r/shmups

Hey all, I recently got an old Nintendo and would like to try a few Shumps. I've never really played a true Shmup before, so I'm looking for a game that is relatively feasible to beat as a newcomer without cheats while still being fun. I generally enjoy a hard arcade challenge, so I don't mind if a game requires some practice as long as it's fair and the difficulty progression is somewhat reasonable. Basically, I'm looking a well-regarded and fun Shmup that I can realistically complete. Oh, I'm also buying a physical cartridge, so please don't recommend anything too rare or expensive. Thank you!

What are some other shmups that feel like Cave games? I have Steam, Nintendo Switch, and PS5.

Title explains itself.

Flycast is too laggy to be comfortable with high speed ship and seems to be lacking any slowdown. Does dolphin/pcsx2 perform any better? I also heard newer consoles have gotten Radirgy ports too (however i'm not sure of that), so those can be an option too.

After clearing 1.0 recently, getting a 1CC in 1.5 felt pretty breezy. It’s more intense in some ways, but the slightly slower bullets (especially on bosses) made it more manageable for me. Also, dang the sound track on this one is just killer. Overall, I think I vibe with 1.5 more compared to the original. Is there any consensus between the two versions?

Hi all, after exhausting every major cloud-based AI on this question, decided to try reddit.

Task is simple, a PC game which: is A) native (no emulation or ports etc.), above 60 fps (preferably unlocked), B) either made from ground up for vertical orientation or at least supports portrait resolutions natively, C) is "somewhat decent and recent"??

Pretty much the ONLY one I can find to check all boxes is Pinball FX.

Closest candidate (came from Grok) was Blue Revolver. My answer to Grok on that was:

"Just refunded blue revolver too A) it has its own whatever resolution in vertical, not actually full 9:16 screen B) it has the WORST graphics of all time (my A500 games looked better 30 years ago) C) fucking horrible game play, I literally held down fire and stared at screen for the first two levels"

So, can anyone please find me ONE more game to play vertically? (ps: I have pretty much any rom/emulator known to mankind, also google play on PC to emulate android games etc. , I'm not interested in any of that)

Spooky season comes early in this one. My wife really enjoys this game and I wanted to show it some love.

How do you guys feel about AaD? Let me know!

Stay frosty, fellas!

This is probably common knowledge. But posting this just in case.

You can still access shmups.wiki through the Wayback Machine.

So until they get it up and running again, here's a snapshot from last week.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260421181057/https://shmups.wiki/library/Main_Page

A guide to clearing R-Type Delta HD Boosted on Human difficulty with the R9 ship, based on my own no-bomb 1CC clear on the Nintendo Switch.

The atmosphere in this game is just next level, and some of its set pieces are so memorable. Anyone who has played this game will instantly know what I am referring to when I say: 'meat zeppelin' :)

I'm working on 1CC'ing an obscure childhood shmup called Curse, and this game has a shield that lets you take a few shots before losing a life.

In this case, would I forfeit a "no-miss" by getting hit even once?

I am thinking of a shmup arcade stick with only 4 face buttons like the Neo Geo controller plus START button.

Is there any Shmup that requiers the shoulder buttons?