.

thesteve · 01/21/2012, 02:18 PM

i only have 5 as well.
went with BL, tho i would give IF a close second

FraGMarE · 01/21/2012, 02:29 PM

Wow, I thought Soldier Blade would take this poll down to China Town. Blazing Lazers is giving it all it wants and then some! :O

thesteve · 01/21/2012, 02:45 PM

i never played Soldier Blade

ccovell · 01/21/2012, 06:03 PM

Quote from: fragmare on 01/21/2012, 02:29 PMWow, I thought Soldier Blade would take this poll down to China Town. Blazing Lazers is giving it all it wants and then some! :O

Early adopters / abandoners vs. Late adopters / connoisseurs. ;-)

Bernie · 01/21/2012, 06:06 PM

Hard to believe Galaga 88/90 has not gotten more love! lol. Simple as it is, its my favorite for the system. I love it.

roflmao · 01/21/2012, 06:25 PM

Quote from: bernielindell on 01/21/2012, 06:06 PMHard to believe Galaga 88/90 has not gotten more love! lol. Simple as it is, its my favorite for the system. I love it.

It's a great game, and Galaga is one of my all time favorite arcade games, but when I think of the Turbografx, I think of Blazing Lazers. That game impressed the crap out of me when it was released, and was one of the reasons I bought the system over the Genesis.

BuraiFighter · 01/21/2012, 08:20 PM

Always been a fan of the Dragon Spirit games but I love me some Twinbee, I haven't took Detana out my GT for months. I still need to pick up all the Soldier games though, so far I've only played Final Soldier.

PukeSter · 01/21/2012, 08:29 PM

I said 1943 Kai, but if Salamander was on the list, otherwise I would change my vote

TR0N · 01/22/2012, 06:54 AM

Quote from: fragmare on 01/21/2012, 02:29 PMWow, I thought Soldier Blade would take this poll down to China Town. Blazing Lazers is giving it all it wants and then some! :O

By the way you forgot spriggan and sylphia from the list.

_Paul · 01/22/2012, 08:20 AM

Quote from: TR0N on 01/22/2012, 06:54 AM
Quote from: fragmare on 01/21/2012, 02:29 PMWow, I thought Soldier Blade would take this poll down to China Town. Blazing Lazers is giving it all it wants and then some! :O
By the way you forgot spriggan and sylphia from the list.

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soop · 01/22/2012, 11:06 AM

wow. Soldier Blade is on the Virtual Console. That slipped me by.

So it's £32 for the Huey, or $6 for the VC option. It should be a no-brainer, but I love HuCards so fucking much

TR0N · 01/23/2012, 07:47 AM

Quote from: guest on 01/22/2012, 08:20 AM
Quote from: TR0N on 01/22/2012, 06:54 AM
Quote from: fragmare on 01/21/2012, 02:29 PMWow, I thought Soldier Blade would take this poll down to China Town. Blazing Lazers is giving it all it wants and then some! :O
By the way you forgot spriggan and sylphia from the list.
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I didn't read it closely then again that would have made the list realy long

Arkhan Asylum · 01/23/2012, 09:16 AM

technicarry , they're tied right now, right?

geise · 01/23/2012, 09:40 AM

I see someone is sleeping with xevious so it has at least 1 vote.

soop · 01/23/2012, 09:48 AM

Quote from: guest on 01/23/2012, 09:16 AMtechnicarry , they're tied right now, right?

Nope, I need someone who would have voted for Soldier Blad to vote for SSS. Then it will be correct.

I did actually play Gunhed for the first time yesterday, and it was enjoyable, but I found out my current headphones don't work on the GT.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/23/2012, 12:20 PM

No other Dragon Saber lovers.

JERKS.

thesteve · 01/23/2012, 01:28 PM

id love to, but i never got my dragon sabre

Arkhan Asylum · 01/23/2012, 03:59 PM

how come?

did Rising Stuff lose it in the ocean or something like all my stuff?

Bernie · 01/23/2012, 04:17 PM

Quote from: guest on 01/23/2012, 12:20 PMNo other Dragon Saber lovers.

JERKS.

I love me some Dragon Saber too!! I just really am partial to Galaga 88/90 for the memories it brings I guess.

thesteve · 01/23/2012, 07:23 PM

i bought mine from DDD1234, and i never got it

Now, vote for your favorite VERTICAL shmup HuCard!

What is your personal favorite vertical shmup in HuCard format?