

TYRIAN 2000 SOUNDTRACK SERIES
I don’t usually like side-scrolling shmups, but when you have the pseudo cute-em-up combined with the signature graphics of the Bonk series (just amped up in the color department), it’s hard to say no. I don’t know why really, but it’s very simple and the graphics just have a great quality to them.Īir Zonk. The graphics are lavish and if this game had been on the Genesis or SNES I don’t think they would look out of place. Love the weapons system again where you have so many options. The difficulty is very forgiving at first, ramping up gradually without any wild spikes. Pretty much all I said about the Star Soldier games fits here too. I love the way the weapons form a sort of health system.īlazing Lazers/Gunhed is another gem on the PCE/TG-16. I have only played Soldier Blade and Final Soldier so far, but in both the difficulty ramps up perfectly in my opinion and the levels and weapons are very varied.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on your top 5!
TYRIAN 2000 SOUNDTRACK FULL
I played through the demo for Stargunner countless times, but never got the full game until fairly recently. Fast becoming a huge fan of Apogee/3D Realms, I was searching for another game made by them. Stargunner was an MS-DOS game that I was exposed to after playing Terminal Velocity, Duke3d, and Death Really. It was likely my first exposure to the super cute graphics that a lot of shmups are now known for (cute-em-ups). They are beautifully crafted, with some if the best graphics on the system, and among the best music to boot. Unlike R-Type, I feel like the SMS versions are the best ones to play. They are very similar, yet play quite differently. I’ve also put considerable time into the Amiga version, and in my opinion the Amiga is the best port there is of this game.įantasy Zone I & II are a pair that I also still have from childhood. I still haven’t completed it to this day, despite trying. I love this game, and the first time I saw the 3rd boss (Big Green Ship) I was blown away. R-Type on the SMS certainly isn’t the best version of the game, but I still have my original SMS and cart from when I was a kid. It still stands as my favorite GC game to date.

What can I say about this that hasn’t been said before? It was my first foray into the bullet hell variant, and I feel in love immediately.
