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Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Catching up on some magazines that arrived this week, love seeing pixels in print! Always enjoy @spadgy.bsky.social copy & an article about my favourite @hitpstudio.bsky.social Schildmaid MX? Yes please! Lovely evening reading, whilst the little ones enjoy a movie #print #indiegames #mags #shmup

Psyvariar 3 article by Will Freeman, from Retro Gamer #285

Debug Magazine #14 article about Schildmaid MX, from the In Case You Missed It section

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Today (May 26) is Ys 4 New Theory's 21st anniversary! I don't have anything to show for it because we going full steam ahead into Ys 3 PS2! Here are some WIP pictures of the initial VWF, graphics, and translation working! Big thanks to Everdred, Etokapa, and Josep for their quick work!

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Outstanding game, this game being free really puts pressure on anyone trying to make a mystery/detective game. It's really good.

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today in 'the internet knows everything but not this' (afaik) Bloody vandals have graffiti'd some weirdo characters on my tank. I wonder if Hamster know the OG Ms Pac is hidden in Cyber Commando?😉

Pacman & Ms Pacman appearing on the Wild Bear tank via a secret command that doesn't appear to be detailed on the internet

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Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff is Out Now @mommysbestgames.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

ChainStaff and the insane Soundtrack was made by REAL PEOPLE! Here is one @tracydeonn.bsky.social absolutely shredding.🎸 The soundtrack is coming soon! GUARANTEED to soothe your mind+soul w/ HEAVY METAL. Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dXh...

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I saw all of what they said in that post. It's kind of crazy, but also a reality we have to adapt to. I guess "Early Access" culture isn't a thing over there and apparently they make American customer service complaints look like child's play. It is a shame that Customer Support >>>>> Dev Support

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クリハラ @klixxxx.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

クリスマスカラーといえばワルキューレ。 #ワルキューレの伝説

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I've tried describing it as Nu-Zelda, as an Immersive Sim, as a Scribblenauts with *ACTUAL* gaming verbs, as a different take on Noita's alchemy, as Mosa Lina, as everything I love that resembles it in some way or another. I think people will warm up to it, it's just attention is so fragmented rn.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Thing is... people are thinking Jensen is still talking B2C, when he is clearly talking B2B. He gives no shits about anyone, much less gamers. This is another move by the technocracy lobbyists that support them. I hate this situation tbh. We aren't mad ENOUGH.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I loved when Larian did this. Such a middle finger to WotC.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Speaking of thief likes, check The Citadel Project. He doesn't post on this site, but he does at the ex-bird site. Really worth a look!

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Had no idea there was a source port for Cave Story, thanks for the share!

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Man, I can't keep up and we're not even over the first quarter of the year.

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Cαrínα ᓚᘏᗢ @carina.delachancla.com · 12/03/2026

Wait a minute lol...so Sega reused their own art a few years later for this title screen

The title screen for the Master System game Astro Warrior. It shows the closeup of a spaceship flying while various enemies are in the background.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Everyone outside the first world. Microsoft has pretty good supply chains set up throughout the world, so it would be remarkably cheaper to get an Xbox than to try to build a PC equally as strong. Backwards compatibility adds up too. Most people underestimate how the PC gaming world is out there.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Thanks for the insight. I do see it with Halo and Cicadamata, I just didn't find it as clearly referential in Supplice. This gives me more context for the claim. Thanks again!

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Supplice is great and houses some of the best DOOM modding talent around, but as someone who recently played Marathon (thanks in part to your recommendations), I struggle to see the ways in which you'd compare Supplice to Marathon (Durandal/Infinity). Can you elaborate on this? Thanks in advance.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

For anyone interested, you can play something close to the Duke 2 Remastered version in the Evercade Collection (but not Duke 1 due to rights to the code for that version). The Evercade version is better as it comes nicely packed and includes the first Duke, but oh well. github.com/lethal-guita...

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GitHub - lethal-guitar/RigelEngine: A modern re-implementation of the classic DOS game Duke Nukem II

A modern re-implementation of the classic DOS game Duke Nukem II - lethal-guitar/RigelEngine

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Aaron Giles @aarongiles.com · 01/03/2026

Happy to announce that DREAMM 4.0 is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux! dreamm.aarongiles.com Now with support for all Lucas-family games released prior to 2000 on DOS, Windows, and FM-Towns, including all 8 Lucas Learning games. Network play is also now supported (experimentally).

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DREAMM

DREAMM is a bespoke emulator for LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Never ever seen Veart of China before. Looks real pretty, hope it plays as well.

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𝔅𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔒'𝔊𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔥𝔞𝔫 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A lot of beat em ups kinda fail to understand the utility of special moves when making huge changes to other aspects of design. They make super fast combo games but then still design special moves as crowd control utility, and it's like brother what are you doing no one can hit me anyways.

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Jiikae @jiikae.com · 25/02/2026

I also think a lot of gamers underestimate the power of just naturally enjoying the thing you love & how people gravitate to that You won’t have to tell people to play a game for some greater cause, you won’t have pit it against another game Sincere passion is contagious (and good for you)

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Joakim "konjak" Sandberg @konjak.org · 24/02/2026

Bluetooth is like that tourist that unironically tells a local to speak English as if it should be expected

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Sorry to interrupt, just wanted to say I'm a fan of both of your games, and I've been promoting them on the other app lately too. Both of you are geniuses!

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

There was a recent Megaman X related Doom WAD released recently that deserves a look as well. Check it out on doomworld: www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/... youtu.be/b2I-X_MBfHQ

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The Maverick Hunter Chronicles TRAILER - Release date (DOOM WAD)

YouTube video by SirOblivion

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This & VOID/BREAKER are the two games in that roguelite FPS genre people are not talking about enought. I know about Witchfire and the other games you also post about, but these two are truly something else.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I have the most engaged with review for the game in English. I've always been a Smash fan, tried the game out one afternoon a few years ago and here we are... I love it and I hate it. The playerbase is mostly young, that's why you don't see much of it in our more "boomer" (rather millennial) spaces

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I love this. Perhaps a skill we need to start learning, on how to properly work PCBs of everything.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Same, I'm more or less in the same boat. The environments look beautiful, and the puzzles are very "early RE" inspired. Unlike most developers, even the REGIONAL PRICING is fantastic over here. I bought it today and will play it through the week. It's impossible to keep up with everything.

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Maddison Baek @maddisonbaek.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Oh yeah, did I mention that the game is going through the 50% price cut??? 2LT publisher sale just began!

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 08/02/2026

Time to sleep, but one final gaming-related shoutout: That new free Rabbit & Steel expansion adds one more key element from Final Fantasy 14 that it was missing: Impossibly hype vocal boss themes. Game is half off until the 14th and VERY good.

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RABBIT & STEEL: Extra Mode Trailer

YouTube video by mino_dev

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Interested in your takes around Crisol

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内藤時浩 @NAITOTokihiro @naito.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Atualmente, o trabalho de tradução por voluntários está em andamento, mas gostaríamos de substituir a tradução IA no mínimo para o francês, o espanhol e o português. Alguém poderia nos ajudar?

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内藤時浩 @NAITOTokihiro @naito.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Actualmente, el trabajo de traducción por voluntarios está en progreso, pero queremos reemplazar la traducción IA al menos para el francés, el español y el portugués. ¿Alguien podría ayudarnos?

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内藤時浩 @NAITOTokihiro @naito.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Actuellement, le travail de traduction par des bénévoles est en cours, mais nous souhaitons remplacer la traduction IA au minimum pour le français, l'espagnol et le portugais. Quelqu'un pourrait-il nous aider ?

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内藤時浩 @NAITOTokihiro @naito.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

XeGrader plus では、現在ボランティアによる翻訳作業が進行していますが、最低でもフランス語、スペイン語、ポルトガル語はAI翻訳から置き換えたいと思っています。どなたか手伝って頂けないでしょうか。

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I could help out with Spanish translation, at least latin american Spanish. I'm not a professional translator, but I would like to help.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

@castpixel.bsky.social The community did a lot of this information dumping to onboard new players back in the early 2020s, but the entry over there ("Shot Limit") might be super useful to your current game. I'd suggest checking his blog too sometime as well, good stuff shmups.wiki/library/Bogh...

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Boghog's bullet hell shmup 101 - Shmups Wiki -- The Digital Library of Shooting Games

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Sorry I just caught this message, but the mechanic is often mentioned as bullet limit/shot limit. Born out of the limitation of projectiles/objects on screen at a time, it became the defacto way to push people into playing aggressively (upfront pointblanking) or passively (at the screen's bottom)

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The Flying Kick @theflyingkick.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

While 2026 is lacking in announcements, we have a couple of good games coming up. Check out the video to see how 2026 is looking so far. #beatemup #gaming youtu.be/a3xtSgm3lXo?...

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What's coming up in 2026?

YouTube video by The Flying Kick

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 02/02/2026

Something that every critic across every known medium should internalize.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's the constant pressure and friction that turns coal into diamonds. Most things worth getting into are no different. Embrace *some* friction.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We need something like this for DOOM WADs...

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 23/01/2026

So that's ten huge articles spanning the entire length of Power Dolls history, from its PC-98 beginnings through console spinoffs and its Steam-based end*, all based on first-hand experience with original materials! Come take a look! *for now... kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/power-dolls-...

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Power Dolls series

Gaming is not short of either strategy games or mech-heavy releases, but few intertwine the two with the seriousness of Power Dolls. Kogado’s series set itself apart by bringing an astonishin…

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

More so in the deal flow/vc world (and championing STGs on the side), but I’m working on something this year where I try to converge both sides of what I do the most.

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STG Shmups @stgshmups.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I’m trying to change this landscape a bit with my real job. I’m hopeful my partners and I can make a difference in the future, the venture capital side is losing edge by association of everything, most money is going to anything that mentions “AI”… curation is key, connection is too.

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