Timed NEC exclusive
L-Dis
1991TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii
L-Dis is an Action game, developed by Dual and published by NCS, which was released in Japan in 1991.
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252 games like Fantasy Zone II · 1980 – 2010
Timed NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii
L-Dis is an Action game, developed by Dual and published by NCS, which was released in Japan in 1991.
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Timed Sega exclusive
Nippon Computer Systems · Switch, Sega Genesis, Wii
Gynoug, known in North America as Wings of Wor, is a 1991 scrolling shooter video game developed by Masaya and published by NCS Corporation for the Sega Genesis. The game was released in North America and Europe in 1991 and in Japan on Janu
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Timed Atari exclusive
Konami · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +12
Pooyan is a classic arcade game manufactured by Stern Electronics under license from Konami in 1982. In it, the player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves.
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Timed NEC exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Switch, TurboGrafx-16 +1
Dragon Saber is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game, released by Namco in 1990; it runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and as its complete title suggests, it is the sequel to Dragon Spirit which had been released three years earlier. The
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Timed Sega exclusive
Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +12
Forgotten Worlds can be played by up to two players simultaneously. The player controls a flying muscle-bound soldier armed with a rifle with unlimited ammo. The Player 1 character is equipped with a long-range automatic rifle, while Player
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Timed NEC exclusive
Irem · Arcade, TurboGrafx-16, Wii +1
Legend of Hero Tonma is a side scrolling platform game released by Irem to arcades in 1989.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Capcom · Arcade, NES
Legendary Wings is a fantasy-themed shoot-'em-up game released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in 1986. The player takes control of a young soldier equipped with magical wings who must save the world from a malfunctioning supercompu
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Timed NEC exclusive
Hudson Soft · PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16, Sega CD, TurboDuo +4
In the once peaceful land of Mistral, legend holds of a brave knight named Drak who has sealed an evil god named Deoric beneath the six continents of the land. However, peace never lasts. The Garuda Empire has invaded the lands of Mistral,
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Nintendo exclusive
Irem · Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Switch 2, SNES +1
The evil Bydo Empire returns in this entry of the R-Type series. So climb into the latest R-Type vessel, the R-90, and blast through six side-scrolling levels on your way to destroy the Bydo mothership. Gameplay is still the classic R-Type
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Commodore 64, MSX, Wii +1
Parodius, also known as Parodius: The Octopus Saves the Earth, is the first title in the Parodius series. The name itself is a portmanteau of "Gradius" and "Parody" and, eponymously, the game is a parody of the Gradius series of space-base
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Timed SNK exclusive


Namco · Arcade, Mobile, Switch +2
Phelios is a vertical scrolling shooter video game released for the Namco System 2 arcade platform in Japan by Namco.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Nichibutsu · Arcade, NES, Switch +2
The player rides a motorcycle-like craft, bumping other riders, collecting 'power' modules and shooting blue coins.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Arcade, Switch
Soldier Girl Amazon is a shooter released by Nichibutsu in 1986. The soldier girl Amazon fights on a completely different Earth, dominated by strange beasts and crazy cyborgs.
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Timed NEC exclusive
Kaneko · PS3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16 +5
Move fast and blast! It's a nonstop explosion of fire power and you're streaking through space, right in the middle of it! The Brains Cult you once defeated is back, badder than ever. But your finger's on the trigger of an incredible new te
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Timed NEC exclusive
Westone Bit Entertainment · Arcade, Linux, Sega Genesis +5
The monsters are attacking the quiet town of Xenobia. Guide Leo and Priscilla to wipe out the monsters using the Legendary Weapons.
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Timed Sega exclusive
Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4
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
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Sega exclusive
SIMS Co., Ltd. · Game Gear
While flying his plane, Tails discovers a small island and lands to investigate. While initially appearing to be uninhabited, he eventually comes upon an old woman. She declares herself to be the great Witchcart, and claims the island and e
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Nintendo exclusive
NetFarm · Wii, NES
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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Data East · Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
The players assume the role of an alien-humanoid space pilot who has been exiled from their home galaxy for committing an unlearned crime. The only way the player character can return is to restore their honor; the only way to do so is to i
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Timed Sega exclusive
SEGA · Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III +1
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars features Alex Kidd and Stella searching for the twelve Zodiac signs.
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Thalion Software · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1
Dragonflight is a 1990 role-playing video game developed and published by Thalion Software for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game started development in January 1987 by two German programmers Udo Fischer and Erik Simon.
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Timed Xbox exclusive
G.rev · Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360
Save the Underworld! Mamoru wakes up in a strange land with people he’s never seen before after what seemed to be an accident. A girl named Fururu informs him that this is the Underworld, and that it needs the help of everyone there to stop
55 rating3 lists
Timed NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii
Zonk is back in Super Air Zonk, the sequel to the shooting game spin-off of the Bonk series, Air "Zonk." Now moving to a rockabilly beat and able to transform into nine different characters, Zonk lets loose through seven action-packed stage
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Sega console exclusive
CRI Middleware · Arcade, FM Towns, Sega CD
You're strapped into the Navy's fiercest jet fighter-the F-14 Tomcat. Kick in the afterburner to outrun deadly cannon fire "hot on your six." Pull up hard...lock and launch! Roll 360 degrees to blow desert tank patrols, radio towers, and mi
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Nintendo exclusive
Sting · SNES
Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken ("Bugyuru's Great Adventure") is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up with a bright, cartoony style, similar to games like Sega's Fantasy Zone or Konami's TwinBee series. The game features Bugyuru, a flying
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Xbox exclusive
Playlogic Entertainment · N-Gage, Xbox
Xyanide is a shoot 'em up video game for the Xbox in 2006. It was developed by Playlogic Entertainment and published by Evolved Games, after being originally developed by Engine Software for the Game Boy Advance. A sequel titled Xyanide: Re
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Xbox exclusive
Playlogic Entertainment · Xbox
Xyanide is a shoot 'em up video game for the Xbox in 2006. It was developed by Playlogic Entertainment and published by Evolved Games, after being originally developed by Engine Software for the Game Boy Advance. A sequel titled Xyanide: Re
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Nintendo console exclusive
Bits Laboratory · MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS +2
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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PlayStation exclusive
SNK · PlayStation Portable
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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Timed PlayStation exclusive
Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +7
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
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Nintendo exclusive
Natsume Co., Ltd. · Switch, SNES, Satellaview +2
Released in 1994, Wild Guns is a shooting gallery video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Natsume. Its setting is a unique blend of the Wild West, steampunk, and science fiction. The narrative revolves around An
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TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii +1
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
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NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Sylphia is a vertical shooter published by Tonkin House. The game draws from Greek mythology and tells the story of Sylphia, a female warrior with a tragic destiny. Her tale starts as she lays fatally wounded in the temple of Athena - merci
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Atari exclusive
APh Technological Consulting · Atari 2600, Intellivision
You are on a dangerous tank mission. To reach and destroy your assigned target, you must maneuver through a field filled with enemy mines. Although these are hidden, the mine detection equipment in your tank warns you of their presence by p
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Sega exclusive
Compile · Game Gear
Power Strike II is a shoot 'em up for the Sega Game Gear in Compile's Aleste series and the sequel to GG Aleste. Not to be confused with Power Strike II for the Sega Master System.
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Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 5200, Commodore 64 +1
Satan's Hollow is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1982, subsequently converted to the Atari 8-bit family, and in 1984 to Commodore 64.
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Nintendo exclusive
Athena · NES, SNES
Dezaemon is a game designing application that lets aspiring developers create their own vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up. Players have control over how their ship looks, design how their levels (up to three) will look, and also create a titl
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Timed SNK exclusive
ADK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +4
Ninja Commando is a vertically scrolling action game released by ADK in 1992. Players choose from among three ninjas - Joe, descended from the Koga ninja; Rayar, a woman who has learned the ways of the Iga ninja; and Ryu, descendant of the
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Nintendo console exclusive
Nichibutsu · Arcade, Switch
A shooter from the same company who brought you Terra Cresta.
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Sega exclusive
Samsung Group · Sega Genesis
Uzu Keobukseon is a vertical scrolling shooter, released only in Korea. Players controlled the title ship, a purple and gold space-age battle cruiser designed as a turtle ship, complete with sails and oars, in eight various stages.
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Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo DS
Bub and Bob are back! Bubble Bobble Double Shot is a respectful return to the series' roots, bringing Bubble Bobble to the DS with new additions to the classic formula. Based on the original Bubble Bobble arcade game first released in 1986,
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PlayStation exclusive
PlayStation Portable
Bubble Bobble Evolution is a game in the Bubble Bobble series for the PSP system. It is known as Bubble Bobble Magical Tower Daisakusen in Japan. Bub and Bob, the two main characters in the series, have been trapped in costumed versions of
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Timed Sega exclusive
Taito · Arcade, Switch, Sega Saturn
Bub and Bob are once again transformed into bubble dragons and have to climb up the Rainbow Tower to fight the Super Dark Great Dragon, while collecting potions to turn back into human form. Bubble Memories does very little to change the g
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Timed NEC exclusive
Winning Entertainment Group · TurboGrafx-16, Wii
Alpha 27, the one planet in the galaxy that is fit for human habitation. For many years, the space observation system here was used for a wide range of research. One day, horrifying news arrived- a giant comet was hurtling toward the solar
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Nintendo exclusive
Paon DP · Game Boy Advance, Wii U
The normally quiet jungle is abuzz with excitement, because it's time for the ceremony to choose the king of the jungle! Or at least it would be if King K. Rool hadn't stolen the special medallion meant for the winner. Donkey Kong and his f
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Sega console exclusive
Imagitec Design · Sega Genesis, Windows
Late one night, the malevolent Thump enters the Gadget Kingdom's castle and steals the Gadget King's gem. The king wakes up the next morning to find that his gem was stolen. The king then summons Bop and Bump to reclaim his stolen possessio
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Nintendo console exclusive
UPL · Arcade, Switch
Nova 2001 is an arcade shooter released by Universal in 1984.
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