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Referring to any electronic game that uses a video device, and involves the user's interaction with a screen interface to stimulate visual feedback.
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bomb
Video games; Shmups
A special weapon with variable effects, usually it is a kind of "panic button" that will clear the screen of all bullets and deal heavy damage to all enemies.
bomb delay
Video games; Shmups
A small delay between the time that the player presses the bomb button and when the bomb is used. A player is still vulnerable to enemy bullets during this time and a large delay ...
boss timer
Video games; Shmups
A countdown showing how long a player has left to kill a boss. Should the timer run down to 0 the effects will vary depending on the game - some will cause the player to lose a ...
bullet
Video games; Shmups
The basic projectile attack used by the player and enemies alike. Touching a bullet with the player's hitbox will cause the player to take damage.
bullet cancelling
Video games; Shmups
When a player removes bullets from the screen in some fashion. Some games may feature a shield or absorption system that allows for bullet cancelling.
bullet hell
Video games; Shmups
A subgenre of shmups that is mostly popular in Japanese and doujin shmups. These games will flood the screen with hundreds of bullets at once but make the characters hitbox very ...
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