NotesThe gameplay, which can be characterized as a combination of a fixed shooter and a versus puzzle game, uses combinations of shots, as well as timed power-ups to attempt to damage the opponent. These attacks also serve as counters to the opponent's attack.Unfurl
NotesBulletmagnet from the Shmups forum has compiled this awesome glossary of shmup terms, which is great for those just getting into the genre, as well as those with questions about what certain terms mean or are called. Some terms were also taken from the Shooter Lingo section of the now-defunct shmup site Starbase299.EmbedUnfurl
NotesIf you buy the Special Edition, you'll be able to see these entirely practical outfits on the characters in an artbook, as well as on ... a pillowcase. "When we were thinking of putting together the Special Edition," Lu said, "we were trying to come up with things fans would like. We had this beautiful artwork with Mine Yoshizaki, so we wanted to do something interesting and fun that would show it off. Also, one of the Japanese special editions comes with a bedsheet, so our super hardcore fans can have a full bed set." See? Practical through and through.FeedUnfurl
Notes"Hydorah is a game designed for classic shoot em up players, who still love clean designs and challenging adventuresThe whole game takes obvious influence from Gradius, Castlevania or R-Type, but also from other classics treated worse by the time: Turrican, Enforcer, Space Manbow, Hellfire, Guardian, Hydefos, Armalyte and many others..."FeedUnfurl
Notes"Retro/Grade is an innovative game that fuses the white knuckle thrills and over the top visuals of a shooter with the broad appeal of a rhythm game. Players are forced to dodge enemy projectiles while positioning the ship to be in the correct place to fire their lasers when their shots come back to them. "Unfurl
Notes"Compile was a Japanese video game company founded in 1983, originally named Programmers-3. Founded by Masamitsu Niitani (otherwise simply known as 'Moo'), they were responsible for developing some of the most colourful and popular action and puzzle games ever made, including their signature franchise, Puyo Puyo. Although they created games for many systems, they were noted for particularly strong support of the MSX and PC Engine, as well as a number of notable games on the NES and Sega Master System."FeedUnfurl
NotesWow, finally I know this thing's name. Friends and I were semi-obsessed with various Compile games in high school, and we'd doodle this thing from time to time. "Randar/Lander: Known by various different translation, Randar is this smiling blue thing with huge eyes. He's pretty much Compile's mascot, and appears in nearly every title. He heals you in Golvellius, sells you things in The Guardian Legend, and acts as nifty power-ups in many of the shooter titles. He even starred in a few small little RPGs."Unfurl
Notes"The objective of this website is to provide SubSpace/ Continuum players with recommended options for getting Continuum to run smoothly on Linux without having to download, patch, and compile wine source, in as small of a package as possible, with as little setup as possible."Unfurl
Notes"At first glance, Shred Nebula looks like a quick cash-in on the current Geometry Wars craze. However, its unique control schemeâmore akin to classic Asteroidsâproves it has little in common with the popular dual-stick-controlled series. In fact, despite resembling an arcade shooter you wouldâve controlled with a joystick and single button back in the day, its mechanics are fairly complex. Direction is steered with the left stick, but forward and reverse thrusters are powered with the left trigger and bumper, respectively. Toss in a variety of weapons, shields, and other spacecraft-enhancing abilities mapped to the rest of the gamepadâs bevy of buttons and triggers, and youâve got a cockpit full of controls thatâd make Buck Rogerâs head spin. "Unfurl
Notes"Imagine a world where instead of using his experiences with LSD to become an evangelist of therapeutic psychadelia, Timothy Leary had instead opted to learn assembler and program low-budget shmups for pc-download."Unfurl
Notes"Ever imagine what it'd be like to play Asteroids against your friends? Want to savor the satisfaction of blasting people out of space in some addictive side-scrolling 2D spaceship shooter action?"Unfurl
Notes"Best described as a sexy, cocaine-fueled Virtual On gone 2-D, Senko no Ronde is one of the most original fighters to grace arcades in years."Unfurl
Notes"Bullet hell (Japanese : danmaku ćŒŸćč, lit. "bullet curtain"), is a sub-genre of shoot 'em up video games in which the entire screen is often almost completely filled with enemy bullets."FeedUnfurl
Notes"shmups are about as close to purity as games are bound to get, and the opportunity for mastery that they offer is something that I sincerely believe to be exclusive to the genre."Unfurl
Notes"A shoot-em-up ..., is a computer and video game genre where the player has limited control of their character or machine (usually a jet fighter or spaceship) and the focus is almost entirely on annihilation of their enemies."Unfurl
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