17th April 2010, 8:32 PM
Well first, MUSHA is a shmup... you're listing those separately, right?
Second, Turrican games. There's Turrican, Universal Soldier [Turrican 2], and Mega Turrican on the Genesis, Super Turrican and Super Turrican II on the SNES, and also versions of the first Turrican on the Game Boy and TG16. Turricans 1 and 2 are very different from the later three titles. The first Super Turrican is probably my favorite, but Mega Turrican and Turrican 2 aren't far behind... though the original Amiga version of Turrican 2 is definitely better than the Genesis version, it's not that bad on Genesis really, once you get used to it.
Mega Turrican and the two Super Turrican games are serious visual showcases for their platforms, to say the least.
R2: Rendering Ranger is another very little known SNES game. Japan only release, oddly enough, but made by the German guy who did the original Commodore 64 Turrican 1 and 2 games, Manfred Trenz. It's extremely expensive and rare, but is really, REALLY impressive. What he managed to get an unmodified SNES to do with no slowdown is just incredible.
I could start doing lists, by genres/categories, etc, but you know the way my lists get... long. Do you want that? :)
Second, Turrican games. There's Turrican, Universal Soldier [Turrican 2], and Mega Turrican on the Genesis, Super Turrican and Super Turrican II on the SNES, and also versions of the first Turrican on the Game Boy and TG16. Turricans 1 and 2 are very different from the later three titles. The first Super Turrican is probably my favorite, but Mega Turrican and Turrican 2 aren't far behind... though the original Amiga version of Turrican 2 is definitely better than the Genesis version, it's not that bad on Genesis really, once you get used to it.
Mega Turrican and the two Super Turrican games are serious visual showcases for their platforms, to say the least.
R2: Rendering Ranger is another very little known SNES game. Japan only release, oddly enough, but made by the German guy who did the original Commodore 64 Turrican 1 and 2 games, Manfred Trenz. It's extremely expensive and rare, but is really, REALLY impressive. What he managed to get an unmodified SNES to do with no slowdown is just incredible.
I could start doing lists, by genres/categories, etc, but you know the way my lists get... long. Do you want that? :)