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94 games like Arkanoid · 1973 – 2010
Apple II
Wings Out of Shadow is a game named for a short story in the Berserker series by Fred Saberhagen, involving the hospital ship the Hope, its escort carrier Judith, and their complement of nine outnumbered fighter ships. Saberhagen wrote the
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Atari exclusive
Atari, Inc. · Atari 2600
Surround was an unofficial port of the arcade game Blockade, released the previous year by Gremlin. As such, it was the first home console version of the game that would become widely known on other platforms as Snake. As with other early A
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Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Switch, Wii
Tank Force is a multi-directional shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1991; it was the last game to run on their System 1 hardware (which had been in use for four years), is the sequel to Battle City, which was released six ye
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Amstrad CPC, Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer +1
"This is probably the best version yet of the well known arcade original ‘Battle Zone’ and is, of course, similar to Artic’s ‘3D Combat Zone’. In one sense it’s much better — the flat plain is well landscaped and teeming with buildings, rad
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Timed Sega exclusive
Toaplan · Android, Arcade, Linux +6
Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the
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Nintendo console exclusive
Nichibutsu · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2
A game where the player controls an ostrich and must kick soccer ball shaped tortoises into enemies to complete levels.
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Atari console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Atari 2600
A top-down tank shooter from Konami where you control a circular tank.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Atari 2600, Switch
A top-down tank shooter from Konami where you control a circular tank.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1
Assault is a top-down shooter from Namco, released in the arcades in 1988.
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Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +3
Originally available for home computers in the '80s, developer First Star Software has ported Bristles to the Atari 5200. Featuring eight different game screens and six levels of platforming action, players must attempt to paint a house whi
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Cinematronics · Arcade, Vectrex
The player controls a ship that can rotate to the left and right and thrust forward, similar to the better known Asteroids, and like that game the player also has a "hail mary" device, hyperspace. In the center of the screen is the sun, whi
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Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +2
Fun Atari ST / Amiga game where player controls advanced robots with a mouse for exploring
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Timed Sega exclusiveToaplan · Android, Arcade, Linux +5
Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the
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Nu-Mega Technologies · Arcade
Batman is a horizontally scrolling beat 'em up arcade game released by Atari Games, Midway Games, Data East and Namco in 1990 in North America, 1991 in Japan and 1991 in Europe. The storyline is based on the eponymous 1989 movie. It feature
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Atari · Arcade
Gran Trak 10 was a single-player racing arcade game released by Atari in 1974. The player raced against the clock, accumulating as many points as possible. Primitive diode-based ROM was used to store the sprites for the car, score and game
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FTL Games · Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
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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Atari, Inc. · Arcade, Atari
Space Race is the second arcade game created by Atari and was released in July, 1973. The two players each control a rocket ship; the object of the game is to make it from the bottom of the screen to the top, while avoiding obstacles such a
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Timed Nintendo exclusive
Titus Interactive · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE +6
Titan takes the Breakout concept and adds another dimension by allowing the object the player controls to be able to move on the Y-axis in addition to the old X-axis. The display will follow the small square which the player controls as it
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Arcade
This 1981 vector graphics arcade game is available in both two- and four-player configurations. A top-down space shooter set within a bounded playfield, where the player maneuvers a ship using rotation, thrust and forward-firing controls (
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Nintendo console exclusive
Namco Limited · Arcade, NES, Switch +1
The gameplay is very much like that of the original Xevious except this time it is a little more difficult. Several new enemies have also been introduced (including a silver Galaxian flagship, a rare silver Galaga "scorpion" ship, two jet p
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NMK · Arcade, NES, Switch +1
A vertical scrolling shoot 'em up. Fire guns and drop bombs on the enemies in this deep space battle. Pickup assorted power-ups. The screen also scrolls left and right if your ship nears the edges of the screen.
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Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4
Cybernoid II: The Revenge is a challenging flip-screen shoot 'em up that builds upon its predecessor. Players pilot the advanced Cybernoid craft on a mission to recover stolen cargo from pirate ships. The game features a diverse arsenal of
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Timed Sega exclusive
Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4
Exerion is a vertical shoot 'em up released by Jaleco in 1983 and licensed to Taito for distribution in the United States. Screenshot from arcade version Exerion is a shoot 'em up game featuring parallax effects and inertia simulation, som
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Atari console exclusive
Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit +5
Threshold is a typical shoot 'em up that places the player's spaceship at the bottom of the screen where he has to fend of the enemy. If the player misses an enemy and he reaches the opposite side of the screen he will reappear on the other
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Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1
A 3-Dimensional universe of shapes, colors, sounds... and chaos. To enter the world of Continuum is to encounter an alternate reality. Your journey will take you across a vast geometric universe- 12 different maze regions with more than 25
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Xbox exclusive
Taito Corporation · Xbox 360
First appearing in the 1980’s as a new style block-breaking game, ARKANOID, appears on Xbox LIVE Arcade having accomplished even further evolution. Enjoy Arkanoid in high-definition with beautifully choreographed background movies and backg
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Atari console exclusive
Atari console exclusiveAcorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600 +9
The aim of this shooter game is to pilot a spacecraft which must pick up a pod using a tractor beam and fly it into space. The ship and pod are subject to gravity and inertia, and being connected by a stiff rod, they can end up spinning aro
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Gremlin Industries · Arcade, TRS-80, VIC-20 +1
Blockade is a black and white arcade game developed and published by Gremlin in October 1976. Using four directional buttons, each player moves their character around leaving a solid line behind them, turning at 90 degree angles. To win, a
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Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1
A top-down, vertical-scrolling shooter from the late 80s.
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Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS
Interstellar ping-pong with a deadly energy ball! Your spaceship is at the gate of the Alleyway. Use your vessel to repel the energy ball. Atomize space grids with your return shots. Destroy the entire field and move on to even more challen
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Xbox console exclusive
Midway Games · Arcade, Xbox 360
Tron is a coin-operated arcade video game manufactured and distributed by Bally Midway in 1982. It is based on the Walt Disney Productions motion picture Tron released in the same year. The game consists of four subgames inspired by the eve
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Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn +1
Area 51 is a light gun arcade game released by Atari Games. It takes its name from the Area 51 military facility.
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Isotope 244 · Windows, Windows Mobile, macOS
Atomic Cannon is a fun arcade game that is easy to learn but difficult to master. In this strategic tank artillery duel you battle against computers or friends on 25 different landscapes. Players take turns aiming and firing at each other w
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Atari 8-bit
Winner of the Atari Star award for accomplished programming, this game by Mark Reid has the players trying to evade capture by police forces.
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Dave Theurer · Arcade
The game play consists of moving robot1984 over all of the red tiles while avoiding objects flying at you from the back of the screen. Eliminating the red tiles diminishes the shield at the back of the playfield which prevents you from flyi
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Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +8
In 1945, the second world war ended. Soon, there was peace, but an organization of high-ranking military officers from all over the world form a global army known as CANY. Their mission was to conquer the world. CANY activity was found in a
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Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +3
Super Breakout is an arcade game released by Atari in 1978. It utilizes a Motorola M6502 (running up at 375 KHz) and, as the name suggests, is the sequel to Breakout, which was released two years earlier. There are three different modes to
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Atari · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9
Tempest is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. It takes place on a three-dimensional surface, sometimes wrapped into a tube, which is viewed from one end and is divided into a dozen or more segments or
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SNK console exclusive
Visco Corporation · Arcade, Neo Geo
Andro Dunos is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Visco in 1992 for the SNK Neo-Geo MVS. The player controls a futuristic fighter spacecraft with different weapon settings that you can switch between, and shoot en
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Apple II, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer +1
Arena of Octos is a single-player, turn-based combat video game for the Apple II and TRS-80 computer families. It was created by Steve Kropinak and Al Johnson in 1981 and published by SoftSide magazine. The player assumes the role of a huma
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Timed Nintendo exclusive
P.Z.Karen Co. Development Group · Amiga, Apple IIGS, Arcade +12
Blockout is a puzzle videogame, created in 1989 by Polish developer - California Dreams, designed by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Mirosław Zabłocki. The game is the logical extension of Tetris into the third dimension. In Tetris, the player m
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Gremlin Interactive · Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 64 +4
Arkanoid-style Breakout clone, which unlike most other similar games has the bat on the side of the screen (there is a left/right option) instead of at the bottom. There are a number of types of special bricks, but unlike e.g. Arkanoid, th
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Xbox console exclusive
Strawdog Studios · Windows, Xbox 360
Space Ark is a fun arcade/puzzle game with a hint of retro arcade flavour; inspired by classic arcade games of the late 80s, such as Rainbow Island, Bubble Bobble and Arkanoid. With your crack team of animal ‘Arkonauts’, you have escaped y
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Atari console exclusive
Exidy · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +5
Players protect adventurers in this early light gun arcade game
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