A club I'm in acquired Gradius V this semester. Me and a bunch of friends started playing it and got really into it, spawning a whole new interest in shoot 'em ups. Are there any other shmup fans here who'd like to chew the fat?
The games I've gotten my hands on are Gradius V, just about every other emulatable Gradius (although 3 is the only one I've put in any quality time with), Super R-Type, R-Type III, Ikaruga (why isn't this available for any emulatable system
?), Gigawing 1 and 2, and rRootage (if you're not familiar with this one, look it up; it rocks and is the only one of the afforementioned games that is legitimately free). What other games would people who enjoy the above recommend looking into?
Also, for those who'd like to compare notes, my high score on Gradius V is just under a million. I died on the boss of stage four. I'll get past him one of these days.