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Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enemies enter the screen. Both shooting and dodging are critical to advancing. See also Bullet Hell.

The larger universe outside of Earth's atmosphere. Sometimes really, really far outside of it.

Sprites are generally 2D images used in games to represent objects. They can be animated or static, and come in different styles like isometric or top-down.

Shooter games with a top down, birds eye view of the characters surroundings.