gamers who grew up in the 80's/early 90's have at least played 1 or 2 shoot em up games both in the arcades and home consoles. i have been re-living my childhood days of wasting all my lunch money playing 1942, Chopper, etc.. etc.. on the original Xbox (mame 
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anyways, its very clear that our favorite shmups might end up on Xbox Live Arcade. evidence of this is the recently announced 1942 HD!
Ikaruga is also on its way sometime for XBLA (though this is a recent game, the developers were known for one of the best games for the saturn, Radiant Silvergun). there were rumors that Raiden IV could hit the Dreamcast last year.. seems pretty crazy, but the last few dreamcast releases had been indie SHMUPs.
im still trying to remember the shmups i played back in the day. alot of them im sure was also released in the U.S. but i couldnt figure out what the titles were since the one i played was in japanese.
which arcade or console shmups did you play? post screen shots if you can!
#!).anyways, its very clear that our favorite shmups might end up on Xbox Live Arcade. evidence of this is the recently announced 1942 HD!
Ikaruga is also on its way sometime for XBLA (though this is a recent game, the developers were known for one of the best games for the saturn, Radiant Silvergun). there were rumors that Raiden IV could hit the Dreamcast last year.. seems pretty crazy, but the last few dreamcast releases had been indie SHMUPs.
im still trying to remember the shmups i played back in the day. alot of them im sure was also released in the U.S. but i couldnt figure out what the titles were since the one i played was in japanese.
which arcade or console shmups did you play? post screen shots if you can!
