MiSTer FPGA Best Arcade Shmups To Play! From CAVE to Raizing, Capcom and More! Retro Gaming Gold!

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7 ай бұрын

You know I love MiSTer FPGA and you know I love arcade shmups so of course I love the MiSTer FPGA arcade core shmups! Retro gaming gold in arcade form. From CAVE bullet hell shmups to more casual oriented Sega arcade shmups and in between. Retro games galore on FPGA GAMING!
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The best part about MiSTer FPGA is its versatility! Sure we have a MiSTer FPGA N64 core and a MiSTer FPGA Sega Saturn core...but we also have a metric ton of amazing arcade FPGA cores to play and enjoy and one of my fav genres is the shmup (or shoot em up) arcade game...so let's take a look at some of the BEST shmups on MiSTer FPGA
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There are a ton of amazing shmups on MiSTer FPGA! We have shmups from CAVE (Esp. Ra. De, DoDonPachi, Progear and Guwange) shmups from Takumi (Mars Matrix), shmups from Toaplan (Tatsujin Oh / Truxton II), Shmups from Raizing and Eighting (Dimahoo) and shmups from Takumi (Mars Matrix) along with Sega and Success (Cotton) and many others!
There are so many retro gaming hidden gems in the shmups category and some of these would be considered arcade hidden gems too!
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@adt636 7 ай бұрын

Layer Section on Saturn is probably my favorite all time shmup. Played it today and it runs perfectly❤

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

A classic. I just kept this to arcade cores. May do the same for consoles

@logan_cadfgs 7 ай бұрын

Getting halfway decent at a CAVE shooter is actually a great party trick

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

My wife watches me play them sometimes and she doesn’t understand why I find them fun nor that I can manage them decently. To an outsider it just looks like NOT fun lol

@nicci_dee8292 7 ай бұрын

Im addicted to cave since they came up in the arcades. Its not just playing shmups.. Its all in one....great super detailed grafix awesome music in any cave game. Super smooth scrolling. Fast gameplay.....everythings perfect. If you wanna play a random shmup there are thousands out there. If you started with playing cave shmups...youll understand what i mean. ❤❤❤❤❤

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

The worst part is all you want to do is look AT the graphics but that’s just not good for not dying lol

@nicci_dee8292 7 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica thats why you should always have a friend with you. Let him play let him die....and enjoy the grafix 🤣

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Haha sacrificial shmup lamb

@neonkaiju 7 ай бұрын

I just got back into shmups after years & years of not playing. It's refreshing how "pure" they are; no battle passes, (usually) no crazy DLC etc etc. It's just you & the game.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Yep…pure skill and nothing else

@arcadesunday4592 7 ай бұрын

100% agree! Such a "pure" genre.

@bartvb5059 7 ай бұрын

I used to play a lot of dodonpachi on sega saturn and even though that version isn't too bad, having the arcade version on MiSTer was a revelation. It even made me buy an arcade stick specifically for the arcade cores

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Gotta have a good stick. I did a custom build for myself just to fit my preferred layout. Love it

@mgoul78 7 ай бұрын

Call me crazy, but I prefer regular old Donpachi. Admittedly, I haven't gotten past the second level of either, but I just love that ground setting of the first level and the guy who talks to you. I think it gives me more of an 80s action vibe.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

That's fair. Everyone gets their own preference!

@bodyblow 7 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on joysticks for shmups?

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Maybe in the future :)

@jerryfinn 7 ай бұрын

I just put Pro Gear up on a big tv and what a sight to behold. I’m glad I did.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s a super pretty game

@nicklong27 7 ай бұрын

My fav shmup of all time might just be Deathsmiles. I've played hundreds over the years but that's a game i'll always come back to.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

It’s a classic. Such a bummer the sequel is so…meh

@zhukov2116 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see Cotton on your list! I love Cotton and everyone else should as well!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

It’s a classic and def was one of the first things I wrote down for the lost

@texyemma 7 ай бұрын

There was me thinking I'd finally watched one of your videos where I'd played every game mentioned... and then the last two show up. Ah well, off to MAME!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Haha that’ll happen. I always try to get a couple deep cuts in

@arcadesunday4592 7 ай бұрын

Throughly enjoyable video! Agree with everything you said here. My favorites (at the moment) are Dimahoo and DoDonpachi... there are tons more (as you've demonstrated!) and I play most of these on a fairly regular basis. Fun video! Cheers.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Diff type of video that I usually do for MiSTer

@rawhide793 7 ай бұрын

Not the best but definitely one of my favourites from growing up: Terra Cresta - Nichibutsu. Works great on MiSTer. Killer sound track!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

A solid one for sure but ended up falling off my list personally

@arcadesunday4592 7 ай бұрын

Terra Cresta is great and harder than nails! Great game for sure!

@ScanlineCity 7 ай бұрын

Really hope we get the Psikyo games soon!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Me too!

@jiijijjijiijiij 7 ай бұрын

Oh hah I was confused why Gunbird 2 didn't make the list. It would be a lock for sure. That's what I get for not owning a Mister.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

It’s a classic. Hope to see it eventually on MiSTer

@shadownet_nft 7 ай бұрын

Cave make the best shmups!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

They are no slouches that’s for sure!

@ashcliffeable Ай бұрын

Great to see some shmup content

@VideoGameEsoterica Ай бұрын

One of my fav genres

@METR0lD 7 ай бұрын

Heck yeah! It's shmup time! I know the shmup videos don't usually do well, but I'm thankful for them all the same, because I absolutely adore the genre! And yeah, Cave are the masters of their craft. I was just playing through the entire Dodonpachi series recently. The first couple games on MiSTer and the rest on my Steam Deck. SaiDaiOhJou took a bit of a workaround on the Deck to get it to work, but it was worth it. That said, I have to say that my absolute favorite shmup to play on the MiSTer is the original R-Type. I love love love me some R-Type! And happy Thanksgiving!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Happy thanksgiving! Even to a Wisconsinite lol

@Zaxth 7 ай бұрын

Good video! Quite a few here I've never heard of. I don't really have memories of which games I played in arcade, but I do have memories of the first game I ever played, which I suppose was a shmup. It was Choplifter on the C64, I was 4 or 5 at the time. My favorite on the mister is Armed Police Batrider.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

My wife loves Choplifter

@TheMikeyb86 7 ай бұрын

First shmup I played was Legendary Wings and Gun.Smoke on NES. First on the arcade was Raiden II. I really like Raiden II.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Raiden is a classic series for sure

@kbud3243 7 ай бұрын

You sir have an excellent taste in games! Still waiting for Raiden 2 on the MiSTer though since that's my all-time favorite 😊

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Raiden is a classic for sure

@T200026 7 ай бұрын

best shmups I've played on the mister.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Some classics for sure

@alpanchen 7 ай бұрын

Nice video ... please try battle garegga,bakraid, armed police batrider. Oh and layer section and batsugun on saturn core

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I’ve tried a lot. More Saturn shmup testing vids coming soon!

@timothyscotthendrix 7 ай бұрын

love this channel chief, it's become a bit of a ritual for me and my roommates to watch it together and see where the n64 core is at after we all get back from work lol. this is a great compilation and i'm really excited to try these when i return from my holiday travels (and to my mister.) could you put a list of the games featured here in the description for easy browsing? 😇

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it. Hope drinking is involved! And yes I’ll try to remember to list things

@jeremyc7786 7 ай бұрын

Gemini Wings, Tiger Heli and Slap Fight definitely worth a try too, and of course the daddy of shmups, Xevious. Cannot wait for Flying Shark, my all-time favourite!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I’m sure a lot more shmups will appear in 2024

@arcadesunday4592 7 ай бұрын

Now we're talking! I think this video showcased more modern bullet hell (danmaku) style games, so was focused on those only. One of my (older) favorites has to be Twin Cobra. You have a grest list, by the way!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the list. It was a fun vid to make

@MrChezaj 7 ай бұрын

Wow! You've got me pumped to do some TATE mode on the Bang & Olufsen MX5000 on the MiSTer this weekend with an arcade stick. Fave arcade shooters always go back to, Gradius, R-Type and Tiger Heli. Will we get Parodius from JT this week?! Love the CAVE games too. Also what's the most bullet heavy screen filling Cave game you know? I think Espgaluda II black label on the last stage?

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I’ve heard those are nice TVs. Never seen one IRL

@beingsupersonic7499 7 ай бұрын

You should never worry about videos being cave heavy my friend! I find Mars Matrix absolutely brutal. I absolutely suck at that game lol. At least I did the last time I dusted off my Dreamcast copy. Bloody brilliant though. Never played the second Tatsujin game. I assume M2 will bring it to their shottriggers Toaplan arcade range, hopefully in an awesome pack with the first game, so look forward to that if they do. Been enjoying the 19xx games recently on the Cacpom Arcade Stadium thing. Love Gigawing but it's a little laggy (at least on the Dreamcast). Who owns the rights to the Raizing stuff? Those games are just screaming for some sort of compilatiom. My fave shmup is a tough one! 🤔 Really enjoyed the video, thanks. Hopefully it brings people in and introduces some new titles for people👍🏻

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Mars Matrix isn’t easy. Bullet hell but not geometric which throw a lot of people. Me included sometimes

@SineScroller 7 ай бұрын

Love me some CAVE shmups! Great video, thanks :) No Sexy Parodius ? :)

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

We don’t have Sexy Parodius on an arcade core yet. Hopefully soon!

@mushroom4051 7 ай бұрын

Good stuff

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@superviewer 7 ай бұрын

Even though I never get very far when playing it in emulation, I completely adore 'Flying Shark' aka 'Sky Shark' and I can hardly wait to play it on the MiSTer one day. The other game on my oringinal two-most-wanted-games wishlist, next to Shinobi.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

It’s a classic for sure. I bet it comes to FPGA one day

@0511224 7 ай бұрын

VGE out here doing The Lord's work 🙏🏿

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

@h3xx3duk 7 ай бұрын

I'll watch this later, have you done a Saturn video similar? :)

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Not yet no

@OldSkooolGamer 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video, thanks! I'm actually considering buying an arcade candy cabinet (sega Blast) dedicated to shoots, with vertical screen, but i've been discouraged by a few specialists here about Mister because you need to swap cores every time. I'm def not the most tech specialist so i'm concerned about this difficulty.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Huh? Changing cores is like instantaneous. Def not an issue at all. Now if you need to reorient the screen in the cab that’s one thing but core changing is blink and you miss it

@OldSkooolGamer 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the swift reply! I just got a Mister Fpga thanks to your advices. The UI is absolutly horendous but the games are so well emulated. Cheers and keep up the good work. @@VideoGameEsoterica

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

The UI works. All you need :)

@OldSkooolGamer 7 ай бұрын

I beg to disagree. UI is terrible, and a better UI and front end would bring more people to the marvellous world of the Mister fpga and of old video games. Not eveybody has a Phd in computer science. It''s a struggle for me. @@VideoGameEsoterica

@adt636 7 ай бұрын

Truxton 2!!!🔥🔥🔥

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

An absolute classic

@phillai 7 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on shmups on the MiSTer that are not arcade cores? I can definitely name a few like Nemesis 90 Kai on the X68000 core or Gradius 3 FastROM on the SNES! 😬

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I may in the future :)

@baqueronoe 7 ай бұрын

Toaplan, Outzone.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Another solid game

@balohna 7 ай бұрын

I like the PC Engine CD version of Cotton a little bit better than the arcade original. The levels are reworked and I prefer the layouts they used, and the CD soundtrack is great. The graphics aren't as technically impressive but they're still quite good for PC Engine.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Totally fair. The soundtrack is a plus

@BERNDSBG 2 ай бұрын

The PC engine had improved ports of the best 80s shmup arcade games: R-Type, Gradius, Gradius 2, Salamander I like them a small bit better than the arcade Originals (which is great bc the Konamis are not on MISTer yet)

@jerryfinn 7 ай бұрын

Great list! I almost never played shmups my whole life, but about a month ago, Truxton2 dropped for analogue pocket, and it changed me. Now I love 2 genres that end in “-em’ ups” 😅 If you haven’t already. I’d love to see your beat ‘em ups list as well.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Truxton 2 is awesome. Hard as nails too

@jerryfinn 7 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica absolutely. Even on “easy” mode it’s really not easy ha

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Haha no it is is not

@8bitDNA 7 ай бұрын

‘Bout time Cave gets some love

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Gets a lot of love around the channel :)

@russellgolden7546 7 ай бұрын

What kind of controller are you using for arcade? I see some cores have access to the User Port, I have no idea what input are expecting or how to set that up. Supergun?

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I use a custom stick build normally but recently I’ve been using OG Neo Geo sticks either via SNAC or with MiSTerAddons reflex adapt via usb

@DigitalAsshat 7 ай бұрын

My favorite is Katakis for the C64. Played this in coop with my best friend in the 80s. We were able to finish all 12 levels without dying. Recently tried it on MiSTer and didn't survive for 30 secs.....

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Haha lost the muscle memory. It’s a real thing. Plus some reflexes from getting old. Happens to me too!

@simon41978 7 ай бұрын

Pulstar is a super game.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@Appley81 7 ай бұрын

TwinBee Yahho,, i hope it eventually comes to mister

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I bet it does

@Pbsk85 7 ай бұрын

Can you make an updated video about video presets? My sony trinitron crt is not working anymore so I have to use mister on a lg c1 oled 55'' but I have no ideia how to set it up with shadow masks and stuff for the image to be as close as the crt image.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

It’s on my list. Probably January

@GAZZ707 7 ай бұрын

It's a real shame that cave doesn't make games anymore 😔

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Yeah they really don’t do much of anything any more

@GAZZ707 7 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica I heard that most of the people have left the company

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Makes sense. Why stay if they aren’t making games

@AlexRoseGames 7 ай бұрын

are there any arcade racers on mister or only on saturn/n64/psx etc?

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

OutRun. Otherwise nothing else really as of yet

@markh9129 7 ай бұрын

I wonder if Timmy is watching this with his tinfoil hat on.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Haha never know. I was chatting with him last week actually

@rahndail3863 7 ай бұрын

Has anyone heard anything about a PGM core? I'm dying to play ESPGaluda, Daioujou and Ketsui on this thing

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Jotego has said he wants to work on it. No real movement though

@Riz2336 7 ай бұрын

I never was the biggest shooter fan but I'd say the ones I really like are the Psikyo ones

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

They do make a great shmup. Same with Raizing

@DavidGarcia-qf7gc 7 ай бұрын

I will add: Andro Dunos, Aero Fighters 2, Daioh and Shienryu. Aargh I almost forgot Ketsui

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Some classics for sure

@chrismoon2961 7 ай бұрын

Give Donpachi a shot as well; I know it doesn't get the love DoDonpachi does, but it kinda has the feel of toaplan meets cave. I think its also a bit more beginner friendly.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

It’s a good time. Just fell slightly off the list

@chrismoon2961 7 ай бұрын

Also, Dreamcast is still probably the best way to play mars matrix. Where the heck are Raiden 1 & 2?

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Mars Matrix is a classic no matter where you play it

@D4rkAngel454 3 ай бұрын

Would have been nice to have the name of the game on screen or have chapters with the game name ! :) But thanks for the video, I just started playing Progear! ^_^

@VideoGameEsoterica 3 ай бұрын

Maybe in the future

@ShelfWarmer 3 ай бұрын

Tate and Yoko refers to the screen orientation, like Portrait or Landscape, not the direction of gameplay. It's ok to just say vertical or horizontal shooter. But yeah, I can't really try and say I'm gonna come in and try and 'correct' you about it.

@VideoGameEsoterica 3 ай бұрын

I always think of TATE as the verticality as it would be Tate in the arcades but it’s not at home due to nobody turning their TVs on their side. But that’s me :)

@ShelfWarmer 3 ай бұрын

it's a bit like saying up and down instead of forward and backwards, lost in translation. Mars Matrix is a 'Yoko Vertical' Shooter while Contra (arcade) would be a 'Tate Horizontal' run and gun, if that makes any sense. I really don't wanna be 'that guy' here, lol, but maybe this might be interesting for others to read and think about?

@ShelfWarmer 3 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica you'd be surprised how many CRT nuts have sideways TVs these days, especially the BVM/PVM elitists (enthusiasts)

@VideoGameEsoterica 3 ай бұрын

Let’s just call it “uppsies” and “sidesies” lol

@VideoGameEsoterica 3 ай бұрын

Oh trust me I have a PVM on its side in my studio and a video about it soon

@RavenNewblood84 7 ай бұрын

Is the discord link broken or am i just crazy?

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Ahh that one may have gotten purged to to a stalker : discord.gg/VJ4WYNvp

@frankyfourfingers1382 7 ай бұрын

Is Air Gallet on Mister?

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Now I can’t remember lol. Don’t believe so

@bodyblow 7 ай бұрын

How do you connect mister to a crt?

@arcadesunday4592 7 ай бұрын

This is a GREAT question!

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Check my playlists :)

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I have a vid on it. In playlists

@damdai 6 ай бұрын

vertical shooter != TATE. TATE refers to the aspect ratio, not the fact that you're flying north.

@VideoGameEsoterica 6 ай бұрын

I have thoughts on this all the same

@makenoodle 7 ай бұрын

No Battle Garegga?

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

It just fell slightly off the list

@milpycafe6528 7 ай бұрын

You sound a lot like electric underground

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Lol I do?

@sunderark 7 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica You do not.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I’ll take your word

@milpycafe6528 7 ай бұрын

No take mine

@duckman2496 7 ай бұрын

Doom 64!!!! Please 🥺🥺🥺

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

That doesn’t really fit a shmups vid? Lol

@duckman2496 7 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica I know. But It would fit an N64 Vid.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

I just did it recently. Check the N64 vids :)

@duckman2496 7 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica Oh snap. What i meant to say was Duke Nukem 64. I feel silly.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Haha it happens. Noted 👍 I’ll try and revisit it

@perihelion7445 7 ай бұрын

These games look great but they look like the era when I gave up on Arcades. The reason? These games were WAY over the top on action and crap going on. You could make the equivalence/comparison with the Car chase scene from the movie Bullit with Steve McQueen and then much later the over top idiocy of The Fast and the Furious 10. Table top shooters like Galaga, Galaxian right up to R-Type, X- Multiply, Forgotten Worlds were great and were where I ended. Then I got an Amiga and never went back.

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

That’s fair. They def aren’t for everyone

@perihelion7445 7 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica It's all relative really, if I'd been born 10 years later probably would love them. But don't get me wrong, wouldn't mind giving half of them a go, would play them now. So great video, just need to get a Mister now :(

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Def get a MiSTer. 100% worth it

@perihelion7445 7 ай бұрын

@@VideoGameEsoterica I'll look into it, I'm turning 50 very soon, I'll tell my wife tomorrow "honey, do you know how much I really love you" 🤣🤣🤣

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

“Oh this old thing. I’ve had it forever”

@rohanFEkt 7 ай бұрын

I don't know why but the word shmup makes me really really cringe, I can't stand it!!! 😂 For this reason this is one of the few of your video's I can't watch 😢

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

lol some people dislike it. I get it. Just thumbs up and move along haha

@laytaylor 7 ай бұрын

Back home in the UK magazines called them 'shoot em up's' which became the normative nomenclature despite being a vague term, would've been better if the term was instantiated by gamer referendum, but then when do the 'powers that shouldn't be' ask and really mean it? Lol

@VideoGameEsoterica 7 ай бұрын

Funny thing…use that term in the title…reach gets lowered. Algorithm misreads the topic