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[The Eidolon]

Hello all,

I've been working on a list of all the arcade scrolling shooters I can
find. For the moment I'm hosting it on my low-bandwith Yahoo
account at:

http://www.geocities...lung/Scroll.htm

I would welcome any information on games I might have missed or
information that needs updating, so please PM me or respond to this
thread with any information or requests.

Regards,
--The Eidolon

[UK WOMBLE]

I dont suppose you fancy recommending any of the list, as Im looking for vertical jamma boards at the moment, have thunder dragon 2 only......

Thanks,

Si

[The Eidolon]

I don't know anything about hardware, but I can think of a few good ones
with vertical orientation I've played. You might look into:

Raiden II (available on PS1 in "Raiden Project")
Strikers 1945 (Available PS1 Japan only)
Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings Series (1,2,3)
The Next Space
Sky Soldiers
19XX
Rayforce (AKA Layer Section in the home version)
Batsugun
Twin Cobra
Varth
Vapor Trail
Raiden DX (Available PS1 Japan only)
Raiden Fighters 1&2
Truxton/Tatsujin
Tokio
Viper Phase 1

All those I recall as quite a bit of fun with good replay value. I've
listed some of the home versions where I know of one and given
some of the names of the Japanese versions. Happy hunting!

Some day when I have a bit more time I plan to add screen shots and
reviews, but that will likely take quite a while.

--The Eidolon

[Ralph3]

I don't consider Gyruss a side scrolling shooter. It falls with the Space Invaders and Galaga/Galaxian series.

[Cassidy Nolen]

UKW,

Viper would be a good one for you, that is a fun game, makes money too! I will see if I can find that board for you (cheapo, if I can get it).

Cassidy

[UK WOMBLE]

sounds good !! off to klov to look up viper....

won a couple of auctions for boards today, nothing special, chopper1 and heavy barrel (Which looks cool ).

just trying to build up a few to play until I get a chance to do some 'serious work' on the cab - yes Cassidy, that involves you mate !! (As if you didnt have enough on your plate already ! )

Si

[PaulEMoz]

Depends what you class as an arcade scrolling shooter. I presume from that list you're only including ones where you pilot a vehicle of some kind? I would class the likes of Commando and Gunsmoke as scrolling shooters myself.

[bjk7382]

Mame does this. They have the different categories of shooters under the genre. They have Horizontal and Vertical. Then two more that are labeled "Shooter.m" and "Shooter.s" The shooter.s are like space invaders and galaxian. Not sure what the m stands for.