It only took me 24 years to stumble upon Strikers 1945. While I’ve always loved to play shmups and even spent my very limited coins […] Read More
Category: Greatest shmup of them all
Playing a new shmup is a lot like ordering a hamburger. Sure, there are wildly different variations of the same hamburger, but in the end […] Read More
There is one game I have always remembered from my childhood, and that’s Aerofighters. If you know anything from the arcade scene in Mexico, we […] Read More
Every time I see a site pull up a new “Top X shmups for Y” article or video, I immediately rush to watch it. Nowadays […] Read More
Advantage states have been very prominent in gaming. The easiest example of this would be how the bosses of Mega Man are weak to the […] Read More
My biggest sin as a shmup player is the low amount of Cave games I’ve played. I’ve watched tons of videos about Mushihimesama and DoDonPachi, […] Read More
You can easily tell within the first 10 minutes of playing whether you will like or not a shmup game. It’s quite a beautiful quality […] Read More
When you have a goal as ambitious as playing every single shmup game in existence, there are bound to be comparisons. It’s an inevitability. We […] Read More
The formula for a shmup is a pretty simple one. Have a ship, add enemies, makes the screen auto-scroll and voila! And yet, there have […] Read More
Switch ‘N’ Shoot is a vertical shmup with a very peculiar constraint: You only need one button to play. Developer: Matt Glanville Platform: Nintendo Switch […] Read More