October is National SHMUPS Month! Celebrate the greatest Shoot'em Ups on the PlayStation with the PlayStation Museum all month long!
Sega Saturn may have been a beast when it came to 32-bit 2D shooters, but the PlayStation's well-rounded shooter lineup was spectacular! This definitive video guide will take you on a journey through the PlayStation’s best US NTSC shoot'em ups.
Only traditional vertical and horizontal shooters were considered in the list.
What are your favorite SHMUPS for the PlayStation? Leave a comment!
In alphabetical order:
1.) Einhander (Squaresoft)
2.) G. Darius (THQ)
3.) Gekioh: Shooting King (Natsume)
4.) In The Hunt (Kokopeli)
5.) Mobile Light Force (XS Games)
6.) Philosoma (SCEA)
7.) The Raiden Project (SCEA)
8.) Raycrisis: Series Termination (Working Designs)
9.) Raystorm (Working Designs)
10.) R-Type Delta (Agetec)
11.) R-Types (ASCII)
12.) Shooter Space Shot (A1 Games)
13.) Sol Divide (XS Games)
14.) Strikers 1945 (Agetec)
15.) Thunder Force V (Working Designs)
16.) Viewpoint (Electronic Arts)
17.) Xevious 3D/G+ (Namco)
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The PlayStation Museum collects, studies, and interprets the hardware, video games, design, and all related materials regarding the history of the original Sony PlayStation game console. The PlayStation Museum is the longest-running active web resource dedicated solely to preserving the history of PlayStation.
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Beyond collecting and preserving such materials, the PlayStation Museum is a highly interactive, media-based educational web resource devoted to Sony PlayStation history.
Preserving the history of the games industry
Sony forever changed the video gaming landscape with the launch of the PlayStation. Without the support of game developers, the Sony PlayStation brand would not have been the success that it is. The PlayStation Museum strives to recognize the efforts, creative designs, and history of Sony PlayStation game developers.
Through social media channels, the PlayStation Museum promotes current and past developer projects. The PlayStation Museum has garnered support from developers and publishers worldwide with the same goal of preserving the history of PlayStation game development. Developers, former or current, include 989 Studios, Acclaim, Accolade, Activision, Argonaut, Blue Sky, Capcom, CAPS, Electronic Arts, Gray Matter, GT Interactive, Infogrames, Namco, Naughty Dog, Neversoft, Player 1, Psygnosis, Realtime Associates, Runecraft, SCE Worldwide Studios, Sony Interactive Studios America, Squaresoft, Universal Studios Interactive, Viacom New Media, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Visual Concepts, and more.
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