shoot 'em up

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shoot 'em up

Summary

shoot 'em up is a video game genre[1]. It draws 703 Wikipedia views per month (video_game_genre category, ranking #14 of 139).[2]

Key Facts

  • shoot 'em up's image is recorded as Space Invaders - Midway's.JPG[3].
  • shoot 'em up's instance of is recorded as video game genre[4].
  • shoot 'em up's subclass of is recorded as shooter game[5].
  • shoot 'em up's Commons category is recorded as Shoot 'em ups[6].
  • shoot 'em up's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ljm6[7].
  • shoot 'em up's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shoot 'em ups[8].
  • shoot 'em up's has list is recorded as list of shoot ’em up video games in chronological order[9].
  • shoot 'em up's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00071201n[10].
  • shoot 'em up's subreddit is recorded as shmups[11].
  • shoot 'em up's OLAC video game genre vocabulary ID is recorded as 1062[12].
  • shoot 'em up's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/ShootEmUp[13].
  • shoot 'em up's UVL group ID is recorded as shmup[14].
  • shoot 'em up's Lutris genre ID is recorded as 9[15].
  • shoot 'em up's KBpedia ID is recorded as ShootEmUp[16].
  • shoot 'em up's GitHub topic is recorded as shoot-em-up[17].
  • shoot 'em up's GitHub topic is recorded as shoot-em-up-game[18].
  • shoot 'em up's GitHub topic is recorded as shmup[19].
  • shoot 'em up's Glitchwave genre ID is recorded as shoot-em-up[20].
  • shoot 'em up's RetroAchievements game ID is recorded as 956[21].
  • shoot 'em up's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as shoot-em-up-773221[22].
  • shoot 'em up's IMDb keyword is recorded as shoot-em-up[23].
  • shoot 'em up's RAWG tag ID is recorded as shmups[24].
  • shoot 'em up's RAWG tag ID is recorded as shoot-em-up[25].
  • shoot 'em up's GameFAQs genre ID is recorded as 313[26].
  • shoot 'em up's VideoGameGeek genre ID is recorded as 2505[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for shoot 'em up include Shmuplations[28], a website[29].

Why It Matters

shoot 'em up draws 703 Wikipedia views per month (video_game_genre category, ranking #14 of 139).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include Shmuplations[28], a website[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . rawg.io. Retrieved . rawg.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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