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"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 of course Taito's "Space Invaders" from 1978. It was so popular, that at one point it created a nation coin shortage in Japan.
Some of the more recognized game include Konami's "Gradius" and "R-Type", as well as Namco's "Galaxian" and "Xevious", as they brought the genre into modern era.
