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[Fallsburg]

I'm curious as to what people's favorite shmup ship designs are (if you have any).  I'm in the process of making a shmup and wanted to see if there were any particularly good designs out there that I am unaware of (and to see what people think makes an attractive shmup ship).

Personally, I'm partial to

Ikaurga


and

Vic Viper

[rek]

[Udderdude]

R-GRAY 1 has always stood out to me.

[rivon]

R-GRAY 1 has always stood out to me.

Cool design but totally idiotic. As a pilot you would see shit... Absolutely unacceptable.

[wzl]

Interesting question. Now that i think about it i can't think of a ship that would immediately come to mind.
The ikaruga ship looks wicked, but most of the details are lost ingame.
Vic viper scores pretty low on my score list as it looks like your standard f16 with some extras attached to it.

I think if you are to design a ship it's most important to fit the rest of the game and have a consistent art style, fitting the theme you have in mind, more than just have an awesome ship.

I am also struggling to find an art direction for my shmup, but i think i finally got a push in the right direction.

One thing i just remembered:
http://www.demoscene.tv/prod.php?id_prod=13138 [Slightly NSFW]
This is a quite spectacular demo with some interesting and neat vehicle designs. It was very inspiring to me.

Also, i agree, the R-GRAY looks rather odd. These are some weird proportions :D but hey, it's art, anything goes.

[s0]

i've always been partial to the arrowhead from r-type. most shmup ship designs aren't very memorable though.

[Attila0413]

Personally, I'm partial to

Ikaurga

I prefer Ginkei:

[Fifth]

Opa-Opa!  It has wings AND feet!

[J. R. Hill]

Fantasy Zone forever!

Also: Earthworm Jim on a rocket.

[Desert Dog]

Nothing comes to mind. Probably the most memorable would be the carrot ship from Tyrian, though.

[XRA]

[noah!]

MəθʔFʌKɪN SOLVALOU, BABY!

r a d i c a l n a m e • r a d i c a l s h i p

(also, i'm a big fan of cho ren sha's forkship, though i'll admit it is an acquired taste)

[Derek]

Ikaruga and Vic Viper are probably my favorites, too, so I'll just throw out some love for Mr. Heli:



A helicopter with legs. So cute!

[Udderdude]

Heh, you could make an entire thread of arcade poster art.  Those tended to be amazing.

[Jad]

Lemme go konami fanboy super deluxe:





<333<3<3

[Shackhal]

Nothing comes to mind. Probably the most memorable would be the carrot ship from Tyrian, though.

With a Banana Cannon implemented

And don't forget about Silver Hawk from Darius series:

[Dugan]

Atomic Robo Kid looked cool, but the actual game was a tad too cramped with all the big sprites.


(from pcengine.co.uk)

http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Atomic_Robo-Kid_Special.htm

[McMutton]

[Fegon]

Growing up I always thought that the Arrow Head looked so cool, even though I felt Final was kind of an disapointmet after Delta showed what could be done with series. The ship designs is realy good though i think.

[moi]

what I love about R-Type is the module