bullet hell en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(attributive, countable, uncountable) A (genre of) two-dimensional shoot 'em up in which the playfield is almost filled with a barrage of enemy bullets.
A few of the game cabinets are connected to flat-screen TVs so bystanders can stop and ogle. Grimy VCRs are hooked up to bullet-hell shooting games...
2008, Brian Ashcraft, Jean Snow, Arcade Mania: The Turbo-charged World of Japan's Game Centers:The camera is a convenient nonviolent replacement for a gun, a principle perhaps taken most literally by Shoot the Bullet (2005), a bullet hell game in which you clear bullets by photographing them.
2019 February 25, Jordan Erica Webber, “Point and shoot: what's next for photography in video games?”, in The Guardian:Mars Matrix is a bullet hell game that is pretty well designed.
2003, Billy Bissette, “SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bullet hells | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bullet-hell | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
ja 弾幕 (Translations) · nl bullet hell (Translations) · cmn 彈幕 /弹幕 (Translations) · mr बुलेट हेल (Translations)