OLAC's Videogame Genre Form Terms
Shoot 'em up video games
Bullet hell
Cute 'em ups
Horizontal scrolling shooter video games
Shmup
Shmup video games
Side scrolling shooter video games
Video games in which the player controls a character (most commonly an aircraft) that must defend itself against large amounts of enemies by shooting at them, usually from a top down or side on perspective set against a scrolling background while enemies and projectiles fly at them. Do not include games that restrict the player’s movement on screen or that do not feature scrolling backgrounds; class these instead in the broader Shooter video games genre.
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