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229 games like Fire Mustang · 1979 – 2016

  • Sega exclusiveWhy 95Form.96World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Technosoft · Sega Saturn

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 91Form.56World.35Curated1.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Jaleco · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

    Plus Alpha is a 1989 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades. It was only released in Japan in May 1989. The game is known for its low difficulty compared to other shoot 'em ups as well as its anime

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 90Form.79World.51Curated.78Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    G.rev · Arcade, Dreamcast, Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

    Under Defeat is a shoot 'em up arcade game by G.rev. It was released for the Sega Dreamcast in March 2006. The game takes place in an alternate reality based on World War II, and, in a controversial twist, players control German-speaking ch

    70 rating6 listsOften paired

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  • Why 89Form.69World.25Curated.86Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Alfa System · Arcade, Switch, PS2 +4

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upShmup

    Castle of Shikigami is a dark, supernatural shoot-'em-up classic. Choose one of six characters and utilize their unique abilities to defeat the demons infesting modern-day Tokyo in this vertically scrolling shooting game. Use each character

    68 rating1 list0.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 80Form.70World.25Curated.59Lists.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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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 80Form.73World.25Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    G.rev · Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 78Form.58World.25Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    SNK · Arcade, PS4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Chopper I is a 1988 arcade hall video game, developed by SNK. The objective of this top-down game is to infiltrate enemy territory and essentially destroy all objects. The game can be played with 1 or 2 players; both players, each occupyin

    68 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 77Form.45World.58Curated.62Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Namco · Arcade, Switch

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upShmupAction

    You play a bi-plane pilot on missions to bomb enemy targets. The game has a left-to-right scrolling screen where you shoot at enemy planes and trucks. Fly down and pick up the bomb as you go along.

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  • Why 76Form.58World.29Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Master System, Switch +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionCrime

    Armed only with your trusty Tommy gun, you must exterminate all the main gangster families in order to reach the main kingpin so you can save your girl. Beware, they are waiting for you and will not go down without putting up a fight in thi

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  • Why 74Form.55World.25Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Data East · Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upBird view / Isometric

    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 PlayStation exclusiveWhy 73Form.34World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +7

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionHorizontally scrolling shooter

    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

    78 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 71Form.76World.29Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    APh Technological Consulting · Atari 2600, Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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

    55 rating1 list

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  • Why 71Form.49World.64Curated.46Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Konami · Arcade, PS4, Xbox Series

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    A vertical shoot-em-up. Protect the castle by moving a bowman horizontally across the bottom of the screen, shooting upwards at the assorted fantasy warriors who are advancing in waves. The game includes boss waves and has nice music.

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  • Why 71Form.92World.25Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Irem · Arcade, FM Towns, NES +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

    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

    70 rating9 lists

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  • Why 71Form.94World.25Curated.23Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

    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 70Form.43World.25Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Mattel Electronics · Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionRetro

    Buzz Bombers is an arcade action game similar to Centipede. You control a can of bug spray at the bottom of the screen, and you need to defend yourself from the swarms of incoming bees. The bees start at the top of the screen, and fly their

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 69Form.54World.25Curated.46Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionRabbit

    The goal of the game is to shoot at targets, while carefully avoiding running out of bullets. Three rows of targets scroll across the screen in alternating directions; these include rabbits, ducks, owls, and bonus items. If a duck target cr

    61 rating3 lists

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  • Why 69Form.41World.25Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    In City Bomber, the player is in pursuit of a gang of criminals. In order to keep the criminals from escaping, the player must reach checkpoints within a specified amount of time. At the start of the game, the player's car can shoot missile

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  • Why 68Form.56World.47Curated.40Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Toaplan · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +13

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upShmupAction

    Sky Shark (released in Japan as "Hi Sho Zame", and in Europe as "Flying Shark")is a military-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game in which players take control of the titular biplane through five increasingly difficult levels in or

    51 rating6 lists1 h main story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 68Form.41World.41Curated.51Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Rezon

    1991

    Allumer · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterAction2d

    Taking place in the year 2191, the player pilots a recently developed space fighter, the SR-91, through six stages to defend the Earth from a two-year-long alien invasion. The SR-91 uses the VAWS (Variable Armor and Weapon System) which use

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  • Why 67Form.63World.66Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience

    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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  • Why 67Form.69World.25Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Sunsoft · Arcade, Game Gear, MSX +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionFantasy

    Originally titled "Fantasy Zone Gear: Opa Opa Jr. no Bōken", this game is technically a sequel to the first Fantasy Zone, but got released under the same name outside of Japan. Like the other Fantasy Zone titles, this is a side-scrolling s

    64 rating3 lists

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  • Why 66Form.75World.29Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 65Form.97World.00Curated.17Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    UPL · Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupBird view / Isometric

    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

    51 rating1 list

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  • Why 65Form.75World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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 exclusiveWhy 65Form.94World.00Curated.19Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arika · Nintendo DS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 64Form.52World.25Curated.40Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Sirius Software · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Your job is to capture Beanies, Bouncing Orange Eyes, and a crazy variety of Falling Objects. Beanies are devious and deadly and must be shot with the Bopper's stun gun before they can be captured.

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 64Form.85World.25Curated.17Lists.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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  • Why 64Form.71World.27Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Zarzon

    1981

    SNK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Zarzon is a 1981 shoot 'em up arcade video game, inspired by gameplay from Space Invaders.

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  • Why 63Form.69World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 63Form.96World.00Curated.13Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Arcade, Game Boy, Master System +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    Darius II is a 1989 arcade video game developed by Taito. It is the direct sequel to the 1987 Darius. It was later released as Sagaia in Japan in 1991 for the Game Boy as well as non-Japanese ports. A remake was released for the PC Engine S

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  • Why 63Form.69World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Graeme Devine · ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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 63Form.69World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Oids

    1987

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 62Form.84World.25Curated.14Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Now Production · TurboGrafx-16, Wii, Wii U

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    On Earth in the 23rd century, a space time warp opens up over the Atlantic Ocean. From it comes an enormous invasion force analyzed to come from the 25th century. As Earth is attacked by the alien war machines, it is revealed that the culpr

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 62Form.66World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 62Form.31World.25Curated.51Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird view / IsometricReally unfortunate game name

    You are a boy in a weird kingdom filled with even weirder monsters. Armed only with stones and your ability to aim your throws you set out to burn this place to the ground.

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 62Form.77World.25Curated.19Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Eighting · Arcade, FM Towns, PS4 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionShared screen

    Sorcer Striker, released in Japan as Mahou Daisakusen is a 1993 medieval-themed scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Raizing (now known as Eighting) , and later ported to the X68000 and FM-Towns computers and the EZweb m

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 62Form.77World.50Curated.14Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Athena · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    Strike Gunner S.T.G is an Action game, developed by Athena and published by Tecmo, which was released in 1991. A vertically scrolling shooter.

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  • Why 61Form.83World.25Curated.13Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Freeverse · macOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

    Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a companion if necessary) against

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 61Form.38World.35Curated.43Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    CRI Middleware · Arcade, FM Towns, Sega CD

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionCombat flight simulator

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 61Form.69World.59Curated.17Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Triangle Service · Arcade, PS2, R3000 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A space shooter with vertically scrolling stages. Based on the arcade version.

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  • Why 60Form.61World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Sierra On-Line · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    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

    2 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 60Form.61World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Cheshire Engineering · Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Intellivision

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    "Oh dear." The scene: Space. The cosmic edge. Never deeper, never darker. The Home Team: A Stargate. A squadron of Hyperfighters. A glittering, pulsating sea of unstable energy. (Please--no quick or sudden movements.) The Challengers: Dread

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  • Why 59Form.57World.25Curated.29Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Amiga, Amiga 1200, Amiga CD32 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 58Form.34World.25Curated.43Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Tim Skelly · Arcade, Atari 7800, Vectrex

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    The player controls a jeep and must destroy the many tanks and helicopters that attack them in a maze-like cityscape. The jeep is armed with a rocket launcher that fires straight forward; the player can have two rockets on-screen at the tim

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  • Why 58Form.46World.25Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    PS4, Xbox One

    ShooterArcadeShmupActionScore attack

    The first widescreen bullet hell shoot 'em up challenges you to dodge hundreds of bullet patterns and take down the final boss!

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  • Why 58Form.29World.41Curated.43Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

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

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionSide-scrolling

    In this horizontal scrolling shoot'em up the player must successfully navigate a submarine through an underwater course while avoiding or destroying enemies and obstacles with the final aim to wreck a heavily guarded reactor.

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  • Why 58Form.57World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Vid Kidz · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterAction2d

    Arcade shooter where you protect humans from being captured by aliens. Created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, it is a sequel to Defender which was released earlier in the year. Some home ports of Stargate were renamed to Defender II for

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