It’s Intergalactic Shmuppreciation Month!
That’s right my friends, it’s March. And that means it’s once again time for Intergalactic Shmuppreciation Month! All month long we’ll be talking about the “space shooter” here at Robot Panic, and we’ll have special shmup-related segments on Drunken Gamers Radio, including the Shmopera.
But more importantly, MC Wilson is once again the…Master of Ceremonies…over at ShmupMonth.com. Here’s what to expect this time around:
As with last year, we’re sponsoring another contest, with another fantastic prize. This time around, the prize is a “Play It Cool” edition Japanese Sega Saturn in mint condition along with the classic Saturn shmup Dodonpachi! In case this prize wasn’t fantastic enough, we may also throw in an additional mystery shmup for the Saturn.
Last year’s contest theme was “Creativity”. This year, the theme is “Challenge”. We’re going to issue four challenges throughout the month of March, each for a shmup that’s available on either XBLA or PSN; and each time you complete a Challenge, your name goes into The Hat for the grand prize drawing. The winner will be decided at the end of the month…
You can get more contest information here, and we will of course be discussing this in detail on next week’s episode of Drunken Gamers Radio. In the meantime, head on over to ShmupMonth.com to learn how to enter and participate in the fun.
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Tags: shmuppreciation month, shmups
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:51 am
I will buy whatever games I need to in order to get into this drawing. My all time favorite shmup on a console I don’t own yet!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:57 am
The first challenge is up. Check out ShmupMonth.com for details.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:26 am
God, that’s a fucking awesome prize. Too bad I don’t have a 360 and I’m terrible at shmups, so my chances to win are a lot lower than many of you.
I shmupreciate all of you.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:44 am
Your time will come, Tondog. If you don’t have an Xbox 360 and you want to enter, well… all I’ll say is that you should really practice up on your Stardust this week.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Will do, MC! I’ve been meaning to get better at that game anyways.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Happy times.
A fine month ^_^
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Any and all Shmupreciation Month Links can be found in the new category found in the links section of the sidebar.
If you have any suggestions to great links that we should point everyone to, please send them to us or post them here.
Thanks!