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[[File:Gradius_Gaiden_Art_01.jpg|thumb|198px|Gradius Gaiden]]
"Shmup" is an abbreviated term for "Shoot-Em-Up" and usually relates to games involving spaceships trying to prevent some sort of evil alien attack.
The first "Shmup" was Taito's "Space Invaders" from 1978 (it was so popular, that at one point it created a national 100-yen coin shortage in Japan).
Some of the more recognized games include Konami's "Gradius" and "R-Type", as well as Namco's "Galaxian" and "Xevious", as they brought the genre into the modern era.
Sometimes Shmups can more than be easily confused for "Run-And-Gun" games due to non-conventional titles such as "Twinkle Tale" and "Undead Line".
==Recommended Shmups==
