Open Tyrian OpenTyrian is a port of the DOS shoot-em-up Tyrian (
previously). The port uses
SDL, making it easily cross-platform. Builds are available for Windows and Mac OS X [... and] for Android, Amiga, Dingoo, Dreamcast, DS, GameCube, Gizmondo, GP2X, GP32, Nokia Internet Tablets, PSP, PS3 Linux, Symbian, Wii, and Wiz
posted by kid ichorous
on Jan 8, 2011 -
21 comments
Hydorah is a delicious shump inspired by the likes of
"Gradius, Castlevania or R-Type, but also from other classics treated worse by the time: Turrican, Enforcer, Space Manbow, Hellfire, Guardian, Hydefos, Armalyte and many others...". Also,
"There is a single dificulty level, based on the 80's standards." Translation: try not to cry on your keyboard.
[Windows] [via Destructoid]
posted by threetoed
on Jun 7, 2010 -
35 comments
GENETOS is the history of Shoot-em-ups in a single game. Take on everything ranging from Space Invaders-like aliens to 21st Century bullet hell. Power up your craft (by collecting green and blue bits and blobs) with innovations like slow-motion, super bombs, lock-on lasers, and the ability to move vertically. (Windows only)
[more inside]
posted by CrunchyFrog
on May 2, 2010 -
10 comments
Particlasm is home to the browser games of Luke Paakh. He first caught my attention with fine space shoot'em-up
Ether War but I also enjoyed his other games, shooter
Ether Cannon, tree defending games
Phoenix and
Shen Long, puzzle game
blue and petri dish action game
Amoeba. His new game is my favorite. It's called
William and Sly and it's a beautiful platformer is about an adorable fox who likes mushrooms and his quest to recharge some runestones with fairyflies.
posted by Kattullus
on Oct 9, 2009 -
9 comments
SHMUPS! aka 2D Scrolling Shoot-em-ups. Shmups.com is dedicated to this classic genre, from ancient history (Space Invaders,
Tempest) to grandfather games (
R-Type II,
1941) to golden age shmups (
Tyrian,
Blazing Star) to modern classics (
Radiant Silvergun,
Mars Matrix,
Ikaruga). Most aren't for the PC, unfortunately, but that's what
Mame and
other emulators (
mac too) are for. As for roms,
can't help you there. For PC enthusiasts,
Shoot the Core's PC Shmup listing is the most complete I've ever seen, with many links to download as well. This Thanksgiving weekend, what better to do in your food coma than sit back and blast through a few games in the most enduring video game genre of all time? *CAUTION! These sites took up
five hours of my time last night and I downloaded
42 games.*
posted by BlackLeotardFront
on Nov 23, 2005 -
33 comments
The Touhou, or Shrine Maiden, series of "curtain fire shooting games" start off challenging and quickly become hard enough to satisfy any hardcore gamer/masochist. They're also gorgeously crafted works of art, and were created in their entirety by one man,
ZUN. If you want to play them you'll have to
import them* from Japan, but you can download the demos
here.
* site sells naughty things as well. Don't order at work.
posted by squidlarkin
on Feb 1, 2005 -
10 comments
