Single-stage vertical shoot 'em up! Score with big bullet cancels by exploiting an aggressive dynamic difficulty system

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Letting you guys know that I've spent some time and put all the existing issues of Shmup_Lyf zine on Itch.io - so if you've never heard of them or found it hard to look at them before now is your chan...

Finally finished my Over_OBJ cross-stitch. I’ve been in love with this boss design since I saw the first screenshot so I had to craft it 💚.That and I had to make sure I kept the sprite flicker so it’s...

If you fancy a little 'maybe just one more go' for a few hours, try out Strect by まよねえ. While at first glance having a visual style akin to Star Soldier/Star Force/ Omega Fighter, it feels a bit more ...

The shmupmedia-verse is abuzz with the fact that Compile are working together with M2 to bring us Zaleste (so that's a fusion of Zanac and Aleste properties). We've been treated to some nice art and a...

On my first night in Osaka, in the dim lights of a game center, I saw a master.

Cycle Chaser by D. Piskorowski (@PD_CGT)is a game that really feels like it hasn't got the attention it deserves. I love it's stylish funk-chunky visuals and wonderful array of enemy designs with thei...

I had the chance to read through Scowsh's (@ScowshMolosh) 2024 Year in Shmups covering their numerous 1CCs, and I really appreciated it; both on its own merits as a piece of genre documentation, and b...

Sad to hear that a A-Cho in Kyoto is closing its doors next month. Feeling fortunate I had the chance to visit and drop some ¥100 not that long ago. I’ll remember it as the place I got to try Castle o...

DoDonPachi Sai Dai Ou Jou is out on Switch and it’s great, but I seem to get bugs regardless of where I play it (and I’m not just talking about bees).Playing through level 5 of the 360 Arrange one of the enemies was refercing the wrong part of the sprite sheet so ended up being attacked by a fluxing Missingno cloud. But to be honest I really appreciate these unique moments - when the curtain drops and you see how it all comes together there is a real appreciation

Viper: Phase 1 is a great credit feeder. Sure, you might want to learn it and score it, but it’s also just an amazing voyage set in a world of hard-science space design, with booster rockets and NASA-like paneled metal (also makes me think of hardSF anime like Planetes and Magnetic Rose. In a genre with a lot of ‘flanges for fun over function’ this aesthetic stands out. There is also some great foreshadowing and in general spatial storytelling. Just jam in a stack of coins and see how many great

Never had the chance to play Under Defeat before, so very glad of the new port - and I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I do for a number of reasons. Here is a quick military briefing on the eleme...