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256 games like Burning Angels · 1979 – 2016

  • Sega exclusiveWhy 93Form.78World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Science · Shooter · Often paired

    Tokai Communications · Sega Genesis

    ScienceShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionSide view

    Whip Rush is a side-scrolling space shooter released in 1990 for the Sega Mega Drive System and subsequently for its American counterpart, the Sega Genesis. Whip Rush's gameplay style is very similar to R-Type: The title ship flies through

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 91Form.68World.25Curated.94Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Frontier Developments · Sega 32X

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionFlight simulation

    One of the last 32X games released (and exclusively in Europe), DarXide is a 3-D space shooter, inspired in part by the arcade gameplay of Asteroids. It is one of the few 32X games to used texture-mapped polygons. Players control a lone st

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 90Form.57World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Atari Jaguar

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionPlanet jumping

    You whomped the aliens from the Alpha Proximian Empire in classic Defender and sent them home to cry. Now they want the planets that Earth is mining for desperately needed, life-sustaining minerals. Your job is to protect the space miners a

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 89Form.81World.25Curated.80Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Affect · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide view

    XDR horizontal shoot 'em-up released exclusively in Japan. The game is notable for being one of the poorest received Mega Drive games ever released, and was frequently voted the system's worst Japanese-developed game by readers of Beep! Meg

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 87Form.35World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Right Stuff · TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionHorizontally scrolling shooter

    This side-scrolling shooter features background design from Syd Mead.

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 86Form.82World.25Curated.66Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    MOSS · Windows, Xbox One

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A quarter-century after the arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre, the series now comes to the Xbox One in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future, where the tide of battle holds constant

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  • Why 79Form.67World.25Curated.58Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Kaneko · Arcade, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionMech

    Heavy Unit is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game developed by Kaneko and published by Taito in 1988. It was ported to the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by Taito and was released on December 22, 1989. There was also a Mega Drive port b

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 79Form.67World.25Curated.58Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Switch

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionCyberpunk

    Time Pilot '84: Further Into Unknown World is an eight-way scrolling shoot 'em up, released in 1984 by Konami. It is the sequel to Time Pilot. The player pilots a craft over many time periods. Unlike the original which told the year of each

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 77Form.43World.25Curated.67Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Micronics · SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionMechSide view

    Many years ago, an ancient civilization ruled Earth. They had a very advanced technology, but were destroyed in the end due to the misuse of their creations. These people left messages for later generations in the form of indestructible mes

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 76Form.43World.25Curated.67Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Micronics · SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionMechSide view

    Many years ago, an ancient civilization ruled Earth. They had a very advanced technology, but were destroyed in the end due to the misuse of their creations. These people left messages for later generations in the form of indestructible mes

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 76Form.96World.25Curated.33Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Sega Genesis

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Verytex is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan. Taking place on the colonized fictional planet of Syracuse in a futuristic sci-fi setting, where its military force initiated a violent coup d'état against the inhabitants for un

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 74Form.51World.25Curated.58Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    G.rev · Arcade, Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSega naomiSide view

    A futuristic sci-fi shooter in which you play a test pilot strapped to the brand new RAIN combat simulator which allows you to remotely control fighters as they immerse themselves in the midst of enemy territory. The game is a side-scrolli

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 74Form.67World.25Curated.47Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Game Boy

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSpaceship

    You are locked in ferocious combat on an interstellar battlefield. Dodging and taking aim, alien rocketships stream past, circle, and attack. There are too many to count! Fire, fire, fire! The enemies' first wave is repelled. A moment's res

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  • Why 71Form.69World.25Curated.41Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Milestone · Arcade, Dreamcast, GameCube

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAnime

    Radilgy is a vertical shooter with its own unique graphical design taking inspiration from anime and the look of cel-shaded graphics.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 67Form.74World.26Curated.29Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    UPL · Arcade, Switch

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcadeSide view

    Omega Fighter is a vertical scrolling shooter developed for the arcades by UPL in 1989. While similar to most shooters, Omega Fighter was unique in its gameplay, level and enemy focus: rather than flying over multiple levels, the player fac

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 66Form.47World.25Curated.47Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Konami · NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionNes game pak - vrc4

    The denizens of Atlantis have arisen after a slumber of 10,000 years, and only Asuka and Maya can save the world from destruction in their Aurawing aircraft! Crisis Force was Konami's last shoot-'em-up game for the Famicom, and it pushes th

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 66Form.29World.25Curated.58Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    FACE · TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionMultidirectional shooterCyberpunk

    A cyberpunk multi-directional shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. Metal Stoker is a top-down, multi-directional shoot 'em up for the PC Engine, developed and published by Face (possibly through their subsidiary brand Sankindo). The game featur

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 66Form.85World.00Curated.26Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    SNK · PlayStation Portable

    Shoot 'em upShooter

    10 great SNK heroes and heroines have left their worlds to answer Dr. Brown Sugar's "call for peace". Now, head to the skies to save the world from the threat of "THE DAMNED", an evil organization which plots to use a time machine for its m

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 63Form.71World.25Curated.26Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Namco Tales Studio · Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sharp X1 +1

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSpaceship

    Sol-Feace is a typical 2D shooter with weapon powerups. The game features six levels: Sirius, Enemy Arsenal, ArtifiStar, Pluto Base, Almathea, and Final Battle.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 63Form.65World.25Curated.29Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    NetFarm · Wii, NES

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    The player controls a pilot who is trying to defend the Earth from an evil nation's global revolution sometime in the year 20XX. Given the assignment, the overall purpose of the game is to infiltrate their base and take out their defences a

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 58Form.96World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Sega Genesis

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 58Form.44World.37Curated.33Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Universal Entertainment · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcadeFixed 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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  • Why 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Bally Astrocade, Linux, Windows

    ScienceShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Astro Battle is a science fiction multidirectional shooter developed and published by American studio Lava Lord Games for Microsoft Windows and Linux. The gameplay focuses on players designing star fighters to fight against other players' s

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 56Form.91World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcade

    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.

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 56Form.39World.58Curated.29Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Accolade · SNES, Sega Genesis

    ScienceShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionFlight simulation

    The player takes control of a starpilot with a mission to defend star bases from a fleet of invading alien warships. The game takes place from a cockpit perspective from one of four starfighters; the Stinger, Striker, Stalker,or Slasher. Th

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  • Why 55Form.89World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcade

    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

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 55Form.89World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

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

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAdventure

    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

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 54Form.60World.25Curated.19Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Android, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionShmupSide 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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 54Form.88World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    SCE Studio Liverpool · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga +5

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBoss fight

    Time is running out for the corporate mogul Tiron Korsby. A microscopic probe has been injected into his bloodstream by corporate rival Axiom Corporation. A probe that with every beat of his heart is cruising towards his brain to execute it

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 54Form.83World.36Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 53Form.85World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    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

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  • Why 53Form.47World.50Curated.20Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionTime limitBoss fight

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with a land-based vehicle. Players need to take down enemies while avoiding pits and the walls of the course, though they are also capable of leaping over obstacles.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 53Form.85World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 53Form.59World.25Curated.17Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Warashi · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionShmupSide 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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  • Why 52Form.76World.45Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Apple II

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcadeAction

    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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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 51Form.31World.65Curated.26Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Asmik Ace Entertainment · SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionHelicopterDinosaurs

    Gameplay involves being the pilot of an Apache Helicopter, and shooting enemies down in the style of a vertical scrolling shooter. Large red gunships can be shot down to gain power-ups for the helicopter in order to upgrade the guns and hav

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 51Form.82World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionActionBird view / Isometric

    The most happening place in the universe is the trendy, upscale solar system of IOTA Synthetica, part of the Galactic Federation of artificial stars. It's as far from dirty old Earth as can be... But don't sign up to go yet! A strange cosmi

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  • Why 51Form.80World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Capcom · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, NES +1

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcade

    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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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Irem · SNES, Wii

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcade

    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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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionActionSide view

    Thunder Force III is a scrolling shooter game developed by Technosoft. It is the third chapter in the Thunder Force series. It was released in 1990 in Japan, Europe and the United States for the Sega Genesis. During the same year, it was re

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  • Why 50Form.77World.33Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionThird person

    With a spaceship, the player shoots several kind of robotic enemies and spaceships. At the end of every stage (except for the first one), the player meets a huge enemy spaceship as the stage's boss. Player's spaceship is equipped with a lim

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 49Form.77World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Atari 7800

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcadeAction

    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

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  • Why 49Form.76World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

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

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcadeAction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 49Form.83World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tecmo · Arcade, Switch

    Shoot 'em upShooter

    The gameplay of Final Star Force goes back to the formula of the original Star Force, but with updated graphics and some extra power-ups. Other things that have been changed from the original are the style of the title screen's logo, the ba

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  • Why 49Form.76World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Graeme Devine · ZX Spectrum

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcadeAction

    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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  • Why 49Form.76World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcadeAction

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

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  • Why 49Form.76World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Oids

    1987

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

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcadeAction

    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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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 49Form.83World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Triangle Service · Xbox 360

    Shoot 'em upShooter

    The historic success story of the arcades! Introducing the "Shmups Skill Test", a way to evalute your skills as a "gamer age". The high brow style of "EXZEAL", with 4 types of craft to choose from. The classic style of "TRIZEAL Remix", wher

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