SPACE BOMBER I finally remember it all these years ITS SPACE BOMBER!! I'm gonna cry tears of Joy

Great selection, I was just making a favorites list of arcade shmups on MAME and was looking for things I maybe hadn't played before. Thanks.

For me "Xevious" was not just the inventor of this genre, it is still one of the best vertical shooters.

You saved the best for last Strikers 1945 👍

Finally found the game that i so loved in my childhood. it's in this list. Thanks

I loved the Argallet cinematic intro really well-made and animated

Shame Fire Shark is not on the list. By far one of the last absolute gems made by Toaplan.

35:11 toda mi infancia en ese gran juego VARTH

Holyshit!! I'm blown away... The best and the finest Shmup collection one get addicted to. Subbing

A good collection, Thunder Dragon 2 and Vasara 1&2 are also great. My personal favourites are probably the first shooters i played which got me hooked on the genre. In the arcade i loved Starforce and Terra Cresta, not the best by any stretch but they have a place in my shoot em up heart.

8:13 What an awesome opening !!! I wonder if they did it to funny, by tricking some to believe the big jet was the one the player controls. Imagine being super hyped and right when you expect gameplay to start, that little arm extends out the side where a much more normal sized plane is let out. 😂

Dang, they should port alot of these!!! I play them in Retroarch through Launchbox on my PC, MAME on PS3, Pi3, Xbox 360 and FB Alpha has a great arcade emulator on Switch. I do enjoy when they proper port them over though. The CAVE series on 360 is def the best but tons in here I've never seen like that Esp Rade and Dragon Saber. Great vid man! I dont like mobile gaming but after playing tons of shmups its hard to ignore all the shmups on mobile. I'm putting a compilation together atm.

Amazingly bright vivid colorful sprites with great artwork to boot!!! 👾 Worheeheehee!!! Awesome!!! 2D pixel graphics live forever!!! 🧐👍 Aged very well like fine wine!

I’m really starting to appreciate these since I’ve been going to arcades more. I need some kind of ultimate mod with arcade, saturn, and Dreamcast stuff.

If I were rich, I'd have every other arcade cabinet in existence & I would have it open to the public

the beast collection Greetings I send you from villa mercedes s.l. ARGENTINA

#Question With Retro Handheld MAME, Can We Play Shooting Genre Arcade Like "Alien 3 : The Gun" Without Analog, Only D-Pad ?? Please If Know Answer Me ..

thanks for helping me find the games I always loved but just couldnt remember the names for. great video comp

Dodonpachi is amazing!!!

An arcade where i grew up had (I'm pretty sure) Raiden when I was growing up. It was a lot of fun.

My Vertical shooter list : 1. Strikers 1945 2. Strikers 1945 II 3. Strikers 1945 III 4. Earth Defence Force 5. Batsugun 6. Dangun Feveron 7. Tatsujin / Truxton 8. Dodonpachi 9. Esprade 10. Gunlock / Rayforce

Ahh childhood.. when u love games but didn't care about the titles

Armed Police Batrider is fantastic. I would add Dimahoo to this list as well.

Nice top⭐

Thank you. The best collection for MAME shmups people. Must watch.

Love this style of game

Hmm, I think Raystorm deserve a place here

It’s all a classic game. I can’t stop it. Look at my egg-shaped arcade machine. You can switch between horizontal and vertical screens to play a plane at any time.

sky soldiers is epic! best soundtrack!

I can't remember the name of this arcade game where in attract mode a jet rises from the bottom of the sea and does a lift off into the sky upon exiting the water. (it was from round the late 90's early 00's when i saw it)

good video !! VIMANA ?? TRUXTON ?? TWIN COBRA 1 ?? SHIENRYU ?? Tokio / Scramble Formation??DONPACHI ??PHELIOS ??GIRODINE?? GUN SMOKE ?? GALAGA ??AND OTHERS !

I remember those games which I played in my childhood but there is still one that I'm so freaking want to remember and play it again I forgot the name of it and I'm just disappointed that it's not on the list. If I recall it I think it's like strikers but the bosses is big af and before you fight the boss you have to destroy the parts of the boss cuz its big af and kinda like giga wings which has a percentage of boss percentage destroyed. Anyway, Pls make another vid like this and hopefully you found the game I was looking for. ty

Muy bueno ! gracias

Que recuerdos del Out Zone, ese juego jugabamos en el pueblo de mi madre jajajajaja estupendo muy buenos ratos pasamos

dondonpachi, ibarra, aero figthers!!!! legends!!!

I played a few of these in the past but.. wow!! .. I missed a lot ..

they are running super fluid...60fps? Running on a PC ?

profundamente agradecido por el video amigo , gracias!!!

There's a Twin Cobra 2 😳 i need to play this asap 😍

Gotta love Dragon Saber!

Which game is the one where you can pick up weapons upgrades as you go and eventually you can upgrade to a long lazer beam that curls around and stuff.

Raiden Fighters 2 🥰

22:03 Ibara, like this one!

I LOVED Dragon Saber as a child. I am so glad it was in this list, it had been so long I was starting to think it was just a memory of a dream I had when I was a kid.

I LOVE Twinbee Yahoo!

awesome thanks man

Theres a twin cobra 2??? What rock have i been hiding under 😳

I remember last one " Striker 1945 " oh i love it

Battle Garegga. Emperor of STG.

Bat Rider is my all time favourite

help me find a game name arcade with description: vertical screen, C button calls superman and becomes invisible, all have 5 supermans, boss stage 1 is a scorpion, boss stage last is a giant dragon. thank you

Im looking for this one specific shoot em up where it takes place in space and has 2 player. 1 Red Rocket Ship and the other Blue, the Red carried a Bomb with a huge explosion that covers 1/4 area of the screen and the Blue carried multiple Missile bombs that lights up the whole screen blowing off like Fireworks. Also one of its power ups was a Purple Lightning blast that stays locked on its target as long as you hold fire. It was a game I played in a laundromat but never actually finished.

Yeah! aero fighters!

hey guys i am looking for a very old game ... i used to play it around 1990 ?! its was a coin-op machine and the craft you flew was kind organic i think... it was like a centipede and pick-ups made it longer or gave it more "body parts" ... like a weird snake that got longer with pick ups...cant remember much of it but i remember flying through canyons...i know its not much info to work off of but it was very long ago :D . i spent hours over the years looking for it , cant find it anywhere....

Strikers 1945 is the Best shmup in my younger days.

DODONPACHI!!!!! That’s my shit!

Vaya coleccíon!

For a long time, I have been searching for an Aero Fighter Special game, is there a way to download it and on which platform or emulator does it work? Please help me please and I will be grateful to you

Can any of these played on a system with only a 4-way arcade stick? I know it's not optimal but the machine was built for the classic 4-way arcade games. Thanks!

Does anyone knew what title is the...??? One of the airplane is a support type, subweapon release mines that destroys enemies bullets?? It has a good graphics, though?

I used to play an arcade game in the 80’s that you could hide behind barricades at the bottom, while uniformly arranged invaders would rain their shit down from above and you had three lives, anybody?

good list!

Can anyone tell me the name of the vertical scroller that you got stars when blowing up the enemy. Then you could choose what type of upgrade you wanted depending on the stars. Final boss was like a giant brain inside a glass dome?

Sure there was a game where at the start you chose to be a helicopter or a plane that played like these, may be 1 of these shown but not sure, been trying to remember it for over 25 years lol any help/info 👍

almost very arcade i went to had aero fighters or raiden 2

I am looking for a game called "copper and silver" arcade game. In this game you pick up different colour men. It also had stages and you blast through a gate to go through. There was also no sequence to which of stages. But you always had 2 options

Battle Garegga and some Cave is all you need in life.

I miss Raptor and Demonstar in this list, great anyways, there are a lot game in here that I loved to play

Art Imitates life. Most of the ships in shooters have a pod that circles or follow them that shoot and help the ship.Are these not the DRONES that the military are using now? Shooters had drones since I first started playing video games.

There was a vertical shooter game, where you played as a spaceship. You had to defeat enemy's or survive til you got to the boss of the stage. You had a health bar and a energy bar (for basic attacks) You could replenish those by collecting a item from destroyed ships. At the end of a stage you could buy different base Attack weapons and special attacks like nukes etc. Sadly Ive completely forgotten how the game is called. I stil remember that the game used gangster paradise instrumental as its main theme song when you would play the game. Does anybody remember the name of the game that I described?

I remember playing a demo of an awesome game of this genre from my childhood, does anyone have any idea what it was? It was on PC on either 95 or 98. I'm pretty sure you are a sci-fi style ship that shoots both ground and air targets. You can upgrade your weapon by picking up another or swap it out for a new one, I remember one of them being a bubble type that covered a large area. Anyone know the name? I'd hugely appreciate it. I didn't see it here sadly.

Games Very Nice 2020/2021.

The best Vertical Shooters Arcade in my opinion are: 1. Air Gallet, 2. Grind Stormer, 3. 1940 series, 4. Lightning Fighters, 5. Galaga 2, and 6. Leathel Thunder.

Bad ass video bro

Nice collection! But here's the thing, I'm looking for this vertical shooter game that is not on this list. I hope someone can help me find it. I played it on arcades during my childhood days. You can select a player/plane "Korea" but it bombs like Hien on Aero Fighters (Sonic Wings) the one that shoots like Shinku Hadouken and it kinda slows down while the bomb is active. And I think it shoots normal shots with lasers like F22-Raptor seen on Strikers 1945-3. That game only has 4 selectable characters if I'm not mistaken, and they are all countries. My description might not be accurate but I hope someone will recognize that game. Cheers.

muito bom!!! congratulations, very good. paulao from brazil, thanks

HI GUYS,I AM LOOKING FOR ONE ARCADE 90'S GAME NAME WHO HAD 16 STAGES.FIRST BOSS IS SNAKE AND LAST IS SKULLMAN AND AFTER 4TH STAGE VEHICLES AND BALLOON YOU WILL SEE AND YOU HAVE TO SAVE FORM VEHICLES AND BALLLOONS,AND WHENEVER YOU CROSS EACH LEVEL YOU'LL GET FOOTBALL TO KICK ON THE CASTLE.THE CHARACTER LOOKS ALIKE SNOW BROS CHARACTER.

Whats the name of the second game?

can anyone knows the vertical game shooting at the same time racing with other planes? i remember there is one character name miyamoto

vengo aquí buscando uno que no recuerdo...lo más característico era que de enemigos te salían una mujeres cabalgando unas criaturas...eso en un juego de naves del espacio...joder, no me acuerdo

Let´s hope someone can help me out here, I played it in the 90s, very much alike Space invaders 95 in 37:18, almost the same style in graphics but in this game you got some "powers", one was that you shoot a spiderweb, wich slows or stop enemies, and, I cant remember very well, but something like a clown head... but it´s almost the same type as galaga and space invaders. Espero que alguien me pueda ayudar, un juego que jugué en los 90s, en arcade, muy parecido al Space invaders 95 que sale en 37:18, casi el mismo tipo de animación, bastante colorido, pero en este juego tenías ciertos poderes, uno de ellos era disparar una telaraña a la pantalla que no recuerdo bien si ralentizabas a los enemigos o los detenías en su lugar, y un poder que lanzabas como una cabeza de payaso que no recuerdo bien que hacía, es del mismo tipo que Galaga y Space invaders.

Please help me find the title of a classic shoot em up arcade game : So the theme is a little bit magical.. there was 2 fighters but you can't choose.. player 1 purple colored with gold accent shooting circle like bullets with black purplish haired male pilot.. player 2 red colored with green accent IIRC shooting needle like bullets the pilot is a red haired female.. these 2 fighters can transform to different mode.. and they have some kind of water like Barrier in the later stages Thanks

Radiant silver gun !!

@TheRadik There is one shoot 'em up I'm trying to remember. I don't know the name of it, but I do remember it having a snake-like enemy as the first boss and that one of the weapons is all the spotted balls that scatter all over the screen. The boss music is in A minor. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Falto Thunder Dragon y Halley Comet pero es una buena seleccion.

I'm looking for a game. I forget the title, but it's shot em up that using a jet helicopter i belive. The first stage is a rainy night in a ruined city. The animation opening is start in a battleship. when they trying to take off. I always believe its produced by Banpresto, but I can't find it. Anyone can help?

Muy bueno !

Mercs is not a shoot em up its a run and gun and a really great one at that!

El videojuego ESP Ra De es precuela de Espgaluda?

Raiden is my fav

Ah yes, “SHUMPS”

does any one knows the game like this that you can choose a charcter that can mount/unmount to their dragons?..i really forgot the name of the game...all i can remember is the name of their dragons(blue dragon, fire dragon, skull dragon and thunder dragon)...they have different abilities whether they mount/unmount to with their dragons🤗

hey I have been trying to find this amazing game for such a long time. It's Vertical shooter game when you start with skateboard with young kid then you lunch a plane it was the greatest I have been playing. Please if someone could help me about the name would mean alot to me and my brother. Thanks

Buenas!!! A ver si me pueden ayudar. Llevo mucho tiempo buscando un matamarcianos, de scroll vertical. Lo vi de peque en una máquina recreativa. Las fases son los nombres del Sistema Solar y el jefe final de la primera fase es un gran ojo (que aparece en la parte superior de la pantalla), el cual se cubre con dos garras que le salen de los laterales. Creo que es de finales de los 80, principios de los 90. Muchísimas gracias.

Same! Same! Same! (Arcade) is the best for me!!!

I'm looking for a vertical shooter game I can't remember very well. I think the main sprites look like helicopters and the power ups are labeled as 1 to 4, with each having a different kind of projectile. Does anyone remember? Thanks in advance.

Help me guys, i can't find a one game: Airplane can be played and double. The specific thing in this game was that it could catch two types of shield. -the unit, 2 balls stand in front of your plane and they keep you from the enemy shootings. - the second, again, 2 balls, but circling around your plane by shooting the enemy shootings according to which one is closest to striking you. One ball, if it keeps you on the right, the other on the left. If one is in front of your plane, the other is in the back. So they moved in parallel one another. Another, as a hint, I can not think. I tried searching for "Raiden Galaxy", "Air Craft" and others, but without success!

Can we have it in a list of rom files, from mame?

Yes I found it GIGAWING!!!

Hey! I am looking for a vertical shooter that I played in The Tivoli gardens,here in Denmark in the very early 1990's and I simply can't find it and I have been searching the web,youtube and god knows where for it for years.Sadly I do not remember its name but it put the player in control of a ww2 kind of plane and it started with some animations of an evil general or something like that and he was seen sending evil planes and stuff against you and in the middle of the stages he would appear in a window on the screen laughing really evil before sending a kind of middle stage miniboss against you,I think the first miniboss was a huge war plane of some sorts.One of the first real real bosses of the game was a big statue of some kind of war-god that would come to life and trying to hit you with its hands(and NO it is not forgotten worlds I am thinking about).But the Laughing general guy and that statue god boss is what I remember best about the game.It is possible that you could choose between several different plane types in the start of the game,but I am not sure.If anyone knows what this game might have been and the name of it,I would become very very happy.I do remember that the graphics was quite impressive for the time and there was quite a lot of sampled speech including the evil generals laugh.