Techno-Sylph Vsys Gaiden

This shmup is unique as you can 'evolve' your fighter into different forms and use different weapons. The addition/evolution system is a little complicated and it doesn't help that it's in Japanese but I have created a tutorial that will explain things clearer.

It is located here.
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Here's an interesting game. Before I go on though, I ask 2 questions:

1) Do you like shmups?

2) Do you like PKMN?

If you answered YES to both (or even if you didn't), GOOD! This one's for you!

Pixelships

And this game is also easy to hack using a HEX editor so you can mod the ships to have different weapons and stuff. Very good time waster.

The only bad thing is that there's no sound but who cares.

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If you're into military strategy games, you really can't go wrong with Nectaris. It's easy to learn and challenging. I'll not bore you with the history of the series, instead directing you here to read about it and learn how to play:

Base Nectaris

The one worth looking at is the German Abandon-Ware version which is a massive overhaul of the game. It can be located here along with most of the other games in the series, however other than the Win 95 and German ones, the rest are probably illegal to download. Nectedit allows you to modify saved games on the German version.

Mike's Nectaris Downloads

Note: To play the German one, you need DOSBox as it's a DOS game.

Here's how you can use a shortcut to run it:

1. Create a new shortcut.

2. When it asks you for the path, type this: 'C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.72\dosbox.exe' '(Drive Letter):\(any extra folders followed by a \ until...)\nec\nec.exe'

eg. 'C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.72\dosbox.exe' 'C:\NectarisDOS\nec\nec.exe'

3. Rename the shortcut to whatever.

The Win 95 one is also worth downloading due to how many different maps you can get and how to create your own maps (if you can figure it out).

You can get such stuff here: Win nec

Download NECEDIT for the map creator/editor.
The ..._MAP.zip files on the page are recreations of the GB, Neo, and PS contest maps.

Enjoy!

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Here is an updated link for an excellent little shmup called Guxt, which was talked about earlier in the thread.

Get it here along with other Pixel games and stuff: Studio Pixel Games

Another shmup, almost appropriately named, is called Minishoter RS. There are many secrets to be found in this game (unless you cheat and mod files). It is very challenging and also a good timewaster.

You can get it here: Minishoter RS

And for other excellent shmups, some of which were already talked about (Torus Trooper), go here: ABA Games

You will not be disappointed. =)

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Time for more shmups!

What do you get when you mix two of the most popular classic shmups together? You get G-Type!

As the name implies, it is a combination of R-Type and Gradius in a very unique game. Every difficulty results in something different and there are several secrets such as a hidden Boss Rush. G-Type is very challenging and worth playing.

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Speaking of Gradius, the makers of La-Mulana made a game based on the Nemesis MSX games, an offshoot of Gradius. They have since taken it down, but some people were nice enough to create a Wiki which has every version of the game (in Japanese). You can find the downloads here: GR3.

There is one thing though... it requires Java Runtime in order to work, so much so that some versions of GR3 require specific Java versions. All of this is on the Wiki.

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Tons and tons of old freeware games (DOS, Amiga) can be found HERE!

Very good stuff, I've seen Doom, a demo of Descent, some old Win95 games, and a DOS game of Galaga I used to play. Takes forever to look through the stuff and the needed files aren't too easy to get though. Think of it as an online flea market!

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