Gaming what are games like "raptor" called?

[nin10do]

whats this genere called? :
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/15/Rapto...he+Shadows.html

are there any such games for the DS?

 

[CockroachMan]

Shooter!?

The closest thing you can get on the DS is Nanostray

 

[Chrono_Tata]

Top-down shooter, or vertical-scroll shooter, to be more precise. Very rare on the DS though. Nanostray is your best bet. On a quick search, also found this.

 

[matriculated]

Also called SHMUPs - SHoot eM UPs.

 

[raulpica]

Top-down shooter, or vertical-scroll shooter, to be more precise. Very rare on the DS though. Nanostray is your best bet. On a quick search, also found this.

That's Ketsui! Can't wait for it! October 23? Finally a release date? YEAH!

BTW, Ketsui is a danmaku/manic-shooter

 

[Hadrian]

The best one is a port of Tyrian called OpenTyrian:

http://vespenegas.com/tyrian.html

 

[FAST6191]

Commercial offerings are a bit weak but there are a few homebrew entries and the DS has some half decent emulators these days.
http://vespenegas.com/tyrian.html

World reborn was supposed to be a commercial release but ended up as a free game.

http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4378

The GBA also has some decent homebrew shmups.

Failing that similar threads to this roll around every few weeks around here so take a look.

 

[jumpman17]

Shmups!

I had that game and another one (Overkill or something like that). Played them all the time.

 

[imz]

If there is an Amiga emulator on the DS (not sure if there is, I'll have to check) you should play Banshee that's quite a good game

 

[Batman55]

I wish someone would make Ikaruga for the DS

 

[FAST6191]

I can not give you Ikaruga but there are bullet hell games:
http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/gba/

 

[nin10do]

thanx guys i'm going to go with nanostray2 till something better (and more arcade liek comes along).

 

[navilink]

u can try use snes emulator and play some great shooters on snes!
Darius Twin
Earth Defense Force
Gradius III
R-Type III
Thunder Spirits
UN Squadron

 

[WildWon]

thanx guys i'm going to go with nanostray2 till something better (and more arcade liek comes along).

Since you specified Raptor, i'd like to say that Tyrian is similar in play, but much better. The DS version is REALLY good, too. I'd HIGHLY recommend that one for you. Also i LOVE using all CAPS to emphasize my points. So you SHOULD listen to ME.

 

[Drift Monkey]

u can try use snes emulator and play some great shooters on snes!
Darius Twin
Earth Defense Force
Gradius III
R-Type III
Thunder Spirits
UN Squadron

Oh man, UN Squadron is my all time favorite side scrolling shooter! That game rocks!

 

[Turmoil]

Tyrian is better than most commercial games on the DS and far better than nanostray2 IMO (which isnt a bad game at all, Tyrian is just so much better), defiantly check it out if you like SHMUPS

 

[jesterscourt]

Man, I miss old school PC gaming in the early nineties

Blake Stone, Duke Nukem 1+2, Commander Keen, Sierra's Quest Games, LucasArt's SCUMM games, Raptor, Epic Pinball...

 

[Hillsy_]

Raptor the Call of Shadows for PC? if so, check it's sort of sequel 'Demon Star' or Demon Star Trilogy with its' secret missions.