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Shmups
2D shooters in the vein of Space Invaders. Short for Shoot 'em Up.
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Loop
Video games; Shmups
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. ...
Jerk
Video games; Shmups
A technique that utilises herding to cut through a very dense stream of aimed bullets. If a player jerks to one side and back again very quickly, the aimed bullets will briefly be put on a different ...
Invincibility window
Video games; Shmups
A small timeframe in which the player is invincible. This often occurs shortly after a player death and ensures that the player doesn't repeatedly die after only having control of their ship for a ...
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.
Item carriers
Video games; Shmups
A usually harmless enemy that will spawn an item once killed, such as a powerup or a special point item.
Kamikaze
Video games; Shmups
An enemy that attempts to ram the player's ship and kill them through contact rather than firing at them.
