Recommend-shoot em ups/platformers for mame

Lab_Mouse

Was just wondering could some of you's recommend some of the more obscure platformers/shoot em ups that I might of missed when i was on the hop from mass and playing in my local arcade when I was younger:D

Always liked shoot em ups but was never very good at them so I usualy spent my 10 pence on new zealand story or shinobi!
Thanks in advance,

Labmouse

97i9y3941

Nam1975
Metal slug
Ghouls and ghosts
Mercs
Operation wolf
Cabal
Alien storm
Terminator 2 arcade game

*vids them games can be found on youtube,you need neo geo bios run nam/metal slug,it can be found on search..

Andrew76

The R-Type games springs to mind for arcade shooters, I'm sure there are bazillions more. A cool platform game (kind of) I came across recently was Willow (yep based on the film), it's a great little game if you have it.

97i9y3941

dungeons and dragons arcade another brill one..

LoGiE

Rodland, Snow Bros, Rainbow Islands and try the alterantive roms for TNZS.

Retr0gamer

Bubble Bobble
Bubble Symphony
Pac-Land
R-type 1,2 and Leo
Layer Section
Salamander
Gradius 1,2 and 3
Dodonpachi
Darius Gaiden

Off the top of my head.

monkeyfudge

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Bubble Bobble
Bubble Symphony
Pac-Land
R-type 1,2 and Leo
Layer Section
Salamander
Gradius 1,2 and 3
Dodonpachi
Darius Gaiden

Off the top of my head.

You left out Toki!

vangoz

Sunset Riders

o1s1n

Some more shooters for you to try out-

Raiden (Raiden 2 is better but can't be emulated )
Armed Police Batrider
Mars Matrix
Progear
Guwange
Pulstar
Blazing Star
Aero Fighters 2 & 3

Also give Dead Connection and Elevator Action Returns a go. Both look and play great.

LoGiE

Wow Salamander... that takes me back. Played the c64 port way back when and have only ever played the arcade version once or twice. I must give it another look.

Retr0gamer

LoGiE wrote: »

Wow Salamander... that takes me back. Played the c64 port way back when and have only ever played the arcade version once or twice. I must give it another look.

The arcade version is a stone cold classic.

Lab_Mouse

thanks for the replies.There's a good few there that I havent heard off before.

Only just recently got a joystick hack rom for CABAL,as I couldnt configure any of the other rom versions to play with a pad.

Wow only just remembered playing salamander on the c64 like a poster above.Must check the arcade version out.Wasnt there another game on the c64 that was called nemisis(sp?)that was similar.

Being trying to get a version of Ikari Warriors that is usuable with a joypad(not even sure if there is a joystick hack )The arcade original had a twisty joystick that rotated you so you could fire.

Retr0gamer

Nemesis is the western name of the first Gradius game. Salamander is a spin-off of Gradius.

monkeyfudge

Both were great on the C64 though.

Load times were a pain in Salamander though.

Myrddin

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Both were great on the C64 though.

Load times were a pain in Salamander though.

Sorted that out for ya there

monkeyfudge

Nemesis was a single load, wasn't it?

sengoku

Carrier Airwing (Horizontal shooter)
Raiden Fighters (Vertical shooter)

2smiggy

wonder boy in monster land is probably my favorite. also shinobi and ghouls and goblins/ghosts

komodosp

Add my vote to
Sunset Riders and Carrier Airwing

Also not sure if you'd call them obscure but I only came across one place with...
Blood Bros
Outzone
Robocop II
All ate many a 20p piece of mine!

Platformers: Rainbow Islands... Though it's fairly well known I never came across an arcade machine with it.