Star Parodier is a solid shmup with pleasing cartoony visuals. It is considered to be a good beginner shmup. You can play as bomberman here too if you're a fan of him, which also includes your fair share of bomberman fanservice in the levels too. It's an enjoyable run but nothing too spectacular. Start here if you're looking to get into shmups.
Felt like a good place to start as the first game I actively go for a 1CC of. Pretty dummy easy early on with that sudden difficulty spike near the end that forces you to actually start thinking, perfect for a beginner like me!!!! Plus, the sprite work is phenomenal and the OST is bumping, and you can be Bomberman with his lil bomber oomfies. Every game should let you have your lil bomber oomfies in it.
THE cute em up
Brutal final level. Amazing music, gameplay, and art though!
Paro Caesar. Used Laser gun and Shield most of the time. Good fun. Still one of my favorite shmups. It's easy, but it's still really fun.
The first true shmup I ever beat! in one credit too! I took a few attempts today (6 total, 3 to test out the characters but once I got to the final boss on my 3rd run, I decided that I could clear the game in one continue)
It was a damn blast with super weird and wacky environments, I tried all 3 characters, but I ended up winning as the PC Engine (being a giant PC engine with homing missiles is hilarious). This game hit a really nice curve of learning powerups and being quite tame for most of it, with the last 3 stages really ramping up the pace.
I barely won with only 2 lives left out of my initial 15 or so getting to the final boss, I had a few chokes along the way but I feel so satisfied with how good I got at the earlier stages. I'm gonna try to beat it with the other two characters now then try hard mode!
I think I might be a big fan of this genre now, big ups to nachy and gunstar heroes for giving me the motivation to play my first shump. Looking forward to more
It was a damn blast with super weird and wacky environments, I tried all 3 characters, but I ended up winning as the PC Engine (being a giant PC engine with homing missiles is hilarious). This game hit a really nice curve of learning powerups and being quite tame for most of it, with the last 3 stages really ramping up the pace.
I barely won with only 2 lives left out of my initial 15 or so getting to the final boss, I had a few chokes along the way but I feel so satisfied with how good I got at the earlier stages. I'm gonna try to beat it with the other two characters now then try hard mode!
I think I might be a big fan of this genre now, big ups to nachy and gunstar heroes for giving me the motivation to play my first shump. Looking forward to more
Esta muy bueno, me gusto como pulio bastantes cosas. Le daría más puntos, pero la primera parte del nivel 8 me parecio odiosa, es como el nivel de quickman de megaman 2, pero peor.
PD
Jugue la versión de psp, por que no pude jugar la versión original, asi que esto ultimo que mencione puede ser solo del port.
PD
Jugue la versión de psp, por que no pude jugar la versión original, asi que esto ultimo que mencione puede ser solo del port.
Red Snake Come On, Green Snake Come On
What an incredibly charming shmup. Actually a really great intro shooter for those (such as I) who are not that great at them, it also is very straightforward and doesn't have a ton as far as unique or defining systems - you're absolutely playing this for the Hudson Soft and PC Engine references and charm.
I don't regreat doing it with Bomberman, but playing at him made it a bit tougher versus PC-Engine-Kun(?)'s homing powerups. Either way, a blast to play!
I don't regreat doing it with Bomberman, but playing at him made it a bit tougher versus PC-Engine-Kun(?)'s homing powerups. Either way, a blast to play!
High-spirited and energetic. This flavor of 'parody shmup' resonates more with me than Parodius and its over-exaggerated snot-nose antics. And you get to play as Bomberman!!!!!
As a shmup it could be a lot better, it's embarrassingly easy until they randomly decide to ramp up the difficulty. And FUCK those Star Soldier checkpoints - why do I respawn on death sometimes and don't in other places? Imbecile behavior.
edit - C_F Has Informed Me Checkpoints Are A Powerup
As a shmup it could be a lot better, it's embarrassingly easy until they randomly decide to ramp up the difficulty. And FUCK those Star Soldier checkpoints - why do I respawn on death sometimes and don't in other places? Imbecile behavior.
edit - C_F Has Informed Me Checkpoints Are A Powerup
Short fun bullet hell the last stage is really hard so GL :)
Got recommended this while looking for beginner shmups, sometimes hard to see enemy attacks but a very good time with charming graphics and stages, looking forward to playing more of these in the future.
bomberman shmup
Ironically, this game was made as an answer to Konami's Parodius series and now Konami owns both this and Parodius. Oh yeah, the game itself. You can play as a giant Bomberman mech and a giant PC Engine that chucks huge ass CDs around. What's not to love?
Spectacular parody entry to the Star Solider series. Don't let the first stages fool you, the difficult increases later on. Ode to the PC Engine, Hudson-soft, and Fans alike.
Basically Hudson's answer to Parodius but not as tough, you can rack up extra lives like crazy in this game and the difficulty doesn't really ramp up until the last stage