What is a shmup!!
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harrihaffi
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What is a shmup!!
So, About a year ago I heard about this game-genre called shmups! I soon learned that shmup is short for shot em ups. I found out that shmups could be horizontal or vertical scrolling 2d shoter. no problem...but then I got cofused. Some how it seemed like everthing with a spaceship could be a shmup... Asteroids was a shmup? But the background doesn't scroll... Your ship turns...It doesn't straife(I might miss-spelled that) And then I games similar to astroids called shmups...twinstickshoters are sometime called shmups... It seems to me that people play around with the word shmup a little to much and I seem to be the only one who cares... And I not real even a hardcore shmup-player... So what is a shmup real...I would like to claim that a shmup is a vertical/horzontal 2d shoter where your ship(or any kind of other object) straifes and you allways(kinda) shot in the same. Not the same direction as your moving... Is it just me or is this what a shmup should be? I find it wrong to call Astroids or mad tv shmups! I find it questionable to call fantazy zone, forgotten worlds and Section Z shmups. Still I accept Psyvariar and Ikaruga(even thought I haven't played it) as shmups! Am I wrong?
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A Shmup is a game made by Cave, ZUN or that Ikaruga company
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A miserable little pile of bullets? :D
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Re: What is a shmup!!
You are nearly right but this line should read everything with spaceships, insects or helicopters.harrihaffi wrote:Some how it seemed like everthing with a spaceship could be a shmup...
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According to google images, this here is a shmup:
And this is a shump:
Learn the difference, it could save your life.
And this is a shump:
Learn the difference, it could save your life.
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was that all one sentence?
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Crap, beat me to it.moozooh wrote:A miserable little pile of bullets?
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There is is this game called Moo-She-Ham-Saw-Ma Foo-Tarty
I hear it is a shmup.
I hear it is a shmup.
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Re: What is a shmup!!
Translated to something that isn't completely mind-melting:
harrihaffi wrote:About a year ago, I heard about this genre of games called shmups. I soon learned that shmup is short for shoot-em-up. I found out that shmups could be horizontally or vertically scrolling 2D shooters, but after that I got confused. Somehow it seemed like everything with a spaceship could be a shmup. Was Asteroids a shmup? But the background doesn't scroll. Also, your ship turns instead of strafing (I might have misspelled that [Note: You did]). Then I play games similar to Asteroids that are also called shmups. Twin stick shooters are sometimes called shmups as well.
It seems to me that people play around with the word shmup a little too much, and I seem to be the only one who cares. I'm not really even a hardcore shmup player.
So what is a shmup, really? I would like to claim [Pet Peeve: Don't tell us you'd like to claim it - just claim it. Nobody's going to stop you from claiming anything; we're just going to make fun of you later.] that a shmup is a vertically or horizontally scrolling 2D shooter where your ship (or any kind of other object) strafes and you (almost) always shoot in the same direction, though not necessarily the same direction that you're moving. Is it just me or is this what a shmup should be? I find it wrong to call Asteroids or Mad TV shmups [I don't think anyone here will disagree that Mad TV isn't a shmup]! I find it questionable to call Fantazy Zone, Forgotten Worlds, and Section Z shmups. However, I accept Psyvariar and Ikaruga (even thought I haven't played it) as shmups! Am I wrong?
Yes.harrihaffi wrote:Am I wrong?
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Re: What is a shmup!!
IIRC when I first joined this forum I made a topic that asked the same question which was answered with lots of rolling eyes and quips about opening cans of worms
shmup is a loose term which everyone here defines in their own way, what we can agree on though is that everyone defines as a shmup at the very least as vertical and horizontal forced scrolling shooters, which has an avatar (eg ship, man, duck or penis) that is flying. Ill also add in proto shmups like space invaders ad galaga as a pure shmup. Other then that wiki is your friend
shmup is a loose term which everyone here defines in their own way, what we can agree on though is that everyone defines as a shmup at the very least as vertical and horizontal forced scrolling shooters, which has an avatar (eg ship, man, duck or penis) that is flying. Ill also add in proto shmups like space invaders ad galaga as a pure shmup. Other then that wiki is your friend
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Thank you for your response.TrevHead (TVR) wrote:IIRC when I first joined this forum I made a topic that asked the same question which was answered with lots of rolling eyes and quips about opening cans of worms
shmup is a loose term which everyone here defines in their own way, what we can agree on though is that everyone defines as a shmup at the very least as vertical and horizontal forced scrolling shooters, which has an avatar (eg ship, man, duck or penis) that is flying. Ill also add in proto shmups like space invaders ad galaga as a pure shmup. Other then that wiki is your friend
So I guess this means we need a new word to discribe the genre I like...
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Actually you don't need anything new.harrihaffi wrote:So I guess this means we need a new word to discribe the genre I like...
Stick with your own definition and just label everything else as a "borderliner".
Enjoy the games, that's all that matters.
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You might be right! I don't really like new stuff...So it would be pretty stupid to make something new myself, now wouldn't if?Kollision wrote:Actually you don't need anything new.harrihaffi wrote:So I guess this means we need a new word to discribe the genre I like...
Stick with your own definition and just label everything else as a "borderliner".
Enjoy the games, that's all that matters.
Put I don't know I think it's because I'm geting older and finding it less fun to play and more fun to talk about games...and talking about something that doesn't have a name or even worse has a name that can mean anything can get very confusing...
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Re: What is a shmup!!
Ater checking a few Wikipedia articles, here is the best definition I can come up with:
A game in which the protagonist doesn't fight on foot, that is focused on dodging impacts and in turn firing to take down enemies.
I'm curious to hear if anyone can come up with any exceptions to that (Ikari Warriors, Pocky & Rocky etc fall under Run 'n' Gun).
A game in which the protagonist doesn't fight on foot, that is focused on dodging impacts and in turn firing to take down enemies.
I'm curious to hear if anyone can come up with any exceptions to that (Ikari Warriors, Pocky & Rocky etc fall under Run 'n' Gun).
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Ahhh...well I wouldn't say flying is a rule...cause I would like to call gun.smoke a shmup and your playing as a cowboy runing on the ground on that one to...but unlike moon Patrol...the view is from a birds prespective... so you move in all 4 directions and not just 2...but I didn't mention this earlier...Then again if moon patrol isn't a shmup, what genre is it? A platformer...kinda but not really... Maybe We don't need a new name for shmups...maybe we need a name for every game that is mistaken for a shmup...Annoyboy wrote:The player-controlled avatar in Moon Patrol doesn't fly. Or is that an autoscrolling run 'n' gun?TrevHead (TVR) wrote:has an avatar (eg ship, man, duck or penis) that is flying.
At any rate, I think the definition should include a mention of avoiding enemy fire while controlling an object that doesn't have platform style control.
Edit: Do people consider games such as Ikari Warriors and Shock Troopers to be shmups, or something else?
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Shooter: a game in which you blow stuff up/kill things, using guns, missiles, "lasers" (i.e. plasma shots, because actual laser weapons are almost never used) and similar projectiles.
When you start going into sub-genres like shmup, run & gun, rail shooter etc. then you get arguments over what is-what isn't, in the same tedious way you try to break from "rock" music as the all-encompasser then have an argument over what is or isn't "post-hardcore".
Everyone has their own definitions regarding what qualifies and will argue it to the ends of the Earth. I'm sure someone will even manage to disagree over my definition of "shooter" up there! It's fun while civilised, but like any discussion, will rarely stay that way.
When you start going into sub-genres like shmup, run & gun, rail shooter etc. then you get arguments over what is-what isn't, in the same tedious way you try to break from "rock" music as the all-encompasser then have an argument over what is or isn't "post-hardcore".
Everyone has their own definitions regarding what qualifies and will argue it to the ends of the Earth. I'm sure someone will even manage to disagree over my definition of "shooter" up there! It's fun while civilised, but like any discussion, will rarely stay that way.
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You were quoting me while I was completely rewriting my post. XD
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It seems so...anyhow you're still talk about flying...or should I rewrite my reply?Annoyboy wrote:You were quoting me while I was completely rewriting my post. XD
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Guwange?Annoyboy wrote:I'm curious to hear if anyone can come up with any exceptions to that (Ikari Warriors, Pocky & Rocky etc fall under Run 'n' Gun).
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Re: What is a shmup!!
bah I should'nt of opened my big mouth, can of worms opened
The real question should be what are shmups but its it possible to describe them without someone shooting holes in your definition.
Next time ill stick with: You control an avatar that shoots and dodges the enemy.
EDIT: Nope thats wrong as theres shmups that dont even shoot like ZUN's shoot the bullet and dodge em ups
So this should do it: You control an avatar that dodges the enemy
The real question should be what are shmups but its it possible to describe them without someone shooting holes in your definition.
Next time ill stick with: You control an avatar that shoots and dodges the enemy.
EDIT: Nope thats wrong as theres shmups that dont even shoot like ZUN's shoot the bullet and dodge em ups
So this should do it: You control an avatar that dodges the enemy
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Super Mario Bros.? :P LOLSo this should do it: You control an avatar that dodges the enemy
It seems the real problem with giving a definition for what a shmup is, is the confusion/disagreement about what types (static, on-rails, run 'n' gun etc) belong as a sub-genre and what should be considered a totally different genre altogether.
Anyway, I'm bowing out of this topic while it's still friendly.
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harrihaffi
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Sounds kinda resonable...Subgenres and some games that should be called crossovers like thunder force 2...Annoyboy wrote:Super Mario Bros.? LOLSo this should do it: You control an avatar that dodges the enemy
It seems the real problem with giving a definition for what a shmup is, is the confusion/disagreement about what types (static, on-rails, run 'n' gun etc) belong as a sub-genre and what should be considered a totally different genre altogether.
Anyway, I'm bowing out of this topic while it's still friendly.
So shmups are games like 1942 and Xevious...(Don't have a good example for a horizontal shmup...a pretty basic one R-type and Gladius are to complex) Ikaruga and psyvariar are games that are shumps but try to be diffrent...
And games like moon patrol, shock troopers, Commando, Smash tv and Mercs are games that belong somewhere in the shoter genre...that shmups are a subgenre of...
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