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Offline PGitTopic starter

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Shoot em ups
« on: January 14, 2004, 07:11:30 PM »
Can anyone tell me about the history of shoot em up games? For example what was the first scrolling shooter?
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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2004, 07:14:59 PM »
school assignment or freetime?  :-D

oh yeah, are you talking about just on miggy's?
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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2004, 07:22:34 PM »
I'm interested in their history in general, not just on the Amiga.

It's for my own curiosity really
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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2004, 07:26:07 PM »
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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2004, 07:34:38 PM »
space invaders ??

Asteriods??

theese where atleast the 2 first REAL hits

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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2004, 10:07:09 PM »
Space War on the PDP-1 (programmed in 1962) was the first shoot-em up, and also considered the first interactive computer game.
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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2004, 10:54:58 PM »
1962??? JEEESUS!!

damn and we didnt celebrate 40 years of SHOOT EM UPS In 02 ;(

oh well..
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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2004, 12:00:30 AM »
20 years of the Mac this year
and Amiga next year   :-)
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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2004, 03:47:40 AM »
Check out this link www.shmups.com

This place has everything you probably want to know about shoot em up games.
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Re: Shoot em ups
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2004, 05:06:33 PM »
I was never a massive fan of (non-platformer) shoot-em-ups. I devived some pleasure from the creative side of SEUCK on the C64 and later Amiga tho, and 2 player G-Force 2 was great fun!
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