The ones I always go back to after the new Cave, doujin, console shmup release excitement fades are:

1. EspRade
2. Dodonpachi
3. Progear
4. Gradius V
5. Gradius Gaiden
6. Layer Section 1/Rayforce/Galactic Attack
7. Lords of Thunder/Winds of Thunder
8. Galaga
9. Cosmo Gang Police
10. Salamander 2
11. Harmful Park
12. Popn' Twinbee
13. Ikaruga
14. Zero Gunner 2
15. Under Defeat
16. Dimahoo
17. Raiden Fighters (any of them)
18. Crimson Clover
19. Eliminate Down
20. Scrambled Valkyrie


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