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Söldner-X - (2D horizontal shootemup on the PC)
 
Magnus
I just stumbled across this today. I've always been a fan of 2D shootemups or "shmups" as they are called by some so it was nice to see something like this on the PC. The only other good high quality shooter on the PC that I was aware of before discovering this was Raiden III. This game looks awesome but I'm a bit disappointed with the lame weapons and repetitive enemies. They could have used a little more variety. Still its worth checking out if you like this rather dying genre of game. They are porting it to the PS3 soon as well. Below are a few screenshots.

Full website here: http://www.soldner-x.com/



Project-K
Sweet. Always loved games like this.

I used to play Axelay and Gradius on the SNES.
CONNERMAN2000
At least the graphics look nice.

I'll give it a go when I've got some more time on my hands.
pkcRAISTLIN
hehe, i spent all night trying to find an arcadey shooter to waste time with! this isnt out til december tho :/ but now im downloading raiden III, thanks for the heads up :)
RJT
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
hehe, i spent all night trying to find an arcadey shooter to waste time with! this isnt out til december tho :/ but now im downloading raiden III, thanks for the heads up :)


Now I have a massive craving to play some friggin' Raiden. Great series of games.
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by RJT
Now I have a massive craving to play some friggin' Raiden. Great series of games.


not particularly long though as i found out last night. still, was fun while it lasted.
Magnus
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
not particularly long though as i found out last night. still, was fun while it lasted.


In total agreement here. I so wish more high quality shooters of Raiden III's caliber made it to the PC. Raiden III is short indeed only 7 levels right? I tilt my 24" LCD vertically to play Raiden III and seeing almost 2 feet tall worth of shooter goodness takes me back to the arcade days so its something I'll keep on playing.
pkcRAISTLIN
thanks for re-awakening my love for shooters! i found a shmup site and now i have heaps of recommendations (though most of them are pretty old games now).

definitely a shame we dont see more titles on the PC, but im thinking of getting a dreamcast emulator just so i can play ikaruga :)

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