Episode 164 - Mr. Sparkle (Shmup Enthusiast)

About this episode

Mr. Sparkle joins the hosts to discuss various aspects of shooting games, including classic and modern titles.

Send us Fan Mail Mr. Sparkle drops by to chat classic, modern, easy, hard, fun, and weird shooters! Alex drops an elbow smash halfway through the episode! Shmup Wiki - digital library of shooting games, great resource of basic information, strategies, and trivia - <https://shmups.wiki/> **ShmupJunkie** - YouTube channel (<https://www.youtube.com/@ShmupJunkie>) focused on shooting games, with a really active and friendly discord (<https://discord.gg/yPKzubzKRW>) that has a b...

People in this episode

Hosts: SNESdrunk, NESfriend

Guest: Mr. Sparkle

Topics covered

• shmups
• video games
• interviews
• fan mail
• shooting games

Keywords

• shmup
• shooting games
• fan mail
• game strategies
• video game trivia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shmup Wiki, ShmupJunkie

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