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domingo, 2 de setembro de 2012

Game Types

Forging a genre

By definition, "shooter" is the one that shoots, and "to shoot" is the act or process of firing a projectile weapon. With this in mind, creation took its course. The player became "the shooter", the person that controls the projectile weapon. Simple, yet accurate, the name of this genre will fool no one. The game starts in most cases imediatly, taking almost the same time as a trigger takes to get pressed. The action flows fast, and the progression is fairly intuitive in most cases. In just a few minutes, or even seconds, the player can adapt or master most of the gameplay variations of a game like this.

In the oldest of genres in video games, evolution has always been present. The shooters have evolved over the years, forming sub-genres and creating several other game types with well-defined particularities. One could argue about the origins of the shooters that we have today, but there can be no denial that Japan has always had a big part in the development of the genre.

From Japan came well known and established franchises, from many of the big names in the industry, like Konami, Sega, Capcom, Taito, among others. But the origin of the genre was not forged in a big office floor of a Multi Million Dollar company. Nor was it created in the land of the rising sun.

Xbox Live Arcade Shmups




1942 Joint Strike


Aegis Wing


Defender


Duality ZF


Guwange


Ikaruga


Infinite Shooter


KOF - Sky Stage


Omega Five


Radiant Silvergun


RayStorm HD


Sine Mora


Strania


Triggerheart Exelica


Trouble Witches Neo!


Xevious


Zeit 2
     

Xbox Live Indie Games Shmups




A Shooter


Akujin


Aliens go Boom


Allied Assault Squadron


Astero Defender


Avatar Squadron


Birth Order


Border Wars


Cannon #12


Chain Crusher


Defender of Zorgaba


Distant Galaxies


Divine Justice Zero


Dogfight SKETCH!


Dragons Vs Spaceships


ETMD


Fatal Abyss


Flying Zombie Invasion


Game Type


Graviton AI


Guns Loaded


Heavy Payload


Heavy Payload 2


Hypership Out of Control


Hypership Still Out of Control


Ignition Force


Iron Core 4


Isagoras


Jet Star Universe


Joint Strike Future


League of Planets


Leave Home


Lethal Judgment


Lethal Judgment Origins


Lewjmele


Magnetic Defender


MechFish


Mega Shooter 11


Milie & Telly


Monsters in Neon Space


Nano Doc


Nano Squad


Oh Noes!!1


Orbitron Revolution


Overdriven


Overkill


Pacific Wings


Paper Sky


PerturBirds


PewPewPew...


Pixelosity


Platypus


RedShift


Retro One


Retro One - Part 2


Retro One Part 3


Hangman's Revenge - Return of the Noose


Revolver 360


Shoot 1UP


Smouldering Skies


Spitfire


Star Crisis


Starfighter


StarWings


Super Killer Hornet


Sword & Magic


Tester Phase One


Ultimate Sacrifice


Vampire Rage


Vector Force


Vega Magnitude


Vorpal


Warbirds at Work


Warhounds

WispLisp
Array of List


X Over


Xeno Waster


You Will Die


Zulu Hour