blast 'em up

noun

A shoot 'em up video game.

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Meanings

nounblast 'em up (plural blast 'em ups)

plural blast 'em ups

  1. video gamesA shoot 'em up video game.
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    As destruction games go, Silkworm is fine. It's definitely a bit easy (I completed it after a dozen goes), but if you find the normal level of blast-'em-ups too difficult, this one should be rewarding. The two-player option is brilliant (one takes control of the jeep and the other the helicopter) and increases the addictivity.

    1989, "Silkworm" (video game review) in Crash (issue 66, pages 24-25)
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