Ulimate Shoot Em Up system.

[ST Dragon]

It has been said, that the Ultimate Shoot Em Up systems are Saturn & PCE. They’re not.

The System with most shmups is the AMIGA.

It has more shmups than Genesis, SNES & PCE put together:

AMIGA

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/xenocidefiles/amiga.html

SNES

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/xenocidefiles/snes.html

Genesis

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/xenoci.../megadrive.html

PCE

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/xenoci...s/pcengine.html

PCE CD

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/xenoci...pcenginecd.html

SEGA MEGA CD

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/xenoci...les/megacd.html

And one more interesting factor that has been over looked by many is the fact that the PSX has as many if not more Shmups than the Saturn:

PSX

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/xenocidefiles/ps1.html

Saturn

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/xenoci...les/saturn.html

 

[tsumake]

Yes, but quality, not quanitity.

 

[it290]

Amiga has some quality shmups. I was just playing Apidya on my A3000 last night.. that is one sweet game. Disposable Hero, SWIV, Agony, and Project-X are pretty great too. Not to mention Deluxe Galaga -- the best version of Galaga I've ever played (the author is working on a PC update called Warblade -- you guys should check it out). I'm not sure about the quantity thing, though .. the Xenocide Files are nowhere near complete.

However, I'd still take the Saturn, PCE, or Genesis over the Amiga shmupwise. What you said about the PSX is true, though -- some versions of the games are even superior, like the Cave titles. But IMO the Saturn is still a better shmuppin' machine thanks to its exclusives and controllers.

 

[morlock]

My favorites were Hybris, Battle Squadron, Llamatron, and Datastorm.