best tactical shooters for playstation 1

PS1 owners sick of hearing about how much better the Saturn is for 2D games ended up getting a reprieve when this port hit the shelves – boasting a nearly arcade-perfect presentation and no slowdown problems (plus a budget re-release), this is the preferred pickup for most any shmupper with a Playstation.

Picking up where Batsugun left off, newly-formed Cave, one of the few consistent shooter developers still in the business today, began its journey to the top of the genre heap with this release. Shmup Libraries: TG16/PC Engine | Genesis/Megadrive | SNES | PS1 | Saturn | Dreamcast | PS2 | GCN | GBA DonPachi Shmups 101 | Beginner Shmups | Defining Shmups | Hidden Gem Shmups Second, you might already be aware that a sizable number of shooters released on the Playstation were also available for the Saturn, and already have entries in that article – thus, if an entry covering one of those titles appears to be lacking certain core information about a game, chances are that it was already covered in the Saturn shmups guide, so feel free to check it out for additional details and such. While I’ve made use of every resource I could think of to make this article as comprehensive as possible, the possibility still exists that I could have overlooked something – if this is the case, please let me know and I’ll get around to adding whatever I’ve missed. This guide will take us on a journey through the Playstation’s best down to the quirky andmediocre.Ī couple of notes to keep in mind… First, while I obviously tried my best to include every shooter released on the system, the PS1’s library is much larger than the Saturn’s, and right up until the end of the writing process I kept stumbling upon obscure titles I’d previously missed. It’s difficulty to declare a solid winner in the 32-bit 2D shooter wars, but the PS1 puts up an awesome fight against the Saturn.

Note from racketboy: Following up on his epic Saturn Shmups Guide, BulletMagnet, walks us through the original Playstation’s well-rounded shooter lineup. The Phenomenal Playstation (PS1) Shmups Library

Best tactical shooters for playstation 1