Shmup
Shoot 'em up
Example
What's your favorite shmup?
I always loved After Burner
Classic shmup gameplay
Related Slang
| FPS | First-person shooter |
| TPS | Third-person shooter |
| NS | Nice shot |
| RTS | Real-time strategy |
| RPG | Role-playing game |
| Roguelike | A video game like Rogue |
| Metroidvania | A game like Metroid or Castlevania |
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Gamers may use shmup as shorthand for shoot 'em up. In these types of games, players shoot at swarms of enemies, typically while piloting a spacecraft, airplane, or other type of vehicle.
However, gamers' exact definition of what constitutes a shmup varies. For example, while all gamers would agree that Space Invaders and Asteroids are shmups, they may disagree on whether "on rails" shooters like Time Crisis and Star Wars: Rebel Assault are shmups.