Top Shmups gives respect to Duailty ZF.

Looks like Duality ZF is making an impression on the shmups community.  The term "shmup" is used most often by hardcore fans, short of the official genre name "shoot'em up".  Chances are, if you see someone using "shump", it's from a dedicated fan.  Some quotes:

Now I don’t normally post about console games but with this game for the Xbox 360 I’m willing to make an exception.

It's old school 2D action with some really cool looking visuals that are very detailed...

...looking at the video of the game and the screen shots this is looking to be one hell of a game.

The video in question is here.  If you are a shmup fan, please check out the Top Shmups blog.  If you are like most fans, you can never get enough.

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Also See:

• Duality ZF (official xona.com developer site)
• Duality ZF April 2009 Trailer (video)
• Interviews (Xona Games, Duality ZF)
• Duality ZF Promo Materials
• New Duality ZF Screenshots

External Links:

• Duality ZF (official dualityzf.com game site)
• Duality ZF Forums (hosted on xbox.com)
• Xona Games (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo)
• Xbox LIVE Indie Games* (xbox.com, Xbox Forums)
• Imphenzia Music (creator of the Duality ZF soundtrack)
• Top Shmups

*Xbox LIVE Indie Games formerly known as Xbox LIVE Community Games .

About the Author:  I am Matthew Doucette of Xona Games, an award-winning, team-of-two indie studio concentrating on "intense retro" games (Xbox LIVE, PSN, WiiWare, and Windows PC). We've released Decimation X (XBLIG), a 1-4 player shmup, #1 best selling and #1 top rated XBLIG in Japan. We're working on Duality ZF (XBLA), a groundbreaking 1-4 player shmup, which placed #1 in Canada and #5 in the world in Microsoft's Dream Build Play 2010 contest. It features dual play, the ability to control two fighters at once, and a massively upgradable 32-stage spread/laser weapon system. 4 player dual play allows up to eight fighters at once.  Many of these features are never before seen shoot'em up firsts. Both games feature beautiful electronic Imphenzia soundtracks.  Help spread the word with our official dualityzf.com and decimationx.com websites.

P.S. Watch out for Score Rush (official website scorerush.com), another 1-4 player shmup. Coming soon to XBLIG.

*Shmup also known as: shoot'em up, 2D shooter, scrolling shooter, space shooter, spaceship shooter, retro shooter, etc.