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| Capcom's 19* shooters by Fussbett 09/03/2006, 12:39am PDT | ||||
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| When you have every arcade game in your living room, you discover a lot about your preferences. I found that as I get better at a game, I get less interested. I don't want to play levels 1 through 4 every time I walk up to the machine. I also discovered that I love scrolling shooters the most. Give me a PC and a thousand Mischief Maker posts, and I won't download a single free shooter. But a cabinet and a shooter one button away, I play all the time. Here's the Capcom 19* round-up.
1942 (1984) THIRD PLACE The first one is still great, pitting the soon iconic P-38 Lightning against thousands of the developers' grandfathers. No bosses, no smart bombs, the only two power-ups both just double your firepower. The second button is LOOP, and it's shocking to go back to this game and discover that the loop button really just makes your plane loop. No lightning, no tsunami, just a loop to dodge bullets. I end every level with all three R's (the R symbol stands for "loop") because if I have time to press the loop button, I also have time to push the joystick and move away from the bullet. I hope you love points, because that's what you're playing for, though there is also the lure of knowing there are only 32 levels to beat as you count backwards through the missions. The military soundtrack of snare drum and whistle is awesome. 1943: The Battle of Midway (1987) SECOND PLACE The big hit of the series. The crazy firepower, the huge aircraft carrier bosses, and managing your hitpoints give you lots to do so it never gets boring. |
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Capcom's 19* shooters by 09/03/2006, 12:39am PDT  Haha whoops, here's the rest. by 09/03/2006, 2:52am PDT Re: Haha whoops, here's the rest. by 09/03/2006, 6:21am PDT Are ye bein' ironic? Because I m'be compelled t'side wif Capcam on this 'un. by 09/03/2006, 7:31am PDT This old man is probably right! NT by 09/03/2006, 1:01pm PDT *cries* NT by 09/03/2006, 10:36am PDT Is Strikers considered a different series, or is there no Fuss-love for it? NT by 09/03/2006, 12:04pm PDT Why would it be considered the same series? NT by 09/03/2006, 12:22pm PDT I gave Worm all the tools he needed to succeed... by 09/03/2006, 1:05pm PDT |
