Every Super Nintendo Shoot-Em-Up - SNESdrunk

[@OldsXCool]

As much as I love U.N. Squadron, Gradius III, and Axelay, I can totally agree with naming Space Megaforce the best shooter on the system.

[@an3582]

Came here just to remember Super Nova's name. Probably my favorite Shmup on the SNES. Super hard, super rewarding, the branching paths and the cool weapons... It was awesome.

[@DeadThumbGamer]

+SNES Drunk... Your video is a good resource. Covering all the games in a concise manner. Thanks!

[@neozeed1984]

very good run down on snes shooters. quick and to the point, perfect.

[@SNESdrunk]

+neozeed1984 Thanks

[@maryethequene240]

I loved Imperium when I was a kid. I always thought it was a great game. Also, the music from that game always stood out to me, especially the first level's theme.

[@perfectsc0re637]

im glad this reviewer is self depreciating. makes me feel from the get go that that hes being honest

[@Mr_x_19922]

Agree. super aleste is just fantastic, the best shmup for the snes

[@raytracemusic]

Area 88 has the rare achievement, of being an amazing OVA, manga and shmup, and a pretty good TV series too.

[@jtee06]

i only had d-force growing up :/ played the mess out of it, knew it was trash tho. back then you played what you had!

[@PersianImm0rtal]

I am thinking about making some SNES videos. How do you record the footage and music?

[@anvb5a1]

Thumbnail says it all folks! Super Aleste!!! Try that!

[@peterhalliday6492]

Is there a best run and gun section on your channel too?

[@intuitivedruid5732]

Yo drunk! You do great! Could u review Desert Strike, Jungle Strike and Urban Strike? They seem to be a trilogy of helicopter games.

[@adam99x2004]

It's amazing, for it's time, that a few MHZ would show a difference in terms of performance between the Genesis and SNES. The SNES had what, 3.58 MHZ and the Genesis had 7.6? SNES's sound system sounded better...but muffled where as the Genesis's sounded worse, yet cleaner. Don't get me wrong, I still own and love both consoles, just pointed out what I've experienced over time.

[@congratsyouarethemoonmaster]

best thing Darius twin has going for it is the soundtrack

[@787brx8]

My top ten from various systems. 10. Dragon Spirit 09. Star Fox 08. Gradius 3 07. Lords of Thunder 06. Super Stardust HD 05. Gyruss 04. The Guardian Legend 03. Blazing Lazers 02. Space Megaforce 01. Un Squadran... Beat it with all known endings, all difficulties, all ships and all characters.

[@chinarut]

hey thanks for a cross-system ranking - I've been looking for something like this! 🙏

[@danielnicholson6174]

everyone goes on about the Megadrive shoot em ups, but I think Axelay, Un squadron both r type games and super aleste and the Darius games are more fun to play and have better music than most Megadrive shooters. I think thunder force 4 and truxton are the best of the Megadrive shooters.

[@SpaceKlown]

Nah, snes too slow.

[@Retro_Troll]

No one asked.

[@danielnicholson6174]

@@Retro_Troll no one cares about you all your channel 😂

[@DaddyO_Joe]

U.N Squadron all the way!! 😄

[@in2indies413]

Area 88 boi

[@unstoppableExodia]

MACROSS SCRAMBLE VALKYRIE ?????!!!!!!! A Super Nintendo shooter based on shou jikkyou yusai macross that is a good game? This is a game I totally wanna hunt down

[@Ammothief41]

It's worth playing. Very easy, much like axelay, but apparently being easy is a plus nowadays. Funny it didn't even get a release outside japan and axelay had poor sales as well. Too ahead of their time apparently.

[@unstoppableExodia]

McStabbyPantsジェイソン tell me about it, I had a look on eBay and it's expensive now because it's no longer such a hidden gem. Ah well emulation will save the day.

[@Ammothief41]

Flashcarts work great for original hardware too.

[@dumiclumic4423]

Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie so epic. And other very good, but R-Type III - godly.

[@TheAgradeneu]

Axelay is the most spectacular 16 bit shooter ever (if you ignore the Neo Geo);-)

[@maikel6035]

SG1984 i think the neo geo had 24 bit.

[@youisiaint]

Did you play Adventures of Batman and Robin for the Genesis? Not a true shmup but had a ton of shmup levels and the rest was like Contra (run n gun). Most impressive 16-bit graphics I've ever seen

[@vientopopmctinny651]

ligthening force iv.....

[@TheAgradeneu]

@@youisiaint Looks great but I think Axelay is more impressive. (And Contra 3 too btw)

[@a-dutch-z7351]

Included NEO GEO. Amazing game, nothing seen like it ever since.

[@BryanX64]

“A bit on the easy side” you mean actually beatable?

[@Small818]

Hahahaha, nooo doubt

[@AhmedDaYoutuber]

Haha yeah, basically

[@Yourmomgoestocolledge]

Easier than R Type 1, 2, and 3... but not by much. 😂😂😂

[@MrPotteeMouf]

Its a shame this guy gets so little views. His reviews are awesome!

[@fazares]

100k+ views isnt exactly little..lol

[@fidelsolis6070]

He said Space mega force is the best shooter.

[@fazares]

@@fidelsolis6070 not the best but good enough

[@dpgreene]

I just played this for the first time and it’s already one of my favorite games. It’s a Compile developed shooter so it takes a lot of cues from another couple NES favorites: Zanac and Gun Nac.

[@MrPotteeMouf]

@@fazares i posted that 6 years ago douche

[@mikew1507]

Because of your videos, I discovered Space Megaforce, and now it is one of my favorite games of all time! Thank you so much!

[@mariowario5945]

Play the other aleste games, they are far better. Space megaforce is the weakest entry to the series, like most snes games

[@mikew1507]

@@mariowario5945 What platform are the other Aleste games on?

[@mariowario5945]

@@mikew1507 Master system, msx, sega genesis (having musha aleste, which is by far the best in the series), gamegear (gg aleste is the second best), pcengine and sega cd. If you love space megaforce, you will definitly get a kick out of the others! One of my favorites besides the other two is powerstrike on the master system, it is pretty tough though, but one hell of a game! I reccomend even trying batsugun, which isnt a part of the aleste series, but is considered to be the best shmup of all time and takes inspirtation from aleste.

[@mariowario5945]

You can also wait for the aleste collection, which will have the first two and the two gamegear games plus a brand new entry to the gamegear, gg aleste 3. The aleste collection is coming on the switch sometime in november.

[@jeremyjmusic]

Super Aleste (aka Space Megaforce over there) was my favourite shoot em up on the SNES when I was a kid - this video gives me all the feels !

[@simonbelmont4635]

You definitely got #1 right. I'd go as far as to say Space Megaforce is the best 16-bit shmup period. Darius Twin will always have a place in my heart, if for nothing else than the soundtrack.

[@StaticTV80]

You can say that but the best 16-bit shmup is thunder force 4 and that is a well documented fact.

[@3xperiment8]

@@StaticTV80 Scrambled Valkirye is better than Thunder Force IV

[@ur-inannak9565]

The problem is, Space Megaforce is basically a downgraded version of Blazing Lazers. For the guy who said Thunder Force 4, while its the most technically impressive, they ruined the fun factor. Not a single power up makes you feel powerful, because so many basic enemies have so many hit points. Thunder Force 3 is much funner. Scrambled Valkyrie is tons of fun but not the best in my opinion. For me the best 16 bit shmup is clearly Lords of Thunder. Honestly its also better than the Neo Geo shmups, its just that good. Honorable mention to Gleylancer, the best non-CD 16 bit shmup in my opinion.

[@RAGEAlanBun]

I absolutely love Super Aleste (I’m from the UK so we got that instead of Space Megaforce.) The soundtrack was amazing and so atmospheric, the levels were all well designed. Easy to start but gets challenging later in the game. Weapon system was excellent too. Lots of variety and they were all very distinct. This was the first and only SHMUP I owned as a kid on my original SNES and I can still remember almost all the levels to this day.

[@KuraIthys]

All that slowdown is such a pity, because it kinda suggests the devs either didn't really know what they were doing, or couldn't be bothered. The snes CPU isn't as weak as it's made out to be, but if you mishandle your sprite data routines you end up with that nasty slowdown. Keep in mind some of these games are demonstrably almost unplayable without the slowdown though, so be careful what you wish for. XD

[@EqualsDeath]

snes is shit for shmups. it's WEAK. no way around it.

[@drewsebastino2889]

Not quite. The 65816 in the SNES is only 3.58MHz for rom accesses if the cartridge is FastROM, and always only 2.68MHz for ram accesses vs the 68000 in the Genesis that is always 7.68MHz. However, the 68000 can only access memory every 4 cycles unlike the 65816 that accesses every cycle. However (again), the bus width of the 68000 is twice that of the 65816 (16bit vs 8bit). Taking all that into consideration, the processing power of the SNES and Genesis would appear to be the same: 2(times the clockspeed)/4(the number of cycles per memory access)x2(bus width)=1 vs. 1. However (again again), the 68000 can do 32bit calculations in hardware (which makes me wonder why more people don't consider it to be a 32bit processor?) and has multiplication and division instructions that the 65816 lack. The SNES has two sets of hardware registers for multiplication and division (the better ones cannot be used if mode 7 is, which is when you'd want to use it the most...), but writing to and reading from these is slower than the multiplication and division instructions of the 68000, which are already slow as molasses. Finally, the SNES planar graphics format is far less friendly for software rendering than the Genesis packed pixel one.While still a more powerful processor overall (nowhere near what the clockspeed would lead you to believe), most of the 68000's advantages really aren't realized in any non 3D games (where 32bit operations and multiplication and division are essential). ;====================================================================================== Kuralthys is totally correct. Many SNES devs (especially at the beginning of the SNES's life) have been discovered through reverse engineering the games to do some very stupid stuff regarding sprites. The SNES, unlike virtually every other system ever made, has its sprite data across two tables, one being 512 bytes and the other being 32 bytes (which was, admittedly, a really stupid design choice). Each sprite uses 4 bytes in the first table, and 2 bits in the second table. The first table has 8 of the x-coordinate bits, while the second table has one. Instead of making one table in software and going through a routine that later divides it up, developers would, for every time a sprite needed to be manipulated (basically whenever anything would move), get the data needed from both tables, convert it into something useable (put the 9th x-coordinate bit after the 8 from the other table), do whatever, convert it back, then put the data back in whatever table it belongs. This requires multiple unnecessary AND and OR intructions, and lots and lots of bitshifts, and considering you may need to do this as much as 128 times a frame (objects, like Donkey Kong in DKC are actually made of multiple sprites), it amounts to being hella slow. You could argue this is about development time, but it's actually so much faster, from both from a programming and processing perspective, that I have no idea why this was done in the first place. Sorry for the essay...

[@CommodoreKulor]

Do I recognize that avatar from nesdev?

[@noop9k]

KuraIthys SNES CPU IS WEAK. really, it is a really primitive CPU on 8-bit bus, and in most games it doesn’t work at 3.58 MHz.

[@noop9k]

Drew Sebastino if you call 68000 16-bit then you really have to call 65816 8-bit :) Anyway, don’t forget that 68000 has many 32-bit registers and more powerful instruction set, while 65816 has to do more memory accesses also due to inability to hold many temporary values in registers. Via 8-bit bus.

[@sega20x80]

Hi SNES drunk. My top 5 SHMUPS on Super Nientendo are: 5. Acrobat Mission, 4. Apolocalypse 2(Unrelesed), 3. Raiden Trad, 2. Thunder Spirits, and number 1. Phalanx.

[@brendanbutler332]

Super aleste is in fact the best shoot em up on snes. Played the shit out of it in the 90s.

[@71dembonesTV]

Aero fighters is a very cool game series but I'd never pay 300+ for an inferior arcade port. I'll just play it on the MVS cabinet thank you

[@SuperDerek]

I just picked up UN Squadron and tried playing through some of it, man this game kicks my butt! But it's also really addicting. :D

[@aelechko]

Try it on hard difficulty! It is ridiculous. There’s these little blue planes I call blue angels, often six spawn at a time and each shoots up to six bullets. 42 things coming right at you from different points instantly. Tip: you gotta feel and be one with the music to succeed.

[@estebancruz6194]

I used to be good at this game, but now can’t beat it. Seems more difficult than used to. But still addicting. It is great game for sure.

[@yoteca]

Finally, i found someone who agrees that Space Megaforce IS the best shmup on the system. From the incredible graphics and tight controls to the ultra trippy acid jazz soundtrack. That is how you make a great fucking shoot em up.

[@ScubaDiverPicker]

I thought Super Nova was good. Rtype lol my favorite on the snes.

[@ScubaDiverPicker]

Rtype lll. That was suppose to say

[@thew0rstds224]

I'm currently playing through R-Type 3 on SNES. I love it but like you say it kicks your ass pretty good. I need to play all the games you listed in this video. I can never get enough of the shoot em ups no matter what systems they are on.

[@DarkReturns1]

Darius Twin is amazing! One of my favorite shooters on SNES actually

[@albertsmith99]

"Super Nova is hard so avoid it" wtf kind of review is that? That game is great. Just because it is difficult doesn't mean it is bad.

[@fart3312]

BlaZeon may not be the best shoot em up but it has one of the best soundtracks on the SNES

[@raym1477]

Over 25 years later, and Axelay still holds up as one of the best shooters on the SNES, if not of all time. Too bad Konami decided they don't want to make money anymore and have forgone video games for pachinko machines.

[@greensun1334]

Over 35years?

[@raym1477]

@@greensun1334 Whoops. Should have put “25 years”

[@greensun1334]

@@raym1477 ☝🏼😅

[@Joseperez-sg3up]

R-type 3 should of made your top 5 just saying the trail and error level design music , power ups and boss battles. Make it. Top tier

[@estebancruz6194]

Wow so many shootem ups I didn't know about. Luckily I owned one of the best ones back them, U.N. Squadron & I still play it sometimes. Aero Fighters I believe is now going for $500 which is crazy.

[@HalifaxHercules]

Axelay was without a doubt one of the best SNES Space Shoot Em Ups with energetic music, superior graphics, and an excellent mixture of vertical and horizontal scrolling. Only weakness with the game is that your ship can take multiple laser based damage without losing a life, but get hit with one missile and you lose a ship. Since when do missiles cause more damage than a laser beam? Phalanx is one that I hated the most due to the poor packaging, especially the man wearing a Fedora Hat playing a banjo.

[@aninymouse1651]

Missiles will always cause more damage than a laser, outside of anime 😆

[@atolm1]

Nice to see Space Megaforce get some of the love it deserves. Shooters are my favorite genre and that was the best one for me on SNES also, still play it to this day.

[@marleymcleay9228]

Darius Twin is my introduction to the SNES. I will always love it. The art direction won my heart. I had Sagaia on Sega's Master System, so the bosses and music to DT really took me to another world! It's certainly a calm energy to the game, but It wins everything else for me.

[@Kylora2112]

Darius Twin was one of the first SNES games I bought (I got my SNES shortly after launch) because the art in the previews looked awesome. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I've always loved this game.

[@DaedalosC9]

the OST is pretty awesome in Darius Twin as well but i noticed that it's more enjoyable if u don't pause the game ever because i found out that the tempo of the music and the momentum of the enemies comming to attack you are kinda synchronized, that makes me apreciate the game more

[@sneakyking]

Strike gunner had me as soon as I found you can combine with p2.

[@mattcrowell5875]

If Gradius 3s slowdown ruins the game for you, I recommend playing the Arcade version on Gradius Collection for the PSP.

[@popespalace823]

meme man

[@RutgervanDriessen]

Or play the "SA-1"- rom of gradius III for the SNES ;)

[@brandonbrekke1399]

Atomic runner on Sega. A crappy looking game that played well. It's a horizontal scrolling shooter where you play as a dude running in a super suit instead of a space pilot. There's some platforming stuff happening in it. Anybody else play that?

[@r0b0m1r0]

Glad you have a different point of view on the genre. It's been one of my favorites since Gradius on the NES. Thanks for the very informative video!

[@reagandow850]

This has to be my most favorite episode ever! Yes, I’ve started over from the beginning and checking out all the episodes I missed.

[@laronis]

Wasn't "Smash TV" the biggest, baddest, and most popular shoot-em-up of all?

[@AYANAMlREl]

you can throw pocky and rocky games there

[@phineasphreak6158]

Hey mate really nice video here... Can you make another one about these types of games but for the PS3 or PS4? dont know wich one are release for the PS3 or PS4 thank you

[@greensun1334]

What's up with Rendering Ranger R2?? It's also one of the best looking 16bit games, looks almost like a Neo Geo game!

[@koopakape]

Excellent list, though I think you were a bit hard on the poor Darius games (I love them personally), but still, really good stuff, and hell yeah Super Aleste (Space Megaforce)! Play the Japanese or Satellaview updated version for the best experience, IMO. Translation patches are around.

[@chinarut]

whoa thx 4 the Satellaview ptr - Super Aleste is the best shooter ever! pls do share other shooters (on any system) u personally feel are in its class! 🙏

[@sillypenta]

I love this video and how comprehensive it is while remaining quick. I picked up Super Aleste because of it. I know a ton of work must go into these but I would love to see more in this style for other genres/sub-genres.

[@Harp00nX]

Great video I like the pacing of it makes a change from long reviews when I just want a quick look and overview of games to see if i've missed any good looking ones. I own most of the carts covered here and have to agree Super Aleste is the best shooter on the SNES (it's one of my favourite games of all time). I've also got a lovely boxed copy of Macross I imported but to be fair i've barely played it, maybe I should!

[@estebancruz6194]

Very cool. Macross looks impressive. Your collection must cost a small fortune now a days.

[@pmangano]

How is strike gunner an easy game? I mean, if you played on easy it is, but that strikes me as obvious.

[@Trisma]

Put it on the hardest level and its brutal

[@CSLucasEpic]

What about Pocky & Rocky? Also, UN Squadron is the US version of Area 88, which in turn is based on an anime/manga seroes of the same name.

[@SNESdrunk]

Pocky and Rocky has platforming elements, that makes it a run-and-gun

[@CSLucasEpic]

@@SNESdrunk Ah, ok, like Super Turrican, Contra 3 The Alien Wars, and Cybernator.

[@loustandards2827]

I picked up a Super Advantage controller not too long ago. This list is a really big help to me on my search for awesome games that really stand out when I play using this arcade-style joystick, and all of these titles fit the bill. Thanks for the great video.

[@permafrost2064]

This is my favorite genre of 16 bit games. I grew up with the Genesis, so its cool to see lists like this for the SNES as i've started to collect for that system. I will definitely be checking some of these out!

[@nikketasnowden]

I love Axelay...I want a remastered and a couple of sequels.

[@madspunky]

I would love to see the same video for Genesis shooters, a genre I also totally neglected for too long!

[@EqualsDeath]

genesis has like 10x more shmups.

[@madspunky]

@@EqualsDeath Indeed! What would you consider the top 10?

[@FusionDeveloper]

Thank you so much for saying "shoot em up" I know a guy who says the acronym and it sounds so stupid that I quit watching his videos.

[@wildbilltexas]

I bought Space Megaforce used about 20 years ago and it blew me away. It's still one of my favorite SNES games. At that time it was ignored because there was a glut of shooters then so I'm glad its gotten some respect now.

[@damonblack1495]

For me R-type 3 and Gradius fight for the top slot with space megaforce getting 3rd and un squadraon getting 4th.

[@supr_]

ive been trying to find a good video that covers all the shmups on the snes, great work on this man. some of these are still pretty pricy though:( if your wanting to get the original cartridge. but thanks for your video :) i now know what id like to get.

[@wozukleeds9018]

Super Swiv would be in my top 5. Option to play with either the helicopter or the tank, and also excellent music

[@Zevaeros]

Space Megaforce was great - it was pretty much Zanac 2.

[@ix8750]

Thanks Snesdrunk! I too was ignorant about this style of game I always went for platformers or rpgs when I was playing a SNES so my knowledge of shmups was limited but now I am enlightening myself. After about an hour of torturing myself on gradius... I tried to turn the difficulty to easy, man. Gradius is hard. But that was before I watched this video so and now I'm about to try your top 5 shmups and that weird dezaemon one lol. I agree with your perspective on alot of this stuff and I have to say you've pointed me in the direction of alot of great games so thanks again your channel is dope

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks Kyle

[@verstraetenandre]

Best 3 SNES shmups: 1) Super Aleste 2) Super Aleste 3) Super Aleste!! \o/ (aka space megaforce)

[@dionysus122]

+SNES drunk Space Megaforce is $186 on amazon, and expensive on ebay as well. How would I go about getting and using a flash cart? I'm not familiar with how these work.

[@dionysus122]

lightsouthaha Thanks! I'll check it out.

[@TheReloader]

0:00 that’s a one frame snes drunk

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

Hmmmm. I think that's actually a triple zero. It certainly needs answering for.

[@ThePeacePlant]

Thanks so much. This is exactly what type of video i was looking for to upload to the SNES Classic!

[@opa-age]

1. Macross 2. R-Type 3 3. UN Squadron 4. Parodius 5. Super SWIV

[@jwilliams703]

Space maga force kicked my ass so much when I was a kid. I forgot about it for so long. I could not beat it no matter how hard I tried and I think I was good at it. I may have to hive it another shot soon.

[@chinarut]

yes - it's worth it!

[@reagandow850]

This is one of my most favorite videos out of all of your shows. Thanks so much for paying some extra attention to shmups. It would be awesome if you did the same thing for the Mega Drive/Genesis. Would you mind sometime?

[@Dnasaur1]

Still my favorite video of yours, Just so many good games in one video, watch this one every two weeks or so (don't tell anyone but I think the SNES can actually be awesome at shmups) PS: I want to marry Space Megaforce

[@chinarut]

lol how they figured out how *not* to have slowdown is a really really amazing feat by the programmers - props up to the devs! 🙌

[@jasonleman1396]

I love the parodius games! they are hard as balls (currently still trying to make my way through gokujo parodius) love the music and the what were these people on enemies you fight (this so needed a snes release back in the day)

[@eliascsjunior]

Wait what??? I'm surprised about Aero Fighters being a rare game in the US. It was found everywhere here in Brazil back in the day. Actually, the Japanese version "Sonic Wings" to be more specific.

[@Dnasaur1]

I moved away from my parents, but at my parental home I had a SNES/Megadrive arcade cabinet which a carpenter and I built together, watching this just makes me wish I could play at the cabinet all day, blasting Space Megaforce music till the neighbours complain. Feeling homesick right now

[@johnnykobbo]

I couldn't agree more with your list!

[@abcmaya]

Space Mega Force!!!

[@zexalsrevenge511]

Most Super Nintendo/Famicom shmups are indeed average at best (I’d say the same for the NES/Famicom, most shmups are average there too) despite a few standouts above the crowd. You’re better off getting your shmup fix with the Genesis/Mega Drive and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine. I agree on that. But you would be better off getting your FG fix on Super Nintendo than on the Genesis (although only one game is better than its SNES counterpart, Mortal Kombat. Why is that such a big deal?) or TurboGrafx-16 (any super awesome anime fighter that exists on the Mega Drive or PC Engine? There’s plenty on the PlayStation line of consoles which includes 1, 2, 3 and 4 but the same has yet to be said for 5, I’m dying for a Yugioh fighter on PS5). But better yet, you’d get a much better fighting game fix on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation (and beyond) than all systems of the previous generation thanks to the genre’s evolution of gameplay and more balancing of the characters which resulted in pretty much being nothing wrong with the gameplay in years to come and J-fighters (Japanese fighting games because Japanese role-playing games having an acronym so why not fighting games? J-fighter or JFG) being perfect in the modern age. You should do a video on every fighting game on the Super Nintendo. Enough talking about fighting games. I do have to disagree on what you have to say on the two Darius games, I kinda enjoy them. Super R-Type does need some improvement patches on it (me personally I’m not bothered by slowdown at all but for all you speed snobs out there, there exists SA-1 or so called speed hacks), checkpoint or a quote-on-quote more forgiving version of it same thing with R-Type III. Oh how I wish there were that. I just fucking LOVED Cotton 100% when I first booted it up and I did not want to stop playing it. Macross is awesome too. I want to play U.N. Squadron and such. Shoot ‘em ups tend to be pretty good and have a reputation for that and such just like with modern day Japanese fighting games.

[@AshtonCoolman]

I didn't know the SNES had so many shmups. I thought I'd have to get a Turbo Grafx 16 or X68000 or even a....a Genesis.

[@gameplayfirst-ger]

Average Genesis shmups beat almost every game on that list.

[@chinarut]

@@gameplayfirst-ger name a game on the Genesis that has all the elements he talks about that work on Space Megaforce - it is a work of art.

[@ezequielgomez7083]

For my favorite shoot em ups on SNES was Gradius 3, Super R-Type, Darius Twin, Parodius, Pop'n TwinBee, Raiden Trad, U.N Squadron and Gokujon Parodius

[@chess_poemschess]

i have a copy of Super Nova where you automatically die every time at one level. 99% sure it is bugged LOL

[@inceptional]

Totally agree with Super Aleste being right up there, along with U.N Squadron, and Parodius Da!/Non-Sense Fantasy for me personally as the Top 3.

[@KenMasters.]

Many players get the impression that all vertical or horizontal 2D shoot ‘em ups are the same because of how repetitive the gameplay is and how overused the mechanics are. My personal favorite is 怒首領蜂 - DoDonPachi.

[@GTVNewsForGamers]

Every time I see Space Megaforce, I reminded of how great it is and why I'm an idiot for ever trading it in to the local retro shop. Damnit! Good list, though. I've been watching a lot of your videos lately, they're well done. I've even added a few games to my wanted list after watching some of them. :)

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for watching!

[@dersandy]

Try to find the PAL version "Super Aleste"! I found my copy for 30€'s!

[@SirenoftheVoid]

I shy away from shooters,the FPS modern type anyway.I enjoy the classics like Gradius III though.

[@captain0080]

Biometal was really popular at my school because of the soundtrack by 2 Unlimited, also i used to rent Scrambled Valkirye a lot, great music, action and level design. Except for the cave level, fuck that level.

[@Kerannnng]

R-Type 3 is by far the best shooter for the system. Space Megaforce I found boring. Levels are too long and its too easy. Genesis and Turbo Grafx / Duo has most of the good shooters of that era.

[@drewsebastino2889]

His only complaint listed in this video was that R-Type III was "hard as hell". Shoot, he should try R-Type II (arcade). In that game, you don't get the broken cyclone force blue powerup and hyper wave cannon. The blue power up of the shadow force is also very devastating if all four lasers land. The hardest part of any of the R-Type games is the bosses, but you cut through those like a hot knife through butter here. I've never played Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie, but it looks like a good game. Firepower 2000 is a good shooter for the SNES, but I could never get very far due to there being no continues, which is made worse by the fact the levels are also too long, not unlike Space Megaforce.

[@drewsebastino2889]

MrBipson Axelay is honesty a very overrated shooter.

[@noop9k]

Drew Sebastino Axelay has really great graphics and music. The rest isn’t so good.

[@WR3ND]

Graphics and music are at least 50% of what's important with these scrolling fire spam games in the first place though. Then maybe 30% game balance and 20% intrigue. They're pretty crap games in general, to be honest, but they're still fun to play now and then, which is the point.

[@DanielAyy]

I haven't played R type 3 but it seems a bit underrated compared to other shooters...

[@MaverickMustaine]

Ill pick up space megaforce for sure

[@CaptainNatron]

Nice video. SNES/SFC has some great shmups. Glad you gave praise to Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie! It's hands down my favorite shmup ever, and one of my all time favorites of any genre on any system. It blows me away.

[@chrisbest2155]

That game looks really awesome! The price tag is pretty dang high though

[@CaptainNatron]

It wasn't too bad when I bought mine last year. I think it is starting to rise though.

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

My fiance and I were playing rtype 3 and absolutely enjoying it however we didn't finish it due to some things going down That shook us both up to a point that we werent able to concentrate It is doubtful that we will revisit it Because of the difficulty

[@danbauer3669]

UN Squadron is the only one of these games that I own. I have 80 SNES games and kinda missed out on it, having purchased my first SNES after I got the brand new N64. Shoot 'em ups are cool but, when I was a kid I was always more interested in beat 'em ups, platforms and then later fighting games. I also liked sports games when I was a kid, although I don't care much for them now. I kind of had an ignorant view on the genre like you stated in this video. I thought they were all the same. I had the same ignorant view on RPG's until I started playing Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic. At that time I realized I had passed up on many great gaming experiences due to my youthful ignorance. Now, I have a number of shoot 'em ups for NES and a few on Game Gear and I have many RPG's, to be played... someday. Love the channel, SNES Drunk. Always good content from you.

[@RookMeAmadeus]

Very nice coverage of the SNES shooters. I'm glad I found this channel a few months ago, even if it took quite some time. Also, Super R-Type...ugh. I could never get into that whole series because THAT was my first game from it. The first time I could actually LIKE the blasted series was R-Type Final. The newer games still kick my ass, but at least there making one mistake isn't potentially 3-5 minutes of setbacks.

[@charlene2400]

Aero Fighters, Strike Gunner, Space Megaforce, Gradius 3, Raiden Trad. Honorable mention, Darius II, but even SMS version plays better. SNES port kinda lulls me, then throws a cheap shot from behind, making it still interesting to play.

[@sewersidewithLP]

i never comment on videos but this video was great. loved that you went through all the games in abc order.

[@soldier91]

Thank you for putting the name of the game underneath the video footage :)

[@danny355]

I don't get the recent obsession people seem to have with Space Megaforce. To be fair, it WAS one my favourite shooters in the early 90s. It got decent reviews in the UK magazines at the time. And its definitely better than Axelay, which got more attention, and both R-Types, which were more well known. But I would 'only' rate it as a top 5 SNES shoot em up. Gradius 3 is more fun to play. Starfox is more original. But none of these come close to the absolute end-boss of SNES shooters, UN Squadron, which is in a whole different league. For me that is the clear best and most underated SNES shooter. The level design in UN Squadron is just perfect, difficult but fair, with amazing bosses. The graphics and sound go together to create an epic atmosphere. There's a lot of variation, short levels and longer levels and there's a genuine learning curve as you get better at avoiding bullets. It's a great challenge on hard and "gamer" too. I think UN squadron has aged a lot better than Space Megaforce, which I always find is not as great as I remember it. Maybe I just over-played Space Megaforce back in the day. I play it now and it just seems to go on forever. Each to their own I guess!

[@davidsavage5630]

I remember specifically avoiding Space Megaforce back in the day and now I'm pissed off at myself because I never played it. I did have Super R-Type, Gradius III and Axelay though. Axelay is underrated as hell. AMAZING graphics for a 30 year old game. I disagree about Darius Twin as well. It's not as good as those others I mentioned but it's fun and looks and sounds unique. It's good enough that I'd recommend people at LEAST give it a try..