Is Layer Section/Galactic Attack considered the greatest Shmup of all time? Genuinely asking here. What other Shmups do I need to play?

[Socksfelloff]

@Peltz I was playinh some Battle Garegga in tate on my saturn last night. Have you tried that?

[Peltz]

Not yet.

[tomwhite2004]

Go for Dodonpachi over Donpachi, it’s better in all departments over the first.

[Peltz]

I will likely get that one too, eventually.

[ShinJohnpv]

I was playing Battle Garegga today on the PS4, that game is so fucking good.

[Socksfelloff]

I was playing it on Saturn and I agree ! I beat it a few months ago in MAME ( continue whoring) and I think it’s a game I actually want to legitimately beat!

[Bozo_Cyborg]

@selfReg

I would like to add that absolutely EVERY shmup fan needs to have Cho Ren Sha on their PC. It’s available on the internet for free.

seriously, the quality of this game is outstanding and there is so much to it. All the little secrets and scoring tricks, not to mention the cool secret menu options to allow for stage select, including a secret boss rush, being able to control enemy suicide bullets, invincibility. Too good. It is a damn shame it never made it to any other systems and it surely deserved at least a sequel.

Just grabbed this, it’s no joke. Just got into shmups recently and this is really impressive. No reason not to nab this one if you want a nice shmups on the PC for free.

@BeerMonkey

I like the Hudson ‘Soldier’ shooters on PC-Engine

Super Star Soldier
Final Soldier
Soldier Blade

These plus Gunhead / Blazing Lasers (Hudson/Compile) are great examples of accessible vertical shooters. Not as flashy as Layer Section, but very solid.

Warning: I think most of these are 480i on Virtual Console for Wii unless you hack them.

Final Soldier is the game that got me into shmups. I’m a total noob and I felt like the difficulty was perfectly adjusted. It really makes you want to see how far you can go.

Also a shoutout to Tyrian 2000. Maybe not the greatest by any stretch, but this was one of the first shmups I can remember that became popular on PC. It’s also freeware these days.

Tyrian 2000