Games in which the player shoots things to progress, usually with a variety of guns, and other times with bows and arrows.
Typically shoot em' up games where the emphasis is dodging a large number of bullets on the screen at once. Bullets form dense patterns on the screen that require precise controls to avoid.
Visuals that resemble strokes drawn by a hand, as opposed to digital authoring tools that create perfect strokes.
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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