Shmups

Shmups

2D shooters in the vein of Space Invaders. Short for Shoot 'em Up.

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Shmups

Moving back and forth from one end of the screen to the other while continuously firing. This ensures that the screen is covered in the player's bullets and prevents the player from staying in one ...

tailgun

Video games; Shmups

A weapon that fires to the rear of the player's ship.

tate

Video games; Shmups

A viewing mode that takes up the entirity of a television screen but requires the TV to be rotated 90 degrees. The advantage is that the resulting picture is bigger which makes it easier to ...

extra mode

Video games; Shmups

Often presented as a reward for clearing arcade mode, the extra mode is a single very long and very hard stage to challenge the player.

time out

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To have the boss timer reach zero.

true last boss (LTB)

Video games; Shmups

A special boss that will only appear under certain difficult criteria, such as reaching the end of the second loop without continuing. A very small minority of players will ever even manage to reach ...

Shump

Video games; Shmups

A contraction of shoot 'em up, called shooter-type games in Japan. The player controls a character or vehicle and shoots enemies down while avoiding projectiles. Some are harder than others. Example: ...