What game got you into shmups?

[noiseredux]

life force FTW.

the music, the graphics (at the time) = mind blown. i still love that lil grey cart today

yep, one of the few NES shmups I liked back then.

[Opa Opa]

[KingDavid73]

Not really sure. I always liked playing them at arcades when I was a kid. Galaga was probably the first one I played, but I don't really know.

I had this sampler disk on PC in the mid 90's called "Wings of Thunder" that had like 20 or so games featuring ships / jets / etc, at least half of which were shmups. (a lot of Apogee games)

I really got into

Raptor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df2dJ6GJJy4

Major Stryker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgF-AhaKHv4

Baryon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAoAh1LI2RM

and my favorite of the compilation -

Tyrian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQdu4NsWU4Y



It was probably Tyrian that really got me into the genre. That carrot ship... man oh man.

And apparently there's a homebrew Dreamcast port!! I have to remember to get that sometime.

[valgalder]

Galaga like many of you... but also Last Resort! I dropped a LOT of quarters on the game as a kid.. that game was pretty important for me as far as getting into shooters.

[Gunstar Green]

This is a good one though I always thought it was hilarious how the transformed robot sprite doesn't animate at all. He just sort of strikes a pose and glides through the air without budging an inch.