BEST Arcade Action Games (You Never Played)

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Discover 10 of the BEST Arcade Action Games you've never played! The Best Obscure and rare Beat Em Ups, Run n Guns, Shoot Em Ups and more. Arcade games that never saw a home port requiring MAME emulation to even play, yet are some of the best around. From Konami to Sega to Indie devs, you won't believe games this good would remain obscure. Arcade style retro games that remained console exclusive on NES, MSX, and NEC's PC-98 computer, or saw rare ports to the Sega Saturn and Playstation. Discover them all!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Discover New Games
01:06 - We RIOT
04:34 - The BEST Beat Em Up You've Never Played
08:21 - Arcade MECHA Action Wolf Fang
13:41 - The BEST PC DOS Shoot Em Up EVER MADE!
19:11 - SmashTV meets PINBALL
21:57 - The BEST KONAMI Shooter You've Never Played
25:53 - The BEST NES Shooter You've Never Even Heard Of
29:04 - The BEST NEC PC-98 Shooter of all Time
32:20 - The KONAMI ALIENS Game that Disappeared
36:56 - The Best DOUJIN SHMUP Trilogy on PC
40:43 - But Wait! There's MORE
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Guardians Denjin Makai II 1CC by ICONOCLAST
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Over Horizon NES 1CC by AKTANE
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Flame Zapper Kotsujin Score Attack VERY HARD by M. Knight
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Aliens NO DEATH 1CC (2 Loops) by ICONOCLAST
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Alltynex Second 1CC Pass the Shmup Duo by QuakeDoomNukem
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KAMUI All Clear by JAIMERS
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@kwxjibo Год назад

I just want to take the time to say that your channel is amazing. I grew tired of most video game channels on RU-vid, but you have something the vast majority of them don't : a true artistic mind. You always go deep into the games you play, your critics are spot on, it feels like you soak up every little detail those games have to offer. I often feel like people talk about games without actually having taken the time to truly understand their value. I deeply enjoy your work and just wanted to share some love !

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful comment, it's appreciated. I checked out from general YT long ago for the same reason, as most seems so generic and surface level it feels the equivalent of junk food. And not good junk food at that. I am doing my best to be general enough to appeal to a broader audience and grow (not get super niche), yet dive deep enough into the games and add some sort of value and commentary. It's always a push/pull of how far I can go without getting too deep and alienating parts of the audience, while also making it meaningful. At the end of the day I am just enjoying the hobby and helping get more people into playing these awesome games. And it seems to be working so I'll keep at it long as I can.

@davidaitken8503 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie I concur with the above commenter and would like to add that it is immensely refreshing to watch your videos and realize, "hey, this guy actually took the time to play the games enough to understand their mechanics and controls". I was just watching a video by someone else and was screaming at the screen, "No! Hold up and press jump to swing up through the platforms on Bonks Revenge you dimwit!". I realize writing scripts and editing is time consuming, but at least take the time to learn how to play a game before you try to capture some footage people.

@MyBrothersKeeper101 Год назад

An all around outstanding presentation no matter how you approach it! I had absolutely no idea that an arcade beat em up could be so in-depth with the move set play control and mechanics. I've got some work to do finding these games 🤘

@Duomaxwell02M Год назад

@Kevin Happe what you've said sums up in one word: passion. And Shmup Junkie has it in spades! Others would just list the top 10 shmups of a certain console. The Junkie is passionate enough to review all of them!

@paxhumana2015 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie , the PS2 actually had a pretty decent amount of shooters, among them, Contra: Shattered Soldier, Neo Contra, R-Type Final, Raiden III, Castle Shingami 1, Castle Shinigami 2, and tons and tons of arcade shooter ports, especially in Japan, and, more often than not, they were just as good, if not even, gasp, BETTER than their arcade counterparts.

@elbitxo5945 Год назад

SideLine was lost for many years, it saw only a limited realease on Poland in the West, and only an obscure demo was out there until 10 years ago. The Spanish magazine Retromaniac talked about it in 2012, making the shmup community curious about that unknown awesome game. Even having only access to the demo, people were so enthusiastic about the game's quality, less than a year later Keitai's Neil Lei arranged an interview between the magazine team and the original lead dev of the game, Jimmy Hwang. He was surprised people loved the game so much, so he granted permission to play and emulate it for free instead taking the opportunity to commercially release it elsewhere. So, this game reached (god knows how) Spain on a bootleg CD in 1996, and was distributed hand to hand. The memories about that awesome unknown game demo were so strong, 15 years later one of the kids who played it back then wrote a passionate article about it, firing up the shmup community interest, leading to selfless people to find the whole game and reach the original developer, that was happy to allow the game being available again, this time for everyone to enjoy it fully for free. I really like this little story, it speaks great things about the shmup and retro gaming community. Here the original article (in Spanish, but auto translation will do): retromaniacmagazine.blogspot.com/2012/07/side-line-el-matamarcianos-perdido-para.html and the interview a year later: retromaniacmagazine.blogspot.com/2013/10/entrevistamos-en-exclusiva-jimmy-hwang.html

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Wonderful info, thank you. I only recently read about this and the history on a main page for the game. And I also linked a really good guide for the game in my description. It was too much detail to talk about in the video, but it has a fascinating history. I just really hope that highlighting it here like this brings yet more renewed interest in the game. It's easily accessible on the Free Shmups Wiki so as many people can easily play it as possible. And it certainly deserves it. The game is outstanding.

@eioneus Год назад

In case anyone doesn’t find Riot or Guardians, I found them by these names: Kamniari Kishi Riot Guardians: Denji Makai II And by the way the first part (Denji Makai) is pretty awesome as well. Great video!! Thank you very much!! Keep up the good work.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome. And thanks for the heads up on the names. I didn't have much trouble finding Guardians arcade, but RIOT can easily be heard to find with search results. So that's really helpful.

@RottenMuLoT Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie like, the very first game you present. It got me real pumped but I couldn't find anything :D I assume you played on MAME?

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

@@RottenMuLoT Yes there’s really no other way unless you own the PCB.

@Wolfdragon92584 Год назад

These are just the kind of games I grew up being addicted to!!! I still remember being 6 and my grandma taking me to a roller rink to teach me how to skate, only for me to get distracted by the giant Metal Slug and X-Men arcade monitors!!! Soooo awesome!!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Funny how things come full circle and the more timeless replayable games have a resurgence in popularity. I play all kinds including modern games, but the arcade style games are what I always keep coming back to. Infinitely replayable for me. Those XMen triple monitor cabinets were cool 😎

@AlbertoMonroy-lq2vw 2 месяца назад

This channel has become my Jam, so full of quality and the commentary on these games is so deep, Shmup jumkie seems like such a cool and genuine guy and his love for gaming harkens to that feeling of the 90s and 2000s when people actually became surprised and stood in awe of new games. Congrats for this channel!.

@MyBrothersKeeper101 Год назад

Much like yourself I am a retro gamer at heart and anything with pixels I am immediately drawn to it. In my mid-40s now and collecting everything that I wanted and couldn't afford as a child finding such a fantastic comprehensive list like the one you've provided with this video like you said is like finding a pot of gold! Going to find at least 2/3 of the list and give them a try. A fantastic explanation of what the games have to offer with play control and mechanically. Possibly one of the best videos I've seen so far for retro gaming 🤘

@jonathan_f2 Год назад

Watching your videos is like a flashback to my childhood while playing games in random arcades, smokey bowling alleys or at some random convenience store! Back then you really had to be good at the game, because you would line up your quarters on the arcade cabinet while waiting in line with other gamers. Honing your skills meant longer play time!

@masterkraft4746 Год назад

the Aliens game was insane. I used to play it with my two cousins when we walked back from school. Besides what you already said about it, it's also the music and the character walking and firing animation. I never forgot that character walking animation man. It has some kind of "groove" to it that makes moving around more dynamic and encompassing

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

I know exactly what you mean. And I'm stoked to have a PCB of it these days to play it that way versus on a PC only. Not likely but always wanted to see a home port of it one day.

@TransCanadaPhil Год назад

Yup, I remember it just having this cool vibe to it like you mentioned. I didn't think it was all that obscure. I remember playing it quite a lot at an arcade called "MagicLand" on Portage Ave in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada circa 1990-91 growing up.

@Jac2Mac Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie There was actually going to be a Sega Genesis version of the Aliens arcade game back in the early 90s and it was probably going to be Konami's first Sega Genesis game ever.

@garrz32 Год назад

Aliens is an absolute gem on arcade hardware, still a very affordable board to buy as well.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

I actually own that board! I sick grabbed it as I loved that old game in arcades and can now play it on my bigger screen using the Supergun.

@probe26 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie scanlines needed in your vids.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

@@probe26 I can’t do it. I used to all the time but RU-vid ruins it half the time and it ends up looking like an ugly mess. I wish I could as I’ve got a 5x pro and OSSC to make beautiful scanlines, but it they end up compressed for a lot of people. Bummer of quick access lower quality streaming.

@garrz32 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie Same here, it's amazing on my Egret II, great vid as usual man!

@ShmupsBR Год назад

Manbow was the last game Konami did for the MSX, they went through some major internal changes after its release, it was a love letter to the fans and a farewell to the platform where they learned how to make games for a home audience. There would be no Konami on the famicom without the MSX era. The only thing I missed on your text was mentioning how big the MSX was in Brazil as well, since most of us had this platform years before the NES. So it's not wrong to say the MSX was the NES for a big part of the Brazilian audience.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're completely right about that... sorry for giving Brazil short shrift 😅. When I think MSX, I am always thinking Japan (obviously) and Europe, but really most of the developed world including South America had it. Why it couldn't make an impact in the US is beyond me, but we totally missed out. Manbow really feels like the typical 90s Konami shooter, everything about it. All the intangibles good and bad including the great music. Really miss that vibe they had which really can't be replicated again. I actually learned of Space Manbow late in life too maybe several years ago, and that's being a lover of all things Konami. If it wasn't for the Internet I may have never known it.

@ShmupsBR Год назад

Another interesting fact about Manbow: It was supposed to be a MSX port of Thunder Cross. There are lots of similarities between the two games, but I honestly prefer Manbow. The reason why the MSX never made it to the US is a looooong story I can tell you and maybe a good subject for a future video.

@rafaellima83 Год назад

Metal Gear 2, SD Snatcher and Quarth were released after Space Manbow. I don't know if they were "Ready" before Manbow, but they definitely were released later. Konami had an insane output on the MSX. While they did some good and some duds on the NES, I believe they made nearly as many games on the MSX as they did for the NES, but EVERY game they did on the MSX were golden. I can't think of a single bad MSX game from Konami. Even Contra which was totally botched port, I find it to be quite fun to play if you forget it's a Contra game.

@roberto1519 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie I'm Brazilian and I, my 3 older brothers and dozens of friends never, ever heard about the MSX even on magazines, the Master System was our second big console after the Atari 2600, while the NES was sold in numerous clones. So while Shmups BR makes it seem MSX was huge here, it was probably in his own circle, maybe region. Honestly, I don't feel we have missed anything as kids, we already had better alternatives, as far as price, games library and technical aspects go. This PC could barely play anything smoothly, all scrolling was jerky, even with its improvements over the years, unless the developer knew black magic programming skills. Golvellius, brought to the Master System from the MSX is better in every aspect, visuals, sound, scrolling and controls. I wish I had nostalgia for the MSX, I would have a different opinion, but it's indeed a mediocre machine for games, totally not designed for it. I remember watching a dedicated episode for this computer, it covered dozens of games and that was a pain to watch.

@dangunheadachron1603 Год назад

@@rafaellima83 it was their last shooter on MSX though

@sgtsquank Год назад

The breadth of your content and just how much you dig into things may not be for everyone, but for me they're damn near perfect. Really enjoy your channel and feel you do well standing out among the crowd that is retrogaming YT.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks I appreciate that. I really enjoy digging into them deeper than most without going overboard and losing people by getting overly tedious. It's a fine line to walk but I enjoy trying. I'm really happy with how this one came out and so far it's kicking some butt!

@worsel555 Год назад

RIOT is a game I first saw LordBBH stream on his Twitch. It was pretty much agreed to that your main character is on some powerful psychedelics and is in reality dragging a mannequin through a Wendy's parking lot, yelling at random people and this is what's going on in his head.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Lol, dude, you mentioning the mannequin just made me think of a Netflix series we just watched called Umbrella Academy. I know, weird off topic but you gave me a flashback. At the least, whoever designed the game may have been on them.

@rickylovesyou Год назад

Bro, shmups for life! but you doing other genres is absolutely right up my alley. Awesome !

@AdsOfSteelGaming Год назад

Excellent video as usual my dude! Gave me some cabinets/ roms to chase down

@ThoughtformsOfTheSubconsciousM Год назад

Wolf Fang on the Saturn runs absolutely 100% perfect, there is no slowdown at all. I can confirm having the offical disc playing on real hardware for many years. Even on the hardest difficulty, crazy enemies and bullets on screen it never wavers. I'm assuming this misinformation came from the old post on the Shmups forum? Sadly the game wasn't popular enough for someone to call that guy out on his claim. It's a great game though thank you for spotlighting it, and amazing video as always man! Thanks for all your hard work!!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Hey, thank you so much for pointing that out too, I'm glad you did. I don't own it on Saturn or PS1 and always emulated the arcade, so that's why I kind of prefaced it when I said it. As I honestly couldn't say myself not having played. I may be able to go back and edit that quick cut out of the video with the editor as I'm not a fan of spreading false info. So again, thanks for bringing that up. I'm glad to hear it, as it's not often a game runs a lot slower on Saturn. The main example that comes to mind is In the Hunt. I later learned the arcade version has built in slowdown too, so it could even be the PS1 port just runs faster than it should.

@ThoughtformsOfTheSubconsciousM Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie Very true, and In the Hunt was clearly due to the boneheads at SIMS doing the Saturn conversion, while the much more talented Xing was responsible for the PS1 conversion. Also good point on the arcade having slowdown itself, maybe the PS1 port does run too fast then. Perhaps that's where the misinformation spawned from initially. Funny how things like that happen!

@lennypena5587 Год назад

Your videos bring back all those nostalgic feelings from back in the day. I Always look forward to your videos to discover new games that have been out for a while to enjoy!! I want to salute you for your work, it is freakin' awesome!!! Thank you!!

@nilkilnilkil Год назад

Awesome list !!! Love a good showcase !!!

@Renegaiden_ Год назад

This is a strong lineup of bangers. There are some I've never heard of due to the platform they were made for, some that I have known about for a few years already and I'm glad to see you covering them (Siter Skain's Alltynex trilogy) and overall, is such a well made, in-depth video.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thank you. I really enjoy making these type of discovery videos and should do them more often.

@Iohannis42 9 месяцев назад

Great presentation that also provides a brief review of each game.

@michigan_616 Год назад

Solid list! Only played few of these on the list, so have games to dig up to try!

@palaceofwisdom9448 Год назад

I can only imagine the time it took to make this video. What a roller coaster ride of emotions, from awe to disappointment that I never played them to wondering why they don't make 'em like this anymore.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! Yes it’s a lot of work but a great experience as I also get to discover new games myself. And in the grand scheme of things compared to those massive 3+ hour videos I’ve done for every mega drive and pc engine shooters reviewed, something under an hour like this almost feels like time off 🤣. Im really enjoying these longer form videos lately.

@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 Год назад

These games look badass I only ever saw Aliens the rest are new 2 me

@Zaxth Год назад

You deserve more subscribers! This is top notch content for retro fans. Two thumbs up!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! I'm growing fast and doing my best to keep it up. Want to spread the love of the older, arcade style games around. People are getting more and more tired of the aaa stuff and going back to these games. The great ones are just so replayable over the decades.

@TransCanadaPhil Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie I'm just so glad that traditional 2D sprite based games are now back in style and so many good new ones are coming out these days too on platforms like Steam and itch.io. In retrospect it feels like there was a bit of a "lost generation" of gaming that we never really got in the west between the 16-bit consoles and the PSX/N64 era. After the 16-bit era it seems a huge rift opened up between the west and japan with gaming tastes. Unless you were really into the import Saturn scene, new high quality 32-bit 2D pixelart games (shmups, beat-em-ups) kind of disappeared to the western gamer for a long time. I really enjoyed the sort of high-octane 32-bit arcade 2D games of the early 90s like Aliens and was looking forward to that stuff coming out on the forthcoming consoles. Alas, gaming turned almost completely towards slower paced adventure based 3D polygon games and moved away from faster paced but shorter 2D arcade style-gaming. So we never really got a home version of a 32-bit colourful 2D console generation I had been salivating for in the west that would have emulated the experience of the various capcom and konami arcade games of the early 90s. Only now are we really getting that stuff like the new TMNT game, all these various shooters, the great new beat-em-ups, etc.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

@@TransCanadaPhil Sony may have played a part in that. They pushed the hell out of 3D and supported that direction quite vehemently. And since they dominated the market at the time I can see why. The N64 went all in with 3D as well so that’s what we got. I didn’t mind it but like many, really wished we got more of that gorgeous 2D style game we know that generation was capable. As opposed to the rudimentary (now kind of butt ugly) polygons that didn’t age well. It took multiple generations and advancements in hardware to reach parity with 2D artwork. At least on console. I tended to use my PC for games that really pushed the 3D envelope. And to run Crysis 😂

@gamerforever3654 Год назад

Subscribed 😎

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

@@gamerforever3654 Welcome to the channel 😁.

@DjDizzy216 Год назад

As someone who grew up with the NES, Over Horizon blew me away. I had no idea it existed and am stunned TBH. Thanks for presenting it.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Right?! I never played it as a kid either. Too obscure at the time I suppose. I’m glad you discovered it too through this. That and Crisis Force are two I loved once I finally got to play them.

@i_am_raph Год назад

yes, being transported to outer space to fight a demon mafioso is EXACTLY what i expected

@darianr5193 Год назад

Really enjoyed your video and appreciate your hard work. Thank you!

@AzureSymbiote Год назад

Thank you. Some of these incredible!

@keness4768 Год назад

Amazing content junkie. Keep it up!

@muat1155 Год назад

Four minutes in and I feel like I NEED to play RIOT like right now! Never heard or seen that game before. Great content Junkie.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Haha, yeah it's that kind of game. Just looking at it makes you want to jump in. That's why I started out with it. Hope you don't have any problems finding it.

@ChicagoRetroGamer Год назад

AMAZING video per usual, and I clearly need to play Guardians in the future! Cheers and rock on!

@Myako Год назад

This was a tremendously entertaining video. I truly had not heard about some of these. Amazing work! 👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! I really did mean to find games many wouldn’t have known. Some I even discovered myself while making this.

@Myako Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie can you imagine how amazing a Saturn port of Sideline would be? Or even better, for the source code to be released and a source port to be made? 😍

@pinkueiga1867 Год назад

Amazing to see the Alltynex trilogy getting some love. Giving how much you loved Eschatos and its use of set pieces, I need to say that Reflex is one of the greatest attempts on telling a story only through set pieces and the mechanics (that will change in the final part of the game), without using a single line of text. To have an entire video in the future dedicated to the trilogy, can be nuts. And also great picks for the MS-DOS and PC-98 section! 💟

@strika52 Год назад

Great Video! I thought i knew games but ive never heard of any of these and i want to play them all! Subscribed!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Welcome! I’m glad you found me through this. And please do take your time and enjoy some of them. We are always overwhelmed by so many games these days we end up not really digging into any of them. But when you are ready I make a lot of videos that’ll help you discover more. Hope you enjoy those too. The one I made called Best Arcade Exclusives has some killer games too.

@strika52 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie thanks! I definitely will check out that video and i saw some others i want to watch.

@Adinan0803 Год назад

I love these discovery videos! It's so fun to find games that were simply forgotten in gaming history but are still a blast to play! I'm really interested in the Tale of Alltynex pack on Steam, gonna grab right now to check them out :)

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

I love making these just as much, discovering games myself along the way too. One of my favorite subjects to tackle, so there will likely be similar. I hope that trilogy was still on sale and I wasn't too late with the video.

@GearAddict90210 Год назад

Awesome video, thank you!

@destinyhero4795 Год назад

10 minutes into the video and that's it. Subscribed. Epic list !

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Welcome! And hey, I hope you enjoy the rest of the games on tap too. I always try uncover actual obscure games like these.

@mattclaybaugh8578 Год назад

Love your stuff man, thanks for the new awesome games to play

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome! I even discovered some new games myself in the process.

@kumrogames Год назад

Very cool! Always great to find more retro games i never heard of to check out!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

And I'm always happy to find more for you discover. Glad to see your here and hope the game is still coming along well.

@kumrogames Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie Thanks! The game is coming along. getting much closer to wrapping things up and cant wait to see it get released.

@Galaxy40k Год назад

Another fantastic video duee. Riot, Guardian, and Wolf Fang all look AMAZING! Hoping that some of the games here get a port someday, although I'm not too hopeful sadly

@arronetchells4363 Год назад

Some real gold in this selection and most I’ve never played! Roit looks a real hoot as does Guardians and Wolf Fang so I’ll be on those for sure. I’m a massive fan of Aliens and play that loads, real jealous you got to see the studio containing James Cameron directed props. Thanks for educating me on Nitro Ball as I’ve downloaded this on switch ready to be enjoyed!! Great video as always man. 💪

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome buddy, glad this one got some more games on your radar to check out. It was a dream visiting that studio and total luck. As it's invite only. We won some Alita sweepstakes before the movie released, and ended up getting to an early screening, as well as a tour of the facility. I have a ton of great photos from that day, it was something else. Cameron doesn't mess around. Everything is life size and engineered like it would actually function in real life.

@RodrigoGarciaCarmona Год назад

Before I played the video, I saw the title, and I though to myself: "I'm a very knowledgeable person about these kind of games, of course I'm going to know all of them. Yes, most people didn't played those, but not me." And then, I saw the video, and I was AMAZED. I only knew two of the games! So, hats off for this great video. I'm so happy to be able to discover new awesome games that I didn't know anything about... Keep up the good work!

@danmakuman Год назад

Awesome video as always! I still need to play Sideline. I remember it wasn't as easy to run so I gave up back then but need to change that now. Wolf Fang is one of my favourite Data East games. Can get pretty hard in later stages but damn it's so awesome I bought the Saturn port some years ago. Thanks for showing some footage of my Kotsujin gameplay, I knew you'd love it, specially being a Toaplan and Tatsujin fan yourself.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Heck yeah, I owe it to you for introducing me to the game. When it comes to MSX, let alone PC88/98 I'm a complete noob. We just didn't have these systems in the US at all growing up so I am slowly discovering the games. I definitely wanted to use your gameplay for it. I can see it's modeled more after Tatsujin Ou than the original, but it still feels like it's own game. Honestly, Ou has gameplay issues and Flame Zapper is likely the better game from that standpoint alone. It's actually playable for most haha.

@oldmanburly 8 месяцев назад

It's rare in this age of easy-access informtation and self-promotion to find someone doing something new and real - actually delivering what's on the title. Amazing video. I learned a ton and had a great time watching this. Sideline and We Riot paricularly blew me away. Great too see BKRoo getting a shout out too! Good stuff as always!

@ShmupJunkie 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! A lot of my viewers and subs are very well versed so I go out of my way to provide some really deep cuts and unknown games. A big part of it is having a great community and discord that pitches in for videos like this and helps with some great suggestions. I discover a lot of new myself along the way.

@Nintenjoe25 Год назад

Just discovered your channel and I just LOVE how detailed these reviews are! Keep up the awesome work!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Welcome! Glad you found me and hope you enjoy the other vids like this one. This series has been popular so I definitely plan to make more.

@Nintenjoe25 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie 🤘😁

@rafaelraad555 10 месяцев назад

That was an awesome episode!❤

@acidriott Год назад

This was awesome! Thank you!

@glenhayman8722 Год назад

love your content, you have revived my love for old school arcade fun

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! I'm having such a good time making these and glad it's getting others playing them again too.

@rauterraul9826 Год назад

Another great video, I expected nothing less from You. Gracias amigou.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

De nada buddy, glad you enjoyed it. I love making them.

@syedali2143 Год назад

Well made video that surprized me with these cool arcade games. All your video are very fun n interesting to watch

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thank you. I really enjoy making them so glad you did.

@marcretro Год назад

The best retro game channel reviews and its not even close high quality. Very informative and fun. Keep it up

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! I definitely try to bring something different and unique. I’m doing this for fun and hobby so if I can’t have a good time with it there’s no point. I love discovering new games like this and can share that with everyone here.

@jacob-spring Год назад

Love these kind of videos. Guardians looks awesome. I will be checking that one out.

@519MaLoNeY Год назад

Awesome stuff man. I can’t say why I love this video but I really enjoyed it a lot. Keep it up! I look forward to seeing more of you stuff.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thank you. I also really enjoy discovery videos like this and helping people find great new games. It's fun to focus on just the games themselves and make fun segments highlighting each.

@southtownplays4787 Год назад

Another banger your vids just keep getting better it's always worth the wait thanks man 🙂

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! I am always trying to improve little things with every one.

@gamesgonenuts Год назад

so many great arcade games I now have to check out this was awesome smashing the like

@Metushalakh Год назад

Fantastic list, a gem filled with truly obscure titles, unlike many such videos. Personally, knew of all of them apart from SideLine and Riot and so thank you.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome. And yes, Sideline was going to be a relative unknown for almost everybody and why I was so hot on including it. Such a killer game that's as obscure as they come.

@moroz1999 Год назад

Thank you for the video! I'm a die-hard shmups fan from the times of ZX Spectrum, and every second of this review is a pleasure :)

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Welcome! Sorry for no ZX games this time but I was glad to at least include an MSX and PC98. We didn’t have any of these computers in the US so I have a lot to discover including the Spectrum. I’ve got a good few friends that are big fans of the system being from Europe.

@moroz1999 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie the best shmup for ZX is still R-Type conversion, but there has been a lot of other obscure and playable shooters as well, some of which are even original, not arcade conversions. Speccy is a hard platform for shmups since it doesn't have hardware scrolling nor sprites, but still there are some gems for the platform. Thanks for what you are doing!

@dryker7085 Год назад

Another great video, Junkie! Even brought a few new games to my attention.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! I love making these as I discover new games myself. A couple here I didn't know about either and was glad to play them for the first time.

@TheT3rr0rMask Год назад

Over Horizin and Flame Zapper look incredible. Another great video, got some new games to try out now

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Heck yeah, they both are. Totally different games depending on what you're looking for, whether 8bit NES style or more modern Tatsujin Ou mix, but both are some of the best examples of their type.

@leoash9707 Год назад

Great video man! Make this a series, where you show us underrated and hidden gems, keep doing the great work!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks. Yeah this one is doing really well so I’ve got another one planned already. I’ve got a great list of a dozen Run n Gun types that I definitely want to make a video for.

@leoash9707 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie try: Sengoku 3 Ninja baseball batman Gaia crusaders This 3 are some my favorite obscure hidden gems with ton of gameplay and enemies, you should try them!

@MCHellshit Год назад

This might be the first youtube games list video where im actually going to download every single one of these games

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Lol. Well they are all pretty kick ass games. I tried. Just take your time and enjoy each one for a while. Discovering new games like this for myself and sharing it with everyone here is one of the best parts of making content.

@BigRetroShow Год назад

Very interesting video bro. Many games I have never heard of that I’ll have to check out.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thank you, I love making these. Glad I could introduce you to some new ones.

@fragguy9901 Год назад

great video pal, did not know of nitroball, right up my street so will be getting this one switch :)

@thepostman7539 Год назад

Junike, chalk up another person excited to see Siter Skain games get a mention. I remember importing these from a contact who went to Comiket back in the day. SS's games really impress me and showed what a doujin game could really achieve. As an honorable mention, another doujin trilogy would be Twinkle Soft's lineup: Rally Raid, Excess Fraction, and Barrage Tribe. They are not quite as good as Siter Skain, but I'll bet most people haven't heard of them.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

I'm still discovering so many doujin shmups myself, so you can count me on that list. I'm going to check them out and maybe they can get a mention in a future video. I just hope I got to plug the Alltynex trilogy here in time while it was still on Steam sale. I wanted more people to grab all 3 games to enjoy.

@SolitonCrush Год назад

Great video! Picking up Nitroball this friday, and wishlisted Allytnex trilogy.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Sweet. Sorry this video missed the sale on the trilogy, it was only 10 bucks for all 3 while I was working on it.

@SolitonCrush Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie No worries! I went on the sale tracker and they seem to put them up for sale pretty often :D

@GarlicMonoxide Год назад

Just found out about your channel tonight. You've got some good content man. Keep up the good work. Subbed.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! Glad you found me and welcome to the channel. We have an awesome community here too. I definitely plan on making more videos like this one highlighting really good obscure games. People seem to love them and I enjoy discovering new games myself in the process too.

@johnnyroberts7093 Год назад

Again.... thank you. I've got my week planned. Thanks junkie!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome. I know there is an endless supply of games on our backlog to try, but it's great to discover some we never heard of before. I always do while making these.

@DavidReyes-xm7vd Год назад

The aliens arcade cab is GODLIKE. I'd never played it until one of my best friends got an official arcade cab...IN HIS LIVING ROOM. we usually pregame concerts with drinks and playing this for like an hour. and hot damn THE SOUNDTRACK IS FIRE!!! i can (and do) listen to on repeat all the time

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

That's awesome... I'd love to play it on an original cab again just for the nostalgia factor. At least I have the PCB to use on my supergun, but not the same as the original beast.

@wrena79 Год назад

Finally Denjin Makai 2 gets some love thank you!! Had the PCB for years and have never been able to understand why no one ever talks about such a great beat-em-up. One of the very best imo.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

It was about damn time right? It was pretty random too, as I was watching the 1CC by Iconoclast the other day and just marveling how deep it is. And I just knew I had to include and feature it in the video.

@wrena79 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie absolutely time. Hopefully more people will find it and enjoy it now. The original Denjin Makai/ Ghost chaser was no slouch and got a solid port on the snes. Again same deal. One of the snes' better beat-em-up's and rarely gets a mention. Some great games on this and I'm only halfway!

@wrena79 Год назад

Ok finished it and thank you for another incredible vid. Dead jealous of the LA Aliens trip. Aliens is tied with RoboCop as my number one favourite movie so would have loved to have seen those props. Still fortunate enough to have got the PCBs for both knocking around so now need to go get my supergun out and do exactly what you said!

@bobmiller7789 Год назад

Great video Junkie. There was a ton of games in there that looked awesome and that I had no idea existed. Thanks this was very informative. Looks like I'll be hitting up mame on my old PC.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome! And exactly why I love making these aside from just being great to discover new games myself too.

@zazi77 Год назад

Glad to see sideline one this list. Great video as usual buddy

@jbmaru Год назад

Never heard about most of those games indeed, but they do look like ones I'd enjoy playing. Thanks!

@PM-xc8oo Год назад

Awesome video! I usually roll my eyes at a lot of "hidden gem" type videos but there was some really great stuff here and with the exception of Aliens, I wasn't too familiar with these.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks. Yes, if I'm going to do something called You've Never Played I really mean it. I knew that some veterans or very well versed folks would still know most of them, as some are more obscure than others. But it was a good mix with 2-3 that are truly unknown by almost anyone. The important part is they aren't simply obscure but truly good games that deserve to be played. Aliens was definitely by far the most popular and kind of a crowd pleaser, but I wanted to get it in there as a game that never has and likely never will get a port, ever. So it's something people know but a lot never went out of their way to try emulating. Really glad you enjoyed it.

@PM-xc8oo Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie Really appreciate your bringing attention to the really obscure ones here. Hopefully these will get a future release (the ones that haven't been) or even maybe I'll check these out on an emulator at some point.

@lesterbryangacusana4211 4 месяца назад

love watching your content..been back watching the vids its awesome...love trying these games on my anbernic device...

@RewdanSprites Год назад

It's always good to discover a game you missed back in the day only to discover it still holds it's own even in today's standards. Another awesome video by the way!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks. It's a big reason why I love making these videos... even for myself. As I also discover awesome new games in the process. So you can definitely count on plenty more.

@RewdanSprites Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie Yes your passion definitely I think is a big reason your channel does so well! I am looking forward to seeing more shmup junkie! 🤣. I was also happy to see there was some games mentioned that I have enjoyed also like steel empire, altynex second, kamui etc.

@evenpoint Год назад

Just randomly found this video. Great work. Instant sub ♥️

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Welcome! Glad you found me. We have an awesome community of people here and folks that have been following since I started this journey a couple years ago. I've been making a lot of videos like this and will be more, so hope you enjoy what I've made so far.

@thehellezell Год назад

thanks for the heads up about Guardians!

@samghost13 Год назад

So Cool! Thank you Sir!

@MiiDev69 Год назад

I remember playing a ton of games made by DataEast back in the day. Excellent video as usual!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! To this day I am still discovering crazy Data East games I didn't know about. Some of them are just so wild it's hard to categorize.

@zZiL341yRj736 Год назад

I just imported a full roms set into Launchbox and trimmed it down to about 3000 games. This channel is the traveler's guide book.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Trimmed it down to 3000?! lol man when are we ever gonna have time to play them all. Truly a wealth of awesome that can keep us busy into retirement. My backlog is already bad enough. Really glad I can help you add some gems you may have missed with videos like this though. There are so many games it's hard to sift through them all.

@RockyVegaTV Год назад

OMG GUARDIANS is absolutely INSANE!!! I came across that one recently and couldn't believe the gameplay. I've seen Rogha Armor Force and Aliens as well (also great games). The DOUJIN trilogy is on another level for shoot 'em ups, too. I WISH we could get a proper update for Kamui. It's CRAZY how good that came is and I can't for the life of me understand why it hasn't gotten updated yet. As usual introduced me to some other great ones and I'm loving it, man. Keep it coming!!!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

What are the main updates we're still waiting on with Kamui? I have it on Steam and it looks and plays great, so I'm kind of out of the loop. Was it supposed to get a remaster of some kind?

@RockyVegaTV Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie Not to my knowledge. It just doesn't run in proper full screen and the scaling is limited to 800x600. I don't suppose you know how to fix that, do you? To my knowledge there's no patch for this. =[

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

@@RockyVegaTV Not on Steam I think because it’s locked down by the app most likely. I also own the original pc version which gives me a lot more flexibility to play with the resolution via third party apps. Though I haven’t really tried yet.

@bottom 4 месяца назад

So glad I found your channel. ❤

@Rawhaki Год назад

Wow, you just found the beat 'em up that I've always dreamed of 🤯

@MarquisLeary34 Год назад

Denjin Makai! Always good to see a criminally underappreciated series get some love like that.

@user98xp Год назад

Yo!! Great to see a new video from the legendary Shmup Junkie!

@user98xp Год назад

Have you done any videos on the type of games like Nam, Cabal, Pirates, Blood Brothers, etc..? Like the best ones of that subgenre type situation? I can't find any on RU-vid about those types of games.

@atomiswave2 Год назад

Thanks for the info. You have great taste

@QF_Dan72 Год назад

SmashTV meets Pinball? That is something i never heard of and Nitroball looks like a fun arcade game. Thanks for your recommendation

@MrSez1979 Год назад

Phenomenal Episode! I arrogantly thought I'd know of all these games... But 90% of them were a complete mystery to me! Can't wait to try the J-DOS PC shooter! Thx Shmup Junkie!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome! When I say "You haven't played" I usually mean it haha. I know not all are super obscure, but I made sure to put some real rare ones in there. The kicker is they are all awesome! And not just random games that people don't know and kinda OK.

@Thinaran Год назад

Well done, I've not heard of a single one of these … including the Aliens one. I always just focused on AvP and it was the main reason I set up MAME back in the day. I no longer have the equipment to play emulation though. Great vid.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

That's awesome! I was hesitant on the Aliens pick at first because it really was popular then, but now I feel it's not well known enough. AvP does get all the press and that Aliens game is kind of forgotten, but it was so good. And the chance of it ever getting a port is likely much smaller than even AvP.

@Boris82 Год назад

Nice video mate 👍🏻

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks 👍

@elbitxo5945 Год назад

Great video, like always. I thought I knew every cool MAME game out there, then you showed this crazy Riot game I completely miss. What a finding, thank you!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You are the one person watching this video that knew about Sideline, but hadn't ever seen RIOT before haha. Yes, that game is pretty obscure too despite how cool it is. And not like NMK is an unknown developer. I'm glad even you were able to discover something new with this.

@elbitxo5945 Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie yeah hahaha, I guess I saw the snapshot of the game at some point and didn't look like something special to me so, I skipped it completely. Boy was I wrong. I played it a little bit yesterday, and it's a blast, loved the over the top madness, and it plays quite well. I discovered SideLine years ago thanks to FranfikiYT, another shmup enthusiast, and was surprised by the story behind it.

@kelp7060 Год назад

Heh. Great video. I've seen half of these already because I subscribed to some japanese play-through channels, and even now it amazes me how much gold is out there. You're title is still accurate for me though since I haven't gotten around to playing any of them yet ^^

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Yeah, I figure some of the games people may know but just ignored or didn't have time. So I try to highlight them a bit and show why they're worth it. But if you at least found a few new ones too then it was worth it.

@cawleygamma Год назад

Awesome video, I already have all of the Arcade titles ready to go via Mame, but looking forward to giving the PC-98 emulator a shot (I actually own X68000 and FM Towns hardware, the NEC range was the one I didn’t bother with!) Will check out your other videos!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Awesome, really glad you found it and the channel. You won't see too many old PC-98 games referenced so now you have a reason to grab the emu. Growing up in the US I never knew any of the Japanese computer systems, so it's been a great path of discovery for me the last couple years. I don't own any of that hardware and if I did, I doubt I could get something like the Sharp to even work right. So I'm glad for the solid MiSTer cores being released along with some good emus for it.

@UncaJohnny Год назад

Awesome video as usual SJ. I'm going to have to check out Riot, Guardians, Rohga, Sideline, Nitroball, Space Manbow and Over Orizon. So many games... So little time. Aliens is the only game I played from this list and I would love to see it ported to modern consoles. Kudos on the Hudson "game over" audio clip to transition to the next game.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Haha, yes how can I not use that clip in an Aliens vid. Yes, way too many new games and I'm glad you discovered so many on here to try. Sideline is going to be the game almost nobody watching has heard of, but deserves so much more love. I hope people hit the free shmups wiki to try playing it.

@themrnails Год назад

Thank you for showing us RIOT and thank you for the rest of the list! ;p

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome. RIOT is a game one would expect from Data East and not NMK, so it always stood out to me as an odd game for them. But they nailed it.

@dingo535 Год назад

Man I’m so impressed by some of the visuals of these games, incredible!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Nothing more beautiful than old school pixel art and sprites. Love the artistry that was involved in bringing the games to life.

@marcretro Год назад

And thanks for helping me get into shooters again its a great sub genre!

@time2playpixelst2pp69 Год назад

Awesome Video one more time !!! 👍👍😀😀 This is a real pleasure everytime to watch your videos 👏👏 Shmup Junkie NUMBER ONE 💪💪 Thanks for this awesome discovery 🙏🙏😀😀

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

You're welcome! These discovery type videos are some of my favorite to make.

@time2playpixelst2pp69 Год назад

👍👍😄😄

@unlimitedretrogaming Год назад

Another amazing video, I will def check them out, specially Aliens. Over Horizon has been on my list for a long time, I haven’t given up to it but for the time being I enjoy it via emulation. Thanks for sharing!!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

I'm done with buying the super expensive rare games and I don't own Over Horizon either. It's still not bad for a loose cart, but a complete box is ridiculous now. I'll gladly play this on my NT Mini instead as well haha.

@unlimitedretrogaming Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie LOL, yeah, I understand that feeling.

@215Days Год назад

This is a great video, I love your humour (especially calling one of the enemies Kevin Bacon) and the way you analyze the game (such as detailing that Rohga Armor Force has soldiers riding your mech and that even after dead you can still play as the pilot himself). Also in regards to analysis, the fact you mention that Nitro Ball is short but it can be fun if playing for the score is a good assessment. I have some suggestions: Please mention the music itself when you do the analysis. One of the best parts in these old games is the fact the music is extremely catchy, as well as the sound. Also, as much as I like the titles you make, like "We RIOT", the "SmashTV meets PINBALL" was just a bit wrong, I know the title is to the left but the actual name was "Nitro Ball" or even "Gun Ball", maybe some way to mention or add the actual title and the alternative title would be a good idea? Also, you're one of the very few Arcade players I know that are older than me! Hah, you should take that as a compliment! Anyway, I really liked this video and I hope to see much more of this quality (or hey, better quality because why not? We always improve no matter what, our age or otherwise, hehe!), you did an excellent job.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

What's funny is I wasn't just trying to make up something funny. First time I ever played the game and saw that guy, that's immediately the first thing that came to my mind. Dude, that's Kevin Bacon! I literally can't play the game without thinking it. I actually go way out of my way to talk about the music and play samples all the time in my videos as I'm really big on that. I even did it in this video for all the games I thought had great music like Sideline, Over Horizon, Space Manbow and others. If it doesn't stand out but it's just OK then I don't always mention it. Oh, if you love game music in general, I did a great video called the "The Epic Music of Shoot Em Ups", that's specifically focused on the history and packed with incredible tunes. You'd really like it.

@215Days Год назад

@@ShmupJunkie Kick-arse! I'll check that video you mentioned soon enough. Anyway, I hope you get more of these "You Never Played" series, especially Action RPGs, those are some very rare Arcade games, I remember Cadash being fun if a bit too repetitive.

@maxyliano Год назад

These are my favorite types of videos, I had no idea the NES was capable of something like Over Horizon, for example. I hope you make more of these!

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Oh yeah, the NES had some beautiful looking games toward the end. Many of them missed because people were moving on to the next gen. I'll even do an NES themed video one day as it's a very nostalgic console for me. You can bet I'll be doing more of these. I do have a very similar one planned focused on Run N Gun style games with the same theme of finding good ones many people never heard of.

@AndyC_111 Год назад

Another fantastic video showcasing some absolute awesome looking games that at the very least I haven't played and in most cases I didn't even know about. Coincidentally I was about to give Over Horizon a go soon. Many thanks and I hope this video gets the many views it deserves.

@ShmupJunkie Год назад

Thanks! Really glad you found some more to try. And yeah, so far this video is off to a really good start. Fingers crossed it keeps up the momentum.