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BadMouth:
I suck at shmups, but want to get into them more when I finish the current build.
I'm working on an ultimate shmup gamelist (arcade only). 
Don't want it to include all of them, just those that shmup enthusiasts consider good.
If a sequal was good, I'll probably include the predecessors, even if they aren't as good.

Here is what I've come up with so far from browsing forums and including everything on newer systems.
EDIT: Updated to include recommendations through post #15.

(On my system, they'll all show up in one gamelist, but I thought it would be useful for others if separated by emulator here)

MAME v.146 or higher

1942
1943
1944: The Loop Master
Aero Fighters
Air Gallet
Air Buster
Alpha Mission
Alpha Mission II
Ark Area
Armed Police Batrider
Basugun
Battle Bakraid - Unlimited Version
Battle Chopper
Battle Garegga
Bee Storm
Bells and Whistles
Blaze On
Blazing Star
Boogie Wings
Bosconian
Brave Blade
Carrier Air Wing
Change Air Blade
Chopper I
Cosmo Gang The Video
Cotton
Cotton 2
Cotton Boomerang
Cybattler
Cyvern
Dangan Feveron
Darius
Darius II
Darius Gaiden
Desert War
Dimahoo
DoDonPachi
DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou
DonPachi
Double Wings
Dr Toppels Adventure
Dragon Blaze
Dragon Breed
Dragon Spirit
Earth Defense Force
Eco Fighters
ESP Ra.De.
Espgaluda
Fantastic Journey
Final Star Force
Fever SOS
Flying Shark
Galaga
Galaga 88
Galaxian
Gemini Wing
Giga Wing
Gorf
Gradius
Gradius II
Gradius III
Grid Seeker:Project Storm Hammer
Gunbird
Gunbird 2
Gunlock
Guwange (Master)
Guwange (Special)
Gyruss
Hellfire
In the Hunt
Juno First
Ketsui Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
Last Resort
Legendary Wings
Lethal Thunder
Macross Pluss
Mad Shark
Mars Matrix:Hyper solid Shooting
Mazinger Z
Moon Cresta
Mystic Riders
Nostradamus
Outzone
P-47: The Phantom Fighters
P-47: Aces
Parodius DA!
Phelios
Plus Alpha
Prehistoric Isle II
Progear
Pulstar
R-Type
R-Type II
R-Type Leo
Radient Silvergun
Raiden
Raiden Fighters
Raiden Fighters 2
Raiden Fighters Jet
Raiga Strato Fighter
Ray Force
Ray Storm
Rohga Armor Force
Salamander
Salamander 2
Samurai Aces
Sexy Parodius
Shikigami no Shiro
Sourcer Striker
Soukyugurentai/Terra Driver
Space Invaders
Space Invaders 91
Super Spacefortress Macross II
Storm Blade
Strikers 1945
Strikers 1945 II
Strikers 1945 III
Tengai
Tenkomori Shooting
Terra Cresta
Terra Force
The Game Paradise: Master of Shooting
Twin Cobra
Twin Cobra 2
Twin Eagle II
Twin Hawk
TwinBee
Twinkle Star Sprites
UN Defense Force
Vasara
Vasara 2
Viper Phase 1
Wonder Planet
Xevious
Xevious 3D
Xexex

MAME v.145u7 (cavesh3)

Deathsmiles
Espgaluda II
Ibara
Ibara Black Label
Muchi Muchi Pork!
Mushihime-Sama
Mushihime-Sama Futari
Mushihime-Sama Futari Black Label
Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara

M2Emulator

Pilot Kids
Zero Gunner

NAOMI (Demul/Makaron)

Border Down
Chaos Field
Giga Wing 2
Ikaruga
Illmatic Envelope
Karous
Mamoru-kun was Norowarete Shimatta
Psyvariar 2
Radirgy
Radirgy Noa
Shikigami no Shiro II
Shooting Love 2007/Exzeal
Trigger Heart Exelica
Trizeal
Under Defeat
Zero Gunner 2

Taito Type X/X2

Giga Wing Generations
Homura
Raiden III
Raiden IV
Shikigam No Shiro III
Trouble Witches

Missing anything?







harveybirdman:
Aero Fighters
Air Gallet
Air Buster
Alpha Mission (I, II)
Ark Area
Battle Chopper
Bells and Whistles
Blaze On
Blazing Star
Boogie Wings
Carrier Air Wing
Change Air Blade
Chopper I
Cosmo Gang The Video
Cotton (2 & Boomerang)
Cybattler
Cyvern
Desert War
Double Wings
Dr Toppels Adventure
Dragon Blaze
Dragon Breed
Dragon Spirit
Earth Defense Force
Eco Fighters
Final Star Force
Grid Seeker Project Storm Hammer
Gunbird (1 & 2)
Gunlock
Juno First
Legendary Wings
Macross Plus
Mad Shark
Mazinger Z
Moon Cresta
Mystic Riders
Nostradamus
P-47 (Phantom Fighters & Aces)
Phelios
Plus Alpha
Prehistoric Isle II
Pulstar
Raiga Strato Fighter
Rohga Armor Force
Samurai Aces
Sorcer Striker
Super Spacefortree Macross II
Tengai
Terra Cresta
Terra Force
The Game Paradise Master of Shooting
Twin Cobra 2
UN Defense Force
Wonder Planet
Xevious
Xevious 3D
Xexex

BadMouth:

--- Quote from: harveybirdman on August 19, 2012, 02:33:37 pm ---just vertical?  I notice you have a few horizontal in there.

--- End quote ---

I don't always play shmups, but when I do, I prefer an automatically rotating monitor.
Stay thirsty my friends.
Nephasth:
Right now my gameroom's featured MAME game is Raiden Fighters Jet. I'm diggin' it.
harveybirdman:
 Edited my post with some you might want to check out, granted I know you said you didn't want everything and some may not be your cup o tea.  You really did hit a lot of the "best" ones.

But I love this genre....


i.e. Final Star Force for it's upgrade system alone....  Some may play it and say this game sucks balz... But I love it.
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