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Shmups Forum (system11) 21st Annual Top 25 Shmups Announced (shmups.system11.org)
submitted 1 day ago by pasdechance@jlai.lu to c/shmups@lemmus.org
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Over on the shmups forum (I don't have an account there anymore) they run an annual vote to rank shmups.

Here are the results (I truncated the voting details to just the rankings):

  1. Battle Garegga (ARC/SAT/PS4/XB1)
  2. Mushihimesama (ARC/PS2/360/PC/SWI)
  3. DoDonPachi (ARC/SAT/PSX)
  4. Ketsui ~Kizuna Jigoku Tachi~ (ARC/360/PS3/PS4)
  5. Mushihimesama Futari / 1.5 / Black Label (ARC/360)
  6. DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou/Black Label/etc. (ARC/etc.)
  7. Armed Police Batrider (ARC)
  8. Batsugun / Batsugun Special (ARC/SAT/PC/etc.)
  9. Darius Gaiden (ARC/SAT/PSX/PS2/etc.)
  10. RayForce / Layer Section / etc. (ARC/PS2/SAT/etc.)
  11. Crimzon Clover / World Ignition / etc. (PC/etc.)
  12. R-Type (ARC/PCE/PSX/etc.)
  13. ESP Ra.De. / Psi (ARC/PS4/SWI)
  14. DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu/1.5/Resurrection (ARC/etc.)
  15. Progear no Arashi (ARC/SWI/PC/PS4/XB1)
  16. Ikaruga (ARC/DC/GC/360/PC/SWI/PS4)
  17. Radiant Silvergun (ARC/SAT/360/SWI/PC)
  18. Flying Shark / Hishouzame / Sky Shark (ARC/etc.)
  19. G-Darius (ARC/PS2/PSX/etc.)
  20. Gunbird 2 (ARC/DC/SWI/PC/etc.)
  21. Dangun Feveron / Fever SOS (ARC/PS4/XB1)
  22. Thunder Dragon 2 (ARC/PS4/SWI)
  23. Mahou Daisakusen / Sorcer Striker
  24. Gradius Gaiden (PSX/PSP)
  25. Cho Ren Sha 68K (PC/X68)

I haven't even played half of these, but the ones that I have are excellent games.

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for posting this! Not surprised to see so many Cave titles here, but I am surprised Cho Ren Sha didn't crack the top ten! Lot of great games, though.

[–] pasdechance@jlai.lu 2 points 4 hours ago

They do love their Cave games it seems.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Shmup forum? The subreddit?

[–] pasdechance@jlai.lu 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No. An actual forum that has been around for ages.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 1 points 4 hours ago

Ooooooooh

Going to check. Thanks!