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473 games like Blazing Star · 1979 – 2023

  • Why 93Form.73World.47Curated1.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Salamander is a scrolling shooter arcade game released by Konami as a spin-off to Gradius. It introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages. Some of these woul

    71 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 93Form.72World.28Curated1.00Lists.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

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 89Form.58World.44Curated.92Lists.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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  • Why 89Form.85World.58Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Omori Electronics Corporation · Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 89Form.91World.31Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Imagic · Atari 2600

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Pilot Star Voyager through treacherous space. As you look out from the Command Bridge, stars rush past. Penetrate the seven star portals and save the Capital Starport. Destroy enemy ships with photon torpedoes or lasers, or evade them to ma

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  • Why 88Form.43World.25Curated1.00Lists.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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 88Form.82World.49Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Bomb · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Why 88Form.82World.49Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Side scrolling space shooter for the ZX Spectrum. Sequel to Sidewize

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  • Why 88Form.92World.26Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Granzella · Switch, PS4, Windows +2

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony

    76 rating5 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 88Form.72World.61Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ADK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 88Form.82World.50Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Telesys · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Horizontal space shooter

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 88Form.78World.50Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    SEGA · Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Thwart an underground invasion with your transforming weaponry. The ground is scarred by craters, a reminder of the recent Dalaus invasion. And continuous acid rains give the sky an eerie irridescence. You are the only Transbot pilot left f

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 88Form.86World.59Curated.64Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Irem · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Is a side-scrolling shooter published by Irem, and similar in style to their earlier R-Type. The game centers around an unusual alien invasion against a colony planet in the year 2249 where the aliens themselves are microscopic creatures th

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  • Why 87Form.82World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ABM

    1980

    Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Missile Command clone for the Apple II.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 87Form.82World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    An excellent arcade-style shooter, Caverns of Mars is a downward-scrolling game where players must pilot their craft through a series of five underground levels filled with alien ships, narrow passageways and a variety of obstacles, includi

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 87Form.82World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Here, you control a ship through a human's body while shooting viruses. It was licensed by Fox Video Games, as it is based on the 20th Century Fox film, Fantastic Voyage.

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  • Why 87Form.82World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    In this game, you must guide your spaceship around while picking up hostages located on the surface, and bring them to safety. Your task becomes difficult by lunar leepers who leap up and try to grab you or the hostages that are picked up b

    64 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 87Form.82World.35Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Menace

    1988

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Why 87Form.36World.36Curated1.00Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Irem · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +15

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Moon Patrol is a side-scrolling shooter that puts players at the controls of a six-wheeled moon rover that can jump and shoot. The goal is to move through the entire course as quickly as possible while shooting enemies for additional points

    80 rating10 listsOften paired

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  • Why 87Form.82World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Odin Computer Graphics · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Sidewize is a horizontally scrolling shooter released by Firebird in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. It was followed by a sequel, Crosswize.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 87Form.82World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Activision · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Spider Fighter is a Space Invaders style game. It is your mission to prevent space spiders from stealing your food reserves which are located on the top right of the screen. The spiders hatch from cocoons which are dropped from the top left

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 87Form.72World.78Curated.66Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Hudson Soft · Virtual Boy

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 86Form.78World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Bakutotsu Kijuutei, also known by its longer title as Bakutotsu Kijuutei: Baraduke II, is a scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan. As in the original game, the players again take control of Takky (Pl

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 86Form.78World.32Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Atari · Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS +3

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Star Raiders II is a video game released in 1986 for the Atari 8-bit home computers, and later several other home computers and game consoles. The game was originally developed as part of a tie-in with the movie The Last Starfighter, which

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 85Form.75World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    This game has flavors of several different video games rolled into one. It is mostly like Xevious, being an overhead shooter against a plethora of enemies, each with a unique characteristic. Unlike Xevious, however, that only allowed you to

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  • Why 85Form.72World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Fusion

    1988

    Bullfrog Productions · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Fusion is a scrolling multidirectional shooter developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Atari ST and Amiga.

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  • Why 85Form.72World.37Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The Regulus system has been attacked by alien forces, and you are the only Terran fighter in place to clear the area and rescue the captured hostages. The game is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with 5 levels. The first of these involv

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 85Form.72World.39Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, FM-7, NEC PC-8800 series +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A vertical scrolling space shooter.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 85Form.75World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Apollo · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    You are on a moon-based scouting mission in a Mark 16 Starcruiser. Suddenly, enemy alien ships teleport in and start firing neutron missiles, which can destroy you upon impact. You must destroy enemy ships until reinforcements arrive from E

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  • Why 85Form.72World.28Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Tomcat

    1989

    Interceptor Micros · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Tomcat (also known as F14 Tomcat ) is a video game published in 1989 in the UK by Players Software. The game was released on the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum as a budget title.

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  • Why 84Form.68World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    A&F Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeScienceShooterActionScience fiction

    My Great-Great-Grandfather was a Battle of Britain pilot, or so my father told me when I explained to him that I wanted to join the Intergalactic Agricultural Research Establishment. "Let's hope that some of his flying skills are still pr

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 84Form.71World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Defend your base against enemies.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 84Form.70World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    NuFX · Arcade, Atari Lynx

    ArcadeScienceShooterActionScience fiction

    Turbo Sub released in 1985 as an arcade shooter game by Entertainment Sciences. Then later in 1991 for the Atari Lynx. The arcade version was a one player game set in the future where you control a submersible ship against a horde of aliens

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  • Why 83Form.58World.53Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    75 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 83Form.62World.36Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Imagic · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    The thousand galaxies quake at the news: the Cryptic Computer, the galactic defense synthesizer which has maintained peace for the five centuries since the Wars on Zevon, has malfunctioned! Four Failsafe Detonators inside the Computer will

    65 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 83Form.57World.25Curated.73Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari Games · Atari 2600, Atari 7800, ColecoVision +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Ewok Adventure, also known as Revenge of the Jedi: Game I is a cancelled 1983 shoot 'em up video game based on the Star Wars: Return of the Jedi film. The game was developed by Atari Games and to be published

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  • Why 82Form.58World.43Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    A fanatical sect has changed mankind's future by summoning a previously extinct primeval entity in our past. You, a sole survivor of the once elite 'time corps' have been chosen by the federation of law and order to combat the entity in thr

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  • Why 82Form.62World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Grasshopper Manufacture · Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, iOS

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Liberation Maiden is a shooter game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Level-5. It was originally included in the Guild01 compilation for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012, and later made available separately on Nintendo eShop. A

    66 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 82Form.60World.25Curated.71Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Exidy · Arcade, Atari 2600, Commodore 64

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Star Fire is an early color game programmed by David Rolfe with graphics designed by Ted Michon and Susan Ogg. It was released by Exidy in 1979. Star Fire is a first-person space shooter where your mission is to seek out and destroy enemy s

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  • Why 81Form.58World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Aquatron is a side-scrolling shooter in which the player controls a spaceship over a planet completely covered with water. Unfortunately the planet is under attack and in each level, the player has to kill the steadily increasing opposition

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 81Form.58World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    NEC · TurboGrafx-16

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Deep Blue is a 1989 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Hi-Score Media Work and published by Pack-In-Video for the TurboGrafx-16. The player controls a submersible fighter shaped as a freshwater angelfish that must fight

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  • Why 81Form.48World.53Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Plutos

    1987

    Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari ST +2

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Plutos is a long lost unreleased prototype developed by Tynesoft for the Atari 7800, and appears to be a loose port of the ST/Amiga game of the same name. The existence of Plutos has been known for some time, as a physical prototype has bee

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  • Why 81Form.14World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Meta Quest, Oculus VR, Windows

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionFirst-person shooter

    Use creative combat tactics and skill shots to earn high scores as you teleport through city streets and rooftops in an awe-inspiring ballet of bullets. Tear apart your robot foes and use them to fend off the enemy onslaught. Unlock, custom

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  • Why 81Form.58World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Steel

    1988

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Steel is a science fiction shoot 'em up originally designed by Gari Biasillo for the Commodore 64, and later ported to 16-bit machines.

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  • Why 80Form.59World.25Curated.66Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Manfred Trenz · Amiga, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX

    ActionArcadeScienceShooterScience fiction

    Throughout time, man has been a victim of his own intelligence and his insatiable thirst for knowledge. The Planet Katakis is a horrifying example. Scientists created Machines which became so sophisticated that they longer depended on man

    75 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.45World.59Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Starcraft · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Horizontal space shooter. You are a fighter pilot on several hazardous missions. In each level you have to fulfill one mission like bomb the radar, destroy the tank etc. The scenery as buildings and warehouses and airborne objects as jets a

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 80Form.54World.45Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Thrust

    1986

    Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600 +9

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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