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Wanda: expanded time-out description a bit to cover more cases, changed the few instances of masc pronouns referring to the player to they/them

2025-08-29T09:37:55Z

expanded time-out description a bit to cover more cases, changed the few instances of masc pronouns referring to the player to they/them

1ccsDontMatter at 20:14, 17 January 2025

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1ccsDontMatter: Term: "Wall", Zunpets - Punctuation

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Term: "Wall", Zunpets - Punctuation

Bamd: /* D */

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Bamd: /* B */

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Bamd: /* S */

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User account at 18:55, 13 August 2024

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Warboss Gegguz: /* P */

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Warboss Gegguz: /* C */

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Warboss Gegguz: /* Caravan Shooter */

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Caravan Shooter

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 ''Also called '''Round'''.''
-A successful completion of all of a shmup's levels that are available for one "trip" through the game, from beginning to end. The term "loop" is most commonly used when a shmup starts itself over at the first stage after a player completes it, thus sending them through a second "loop," or "lap," of the game, which is usually more difficult than the first "loop." Some shmups offer several successive "loops," sometimes even ad infinitum. Successive "loops" of a shmup will usually leave the player's score from the previous "loops" intact, enabling him to reach even higher scores.
+A successful completion of all of a shmup's levels that are available for one "trip" through the game, from beginning to end. The term "loop" is most commonly used when a shmup starts itself over at the first stage after a player completes it, thus sending them through a second "loop," or "lap," of the game, which is usually more difficult than the first "loop." Some shmups offer several successive "loops," sometimes even ad infinitum. Successive "loops" of a shmup will usually leave the player's score from the previous "loops" intact, enabling them to reach even higher scores.
 Some shmups require a player to one-credit the game in order to reach a successive loop, while others will send the player to it no matter how many times he has to continue to finish the initial run. Sometimes "loops" which occur after the initial trip through the game will only require the player to progress through a limited portion of the game's total stages, though most of the time they involve all stages; in other instances, later loops can contain a number of various things not seen in earlier ones.
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 ==R==
 ===Rank===
-Gameplay system found in many shmups which automatically adjusts the game's difficulty in accordance with the player's performance. For example, in many cases more enemies will appear (and/or existing enemies will attack more aggressively) when the player is fully powered up. Rank systems can be "static", where the difficulty increases continuously and efforts can only be made to slow down their increase, or "dynamic", where the rank adapts continuously. Some games are very difficult or impossible to complete with maximum rank, demanding that the player manages the rank by avoiding powering up or intentionally dying to effectively increase his chances of survival. Oftentimes, rank has implications on scoring potential and will be managed for that purpose irrespective of survival difficulty.
+Gameplay system found in many shmups which automatically adjusts the game's difficulty in accordance with the player's performance. For example, in many cases more enemies will appear (and/or existing enemies will attack more aggressively) when the player is fully powered up. Rank systems can be "static", where the difficulty increases continuously and efforts can only be made to slow down their increase, or "dynamic", where the rank adapts continuously. Some games are very difficult or impossible to complete with maximum rank, demanding that the player manages the rank by avoiding powering up or intentionally dying to effectively increase their chances of survival. Oftentimes, rank has implications on scoring potential and will be managed for that purpose irrespective of survival difficulty.
 Although the origins of rank exist in developers' attempts to hoodwink players and increase arcade machine revenue, over time it was realized that rank can be a compelling gameplay mechanic in its own right, and many modern implementations are intentionally more obvious or outright transparent.
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 ===Slowdown===
-Programming phenomenon commonly found in shmups, in which all onscreen action slows down and/or the frame rate drops when high amounts of separate elements (i.e. enemies, bullets, etc.) appear at once. Can be used to a player's advantage by giving him more time to react to what's going on, but can seriously hamper a game’s playability when found in abundance. The amount of slowdown present can be adjusted in some home ports/games via a "Wait" option.
+Programming phenomenon commonly found in shmups, in which all onscreen action slows down and/or the frame rate drops when high amounts of separate elements (i.e. enemies, bullets, etc.) appear at once. Can be used to a player's advantage by giving them more time to react to what's going on, but can seriously hamper a game’s playability when found in abundance. The amount of slowdown present can be adjusted in some home ports/games via a "Wait" option.
 ===Slow Movement===
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 ===Time-out===
-Refers to a situation where a boss or mid-boss flies off the screen after it continues to survive for a certain period of time. Some games, such as ''[[Ikaruga]]'', feature an invincible boss that must be timed-out in order to win, forcing the player to rely on their dodging skills and pattern recognition. In most other games, time-outs typically exist in order to prevent the player from earning unlimited amounts of points from [[#Milk|milking]], or just hogging the machine eternally.
+Refers to a situation where a fight with a boss or mid-boss ends without player intervention if the enemy has been alive for too long, with them either flying offscreen or dying. Multi-phase fights may have a timer set for each phase, with the boss usually advancing to the next phase when timed out. Some games, such as ''[[Ikaruga]]'', feature an invincible boss that must be timed-out in order to win, forcing the player to rely on their dodging skills and pattern recognition. In most other games, time-outs typically exist in order to prevent the player from earning unlimited amounts of points from [[#Milk|milking]], or just hogging the machine eternally.
 ===True Last Boss===

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 ==W==
 ===Walls===
-When anything (usually bullets) aligns itself in an unavoidable way, it's often referred to as a ''wall'' or ''walling''. Sometimes seen in [[https://shmups.wiki/library/Help:Dodging_strategy#Random_bullet_patterns|random patterns]].
+When anything (usually bullets) aligns itself in an unavoidable way, it's often referred to as a ''wall'' or ''walling''. Sometimes seen in [[Help:Dodging_strategy#Random_bullet_patterns|random patterns]].
 ==Z==

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 Major examples include [[Xevious]], [[River Raid]], [[Mega Zone]], [[Star Force]], [[1942]], and [[Tiger-Heli]].
 ==Z==
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 ===Zunpets===
-Name for the often maligned Trumpet samples used in many of the Touhou games. Named after their developer, ZUN
+Name for the often maligned Trumpet samples used in many of the Touhou games. Named after their developer, ZUN.
 ==References==
 # https://www.sega-16.com/2005/04/unofficial-shmups-glossary/
 # https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=11882

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 ==D==
 ===Doujin===
 Any artwork made by independent Japanese creators, often a small group or even a single person. Many famous shooting games are doujin works, such as the Touhou Project series. While often conflated with the Western concept of indie, many doujin creators consider themselves philosophically different from indie creators.

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 ===Bomb===
 A '''bomb''' is the generic term for a limited-use weapon, usually one that does large amounts of damage, typically granting some amount of invincibility for use in emergency situations. Bombs are often stored in stocks similarly to lives, though sometimes they operate on a meter or even just a cooldown timer. They will often be replenished each time the player loses a life.
 ===Bullet Cancel===

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	Graphical touch found in some shmups, in which "shards" or "chunks" of enemy craft appear to be blown off of them when they are shot or destroyed. In most cases shrapnel is included for purely presentational reasons and cannot directly harm the player, but it can still be a hindrance if enemy bullets are not very distinct, as they can blend in with the shrapnel and become hard to spot.		Graphical touch found in some shmups, in which "shards" or "chunks" of enemy craft appear to be blown off of them when they are shot or destroyed. In most cases shrapnel is included for purely presentational reasons and cannot directly harm the player, but it can still be a hindrance if enemy bullets are not very distinct, as they can blend in with the shrapnel and become hard to spot.
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		+	===Slingshot===
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		+	When a game abruptly exits [[slowdown]] and enters full speed, typically getting the player killed in the process. Most infamous at the end of boss patterns as bullets decrease in number, though it can also occur several times in the same pattern if it has huge swings in bullet count, such as [https://youtu.be/8tz_fViahnA&t=2279 Queen Larsa's final in her second phase] in the Xbox 360 port.

	===Slowdown===		===Slowdown===

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	Common differences from the original versions are visuals, changes to certain portions of the game, quantity and function of power-ups, limits to on-screen enemy and shot quantity, more significant slowdown, audio compromises, fewer animation frames, glitches and exploits unique to the console port, etc..		Common differences from the original versions are visuals, changes to certain portions of the game, quantity and function of power-ups, limits to on-screen enemy and shot quantity, more significant slowdown, audio compromises, fewer animation frames, glitches and exploits unique to the console port, etc..
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−	~~====Enhanced Port====~~
−	While conversions typically result in omissions and "downgrades" from the original, there are also several conversions that add new content and/or new mechanics to the original game. These are typically referred to as '''Enhanced Ports'''. Examples of enhanced ports are [[Super Darius II]] and [[Salamander]] on the PC Engine, [[Super R-Type]] on the SNES, [[Aleste]] on the MSX, [[Xevious: Fardraut Saga]], and several others.

	====Emulation====		====Emulation====

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 ==C==
 ===Chain===
 ''Also called '''Combos'''.''
 Any of a number of various repeated techniques a player can perform to increase the points awarded for shooting enemies, collecting items, or other things under the right circumstances: the most common varieties involve shooting down many enemies (or enemies of a specific type) in a row, or collecting a certain type of score item many times in a row.
 ===Checkpoint===

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 ===Caravan Shooter===
+'''Caravan Shooters''', or '''Caravan Mode''' if featured as part of a larger title, are style of shmup geared towards fast-paced, timed, competitive high-score gameplay. Gameplay typically consists of two to five minute sessions comprised of either levels in the primary game or levels specifically made for the mode or event. The name is derived from the Hudson All-Japan Caravan Festival, which in its early years featured this style of contest for [[Star Force]] and the [[Star Soldier]] series. Similar games were made for the Summer Carnival events held by Naxat Soft.
 ===Checkpoint===