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| saturn |
| the daddy of the console world as far as shoot em ups go. this machine lays claim to being parental platform to the most innovative, aesthetically pleasing and technologically competent shooter of all time - RADIANT SILVERGUN. the machine fared far better in its native japan than in the european market where we received many lacklustre and, frankly, dull games which attempted to try and keep up with the hugely popular playstation. don't let this put you off, however, secure yourself a japanese Saturn (they all look much sexier than their european cousins anyway) and the shoot 'em up world is your oyster (if you can afford it). |
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| RADIANT SILVERGUN/. the daddy of shoot 'em ups on the daddy of consoles. an absolute masterpiece - beautiful, immensely hard, utterly compelling. |
| SOUKYUGERENTAI/. a great shoot 'em up from the ever popular Raizing - great visuals, cheesy music, excessive violence and destruction. a well rounded classic. |
| PANZER DRAGOON ZWEI/. 2nd in the series of the ever expanding Panzer Dragoon World. a great game that proved that the saturn really could do 3d. |
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| DONPACHI/. first in the famous serious of shooters by Cave. graphics are a little dated and the sound samples are apalling.the game, however, is pure gold. you must own this, simple as that. |
| GUNBIRD/. great cartoony shooter from Psikyo. like all Psikyo shooters this is great stuff and very bizarre. |
| KAITEI DAISENSOU/. think Metal Slug but in a submarine. released in the arcades as 'In The Hunt'. looks fantastic and plays really well. worth a look when you have played the 'bigger' saturn shooters. |
| LAYER SECTION/. fantastic shooter from Taito. unlike it's 3D sequels which are, to be frank, a bit pap. |
| SHIENRYU/. nice little shooter with lovely visuals. not groundbreaking but fun nevertheless. |
| SONIC WINGS SPECIAL/. special because it comes with a tiny CD of some of the worst Japanese pop music I have ever heard. plus the game itself is shit. avoid. |
| THUNDERFORCE V/. believe the hype, this game is incredible. the best Thunderforce game in the series and one of the best games on the Saturn. the music is brilliant, the graphics nice and the gameplay to die for. sell your granny to buy this. for playthrough videos go to the mighty KIKEN. |
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| BATSUGUN/. this game is ridiculously hard, however the weapons are equally ridiculous so you've got a fighting chance. don't let the difficulty level put you off, this game is huge fun, it's also the only shooter i know of with bigger weapons than the Donpachi series ;) |
| GEKIRINDAN/. not the greatest shooter in the world. it's a conversion of the arcade original and pretty plain to go with it. only get this if you've exhausted every other shooter. |
| IMAGE FIGHT/X-MULTIPLY/. took me ages to track this down, but it was worth it for x-multiply, a fantastic conversion of a fantastic arcade game. image fight is good too but insanely hard. |
| LAYER SECTION 2/. as I said, this is a bit pap. not awful but not great either. layer section just doesn't translate to 3D all that well. |
| METAL BLACK/. conversion of the Taito arcade original. intersting power-up system, giving you a huge laser at full power. graphics look very dated now though. worth getting for the saturn shooter completist but don't bust a gut to get it. |
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| THUNDERFORCE GOLD PACK 1/. conversions of the first 2 Megadrive Thunderforce games (TF 2 and TF 3). i can only really reccomend this to Thunderforce completists (such as myself) or shmupers looking for a real challenge, as both games are exceptionally difficult and unfair. plus Thunderforce 2 is really showing its age now. |