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185 games like Darius Twin · 1982 – 2024

  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 72Form.35World.25Curated.65Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Raffaele Cecco · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +6

    Shoot 'em upShooterAliensSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is a shoot 'em up developed and published in 1987 by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum, and was then ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, and Amiga. It was programmed by Raffaele Cecco

    67 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 69Form.35World.25Curated.59Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Square · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    Shoot 'em upShooterRobotsSide-scrollingBoss fight

    Einhänder is a futuristic side-scrolling shooter featuring explosive visuals, pounding techno music, and simulated 3D gameplay.

    75 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 67Form.26World.27Curated.61Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Xevios

    1982

    Namco · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade +18

    Shoot 'em upShooterAliensSide-scrollingScience fiction

    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

    57 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 66Form.41World.25Curated.50Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Abadox

    1988

    Winning Entertainment Group · NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    Abadox is a video game for the NES, subtitled The Deadly Inner War. It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the vein of Gradius and R-Type. The game is notable for its unique visual design, as the game takes place inside the intestinal tract

    60 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 61Form.14World.26Curated.61Lists.00Shooter · Aliens · Often paired

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

    ShooterAliensRobotsSide-scrollingBoss fight

    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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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 60Form.28World.25Curated.50Lists.00Shooter · Robots · Often paired

    Capcom · Nintendo 3DS, SNES, Wii +1

    ShooterRobotsFuturisticSide-scrollingBoss fight

    Mega Man X2, known as Rockman X2 in Japan is the second game in the Mega Man X series and was released for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo in 1994. The game featured the same graphics as the first game, but was enhanced thanks to the use o

    84 rating10 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 59Form.18World.00Curated.60Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Budcat Creations · Wii

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightAction

    Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy challenges shooter fans to a frenetic geometric battle exclusively for Nintendo Wii. As you destroy enemies, you’ll catch their parts and use them to make your own ship bigger and stronger. Then, unleash y

    75 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 50Form.47World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    PS5, Windows, Xbox Series

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupSpaceScience fiction

    It's a twin-stick vertical scrolling Shooter hybrid with a cinematic flare: An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes Cygni the vanguard for the next generation of shoot-em ups.

    72 rating2 lists2.5 h main story

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 48Form.50World.25Curated.17Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Aicom · Arcade, FM Towns, Neo Geo +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterRobotsShmupScience fiction

    One or two players (in hot-seat or cooperative mode) control a spaceship equipped with a laser cannon which can be charged (by holding the shooting button down) for a stronger blast. Besides the main weapon, three special weapons are availa

    67 rating8 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 46Form.55World.25Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Konami · MSX, Wii

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupFuturisticSide-scrolling

    The Bacterians' Commandant Gopher plans to assassinate little Lars XVIII and change the course of history...... Block Gopher's ambition!

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 45Form.53World.62Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Pyramid · Android, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide 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

    3 lists0.5 h main story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 43Form.52World.46Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    UPL · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionThird person

    The players takes controls on one of two surviving fighters pilots, 'Jet' a male pilot and 'Nova' a female pilot and both flying the Icarus, a fast and powerful space-fighter, which comes equipped with a Standard laser. Two more weapons are

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 41Form.34World.25Curated.16Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +5

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    Alpha Mission II is a 2D vertical scrolling shooter with a great deal of depth for two players moving vertically up the screen boards shooting anything that moves. Equip up to three pieces of armor, which also serve as weapons, for a variet

    73 rating6 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 41Form.45World.25Curated.09Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    C.I.I · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupBoss fightScience fiction

    A shoot-'em-up that was originally released in Japan under the Simple 1500 Series Banner and later released in the US as a budget title by A1 Games through Agetec.

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 40Form.18World.25Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sega ??? · Linux, Sega Genesis, Wii +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterAliensSide-scrollingBoss fight

    During the first global biowar, a powerful retrovirus filled the planet Avaron with new and deadly forms of life. Only a few survivors remain in O.P. Odysseus, an orbiting platform circling Avaron. Hundreds of years after the biowar, condit

    70 rating4 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 40Form.52World.37Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionAction

    SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game, Darwin 4078. The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutatin

    58 rating1 list

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 40Form.30World.25Curated.17Lists.00Shooter · Aliens

    Irem · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterAliensShoot 'em upShmupSide-scrolling

    R-Type Delta is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game released only on the PlayStation. It is the fourth game in the R-Type series (hence Delta, the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet) and also the first game in the R-Type series ren

    80 rating6 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 40Form.52World.36Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Warashi · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide 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 40Form.35World.33Curated.11Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Housemarque Ltd. · Amiga, Amiga 1200, Amiga CD32 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterAliensShmupScience fiction

    Not only Super Stardust did equal its predecessor in every conceivable way, it added more flair, features, gameplay, special effects, colors and animations. Advertised as “the first true arcade shoot-em-up for home platforms”, the game was

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 39Form.52World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Grobda

    1984

    Namco · Arcade, NEC PC-6000 Series, Switch +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The player must take control of Grobda, a tank trapped in an arena filled with numerous indestructible obstacles and several enemy tanks. When an enemy tank is killed, it will cause an explosion, and any other enemies that happen to be in t

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 39Form.32World.25Curated.14Lists.00Shooter · Robots

    Capcom · Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS

    ShooterRobotsFuturisticSide-scrollingBoss fight

    A huge celebration at the World Robot Expo is shattered by the sight of a flying saucer streaking across the sky. But instead of holding little green men, this saucer holds one very mad scientist! Armed with a mind control machine that tran

    66 rating6 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 39Form.53World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionAction

    The game consists of 10 missions. Each mission takes place in a vast cavern, with interesting weather conditions. You must explore it and complete the mission objectives -- usually collecting sub parts, rescuing trapped miners, or destroyin

    1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 39Form.24World.25Curated.19Lists.00Shooter · Aliens

    Rainbow Arts · NES, SNES, Wii

    ShooterAliensSide-scrollingBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    The lost colony of Alterra is a completely man-made lifeworld abandoned long ago in a nearby galaxy. Alterra is actually five colonies in one. Each self-contained habitat has been separately bio-engineered by a powerful ecosystem generation

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 38Form.51World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, MSX, Switch

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Darwin 4078 is an arcade game released by Data East in 1986. The game is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up like Xevious, but as the title indicates, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is incorporated into the gameplay.

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  • Why 38Form.37World.25Curated.08Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Paranoid Software · Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightUpgradeable weaponsScience fiction

    Hades Nebula is a futuristic vertical scrolling shooter set in the year 2124. As humanity searches for new habitable planets due to dwindling energy reserves, players pilot a small spacecraft on a mission to thwart the villainous Emperor Ha

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 38Form.35World.25Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Loaded

    1996

    Gremlin Interactive · PlayStation, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterCyberpunkScience fictionAction

    Loaded is a violent, bloody top-down shooter which places you in the boots of one of six characters, who are all strange and deformed, from a psychotic clown to a huge baby. Loaded is a mission based game, where you have to complete various

    74 rating4 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 38Form.51World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Arika · Nintendo DS

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Prepare yourself for one of the most intense shoot ‘em ups to hit Nintendo DSiWare. Your mission is simple: get the highest score possible, across eight phases of fierce vertical-scrolling action.

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  • Why 38Form.51World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

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

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    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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  • Why 38Form.46World.36Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Warashi · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide 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 37Form.33World.25Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    DMA Design · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    Hold it right there. Are you really ready for this one? Have you got the courage to load up the experience that makes all other games you've played seem prehistoric? Because Blood Money is simply the best arcade game you've ever seen. It h

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 37Form.29World.36Curated.09Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionThird personArcade

    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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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 37Form.40World.52Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Hudson Soft · PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Aries was a peaceful and calm planet for millennia; however, it is now faced with its worst crisis. The deadly army of Obellon fighters led by General Don Jingi, the evil merchant known to do anything for personal gain, is out to steal the

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  • Why 37Form.47World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Irem · Arcade, FM Towns, NES +6

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other military industrial space comple

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 37Form.32World.36Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Zoom · Game Boy Advance, SNES, Sharp X68000 +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    A futuristic shooter, Phalanx is the name of the prototype starfighter flown by Wink Baufield, a genetically enhanced pilot. It is sent to protect and reclaim Delia IV, a planet in the Andromeda galaxy, which has been colonized by humans fo

    80 rating3 lists

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  • Why 37Form.42World.43Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    NMK · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Tenseiryuu: Saint Dragon is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game originally released as a coin-op by Jaleco in 1989. It was converted to several home computer platforms by Storm Entertainment in 1990.

    4 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 36Form.33World.25Curated.08Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Athena · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionShared screen

    Dezaemon Kids! is a title in the Dezaemon series that allows players to create their own shoot-'em-up games. The players can design levels and enemies by themselves or choose from a number of presets, as well as compose musical themes for t

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 36Form.34World.25Curated.09Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Techno Soleil · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionHorizontally scrolling shooter

    Gaia Seed is a horizontally scrolling shooter from Techno Soleil. The game comes from the fabulous line of classically-styled Japanese shoot 'em ups, bursting at the seams with parallax scrolling, screen-filling bosses and other classic eff

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 36Form.26World.59Curated.06Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Telenet Japan · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fictionPost-apocalyptic

    Gaiares is a horizontal-scrolling shoot em' up released for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis in 1990. The game bears a striking mechanic similarity to that of the R-Type series, alongside those of other well-known Shoot Em' Ups such as Gradius an

    79 rating1 list

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 36Form.45World.30Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Karous

    2007

    Milestone · Arcade, Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionVertical scrolling

    In this unique vertically-scrolling shooter you take the role of a mysterious girl named Karous, who commands a tiny fighter ship and attempts to destroy an evil armada bent on world domination. The game plays as your average vertical-scro

    4 lists

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 36Form.45World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Switch, PS3, PlayStation Portable +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupSide-scrollingScience fiction

    The celestial planet Conceyta orbits with its moon in a dust- and gas-covered solar system. Within lurks an evil unknown to man that bears a danger so much greater than any threat yet witnessed. A dark, mysterious power has manifested itsel

    65 rating3 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 35Form.43World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Aleste

    1988

    SEGA · MSX, Master System, PS4 +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Your planet has been overrun by the meanest mutant vegetation ever created in a genetics laboratory. It's taken over buildings, labs, fighter craft... even people! And it's getting bigger... and meaner... with each passing second. But it ha

    74 rating6 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 35Form.50World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupArcadeAction

    Blast Wind is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 35Form.50World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    NMK · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupArcadeAction

    USAAF Mustang is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game originally developed by NMK, and published by UPL in 1990. It was ported a year later to the Sega Mega Drive by Taito while being renamed Fire Mustang. NMK Co. Ltd. also dev

    1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 35Form.23World.39Curated.11Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Hot B · NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterAliensSide-scrollingBoss fight

    Over Horizon is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed by Pixel and published by Hot-B, which was released in Europe in 1991.

    70 rating2 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 35Form.47World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Success · Arcade, PS2

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    Psyvariar is a vertical scrolling shooter released in arcades in 2000 by Success. The game contains a variety of stages and it features a 'buzz' gameplay style, making it possible to earn levels by dodging enemy bullets.

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 35Form.42World.32Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, MSX

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionHigh score

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up in the Xevious franchise. Adds bosses, power-ups and a story to the Xevious model.

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  • Why 35Form.13World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Lucasfilm Games · Switch, PS4, SNES +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterAliensBoss fightScience fiction

    In the game you are a male or female protagonist (Zeke or Julia), fighting the vampires, mummies, zombies, etc. on over 50 levels (not including secrets) and saving all of the people you find. There are defined number of neighbors you save

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  • Why 35Form.43World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Zybex

    1989

    Gareth J. Briggs, Michael Owens, Kevin Franklin, RB · Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterAliensSide-scrollingBoss fight

    A horizontally scrolling 'always firing' shoot 'em up game with an emphasis on power ups and notable for the fire button only being used to change weapon. The player takes the role of one of two convicts; Rinser and Cassalana, escaping

    1 list

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