Good/decent top-down shooters? Don't know a thing about

>>3845681
Robotron.

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Assuming you're asking for overhead run n' guns (or even if you're not), play Shock Troopers. Seriously one of the best video games ever.

>>3845681
Gauntlet, yo.

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Chaos Engine?

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Jackal is pretty great

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>>3845681

Try Elemental Master and the Japanese Undead Line for the Genesis.

Both really fun and underrated games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crVfUFM2cIU

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>>3845681

>>3845726
Seconded.

Also, Total Carnage. It has the same left stick / d-pad to move, right stick / face buttons to shoot in the cardinal directions control scheme as smash tv

>>3845681
The entire genre of Smash TV and Robotron style games is known as Twin Stick Shooters these days.

But if you want to broaden your definition, Iron Tank on the NES is a mediocre game which I found reasonably fun.

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A great lesser-known twin stick shooting game is Bullet from Sega. Like Total Carnage, you move through scrolling stages rather than staying in an arena.

Ikari Warriors is pretty good.

>>3845681
Aside from the auto-includes in this list, there's also:
Granada(MD)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors(MD/SNES)
Tiger Heli(NES/Arcade)
Dragon Spirit(NES/Arcade)
Twin Cobra(MD/NES)
Xevious(NES/Arcade/not retro systems)
1942, 1943(NES/Arcade)
Galaga, Galaxians, Gyruss(NES, Arcade)
Ikari Warriors 1, 2, 3(NES, 1 only Arcade)
Legendary Wings(NES, Arcade)[this is MOSTLY top down shooting, but there are some side scrolling levels]
Battletech(MD)/Mechwarrior 3050(SNES)
MUSHA(MD)
Phelios(MD/Arcade)
Rambo 3(MD)[bonus stages are over the shoulder, but main game is top down shooting]

Have personally played all of the above, and considered each to be quite decent. If you get interested in more, I can expand to the ones that were decent to meh. Enjoy!

>>3845723
>Chaos Engine?
I've never played this but always wanted to, is it good?

>>3845681
Do they have to be "arena" style?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anIsL5QGY3U

>>3845953
Not bad at all, but pick your character and your partner carefully if you're starting out with it...most people pick the Scientist since he starts out with healing(either as main or partner).

>>3845953

It's good, but you'll need to read the manual to understand how to level up your characters.

Pocky & Rocky

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>>3845681

Loaded on Playstation 1 is pretty good, the sequel Reloaded not so much.

Thanks much guys, will definitely try these. Shock Trooper in particular looks tremendous.

>>3846640
>Loaded on Playstation 1 is pretty good
Indeed although i prefer the saturn port as they added a footprint thing to the map so you know where you have been, a real ball ache on ps1 if you get lost in big stages..

>>3846904
you know it babe. up for skinny dipping this friday?

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>>3845826
Zombies ate my neighbors was amazing!

Great music, funny cliche jokes on horror, not super difficult but challenging enough to keep you playing, awesome weapons and great level design!!

It was very well made and co-op mode was also very fun!

>>3846465
This game always felt unfinished and boring to me. I'm always surprised when I see it recommended.

>>3845734
That's terrifying

>>3848048
The problem is you're wrong and a retard.

>>3848025
sauce?

>>3848048
Try Chaos Heat. It's basically Cannon Spike crossed with Resident Evil.

>>3845681
Outzone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unxtajdI-E8

>>3845681
Granada. Wolfteam's greatest game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei1yb_FpNV8

>>3845953
A nice thing about it is that it's full of secrets and different pathways through the levels, and even different exits that start you in different parts of the next level. There were a few secrets I could never figure out even though I played through the game ten or more times.

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Most of those are sadly in the arcade. Check out this thread, it covers a good amount of them:
https://warosu.org/vr/thread/3664816

>Desert Breaker
>Zunzunkyou no Yabou
>Gundhara

http://youtu.be/EAARwdqBBQA

>>3848083
Sorry I'm lost it

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>>3845734

Syvalion, arcade and SNES.

>>3850971
I also recommend Syvalion.

And the Chaos Engine.

Shock Troopers on Neo Geo
Robotron
Chaos Engine

>>3846640
For some reason this made me think of that "Apocalypse starring Bruce Willis" game on ps1. I played a demo of it back in the day and it seemed alright, also a relatively more modern take on the smash tv style of gameplay.

Was it any good though?

>>3851946

That game was fun, finished it many times.

>>3851949
Nice. Guess I know what I'm gonna play this weekend then

>>3848256
Mah excellent nigga.

>>3845681
For space shooters, try Zanac, or GunNac if you want lower difficulty/more Japanese weirdness. Oh, and don't forget The Guardian Legend. That game is off the damn chain.

Alien Syndrome (NES) for something that's more of a run & gun style game. Not the very best but it's fast paced and I like it.

Also adding my vote to Gauntlet and Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

>>3845826
>Granada(MD)
Rad game, but the x68k version is better.

Nitro Ball!

>>3845728

Das ist gut.

What, no Tyrian 2000?

Tyrian 2000.

>>3851946
One wouldn't expect it, but Apocalypse is a really fun game. I also recommend One.

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I played a lot of CyberDogs as a kid. I remember enjoying it, no idea how it stacks up these days.

>>3845728
Elemental Master is my shit. It seems easy enough until you get to that final fifth level. That would tear my asshole up

>>3848030
Is this some extremely obtuse irony about how most casual videogame players love Z.A.M.N. or are you just really like this

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>ctrl f
>no Gun Smoke

Try it! The arcade version is a must try.

https://youtu.be/DSkAc0uKvnY

Bermuda Triangle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwdRb2lZC20

>>3846465
Awesome, but short game, great for co-op. I didn't know it was called Gunspike anywhere though.

Blitter Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnJmWT1ZvPI

Firo and Klawd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbsqiQX4Z48

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smash tv was brilliant
>>3861238
blitter boy was weird as fuck
> what do you expect from net yaroze
>if you run your health drops
who thought that was good?

>>3845734
this is getting a remaster along with some others by M2

>>3845728
more shoot em ups than top down shooter imo

>>3848083
choujin x68k

>>3848262
i can't fucking learn the second level. wish they left out the motorbike shit. game plays more like a shoot em up anyhow

>>3862027
That's why I said "sadly". The best run'n'guns suffer from bullshit arcade difficulty.

The Lost World on Genesis is pretty damn good. Better with a friend, of course.

>>3845689
This looks excellent

>>3845826
Thanks, just recently got into this genre. So these are the must-play ones?

>>3845689
What's the best system to emulate this game from?

>>3865656
Must-plays, solid-to-decent, at least. Like I said, if you want more later, I can list others and see how you enjoy them.

>>3866504
It's a Neo-Geo game.

Skeleton Krew on Genesis with amazing music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUioJ_3lDdg