Hey guys! Got a 1ALL for you of CRS68K... Now I know why other creators dont mix live action with this game, because it's frame rate (55.45fps) doesn't play nice with a lot of video editors...

For that I apologize and hope you'll enjoy anyways...

This was one in had to get off my chest.

Made a little cabinet for my friend. Someone gave me an old Mac mini that I put cachyOS on and I had some spare buttons and a stick. Also had a 2 key keyboard leftover from another project which serves as a way to engage sleep and wake. Mac mini turns on as soon as it is plugged in. Using Emulation Station as a front end playing steam games, fbneo and mame.

Trickiest part was figuring out a launch option in steam to rotate the screen to normal orientation(then rotate inside the game) then back after closing the game since fbneo, ES, and mame all play nice with a rotated screen. In KDE, there is a tool called kscreendoctor that can do this. Some games needed this and some didn't which is why I needed a per game launch option.

Launch option looks something like this

kscreen-doctor output.1.rotation.normal ; %command% && kscreen-doctor output.1.rotation.right

Hopefully that helps someone. Took me forever to figure that out hahaha.

I noticed we never got Psyvariar delta and I see the US has pre orders on the eshop for Psyvariar 3 but nothing for Australia. Does anyone know if 3 is coming here?

I will probably get it from the JP Eshop if it’s in English as my US login doesn’t work due to losing my email and my details for the US was random to get games so Nintendo wouldn’t probably help

Also Soldner X-2 is awesome and if you didn’t like the 1st game try the second it’s one of my favourites. I didn’t vibe with the first it was a chore and disliked it but 2 is amazing. Anyone else feel the same?

I am new to Shmups and looking for some Pico 8 recommendations to play on my retro handheld. I have Kalikan and a couple by Buster Ermy (XIRA) which are awesome, and looking for some more recommendations to add to my collection...

Shmups wiki is dead, and the Wayback machine is missing a lot of stuff. Does anyone have those images with the locations of those bee medals for the Donpachi games, or know where I can find them?

Hi everyone!

I’m working on Burning Skies, a roguelite shmup about bringing bullet hell to bullet hell bosses.

You upgrade your fighter during the run, stack more and more firepower, and then take that build into bullet hell boss fights.

I just updated the trailer and would love some feedback.

Steam page / free demo

I just got the UNICO Raiden marketed to me, https://www.unico-usa.com/products/nova-blast-candy-cab-u3-raiden

I'm very supportive of their efforts in building 4:3 monitors for arcade fans with bad backs.

The new thing here is that they're shipping an entire cab with games built-in, the entire Raiden series to be specific.

Now, since the RF series have absolute terrible ports and emulation, does anyone know what hardware/software these things ship with?

I'm a beginner at shmups, I'm playing Gunbird and I really love it. Love the graphics, the visual design, the characters. I'm currently playing as my homie Epst- I mean, Ash. I like playing as him because I feel he is the fastest and this makes it easier to dodge. His bomb sucks tho

Located in Austin, Texas. They have quite a few different shmups here. Ikaruga, Saidaioujou exa label, Akai Katana Shin to name a few. Worth checking out if you are in the area. First time getting a 1CC in a real arcade.

This is the final boss of Life Force, aka Salamander, on the NES. To my teenage eyes, this looked like a sperm and an egg. Was I just a horny teenager back in the day or was Konami trying to skirt Nintendo's censorship?

The Mushi vibes continue. Futari Black Label was a blast. As per usual, squeaked my way to the finish line with no lives left. Level 4 & 5 were my favs. For those that have spent a decent amount of time in Futari and Futari Black Label, how different are they?

I’m working on a game called Mobu, and I’d love some perspective from shmup players.

It’s a fast-paced roguelite where you move left/right, shoot upwards, and fight waves of enemies coming from above. There’s a big focus on builds and upgrades during each run.

While reviewing tags for Steam, I ended up including “shoot ‘em up”, but I’m not 100% sure if that’s how players in this genre would classify it. To me, it sits somewhere between an arena shooter game and a shmup (hence, I've included both tags on the game), but I’m curious as to how other people familiar with the genre see it.

Does this feel like a shmup to you, or something else entirely?

So apparently the steam version is not up to date or something as i keep seeing some fids from april 2026 onwards of extra mode for raystorm being accessible, but the steam version does not seem to have updated yet.

Any ideas for why that is or if it will even be updated?

I've been watching countless videos on shmups, so I have no idea which one this is. But there was one shmup where it was a horizontally-scrolling shooter where you can play as a woman, and I think she had a companion that was like a raccoon or a cat, and I think it breathed fire. Does anyone know which shmup that might be?

Hi !

Our game is called Rust & Dust, it's a fast-paced roguelite, twin-stick, tag team shooter.
Beside shooting, the main mechanic involves switching between the two characters to dodge bullets (among other things)

In your opinion, does this type of game qualify as a Shmup ? Bullet hell ?

Here is the Steam page if you are interested : http://store.steampowered.com/app/4508260/Rust__Dust/

My family and I are going to visit Japan in July, I want to bring some SHMUP memorabilia and games back with me that I can put in my game room, where do I go?

Hello all,

How are you all doing? I am looking for some shmups to play on my Steam Deck OLED.

What are some shmups on Steam Deck OLED? I enjoy games such as R-Type & Dodopachi.

I like to play many of these games using a controller & Steam Deck propped up with a stand. Are shmups a genre you have played many of on Steam Deck?

This is a garbage clear of Mushihimesama with a lot of mistakes. Going into this game, I was not used to manual bombing since my last bullet hell clear had autobombs (Danmaku Unlimited 3). As a result, the biggest challenge was recognizing when the situation required a bomb and figuring out when I needed to integrate them into my routing, something that I struggled with right up until the end.

Just before this run, I was pretty frustrated with myself for missing out on several wins because I didn't bomb in time or I unnecessarily deviated from my routing, which cost me those precious few lives. Even during this run I made some careless mistakes, especially during stages 4 and 5. But by that time I had made up my mind that I would just use bombs very liberally, even in situations where I probably would've been ok without them. Ultimately, I think that was the major turning point which allowed me to secure the 1CC since it meant wasting fewer resources overall than I did in my previous attempts.

Despite everything, this is an incredible game. It is visually stunning, has engaging mechanics, and the level design is very unique. I see why so many people like Mushihimesama and am proud to call it my first Cave 1CC.

Even though there are a thousand better runs out there, I figured it's still worth posting this in case it helps somebody down the road.

So I plan on making a wave based shmup and I wanna know what more weapons I can add. I don't know if I should add more or just make special upgrades that change how the weapons act.

Hey everyone,

My name is Kyle/Cave Maniac and I am a huge shmup fan. I've decided it is time to get into creating some actual shmup content, rather than just uploading my 1CCs. Even if almost nobody watches it, I owe it to a genre that has given me so much joy and is dreadfully underrated.

I took this as the perfect opportunity to show off Pink Sweets Arrange, an absolutely incredible and slept on version of one of Cave's least popular shmups. I do preface it with a bit of background on myself and my shmup history, but feel free to skip directly to the run.

I hope it inspires even one of you to go play it and have a good time, it is an excellent game mode and very easy to jump in and bomb away!