Best Shoot Em Ups of the 16 Bit Era

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What are some of the best shmups from the 16-bit era? Stay tuned to find out!
Some of the games in this video do not match such as PC engine games stated as Turbografx and so on, but I feel that most people will play these games on emulation anyway. Also, I see the systems as the same since they are technically the same hardware in a different shell. With that said there is a mistake on Strikers 1945 Plus, the announcer says one player and the graphic says two players. It is in fact two players, but I didn’t feel like another hour re-rendering again.
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[@foodchaser716]

I'm on the toilet right now loving this

[@frostyhighway9011]

Very good line up here of SHMUPS- some I've never even played or heard about. Keep Up The nice work.

[@CobraShuttle]

Great list. I’d say Firepower 2000, R-Type III and Lords of Thunder are missing.

[@IBelieveInCode]

"Firepower 2000"
I would have said SWIV (The Amiga version is perfect) instead 🙂

[@yourfreakingrayofsunshine]

I played R-Type III with the SNES Advantage Stick and I set the thing to Auto-Fire Max Repeats and let the ship Idle... dude... the Game literally beats itself. I need to do a video on this, the only other game I know set on idle that beats itself is the GBA Atlus Joint (Belgian Dev Team) Super Army War. Which also deserves a video...

[@frostyhighway9011]

Lords Of Thunder and Gates OF Thunder needed to be here, but the video would have been too long.

[@justsayin4632]

@@yourfreakingrayofsunshineDo it!

[@mansenclockworx8215]

Awesome list, thank you!

[@LaCaverneDesCodeurs]

"Awesome" is the name of an awesome Amiga shmup 🙂 The ST port is great as well.

[@starsoda6968]

Parodius looks like a fun one, this video came out amazing!

[@yourfreakingrayofsunshine]

you totally nailed it
my dude

[@yourfreakingrayofsunshine]

What do you say I make a Response video to this? where I watch your video, then I make my Top 5 16-bit shooters that I think are better than the Bottom 5 of your list... because, you know, I'm your buddy and stuff..

[@sluggotg]

Really fun stuff! Thanks for such a great selection of games.

[@kbkimoseley]

Nothing major but one inaccuracy would be Thunderforce IV was the Mega Drive title and it was Lightning Force on the Sega Genesis

[@justsayin4632]

Lightening* 😂

[@joshualewno1440]

Was it the same for Thunder Force 3?

[@kbkimoseley]

@@joshualewno1440 No Thunderforce 2 and 3 were titled as such for the Genesis

[@georgedamatta]

Thunder Force IV is Marvelous!

[@JohnGavalas-xh5ub]

Apidya never heard of it looks pretty decent commodore 64 had some decent shoot em ups but man the nostalgia here wow

[@BioPhoenixReviews]

great to so so many awesome shoot'em ups here. yeah im not going to lie as much as i love musha i actually kinda like the sega CD sequel better

[@oldirtygamer]

Sega CD had so much wasted potential

[@marumisu9560]

If I ever have children, I'm going to force them to watch old cartoons and play old games first and make them earn their way up to newer stuff.

[@oldirtygamer]

Yeah but if you shown the old stuff 1st then they probably won't want the new stuff especially the cartoons

[@volvoguy804]

Never heard of Whip Rush, gonna try it out.

[@oldirtygamer]

Awesome my dude! Thanks for watching and commenting on the video!

[@erickrene5600]

R-type 3, gleylancer, gradius 3, macross valkyrie, super star soldier, soldier blade etc, etc, etc.

[@oldirtygamer]

Next time I will make sure and play and include those great games.

[@takedeepshhh]

great list and nice to see some Amiga games here. but instead of Agony, which is a beautiful but not a good game, you should've include Disposable Hero or Banshee for the Amiga both are class and are far better than the 8 bit game with 16 bit gfx that is Agony. other than that top selection!

[@oldirtygamer]

Thanks for letting me know about some games to check out. I will definitely have a look!

[@frostyhighway9011]

Wow some of you gamers really know your games. Awsome!

[@realguitarthur]

No R-Type III, Soldier Blade or Super Star Soldier? Bummer.

[@davidmacmillan4918]

The TurboGrafx is 8 bit

[@oldirtygamer]

Technically yes But it is still part of the 16 bit era.

[@briankrailerks347]

Gaiares for Megadrive???