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shmups

  1. RT-55J

    BE ATTITUDE FOR JAMS - The Shmupdome Nomination Thread

    Ahhh... shoot 'em ups. Or "shmups" as some people call them. Or "STGs" as other people call them. Or "space shooters" if you're nasty. If you've ever wanted to be a lone spaceship/fighterjet/shrinemaiden/girlthatturnsintoaspaceship capable of solving every problem via rapid ballistic means, this...
  2. Peklo

    R-Type Final 2: a return to finality

    One of the unlikeliest video game revivals is now out and you can play it. This is a hard one to approach because Final occupies such a heavy psychological place and status in the history of the series, in ways that cannot truly be replicated through game design alone. When Final 2 was...
  3. Ludendorkk

    Talking 'bout Shmups

    After watching the Dodonpachi Saidaioujou run at SGDQ 2020 today, I realized we are going to need a new thread talking about everyone's favorite flow-state-inducing, quarter-munching legacy genre. Please enjoy the intro to Gradius Gaiden:
    • Ludendorkk
    • Thread
    • bullet heaven cave compile destroy the core flow state gradius psikyo r-type shmups shoot 'em when they're up shoot 'em when they're down shoot the core shooting-them-ups shumps technosoft the shmuppet show
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    • Forum: Talking about television games
  4. Yimothy

    I was playing Jet Lancer the day the new forum opened

    Jet Lancer is a 2D side scrolling dogfight-em-up in the tradition of Luftrausers, Sopwith, and Intellivision Biplanes. It’s pretty fun! I’m terrible at it! I think my biggest problem early on was keeping enemies on screen long enough to shoot at them, but now that I’m in the later stages and...
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