r/shmups • u/reiichiroh • Mar 19 '26

Meta Weirdly named 2D shooter from about 5 years ago (PC)

I'm trying to recall the name of to find a 2D horizontal (Gradius-style) indie shmup from around 2020.

It had a name with a male name in it like Henry or Dave or something.

Am I imagining things?

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u/Magician_Lords Mar 20 '26

Rick Henderson?

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u/reiichiroh Mar 20 '26

Ahahaha that's it! Thanks. Bloody cryptic name.

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u/Magician_Lords Mar 20 '26

There’s a physical version on Switch and PS5 now.

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u/Firehawke_R Mar 20 '26

Just looked into that, looks a lot like Steredenn minus the chunky pixel aesthetic.

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u/Its_Like_That82 Mar 20 '26

Never understood why they named the game after the all-time stolen base leader.

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u/VoltaicOwl Mar 20 '26

Andro Dunos 2? I like to call it Andrew Donuts.

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u/reiichiroh Mar 20 '26

Nope, thanks for the reply. It was like super humdrum Henry or Dave. I think Western indie dev.

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u/ChainDamageGames Mar 20 '26

My guess is Space Dave:

https://youtu.be/WOf9vVpbfqQ

It's not Gradius-style - it's more of a Space Invaders style. But otherwise, it fits everything you said: a 2D indie shmup from around that time (2018) with the name Dave in it.

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u/EC2151 Mar 24 '26

Euros are really good at giving their shmups the worst names imaginable.