VGEsoterica
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Nothing makes me happier than giving a recommendation for a rare game people haven't heard of and then they go and play it and enjoy it and tell me what they thought. Inversely I do love a good recommendation for a game I haven't heard of before and may go on to play and really enjoy the hell out of...
So let me suggest Zeroigar to everyone lol. It's one not many people have probably ever heard of because it's a NEC PC-FX exclusive...which means it's already obscure AF. But damn if it isn't a legit fun and unique shmup that deserves to be played way more. It's the standard vertical shmup formula except it has light RPG elements and character progressions between stages / between deaths. Die? Well you can upgrade your ship and start from the beginning of the game as a higher powered character. Honestly in a lot of ways it has a very Dead Rising vibe to it with the carrying over of character stats from one playthrough to the next after death.
And of course because it was on the PC-FX it has some legit fun 32 bit graphics and gameplay. It's still wild its the ONLY shmup on the system considering the PC-Engine / Turbografx was a venerable buffet of awesome shmups. No wonder why the console failed lol. Sadly because it DID fail though barely anyone even knows it actually exists...which is exactly why I am recommending it and the good thing is you don't need to be like ME to play it (with original hardware) as it emulates perfectly in Mednafen. It even has an english translation patch for all the menus which makes it extremely friendly to non-Japanese speakers (also me lol)
but yeah...that's my hidden gem shmup recommendation. Now please shower me with yours so I may find a new shmup that I've never heard of to love lolol
So let me suggest Zeroigar to everyone lol. It's one not many people have probably ever heard of because it's a NEC PC-FX exclusive...which means it's already obscure AF. But damn if it isn't a legit fun and unique shmup that deserves to be played way more. It's the standard vertical shmup formula except it has light RPG elements and character progressions between stages / between deaths. Die? Well you can upgrade your ship and start from the beginning of the game as a higher powered character. Honestly in a lot of ways it has a very Dead Rising vibe to it with the carrying over of character stats from one playthrough to the next after death.
And of course because it was on the PC-FX it has some legit fun 32 bit graphics and gameplay. It's still wild its the ONLY shmup on the system considering the PC-Engine / Turbografx was a venerable buffet of awesome shmups. No wonder why the console failed lol. Sadly because it DID fail though barely anyone even knows it actually exists...which is exactly why I am recommending it and the good thing is you don't need to be like ME to play it (with original hardware) as it emulates perfectly in Mednafen. It even has an english translation patch for all the menus which makes it extremely friendly to non-Japanese speakers (also me lol)
but yeah...that's my hidden gem shmup recommendation. Now please shower me with yours so I may find a new shmup that I've never heard of to love lolol