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zap 'em up

noun

Definitions

  1. A shoot 'em up involving energy weapons.

    • This is not your average 'zap 'em up' game. The alien craft all have different characteristics, and judging a spaceship's speed as you home in for the kill is something you'll get the hang of only after much experience.
    • Conversation and camaraderie at the foosball table won out over solo, zap-em-up video games in 1994, according to industry experts.
    • You can totally be yourself without worrying if your guy is impressed or embarrassed! You don't have to sit through rough war flicks, or shoot 'em up or zap 'em up movies.

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