Agree with almost everything here. Surprised that I think Connector was the only one to mention Raiden Legacy, it's a fantastic group of ports and stands beside the Cave games, Space Tripper and Dariusburst SP as my favorites on iOS. And, don't get me wrong, Phoenix HD is outstanding, but for some reason I prefer stage based games. Probably just because I love these games but suck enough that I'm not a high score chaser. So different stages provides me with more sense of accomplishment. Just my preference. Also agree that Plasma Sky is worthy of addition to non-bullet hell shumps.
Dang, you're going to make me work aren't yah? I don't know if anyone wrote down Icarus X, but it is a great shmup that doesn't get recognition and is one of the few ipad retina games!!!
Out of the ones on my system Syder arcade hd Toon shooters Super crossfire hd Parallax 2 Icarus X Hyperwave Buster spirits Space inflaters Rrootage hd Phoenix hd Air attack hd There are others like Danmaku 2 and Dariusburst which are very close. Too bad there aren't too many, and that Cave games are not retina. I look forward to an ipad retina Deathsmiles one day. Screenshot of snyder arcade hd
Does anyone know why the EA published port of R-Type has been pulled from the app store? (the TG-16 Gamebox version is still available, thankfully) *slightly off topic* All R-Types were pulled from the Wii VC as well... was there a licensing issue?
They're gone from PSN too. I searched the web and couldn't find any info anywhere as to why. I think perhaps the TG16 version was simply overlooked so we're lucky there.
TurboGrafx-16. Seems like the only port of R-Type (or any of its sequels) still available is the one you can get in this app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/turbografx-16-gamebox/id406585960?mt=8 Edit: actually didn't Hudson close up shop? Maybe there's just no one in a position to pull the app anymore. I hope that doesn't mean it will disappear whenever their license expires
It's a shame Gridlee is gone. ESP. Ra De, R-Type Leo and Gunbird 2 are my all time favs and it's a shame they can't be found on the App Store
I don't particularly like it, but quite a few people do like the controls used in Shogun... And yes... I know the whole "they did what they did to avoid on-screen controls" thing, but the fact remains, there's controls, and they're buttons that appear on the screen... = on-screen controls.
Yeah it's a strange one. I just prefer using controllers/icade for shmups so I can see the ship. On screen controls let me do this.
Hmm... I dunno if they support the iCade, but RayStorm and RayForce have on screen controls... Neoteria has on screen controls too, and definitely does have iCade support...
You can still get R-Type Leo from the Irem Arcade Hits in the App Store. Awesome game. Has an almost... ethereal quality to it that I really like. It will cost you $9.99, but for that and all the other games in the collection, it's more than worth it. And don't believe the reviews stating there is no windowed mode or controller support - it's there. Though, the sound emulation has a very subtle skipping quality to it. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/irem-arcade-hits/id448636438?mt=12
Thank you for the effort! Yeah... I might have to grab the TG-16 version before it disappears... Edit: I found this "The PC Engine version of R-Type was one of the first games confirmed for Nintendo's Virtual Console. The North American and European versions include all eight levels while the Japanese release is split between two downloads, mirroring the original release formats for each region respectively. A Sega Master System version became available for Japan on May 19, 2009, for North America on November 2, 2009 and for Europe on September 25, 2009, however due to licensing issues, this version has been delisted on September 30, 2011 in North America and Europe[15] and October 18, 2011 in Japan." source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-Type
You mean like a joypad controls not like relative or direct touch right? There's a few of them, but I never prefer this control, unless of course if it is icade. I like icade too much over relative or direct touch controls.
