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Up your Shmup game with five discounted classic blasters on the Switch

Classic shoot 'em-ups at 50% off - Yes please. If you shmups you need to add all these into your Nintendo Switch collection.

Sadly, the reflexes I once had made me rather good at games such as DoDonpachi and Espgaluda II have long since deserted me but I do still partake in the occasional high-score challenge when the opportunity arises. Anyway, if you have never played them and fancy a mind-bending hypnotic screen full of explosions, bullets and patterns that only Japanese bullet-hell shooters can supply, there are four classic shumps on sale now on the Nintendo e-store with 50% off and every one of them is worth your time. Having spent time as Head of Communications at a professional sports club and working for high-profile charities such as the National Literacy Trust, he returned as Managing Editor in charge of large US-based technology websites in 2020.

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