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Weekly Open Thread for 11 July, 2026
(lemmus.org)
Description:
This is a place on Lemmy to talk about arcade, PC, and console shmups/shoot 'em ups/STGs. (We can talk about other arcade-based/scoring genres too, if you'd like.) All experience levels welcome.
Rules:
This community is kindly hosted at lemmus.org and follows the rules of that instance, which are:
Links:
- Shmups Wiki
- Shmups Forum
- STG Discord
Shmup Deal Trackers (not affiliated):
- PC shmup tracker
- Console shmup tracker
Yet again we are cooking here in France! I decided to bust out Under Defeat this week. The first few times I tried, I didn't get into it. Now I look forward to playing. Still too hard, but that's to be expected.
I got a 1CC of Hazelnut Hex this week too. Awesome game, and the dev has posted it for free on Archive.org (link)
Sorry about the heat, but glad to hear about you're enjoying Under Defeat. I haven't played Hazelnut Hex yet, but I'll def try it out!
Which version are you playing? I have been playing the Switch version, in Arcade mode but with twin-stick controls. It's a whole different experience, and I think that's my preferred way to play.
Switch, arcade, normal controls. I like twin-stick too, though.