A game where you have to start over from the beginning when you die. Often goes together with procedural generation, so it doesn't get boring!
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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.
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