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1991 · UPL · Arcade, Shoot 'em up · Open the game page

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218 games like Acrobat Mission · 1979 – 2026

  • Nintendo console exclusive

    Data East · Arcade, MSX, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    Darwin 4078 is an arcade game released by Data East in 1986. The game is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up like Xevious, but as the title indicates, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is incorporated into the gameplay.

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Arika · Nintendo DS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    Prepare yourself for one of the most intense shoot ‘em ups to hit Nintendo DSiWare. Your mission is simple: get the highest score possible, across eight phases of fierce vertical-scrolling action.

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  • Sega console exclusive

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    The nefarious "Lagnalok" organization returns in the third game in the Kugha series of shoot 'em ups, but this time the fighter pilots of Skull Fang squadron are ready to take them on.

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  • Timed Sega exclusive

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System/Mark III +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    Darius II is a 1989 arcade video game developed by Taito. It is the direct sequel to the 1987 Darius. It was later released as Sagaia in Japan in 1991 for the Game Boy as well as non-Japanese ports. A remake was released for the PC Engine S

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  • Irem · Arcade, NES, TurboGrafx-16 +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other military industrial space comple

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  • NMK · Arcade, Switch, Sega Genesis

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupBird view / Isometric

    USAAF Mustang is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game originally developed by NMK, and published by UPL in 1990. It was ported a year later to the Sega Mega Drive by Taito while being renamed Fire Mustang. NMK Co. Ltd. also dev

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  • Jukka Tapanimäki · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    Netherworld is a shoot 'em up video game published by Hewson in 1988. It was originally developed by Jukka Tapanimäki for the Commodore 64, and original music was composed by Jori Olkkonen.

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  • Sega exclusive

    Technosoft · Sega Saturn

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

    Blast Wind is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.

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  • Timed Xbox exclusive

    G.rev · Arcade, Xbox 360, PS3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterThird personBird view / Isometric

    Save the Underworld! Mamoru wakes up in a strange land with people he’s never seen before after what seemed to be an accident. A girl named Fururu informs him that this is the Underworld, and that it needs the help of everyone there to stop

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  • PlayStation console exclusive

    Triangle Service · Arcade, PS2, R3000 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    A space shooter with vertically scrolling stages. Based on the arcade version.

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  • Pantheon Software, Chris Edwards · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Fly a helicopter into hostile territory to rescue hostages and make some money on the side. The places the player can choose to fly into are Guatemara (Engrish for Guatemala), Cuba, and Panama. Missions are broken down into three different

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  • Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Atari ST

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A vertically scrolling shoot'em up designed by Steve Bak.

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Paragon 5 · Game Boy Color

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    When a vicious crew of aliens decides to hone in on Earth and do some damage, you're the planet's only hope for salvation. You'd better be in top form as you command a killer spacecraft out into orbit in hopes of rescuing humanity from unth

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  • PlayStation console exclusive

    Pyramid · PlayStation Portable, Android, PlayStation Vita +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It forms part of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009. Like previous Darius games, Dariusburst is

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  • Nintendo console exclusive

    Grobda

    1984

    Namco · Arcade, Sharp MZ-2200, NEC PC-6000 Series +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The player must take control of Grobda, a tank trapped in an arena filled with numerous indestructible obstacles and several enemy tanks. When an enemy tank is killed, it will cause an explosion, and any other enemies that happen to be in t

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  • Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn, Switch

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Gun Frontier is a 1990 arcade vertical shoot-'em-up developed by Taito. Taking place on the planet gloria, a newly colonised planet with a manner of living similar to that of the american west, the player fights to defend settlers from airb

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  • Nintendo console exclusive

    Nichibutsu · Arcade, NES, Switch +2

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionRacing

    The player rides a motorcycle-like craft, bumping other riders, collecting 'power' modules and shooting blue coins.

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  • Sega exclusive

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The game consists of 10 missions. Each mission takes place in a vast cavern, with interesting weather conditions. You must explore it and complete the mission objectives -- usually collecting sub parts, rescuing trapped miners, or destroyin

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  • Timed SNK exclusive

    Aicom · Neo Geo, Arcade, Sega Genesis +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    One or two players (in hot-seat or cooperative mode) control a spaceship equipped with a laser cannon which can be charged (by holding the shooting button down) for a stronger blast. Besides the main weapon, three special weapons are availa

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  • Zarzon

    1981

    SNK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    Zarzon is a 1981 shoot 'em up arcade video game, inspired by gameplay from Space Invaders.

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  • Paul Lowrance · Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    The player controls a small craft, navigating it through a series of winding caverns and tunnels while shooting or avoiding obstacles. The caverns scroll from the bottom of the screen to the top at a fixed speed, so the player must always m

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  • PS5, Windows, Xbox Series

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    It's a twin-stick vertical scrolling Shooter hybrid with a cinematic flare: An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes Cygni the vanguard for the next generation of shoot-em ups.

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  • Graeme Devine · ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    Firebirds is based on the the arcade game Phoenix. Your goal is to repel an invasion of an alien species related to birds. You command an armed spaceship which you can manoeuvre with right and left directions. In each level you have to dest

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  • Oids

    1987

    FTL Games · Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, macOS +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    Rescue the OIDS from the Fiendish Biocretes who are turning them into vending machines and household appliances! Fuel your ship, charge your shields, and blast off to adventure as you challenge planetoid after planetoid of devious gravity t

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  • Nintendo console exclusive

    Trigon

    1990

    Konami · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    Lightning Fighters, released in Japan as Trigon, is a 1990 scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. It is commonly compared to Raiden, though the two games were released very close to each other, and they were both meant to compete with the

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  • Omori Electronics Corporation · Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    A shooter where fleets of ships fly in from either of the screen and loop around in formation. The player may move around the screen in any direction.

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  • Nintendo console exclusive

    Universal Entertainment · Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionFixed shooter

    The aim of this arcade game is to launch missiles from the bottom of the screen at enemy spacecraft located at the top. To get there, the missile must pass through a asteroid belt flying across the screen and avoid the shots being fired dow

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  • Sega console exclusive

    Warashi · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.

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  • PlayStation console exclusive

    Denton Designs · Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionPlatformerAction

    Earth has been invaded by extraterrestrial shapechanging robots which have made our planet their battleground. The struggle between the good Autobots and the evil Decepticons centers around energy as the objective is to collect four pieces

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  • Timed Sega exclusive

    Aleste

    1988

    SEGA · Sega Master System/Mark III, MSX, Wii +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    Your planet has been overrun by the meanest mutant vegetation ever created in a genetics laboratory. It's taken over buildings, labs, fighter craft... even people! And it's getting bigger... and meaner... with each passing second. But it ha

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  • ADK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up where the player controls a plane flying over a landscape with no land-based enemies. Collect power-ups to upgrade your ship's speed, shot power and special weapon power selected at beginning of the stage. F

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  • Vid Kidz · Arcade, Browser, Apple II +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction2d

    Arcade shooter where you protect humans from being captured by aliens. Created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, it is a sequel to Defender which was released earlier in the year. Some home ports of Stargate were renamed to Defender II for

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  • Atari exclusive

    APh Technological Consulting · Intellivision, Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterBird view / IsometricAction

    You are on a dangerous tank mission. To reach and destroy your assigned target, you must maneuver through a field filled with enemy mines. Although these are hidden, the mine detection equipment in your tank warns you of their presence by p

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  • Sega console exclusive

    Karous

    2007

    Milestone · Arcade, Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    In this unique vertically-scrolling shooter you take the role of a mysterious girl named Karous, who commands a tiny fighter ship and attempts to destroy an evil armada bent on world domination. The game plays as your average vertical-scro

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  • Switch, PS4, Windows +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupBird view / Isometric

    Pocky & Rocky Reshrined follows the adventures of a young Shinto shrine maiden named Pocky and her companion, Rocky the raccoon, as they take on the Nopino Goblins! A third sequel in the series, Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is currently being d

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Hudson Soft · Virtual Boy

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Pilot a Futuristic Star Fighter in a Battle for Mankind! GALACTIC YEAR 210. The earth and its colonies face annihilation in a futuristic war against the human race. YOU have been chosen to pilot RAGNAROK, a star fighter from an advanced al

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  • Freeverse · macOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a companion if necessary) against

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  • Atari exclusive

    Bomb · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    A mothership drops aliens, up to three on screen at a time. There are ten per level. You must shoot them but avoid the items they fire at you. You fire by pushing up on the joystick. Pushing left or right makes you go left or right. If you

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  • Nintendo console exclusive

    A.I · Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionMech

    The player is set in control of The Garland TFF-01, a sub-standard space fighter ship that is only armed with a semi-auto or rapid fire laser gun known as the Beam Vulcan and the Tranquilander. Some enemy units can be captured and used in p

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  • Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Sega Master System/Mark III, Master System +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterCrimeAction

    Armed only with your trusty Tommy gun, you must exterminate all the main gangster families in order to reach the main kingpin so you can save your girl. Beware, they are waiting for you and will not go down without putting up a fight in thi

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Irem · SNES, Wii

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionScience

    In this SNES sequel to the arcade R-Type shooters, you are the R-9, Earth's most advanced form of defense against the evil BYDO Empire. There are seven stages you must go through, picking up power-up items to defeat the stage bosses which h

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  • Tatsujin Co., Ltd. · Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upShmupScience fiction

    Truxton Extreme, which inherits the DNA from legendary arcade masterpiece Truxton, is a collaboration with manga artist and Toaplan alumni Junya Inoue.

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  • Sega exclusive

    Aprinet · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionScienceAction

    Eliminate Down is a 1993 scrolling shooter video game developed by Aprinet and published by Soft Vision International for the Sega Mega Drive. The game was released in Japan on June 25, 1993, and in South Korea in 1993. Eliminate Down gives

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  • Sunsoft · Game Gear, Arcade, Master System +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterBird view / IsometricAction

    Originally titled "Fantasy Zone Gear: Opa Opa Jr. no Bōken", this game is technically a sequel to the first Fantasy Zone, but got released under the same name outside of Japan. Like the other Fantasy Zone titles, this is a side-scrolling s

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  • Menace

    1988

    DMA Design · Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    This is a pure arcade game- a fast action packed journey through six very different worlds where lightning fast reflexes and furious fire button action are your only hope of survival. Your mission orders are simple, you must destroy the pl

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  • Success · Arcade, PS2, Nintendo Switch 2

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupBird view / IsometricAction

    Psyvariar is a vertical scrolling shooter released in arcades in 2000 by Success. The game contains a variety of stages and it features a 'buzz' gameplay style, making it possible to earn levels by dodging enemy bullets.

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusive

    Windows, PS3, Switch +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    The celestial planet Conceyta orbits with its moon in a dust- and gas-covered solar system. Within lurks an evil unknown to man that bears a danger so much greater than any threat yet witnessed. A dark, mysterious power has manifested itsel

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  • Mattel Electronics · Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Imagine a hunter, alone in Deep Space. You control his movements. He's armed with a "gas blaster." His prime target is the white Space Hawk. If a Hawk, deadly gas bubbles, comets or amoebas touch the hunter, he tumbles into infinity! There

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