Anon01/17/26, 04:52No.3911026
Can you really call Tyrian a shmup though? Like, when considering the core intentions of the game design, it's not really about shooting and dodging in a 2d plane, just watching all the explosions while wildly flailing around and then you get to buy some wacky new gun with the money you collected. Doesn't feel like a shmup at all.
It has more in common with those old "desktop destroyer" stress relief "games" than with other "shmups"