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Bullet Hell

Game genre theme

A sub-genre of shmup where the whole screen is literally filled with projectiles, usually with the main challenge being avoiding those bullets (often by recognizing/memorizing firing patterns) rather than destroying enemies.

143
games
20
platforms

Alternate names: Manic shooter, Curtain fire, Danmaku, 弾幕, Maniac Shooters

Psyvariar: Complete Edition (PlayStation 2)
Psyvariar: Complete Edition
PS2 2002
Dangun Feveron (Arcade)
Dangun Feveron
ARCD 1998
Mushihime-Sama Futari (Arcade)
Mushihime-Sama Futari
ARCD 2006-09
Espgaluda (PlayStation 2)
Espgaluda
PS2 2004-06-16
Deathsmiles (Arcade)
Deathsmiles
ARCD 2007
Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate (Dreamcast)
Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate
DC 2004-02-26
Fast Striker (Dreamcast)
Fast Striker
DC 2010-12-21
Espgaluda II (iOS)
Espgaluda II
IOS 2010-04-10
Ikaruga (GameCube)
Ikaruga
GC 2003-04-15
Giga Wing (Arcade)
Giga Wing
ARCD 1999
GRIKARUGUN (Linux)
GRIKARUGUN
LIN 2007
Akai Katana Shin (Arcade)
Akai Katana Shin
ARCD 2012

The first video game about Bullet Hell was released in 1993.

Cave, AMI and Atlus has published most of these games

Parent groups

Scrolling shooter, Shoot 'em up, UVL: Tags that may need renaming

Related site

Bullet hell at Wikipedia

Platforms

Linux 47
Arcade 37
X360 12
PS2 10
Windows 10
Dreamcast 5
Saturn 3
Mac OS X 3
PS 2
Mobile 2
iOS 2
PS4 2
BSD 1
GameCube 1
Switch 1
NEC PC9801 1
Xbox 1
PS3 1
Flash 1
PS Vita 1

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