• Shoot-'em-up

    Full definition of shoot-'em-up

    Noun

    shoot-'em

    (plural ’em-
    1. Alternative spelling of en
      • 1988, CRASH magazine (issue 50)Mix together a shoot-’em-up, a collect-’em-up and a maze game, add sundry reaction tests to taste and you’ve got a tasty game indeed.
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