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1985 · Capcom · Shoot 'em up, Shooter · Open the game page →

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189 games like Commando · 1980 – 2009

  • Why 78Form.55World.42Curated.60Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Taito · ColecoVision, Arcade, PC-8800 Series +4

    ShooterModern warfareShoot 'em upSoldierMilitary

    Front Line is a vertically scrolling action game. Your mission is to infiltrate enemy territory and destroy their fortress. To reach the fortress, you will have to make your way through varied and dangerous terrain. Jungles, deserts, brush,

    70 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 77Form.57World.42Curated.57Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision +7

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareSoldierMilitary

    Front Line is a vertically scrolling action game. Your mission is to infiltrate enemy territory and destroy their fortress. To reach the fortress, you will have to make your way through varied and dangerous terrain. Jungles, deserts, brush,

    70 rating9 listsOften paired

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 75Form.33World.33Curated.71Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Data East · Arcade, TurboGrafx-16, Wii

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterHostages

    Snake and Eagle, two commandos of the Bloody Wolf special forces, receive instructions from their commander to destroy the enemy's heavily armed base to rescue the President and any allies who have been reported as MIA. Based off the 1988

    60 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 73Form.28World.14Curated.75Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Xevios

    1982

    Namco · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade +18

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHigh scoreModern military

    It's a nightmare, but it's true! Research shows that we are the actual aliens on Earth, and the ruthless Xevions are the original inhabitants. Now the Xevions want Earth back -- minus humans! Their invasion forces are fierce -- the land is

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  • Why 72Form.39World.55Curated.57Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    SNK · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600 +12

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterRun and gun

    Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling action game. One or two players fight their way through a variety of terrain, such as jungles, rivers, and ruins. Along the way different weapons can be found, including machine guns, grenades, and r

    49 rating14 listsOften paired

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  • Why 67Form.34World.13Curated.59Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Asobo Studio · PS2, Windows, Xbox

    ShooterModern warfareHelicopterRun and gunOne-man army

    A budget title with stealth-action similar to the original Splinter Cell and a cover system similar to kill.switch.

    2 lists7 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 66Form.30World.34Curated.56Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Cabal

    1988

    TAD Corporation · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    ShooterModern warfareHelicopterShoot 'em upHigh score

    Originating in the arcades, Cabal is a shooter where the protagonist runs back and forth along the bottom of the screen, ducking and dodging bullets and grenades from the enemy. The roll maneuver from the arcade was not implemented in the P

    54 rating7 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 66Form.40World.13Curated.55Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareMurderRun and gun

    Contra Force is an action shooting game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 in North America. It is a spinoff of the Contra series, being the third game in the series released for the NES following the original

    71 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 65Form.18World.40Curated.61Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Namco · Arcade, FM-7, Game Boy +6

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareWarModern military

    Battle City, also known as Tank 1990 or Tank in some pirate multicart releases, is a multi-directional shooter video game for the Family Computer produced and published in 1985 by Namco. The game was later released for the Game Boy and was

    78 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 63Form.26World.25Curated.55Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Rockstar Vancouver · Windows

    ShooterModern warfareMilitaryHostagesModern military

    Global Operations is a first-person tactical shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March 2002. (Wikipedia)

    73 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 60Form.24World.13Curated.55Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance +4

    ActionShooterModern warfareMurderRun and gun

    This game is action from beginning to end, do not think that you will have a moment of peace, even because Aliens are at war with planet earth, and resting will be your least concern.

    80 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 49Form.32World.23Curated.30Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Appaloosa Interactive · PlayStation

    ShooterModern warfareShoot 'em upMurderRun and gun

    Mission Critical! You control Ray, the only surviving member of the elite Contra Force. Blast your way through 10 levels to stop the alien hordes from infesting the jungles of South America. Although equipped with a huge arsenal of weapon

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  • Why 46Form.14World.25Curated.37Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Atari · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 8-bit +9

    ShooterModern warfareHigh scoreModern militaryAction

    Battlezone is an arcade game from Atari released in November 1980. It displays a wireframe view (using vector graphics rather than raster graphics) on a horizontal black and white (with green and red sectioned color overlay) vector monitor.

    78 rating3 lists

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  • Why 44Form.37World.27Curated.18Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Arcade, Atari 2600, SG-1000

    ActionShooterModern warfareShoot 'em upMilitary

    Borderline is a VIC Dual arcade game developed in 1980 by Sega. It is a shoot-'em-up in which the player controls a red jeep who must destroy the enemy refineries. Borderline was ported to the SG-1000 in 1983, and has also been released as

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 43Form.39World.25Curated.16Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +10

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterModern military

    Mission: Code Name River Raid. Jet down the river. Break the enemy blockade and blast the bridges to halt enemy troop advances. Terrain: Code Name River of No Return. An ever-changing, ever-challenging waterway. Expect huge islands, narrow

    81 rating8 lists

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  • Why 43Form.31World.13Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Midway Games · Amiga, Amiga CD32, Arcade +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareRun and gunHostages

    The names of the two player characters are Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem. Blast your way through the Baby Milk Factory and fight Orcus, the Mother of All Bosses. Collect keys to enter the Pleasure Domes. Many special weapons and secret a

    67 rating6 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 41Form.44World.25Curated.09Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterHostages

    A horizontal helicopter shoot 'em up for Arcade and NES, where the player is tasked with both eliminating enemy forces as well as rescuing hostages.

    69 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 40Form.29World.22Curated.18Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Rare Ltd. · Arcade, NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterHigh score

    The player takes a role of a fighter pilot working to repel an alien invasion. Aliens have invaded Earth, and have built four land bases. These bases are designed to drain Earth's energy and feed it to their mother space station. If the spa

    51 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 40Form.20World.13Curated.26Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterModern military

    Silkworm is a classic horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up. The main difference between this game and many other side-scrolling shoot-em-ups is that you will be on land as well as in the air. The first player would play as a helicopter, but i

    73 rating5 lists

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  • Why 40Form.38World.25Curated.11Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopter8-bit

    A shoot'em up similar to the infamous Space Invaders this time on the high seas where the player controls a fighting ship and has to shoot down planes, helicopters and rockets instead of aliens.

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  • Why 39Form.44World.55Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro +7

    ShooterModern warfareModern militaryVertical scrollingBpjm indexed

    Eight invaded townships must be brought back under your control in this Commando-style shoot 'em up, which progresses vertically using a flick-screen system. You are armed with a rifle (activated by a short tap of the fire button) and five

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  • Why 38Form.31World.13Curated.16Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +8

    Run and gunShooterShoot 'em upMurderHostages

    The time bomb is set. It's the only sure way to get rid of these aliens. For good. They're vile. Vicious. And villainous. And they've infested our outcolony. They're holding hundreds of inhabitants hostage. Some of them your friends. So get

    65 rating14 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 38Form.25World.13Curated.19Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    M2 · Wii

    ActionShooterModern warfareMurderRun and gun

    Contra ReBirth is the ReBirth series of Contra. It is the 12th installment of Contra.

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  • Why 37Form.25World.13Curated.19Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Video System · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +3

    ShooterModern warfareShoot 'em upHigh scoreModern military

    When enemy forces wipe out the jets of the Aero Fighters, they must scramble using heavily-modified World War II warplanes in the third installment of the comical Aero Fighters series.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 37Form.26World.13Curated.17Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Bits Laboratory · MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionBird view / Isometric

    King's Knight is a fantasy-themed top-down shooter where four heroes have to unite to defeat a dragon and rescue a princess in despair. It was one of the first games published by Square Soft (now one-half of Square Enix). King's Knight is a

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  • Why 36Form.27World.42Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Core Design · Amiga, Amiga 1200, Amiga CD32

    Shoot 'em upShooterHelicopterWarHigh score

    Take a classic arcade game. Add a whole heap of seasoning in the form of stylish, state-of-the-art graphics and four massive levels of up-to-date action. Stir in an alternative dimension, exquisitely evil aliens and a heavy-sprinkling of mu

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 36Form.18World.13Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +4

    ShooterModern warfareHelicopterModern militaryAction

    Silkworm is a classic horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up. The main difference between this game and many other side-scrolling shoot-em-ups is that you will be on land as well as in the air. The first player would play as a helicopter, but i

    73 rating1 list

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  • Why 35Form.13World.25Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Atari, Inc. · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +12

    ShooterModern warfareHigh scoreModern militaryAction

    Battlezone is an arcade game from Atari released in November 1980. It displays a wireframe view (using vector graphics rather than raster graphics) on a horizontal black and white (with green and red sectioned color overlay) vector monitor.

    78 rating13 lists

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  • Why 35Form.33World.25Curated.07Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Dan Gorlin · Apple II, Atari 5200, Atari 7800 +11

    ActionShooterModern warfareHelicopterShoot 'em up

    Choplifter is military themed scrolling shooter where you play as a pilot. Take off from your home base and fly across a horizontally-scrolling playfield of rugged terrain to reach the enemy Bungelings' barracks. There, you must land and re

    68 rating12 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 35Form.22World.13Curated.17Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Square · MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS +2

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingActionBird view / Isometric

    King's Knight is a fantasy-themed top-down shooter where four heroes have to unite to defeat a dragon and rescue a princess in despair. It was one of the first games published by Square Soft (now one-half of Square Enix). King's Knight is a

    51 rating5 lists

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 35Form.47World.13Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Eidos Interactive · SNES, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterModern military

    Choose between a Helicopter Gunship or an Armoured Jeep and prepare to enter enemy territory as part of the elite assault team of SPECIAL WEAPONS INTERDICTION VEHICLES. Battle against enemy 'copters, thanks, hovercraft, snowmobiles, mechani

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 35Form.29World.25Curated.10Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Ocean Software · Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 +6

    ActionShooterModern warfareHelicopterShoot 'em up

    Rambo III is a shooting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System, making use of the Light Phaser peripheral. It is based upon the film Rambo III. John Rambo, America's favorite soldier, makes a daring rescue attempt

    62 rating8 lists

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  • Why 35Form.43World.28Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHigh scoreModern military

    Sonic Boom is an arcade game shoot 'em up with a vertically-scrolling perspective in which the player is a US pilot, armed with the super-powerful Sonic Boom aircraft. Players must face six levels of cannon-fodder enemies in order to preven

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 35Form.29World.38Curated.07Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +11

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterHigh score

    A helicopter shoot-'em-up developed by Sega. The Arcade version made use of Sega's 3D super scaler technology to create city environments where the buildings would appear to have depth. The subsequent home versions sadly lacked this feature

    70 rating7 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 34Form.41World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sanritsu Denki · Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareModern militaryVertical scrolling

    Fly your plane through five levels, shooting enemy planes, submarines, helicopters, and other enemies along the way, and use your equipped cluster bombs if necessary. You need to destroy a target that is outlined in your mission briefing. Y

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 34Form.40World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Crux · Arcade, MSX, NES +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareHelicopterModern military

    Gyrodine is a top-down vertical helicopter scrolling shooter for the Nintendo Entertainment System/Family Computer, MSX and arcade developed by Crux and published by Taito in 1984.

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  • Why 34Form.27World.25Curated.09Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    SNK Playmore · Nintendo DS, Xbox 360

    ShooterModern warfareHelicopterRun and gunHigh score

    The Peregrine Falcon Strike Force, the Ikari Warriors, and the SPARROWS are once again on a search for General Morden and his army. Their mission is to catch General Morden and prevent his attempts at another coup d'état on the government.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 34Form.27World.26Curated.09Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Namco Limited · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreVertical scrollingAction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 34Form.28World.25Curated.09Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Toaplan · Arcade, Linux, NES +2

    ShooterModern warfareHelicopterShoot 'em upModern military

    Tiger Heli was one of the first games developed by Toaplan and published by Taito Corporation in 1985. It is a predecessor to Twin Cobra. The player controls a helicopter named Tiger Heli taking out various enemies along the way.

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  • Why 33Form.23World.13Curated.14Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Appaloosa Interactive · PlayStation, Sega Saturn

    ShooterModern warfareMurderHigh scoreModern military

    Contra: Legacy of War is a 3D action game produced by Konami and developed by Appaloosa Interactive that was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was the first of two Contra games that were externally develope

    59 rating4 lists2 h main story

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 33Form.26World.25Curated.08Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Rebellion Developments · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterModern warfareMilitaryWarModern military

    Delta Force: Urban Warfare is a first-person shooter by developer and publisher NovaLogic. It was designed to be a military simulation loosely based on the Delta Force special operations force. The storyline spans twelve missions, including

    70 rating4 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 33Form.31World.13Curated.08Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionArcade

    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

    63 rating7 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 33Form.29World.13Curated.09Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareRun and gun8-bit

    G.I. Joe is a NES game from 1991 published by Taxan which later spawned a sequel called G.I Joe the Atlantis factor.

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 33Form.26World.61Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD

    Run and gunShooterModern warfareModern militaryVertical scrolling

    Only a relentless commando assault can stop this international arms syndicate's threat to humanity. That's why we picked you. You'll need rocket launchers. hyper pineapples, and super napalm to blast through their high tech fortress... past

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  • Why 33Form.38World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Murder

    Budcat Creations · PS2, Wii

    ShooterMurderSoldierMilitaryRun and gun

    Players take on the role of Sgt. Frank Keegan, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, and 17th Airborne Division fighting the Axis forces of Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy. The first mission, which is Operation Husky places Keegan

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  • Why 33Form.25World.25Curated.08Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Electronic Arts · Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PS3 +1

    ShooterModern warfareHelicopterOne-man armyModern military

    Nuclear Strike is a shooter video game developed and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation in 1997. The game is the sequel to Soviet Strike and the fifth instalment in the Strike series, which began with Desert Strike on the Sega

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  • Why 33Form.28World.13Curated.09Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Arcade, Switch, PS3 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterSoldierRun and gunWar

    Released by SNK in 1980, it was an early shoot 'em up that featured human characters on foot instead of vehicles, spacecraft, or aliens. The player character faces off against multiple shuriken-throwing ninjas and along the way faces severa

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 33Form.41World.20Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    SETA Corporation · Arcade, NES, Nintendo Switch 2

    Shoot 'em upShooterModern warfareModern militaryVertical scrolling

    A nuclear powerplant has fallen into the hands of terrorists and you pilot a motorcyle equipped with machine guns that can be improved along the way. Make your way through difficult terrain and battle against loads of terrorists on foot, in

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