Ever wondered how your favorite SHMUP game came to be? Look back at its past and see how far it's come. From its humble beginnings as a space shooter, to the dizzying heights of bullet hells, run-and-guns, and top-down games, SHMUPs have come far, and look to be staying strong.
The legacy of food in video games is as old as video games themselves. As soon as the earliest programmers realized that computers could be used to tell stories in new, interactive ways, food became a part of the landscape.