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398 games like Astrosmash · 1976 – 2023

  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 90Form.35World.84Curated1.00Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired · Described alike

    Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upNever-endingAction

    In Megamania, the gameplay resembles that of Space Invaders. Rather than being aliens or spaceships, however, the enemies in this game are various objects such as hamburgers, bow ties, and steam irons. The object is to shoot them down befor

    70 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 85Form.41World.38Curated.90Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Tose Co. · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterNever-endingAction

    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

    49 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 84Form.51World.68Curated.72Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Imagic · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +11

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders. You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bi

    62 rating6 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 83Form.53World.66Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Data East · Arcade, Atari 7800

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The game of Astro Fighter consists of 4 waves and a refueling stage, which are then repeated with increasingly higher difficulty. The player's task is to eliminate the four successive waves of different types of attacking craft, while avoid

    70 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 83Form.53World.48Curated.73Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Imagic · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShooterNever-endingActionScience fiction

    The sun of Alpha Ro is fading fast! Soon it will flicker out. The Cosmic Ark races to save creatures from doomed planets in that solar system. Meteor showers bombard the Ark, threatening its Atlantean crew - and planetary defense systems ma

    66 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 82Form.51World.82Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired · Described alike

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterNever-endingAction

    The object of Laser Blast is to destroy a series of land-based enemies. The player controls a fleet of flying saucers, operating one at a time. On the planet surface below are a group of three mobile laser bases, guarded by an invisible for

    56 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.56World.42Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.56World.38Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Oids

    1987

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 79Form.45World.32Curated.71Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    NG.DEV.TEAM · Arcade, Dreamcast, Neo Geo +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Fast Striker is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed and published by NG:DEV.TEAM, which was released in Japan in 2012D arcade shooting game with emphasis on scoring originally developed for NEO·GEO. The game lets the player choose between 3 game

    61 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 79Form.56World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Graeme Devine · ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    1 listOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 79Form.48World.13Curated.73Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upNever-ending

    Plaque Attack is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600 that was made by Activision. Loosely based on Space Invaders, the player must prevent food from destroying teeth in a person's mouth. Steve Cartwright, who designed the game, said that g

    57 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.52World.28Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.55World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Zarzon

    1981

    SNK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

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

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 77Form.49World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Bio-ship Paladin is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive. While the game is essentially a standard horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, it has an innovation that makes it unique

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 77Form.52World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

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

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 77Form.47World.38Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Image Fight II Operation Deepstriker is a vertical shooter by Irem and sequel of the arcade game Image Fight originally released in 1988 (and ported to the PC Engine in 1990). Humanity tries to rebuild itself from the aftermath of the first

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 77Form.40World.25Curated.72Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Shin'en Multimedia · Game Boy Advance, Windows

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Be the new saviour as the Iridion force strikes back! A century has passed since the Iridion Empire was defeated. Humans have populated the old Iridion galaxy giving mankind freedom and peace. Suddenly, all communications with the human out

    82 rating1 list1.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 77Form.47World.40Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Vid Kidz · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    43 rating8 listsOften paired

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 76Form.46World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Gekirindan is a vertical shoot-'em-up by Taito where players select one of three different fighters against an army of mechs through different time periods.

    1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 76Form.44World.25Curated.66Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Recca

    1992

    NES, Nintendo 3DS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpace shooterAction

    Conceived as an entry for a game development competition, this game would later be published by Naxat Soft in 1992. This frenetic shoot-'em-up taxes the Famicom system and the player's reflexes with huge quantities of enemies while maintain

    70 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 75Form.59World.13Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    WayForward Technologies · Nintendo 3DS

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSpace shooterAction

    Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land has players help Mordecai and Rigby use their best skills and unique abilities to traverse the various challenges to escape their favorite video games and get home.

    56 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 75Form.41World.38Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Cheshire Engineering · Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Intellivision

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    "Oh dear." The scene: Space. The cosmic edge. Never deeper, never darker. The Home Team: A Stargate. A squadron of Hyperfighters. A glittering, pulsating sea of unstable energy. (Please--no quick or sudden movements.) The Challengers: Dread

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 74Form.41World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Sierra On-Line · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    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

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 74Form.47World.36Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble. Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a subset of them through branches, c

    2 lists1 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 74Form.34World.25Curated.70Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari, Inc. · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +9

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterNever-endingAction

    Millipede is a 1982 arcade game by Atari, Inc. and is the sequel to the arcade hit, Centipede. The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible by destroying all segments of the millipede as it moves toward the bottom of the

    58 rating8 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 74Form.43World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    UPL · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Nova 2001 is an arcade shooter released by Universal in 1984.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 73Form.38World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    It is the sequel to Crazy Comets. The game involves repetitively shooting planets and moons as they grow in size and threaten to collide with the player's space ship. The game is noted for its Rob Hubbard music, fast paced action and 2 play

    80 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 72Form.35World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSpace shooterAction

    Alzadick is a vertical shooter released for the Summer Carnival '92 competition hosted by Naxat Soft. While it was made available for commercial release it was originally programmed as a time attack challenge for 'athletes' to earn as many

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 72Form.27World.57Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    The player controls a small spaceship is at the bottom of the screen. Like most Space Invaders-type games of the period, the ship can move left and right (but not up or down), and can fire one bullet at a time. The ship may not fire again u

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 72Form.40World.25Curated.62Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Windows, iOS, macOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Warblade is a shareware computer game for Microsoft Windows and OS X, written by Norwegian developer Edgar M. Vigdal. The Windows version runs well on Linux under Wine. It is also available for retail in the App Store for iOS devices (in iP

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 71Form.23World.44Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Never-ending · Often paired

    Atari, Inc. · AY-3-8606, Apple II, Arcade +15

    ActionArcadeNever-endingScience fictionSide view

    The objective of the game is to destroy a multilayered wall of bricks at the top the screen. Upon hitting the bricks with a ball which bounces off of a paddle at the bottom of the screen the bricks are destroyed. If the player misses the ba

    73 rating17 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 71Form.45World.33Curated.54Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Gorf

    1981

    Dave Nutting · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +8

    Shoot 'em upShooterNever-endingActionScience fiction

    Gorf actually consists in the Arcade version of five different types of space shooters. The first one ist basically is a Space Invaders clone. In the second one a formation of space ships is hovering at the top of the screen while single sp

    70 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 71Form.31World.28Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari Games · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Liberator is commonly described as the opposite of Missile Command. The objective of Missile Command is to defend your bases from a space-based attack. Liberator's objective is the exact opposite, destroy enemy bases as you orbit their plan

    56 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 70Form.29World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    A.E.

    1982

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Coleco Adam +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A.E. is an arcade style shooting game in which you have to shoot down waves of evil flying mechanical stingrays in order to save your planet.

    3 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 70Form.35World.25Curated.61Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Granzella · PS5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    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

    72 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 70Form.25World.62Curated.61Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, BBC Microcomputer System

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    The player assumes the role of captain of a battle starship, charged with defending the frontiers of space from hostile alien ships, which come in two sizes — large and small. The larger ships have cloaking devices which make them invisible

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 70Form.28World.29Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up based on the arcade classic game Defender that was published by Adventure International for several platforms.

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 69Form.29World.25Curated.64Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +7

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionSide view

    A great commander ruled an eastern plain for a long time, but his mind completely changed one day. He formed a mysterious army under his command and took several women as hostages to his palace. His evil power extended to his neighbouring c

    78 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 69Form.40World.25Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Playlogic Entertainment · PS2, PlayStation Portable, Windows

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The player takes the role of Drake, an executioner who has to blast his way through a myriad of tunnels populated with the worst enemies ever imaginable at incredible velocities in order to escort the dreadful witch Aguira to the Maelstrom.

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 68Form.37World.25Curated.56Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Commodore C64/128/MAX, MS-DOS, Windows +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Sky Runner is a shoot'em up developed by Cascade Games. A Skimmer or a Skybike has to be flown over the surface of the fictional planet Naibmoloc and defence towers, armed enemy bikers and the Sky(a new drug)-producing harvesters have to be

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 66Form.24World.25Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Llamasoft · Atari 2600, Switch, PS4 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Akka Arrh is a previously unreleased prototype game created 1982 for the arcade. It saw it's first release in 2022 as part of the the Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.

    80 rating4 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 66Form.24World.47Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Shoot aliens as they move across the screen. Shoot the spaceship for extra points. Choose one of three games. Space Fever is a 1979 arcade game by Nintendo R&D2. Some sources claim that Ikegami Tsushinki also did design work on Space Fever

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  • Why 65Form.38World.25Curated.51Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Irem · Arcade, Switch, PlayStation +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    In the Hunt is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game by Irem. It was released in 1993 and later ported to the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation and Windows 95 for the PC by Kokopeli.

    55 rating4 lists30 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 65Form.43World.39Curated.45Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Jeff Minter · Switch, PS4, Windows +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    In Tempest 4000, players are once again in control of the Claw, a powerful spacecraft equipped to destroy deadly creatures and other obstructions with rapid-fire shots on vibrant geometric prisms. With three game modes to choose from and 10

    64 rating4 lists6.5 h main story

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  • Why 63Form.19World.39Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Bedlam

    1982

    TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer, Vectrex +2

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    In the arcade game Tempest, players controlled a blaster that could move around the outermost lanes of a bunch of geometrically-shaped levels and fire at ships that emerged from the middle or innermost areas of those levels. Bedlam, howeve

    80 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 62Form.38World.25Curated.46Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Jeff Minter · Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Gridrunner is a lot like Atari's arcade classic, Centipede.

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  • Why 61Form.43World.25Curated.41Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Jukka Tapanimäki · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience 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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 60Form.43World.38Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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