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Pixel_Outlaw
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by Pixel_Outlaw » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:38 pm
Nonsense.
Some of the best shmups don't actually end in a vowel.
No, this game is not Space Invaders.
Gorecki
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by Gorecki » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:53 pm
Magical Cat Adventure is clearly a shmup.
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by HardcoreOtaku » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:01 pm
Super Mario series has got to be my fave Shoot-em-up being that he's the Sega mascot and started out on Chuck norris's MSX, Sinclair Virtua console
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by HardcoreOtaku » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:06 pm
well on the same token Shoot em ups are Beat em ups??
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by undamned » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:19 pm
@ Worstplayer
That's one of the best yet!
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by thesuperkillerxxx » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:26 am
How many shmups have Melee Attacks?? A lot of recent ones do....
What about Captain America and the Avengers? That was a beat em up with shmup levels....
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by greg » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:36 pm
Undamned is the leading English-speaking expert on the consolized UD-CPS2 because he's the one who made it.
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by shinsage » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:26 pm
worstplayer wrote:
ok.
end the thread now.
it can't get better than that.
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by drohne » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:45 am
there actually is a beat-em-shmup: konami's arcade version of bucky o hare. it's a lot like double dragon, except that your main weapon is a gun, and some enemies toss bullet patterns at you. iirc a couple future treasure staff worked on it.
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by kengou » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:40 am
if I can quickly interject some seriousness here: this is making the assumption that: (a) any game where you dodge stuff can be considered a shmup, (b) any game with a lot of enemies that you have to kill on screen at once (in any manner) is a shmup, or (c) any 2D game set in the style of "fight/destroy lots of enemies, try not to die, reach an end boss that is harder than most enemies, move on to next level" is a shmup.
As so many have pointed out...no. Shmups are not beat-em-ups. I might as well say Burnout is an awesome 3D shmup where you just don't shoot the cars...
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by eight » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:09 pm
Wow, thanks, Cptn. Obvious!
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by Herr Schatten » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:15 pm
eight wrote: Cptn. Obvious!
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