2D Shmups - History, Prospects?

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday August 5, 2003 @08:11PM from the bydo-empire-delighted-by-press dept.

Thanks to Gamers.com for their article discussing a brief survey of the 2D shoot-em-up (shmup) market. The article summarizes: "Shooters seem to have a very basic appeal, rewarding as they usually do indiscriminate destruction. They're also a pure example of the most basic of videogame challenges - simple, instantaneous, twitchy response... there are still a few gamers who seek classic shooting action, and a few companies willing to support them." It goes on to reference classic Japanese shmup companies such as Irem, Treasure, and Cave, and provide information on their former and current projects.

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Re:2d shooters for linux? by patch-rustem · 2003-08-05 21:09 · Score: 2, Informative

... are there any good side- or top-scrollers for linux?
There's plenty.
Also there's the universe of games that you can play via an emulator.

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Shmups! by emilng · 2003-08-06 04:16 · Score: 3, Informative

Just in case you haven't figured it out yet. You can find out a great deal more about 2d shootemups on
www.shmups.com