{"id":546,"date":"2021-05-17T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vintrospektiv.de\/?p=546"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:12:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:12:39","slug":"new-video-focus-on-the-history-of-the-shoot-em-up-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintrospektiv.de\/index.php\/2021\/05\/new-video-focus-on-the-history-of-the-shoot-em-up-game\/","title":{"rendered":"New video: Focus on \u2013 The history of the Shoot &#8217;em Up game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My new video explores the history of the Shoot &#8217;em Up game from 1962 to today. I provide a definition of what constitutes a Shoot &#8217;em Up game, and show the milestones and some of the other branches of the shooting game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Focus on: The history of Shoot 'em Up games\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/spectra.video\/videos\/embed\/iWpwywZgRDFav8E5DSLBDh\" allow=\"fullscreen\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-forms\" style=\"border: 0px;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Mein neues Video widmet sich der Geschichte des Shoot &#8217;em Up Games von 1962 bis heute. Ich liefere eine Definition davon, was ein Shoot &#8217;em Up Game ausmacht, und zeige die Meilensteine sowie einige der anderen Abzweigungen des Shooters. Das Video ist in englischer Sprache mit deutschen Untertiteln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shown games (in the order of appearance):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Jamestown<\/em> (Final Form Games 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Satazius<\/em> (Astro Port 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Neon Ships<\/em> (Sensen Games 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sniper Ships<\/em> (Sensen Games 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>FooM: the shoot-\u2019em up text adventure<\/em> (Piers Johnson 1995)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Missile Command<\/em> (Atari 1980)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Space Taxi<\/em> (Muse 1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Doom<\/em> (iD Software 1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Air Ace II<\/em> (Robert Grace 1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Super Gridrunner<\/em> (Llamasoft 1991)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Duck Hunt<\/em> (Nintendo 1984)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Space Harrier<\/em> (Sega 1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Space Invader<\/em> (Unknown [BASIC game] 1980?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Spacewar!<\/em> (Steve Russell 1962)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Space Invaders<\/em> (Taito 1978)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Breakout<\/em> (Atari 1976)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Galaxian<\/em> (Namco 1979)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Phoenix<\/em> (Amstar 1980)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Centipede<\/em> (Atari 1980)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Skramble<\/em> (Anirog 1983)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Defender<\/em> (Williams 1981)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Vanguard<\/em> (Tose Co. 1981)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Caverns of Mars<\/em> (Atari 1981)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Tempest<\/em> (Atari 1981)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Battlezone<\/em> (Atari 1980)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Moon Patrol<\/em> (Irem 1982)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Zaxxon<\/em> (Sega 1982)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>River Raid<\/em> (Activision 1982)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Commando<\/em> (Capcom 1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ikari Warriors II<\/em> (SNK 1986)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Who Dares Wins II<\/em> (Alligata 1986)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Gradius\/Nemesis<\/em> (Konami 1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sabre Wulf<\/em> (Ashby 1984)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Super Mario Bros.<\/em> (Nintendo 1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Deluxe Pacman<\/em> (Edgar M. Vigdal 1995)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Darius+<\/em> (Taito 1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>R-Type<\/em> (Irem 1987)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Batsugun<\/em> (Toaplan 1993)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legal information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gameplay for <em>Galaxian<\/em> was taken from the Crozza Games remake available under <a href=\"http:\/\/pjsfreeware.synthasite.com\/\">http:\/\/pjsfreeware.synthasite.com\/<\/a>.<br>The <a href=\"https:\/\/strategywiki.org\/wiki\/File:Speed_Race_flyer.jpg\"><em>Speed Race<\/em> flyer<\/a> was uploaded by user <a href=\"https:\/\/strategywiki.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:Namcorules\">Namcorules<\/a> to StrategyWiki, and is used here under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> license.<br>The <a href=\"https:\/\/search.creativecommons.org\/photos\/e53ac0a8-ecb0-440c-84f6-57d825c00ddb\">PDP-1 running <em>Spacewar!<\/em><\/a> was photographed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/35034362831@N01\">Joi Ito<\/a> and is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<br>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tsevis\/6127474070\/\">mosaic of Tomohiro Nishikado<\/a> was created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tsevis\/\">Charis Tsevis<\/a> and is used here with his kind permission. For non-commercial uses it is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND 3.0<\/a>.<br>All other material was created by the author, is freely usable or in the public domain, or is featured in the video under the assumption of \u201cfair use\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update, 29 Sep 2025:<\/strong> I have replaced the embedded YouTube video with the video on my PeerTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new video explores the history of the Shoot &#8217;em Up game from 1962 to today. I provide a definition of what constitutes a Shoot &#8217;em Up game, and show the milestones and some of the other branches of the shooting game. 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