Shmups

Shmups

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

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kamikaze

Video games; Shmups

An enemy that attempts to ram the player's ship and kill them through contact rather than firing at them.

laser

Video games; Shmups

A common weapon type that deals continuous damage to those that it touches.

lead

Video games; Shmups

When a player fires at where the enemy will be in the future rather than where they are at now, with the presumption that the enemy will move into the stream of bullets.

A loop refers to a single playthrough of a shmup to the end of the game. Once a single loop has been completed, many games will start the player on a second, harder, loop through the stages again. ...

milking

Video games; Shmups

Any of various acts that are designed to maximize the points received from a single enemy or boss. For example, if smaller enemies repeatedly spawn during a boss battle, it may be a good idea to ...

grazing

Video games; Shmups

Receiving points for brushing up close to bullets without actually touching them. It encourages risk-reward gameplay by forcing players to put themselves in danger in order to achieve high scores.

multiplier

Video games; Shmups

Part of the scoring system of a particular game. It will work in conjunction with the base point value to give a resultant point reward for an action.