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268 games like Aliens: Alien 2 · 1981 – 2023
Timed Sega exclusive
Acclaim Studios London · Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Gear +4
Alien³ was released after the Alien 3 film. After success on the Super Nintendo and Genesis platforms, the game was built and ported to other systems, including the Commodore 64 and Game Gear. The game is set on the world of the film, Fury
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PlayStation exclusive
Granzella · PS5
R-Type Final 3 Evolved serves simultaneously as a sequel to R-Type Final 2, offering a whole new 7-stage campaign made in the engine of Final 2, whilst also serving as a compilation of most of content released for R-Type Final 2. Additiona
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Irem · Amiga, Android, Arcade +2
The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first released as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly influenced later shooting games with its charge shots, unique weaponry, and grotesque enemies. Hudson Soft ported the later 4 levels of the
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Electric Dreams Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Commodore 64 +4
Aliens: The Computer Game is a 1986 video game developed by Software Studios and published by Electric Dreams Software initially for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It is based on the film of the same title. Ports for the Commodo
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Atari exclusive
Mattel Electronics · Atari 2600, Intellivision
The ultimate in futuristic adventure! Based on the Motion Picture from Walt Disney Productions. Move TRON safely through battle against warriors attacking in waves of three against one. Lethal saucers are the weapons. Score points by knocki
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Danger Close Games · PlayStation, Sega Saturn
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is an action-adventure video game developed by DreamWorks Interactive and Appaloosa Interactive, and published by Electronic Arts and Sega for the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn, respectively, in 1997. The Lo
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Sega console exclusive
Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +4
A platform shoot-em-up hybrid from Sega for one to four players, selected from either Joe (yellow), Mary (red), Lee (blue) and Edgar (green). The action takes place over a number of sideways scrolling levels, the bulk of which consist of st
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Timed PlayStation exclusive
FuturLab · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +3
This critically acclaimed sequel to Velocity Ultra weaves together two classic game formats into one seamless adventure, featuring puzzle-platforming action alongside award-winning top-down shoot 'em-up gameplay!
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Atari exclusive
Rebellion Developments · Atari Jaguar
You're a Predator warrior in the 25th century--an awesome monster with an ugly face, brute strength and very cool weapons. Trained to fight with all that Predator technology has to offer--destroy or be destroyed! You've come to New Shanghai
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Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +2
Baraduke is an action game released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1985. The peaceful, friendly world of Paccet has been attacked by the evil Octy! Make your way through Baraduke, the underground Octy citadel beneath Paccet, and u
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Amiga, Arcade, MS-DOS +2
Super Contra is a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and the second game in the Contra series released for the arcades. Like
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
Star Fox is a video game for the Atari 2600 console, developed and published by Mythicon in 1983. Although the front cover of the game states "Game 1 in Star Fox Series," no sequels were ever made, which is most likely because it received n
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NEO XYX · Dreamcast, Neo Geo, Nintendo 3DS +1
After the space pilot Vanessa Gaiden defeated the Evil Empire in the events of the game Last Hope, she got missing on her way back and wasn't heard of anymore. Vanessa's husband, Gordian Gaiden, sets out to search for her. Meanwhile, a new
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80 +1
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by John Anderson and published by Adventure International for various 8-bit platforms.
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Capcom · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, NES +1
Section-Z is a side-view shoot-'em-up by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in 1985. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The original coin-op game is included in Capcom Classics C
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Stavros Fasoulas · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
This horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with 32 levels is something of a predecessor to Armalyte. It's set in the Delta region of space, in which the Hsiffan Khanate species have a powerful presence, using their technology to steal and ana
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Atari exclusive
Tigervision · Atari 2600
Rescue the lady from King Kong's clutches atop the Empire State Building. You must climb to the top of the building while avoiding (jumping) the bombs King Kong is throwing at you. The quicker you save her, the greater the bonus.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Switch
Xexex is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game by Konami released in Japan. It draws on Irem's R-Type and Konami's other shoot 'em up Gradius, while adding the tentacle mechanics of Irem's other shoot 'em up XMultiply. In the game
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Sirius Software · Apple II
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to the arcade game Defender. Written by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers.
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Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5
The game is a crosshair shooter influenced by Operation Wolf. The viewpoint is from slightly behind Harrington, while the game scrolls on as you clear each section. Mouse control is offered on 16-bit versions. Your armour must be kept funct
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NEC exclusiveTurboGrafx-16
A horizontal shoot 'em up with a surreal edge. A group of evil eyes have stolen parts of the Sunheart, and the player needs to recover them. Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart ("Adventures of Don Baron: The Lost Sunheart", roughly) is
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Nintendo console exclusiveIrem · Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST/STE +1
The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first released as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly influenced later shooting games with its charge shots, unique weaponry, and grotesque enemies. Hudson Soft ported the later 4 levels of the
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Nintendo exclusive
Saffire · Game Boy Advance
Based on the live action film released in 2004 (which in turn was based on the 1960s series starring marionettes), Thunderbirds stars Alan, Tin-Tin, and Fermat, three children whose guardians are part of the International Rescue team. The p
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Atari exclusive
Atari Corporation · Atari Jaguar, Atari Panther
The Crescent Galaxy has been attacked by an entity known as Odd-it. This creatures goal is to make everything odd, like it. You play Trevor McFur, a corporal in the Crescent Galaxy's chapter of the Interplanetary Defense squad and are sent
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Nintendo console exclusive
Electric Dreams Software · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +6
Predator for the NES, MSX2 and TRS-80 Color Computer (also known as "Predator: Soon The Hunt Will Begin") is a 2D action game. There are 30 stages in the game, and each one is split up into two modes: Jungle Mode, and Big Mode. In Jungle M
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Arcade
Using cabinet mounted guns you and another player blast away the Aliens in an attempt to save the prison planet. You are also given a limited number of grenades to use when the going gets tough. The gameplay is very close to Sega’s other li
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Rebellion Developments · Dreamcast, PlayStation, Sega Saturn +2
Aliens versus Predator offers three separate campaigns, each playable as a separate species: Alien, Predator, or human Colonial Marine. Each player character has different objectives, abilities, and weapons. The single-player campaign prese
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Nintendo exclusive
HAL Laboratory · NES
Air Fortress is a video game published in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in Japan in 1987 and later in North America in 1989. Only a total of 385 copies of the game were shipped to the United States in 1987, and it is
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Sirius Software · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +2
A bidirectional, horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to Defender, written by Dan Thompson and Andrew Kaluzniacki and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
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Timed Atari exclusive
Tose Co. · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +2
Vanguard is a shoot 'em up game which leads the player through five different zones to the City of Mystery where the creature Gond awaits him which he has to kill. The five zones run horizontally as well as vertically and are filled with di
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Nintendo console exclusiveHudson Soft · Amiga, Game Boy Advance, NES
Challenger is a frantic single-screen shoot 'em up. The player is in their craft at the bottom of the screen, shooting bursts of three shots at 45 degree angles at flashing polygons. When hit, the polygons split into smaller ones. Your task
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Ocean Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
The Game """""""" This is where the law stops ... and you start Advance through three playfields. CITY SCENE (night-time), RURAL AREA (day-time) and FACTORY. Use platforms and levels to locate and protect Ingrid from her attackers n each s
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Timed Sega exclusive
Bits Studios · SNES, Sega Genesis
Based on the 1994 movie of the same name starring Ray Liotta, the player takes control of Liotta's character, Capt. J.T. Robbins, whose only objective of the game is to escape an island. After shooting his commanding officer, Robbins is imp
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Nintendo exclusive
Full Fat · Game Boy Advance
The Land Before Time is a 2D platforming game developed by Full Fat for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in North America in February 2002, and Europe the following month, both published by Conspiracy Entertainment.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1
This was Capcom's first arcade game. The player controls a spaceship with a single objective: destroy incoming enemies. The vessel has two different weapons: a primary weapon with infinite ammunition and a limited supply of bombs. By pickin
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Timed Sega exclusive
Core Design · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +6
The world's most renowned biogenetic scientist has been kidnapped and brainwashed into creating an army of bloodthirsty mutant warriors. Suddenly the fate of all mankind rests in the hands of his youngest son... and a top-secret mutating e
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Dominic Robinson · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4
Zynaps is a traditional "left to right" shooter
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Monolith Productions · Windows, macOS
The sequel to one of the most frightening games ever made, Aliens vs. Predator 2 takes you to Planet LV1201, where three diverse and bloodthirsty species battle for survival. The story-driven plot weaves together the fates of all three race
81 rating4 listsDescribed alike
NEC exclusiveInformation Global Service · TurboGrafx-16
Scramble Mode Zeta; A message to Cybernaut Squadron Calisto -- Priority Alpha-San 03... An intersystem intruder has been detected in quadrant FTU-770. Dronecraft sent to get a visual discovered an extremely large monolith, biomorphic in nat
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Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
A horizontally scrolling 'always firing' shoot 'em up game with an emphasis on power ups and notable for the fire button only being used to change weapon. The player takes the role of one of two convicts; Rinser and Cassalana, escaping
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Jeff Minter · Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 +3
Gridrunner is a lot like Atari's arcade classic, Centipede.
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Glu Mobile · Android, BlackBerry OS, Legacy Mobile Device +3
Transformers G1: Awakening is a turn-based tactics mobile game in the Transformers franchise based on the 2007 Movie of the same name, developed and published by Glu Mobile. It was originally released for feature phones on November 12, 2008
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Sega Shanghai Studio · Arcade
Transformers: Human Alliance is a rail shooter arcade game developed by Sega. Set within the Transformers film franchise, it is the first arcade video game in the Transformers franchise. It was showcased in November 2013 at the IAAPA Attrac
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Arcade
Transformers: Human Alliance is a rail shooter arcade game developed by Sega. Set within the Transformers film franchise, it is the first arcade video game in the Transformers franchise. It was showcased in November 2013 at the IAAPA Attrac
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Timed PlayStation exclusive
Krome Studios Melbourne · GameCube, PS2
Men in Black 2: Alien Escape is a fast-paced third-person perspective action game liberally infused with the trademark humor of the smash 1997 movie and the upcoming sequel. The game is divided into five distinct episodes, including a Nucle
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SNK · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +5
You are Athena, a school girl who goes around fighting crime, along with her friend Kensu (Player 2), Athena sets out to bring peace to the world by killing all monsters. This game serves somewhat as a sequel to an earlier SNK game by the n
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Vid Kidz · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +5
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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Sega exclusive
Technosoft · Sega Genesis
Known as Thunder Force IV outside of North America. You must lead the battle against the evil Lohun Empire. Their computer system is poised to destroy your Galaxy Federation's defenses. Lead the attack on their heavily defended military pla
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