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title: "Shoot the core!"
date: 2005-11-26T17:56:59-05:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/11/26/shoot-the-core/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [asides]
---

# Shoot the core!

I spent an hour or two this morning relaxing, playing a few classic arcade shoot-'em-ups by way of emulation.  However, the unfortunate side effect of pumping an unlimited stream of quarters into games like [DoDonPachi II][ddp], [Mahou Daisakusen][md], [Esprade][esp], and [Mars Matrix][mm] is that I have perpetual blossoms of blue and pink neon bullet patterns spreading behind my eyelids whenever I blink.

<a href="http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/dodonpachi/level5.htm"><img src="http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/dodonpachi/images/ddon_16.gif" style="margin: 5px; float: left; border: none" /></a>

[ddp]: http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/ddp2/index.html
[md]: http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/mahou/index.html
[esp]: http://www.cave.co.jp/gameonline/esprade/
[mm]: http://dreamcast.ign.com/objects/015/015621.html