Shoot em up (also known as shmup) is a sub genre of shooter video games. In a shoot em up, the player controls a lone character, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre in turn encompasses various types or sub genres and critics differ on exactly what design elements constitute a shoot em up. Some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and certain types of character movement; others allow a broader definition including characters on foot and a variety of perspectives. Shoot em ups call for fast reactions and for the player to memorize levels and enemy attack patterns.Newer bullet hell games feature overwhelming numbers of enemy projectiles, the patterns of which the player must memorize in order to avoid.

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The genres origins can be traced back to Spacewar!, one of the very earliest computer games, developed in 1961 and eventually released in arcades in the early 1970s.

However, Space Invaders, released in Japanese arcades in 1978, is generally credited with inventing and popularizing the genre proper. Shoot em ups were popular throughout the 1980s and early 1990s as they evolved. From the mid 1990s and the burgeoning use of 3D graphics in video games, shoot em ups became a niche genre based on design conventions established in the 1980s and increasingly catered to specialist enthusiasts, particularly in Japan.

Shoot em ups encompass various types, or sub genres. In a fixed shooter such as Space Invaders, the protagonist can only move across one axis and enemies attack from a single direction. In a multi directional shooter the protagonist may rotate and move in any direction. By contrast, a rail shooter protagonist is viewed from behind and moves into the screen, while the player retains control over dodging. Tube shooters feature similar viewpoints, and their protagonists fly through abstract tubes. Scrolling shooters encompass both horizontal shooters and vertical shooters (featuring side on and top down viewpoints respectively) and in turn bullet hell games and cute em ups. Run and gun games feature protagonists on foot, rather than spacecraft, that often have the ability to jump; they may feature either scrolling or multidirectional movement.

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Angel, Destroyer
Version: 1.03 | Developer: Team DEVICE

Solid side scrolling danmaku action.

In the beginning you choose one out of three secondary weapons
Anti Aircraft (homing missiles)
Armor Piercing
High Explosive
While playing you can switch through all of them (after collecting powerups) but your first choice will always be the strongest.

The overdrive gauge starts to fill as soon as you stop shooting.
Wait until the gauge is full, then shoot again and your attack will be much stronger for a short time.

Grinding the enemy bullets (flying really close to them) results in bigger scores.

System requirements
OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Processor: Pentium3 500MHz
RAM: 64 MB
HDD: 90 MB
Graphics: 8 MB VRAM, DirectX 8.1

Armed Seven Battle of Steel Copes in 1989
Version: 1.00 | Developer: Astro Port

Straight forward horizontal shooting action, old school style.

You have three different weapons, your main and sub gun fire at the same time while the third charges up automatically and can be fired when the gauge is full.

Depending on your movement your main gun will aim up and down but holding down the shoot button will lock it in place. I think this feature works much better in a vert shmup like Under Defeat but maybe thats just me.

System requirements
OS: Windows 2000/XP
Processor: Pentium3 1GHz
RAM: 256 MB
HDD: 150 MB
Graphics: DirectX 8.0

Die Feen
Version: 1.50 | Developer: Nekomiminokakera

Die Feen (german for The Fairies) was Wagners first completed opera, but remained unperformed in his lifetime. It has never established itself firmly in the operatic repertory although it receives occasional performances, on stage or in concert, most often in Germany.

Oh, and its also a cute and challenging vertshmup

You have to collect the Feen and 4 of them will function as your options. They have their own life bars and you can arrange them in five different formations.

With the cute graphics and the peacefully piano soundtrack this could be a very relaxing game but dont let the atmosphere fool you!
From the first stage on there will be plenty of enemies rushing at you from all directions and covering the screen with bullets.

System requirements
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Processor: Pentium3 1.2GHz
RAM: 256 MB
HDD: 200 MB
Graphics: 32 MB VRAM, DirectX 9.0c

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