

Vortex Software · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4
A diagonally scrolling shoot 'em up by Vortex Software and Gremlin.
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Vortex Software · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4
A diagonally scrolling shoot 'em up by Vortex Software and Gremlin.
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Amiga
Datastorm is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Amiga published by Visionary Design in 1989. Written by Søren Grønbech, it was inspired by the Defender arcade video game and the Defender-like Dropzone originally released for Atari 8-b
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Psyclapse · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE
"Whether you liked or loathed Defender, you'll love Anarchy. The speed at which the screen scrolls is frightening, the number of aliens, bullets and other miscellaneous objects that are animated simultaneously is absolutely remarkable. Anar
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Rainbow Arts Software · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4
X-Out is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up with eight levels and an underwater setting. Between levels, the player visits a shop and use their game score to purchase new submarines and equipment. The submarines come in four different va
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Nintendo exclusive
Athena · SNES
BioMetal is a side-scrolling shooter game. Their are two pairs, one for lasers and the other for missiles, of three upgrades for your weapons. The war that divided the galaxy and used all it's resources has ended. A fleet was sent on a mis
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PlayStation console exclusive
Gremlin Interactive · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +6
Play as Judge Dredd in this side scrolling shooter. Are you the law?
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Nintendo exclusive
Hudson Soft · NES
Your ship is equipped with both a standard laser and an independently fired ground weapon, which you must coordinate to defeat ground and aerial enemies. A shield bar keeps track of your damage and you can replenish it by defeating certain
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Nintendo exclusive
Winning Entertainment Group · NES
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
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Adventure International · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80 +1
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by John Anderson and published by Adventure International for various 8-bit platforms.
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Capcom · WonderSwan
Rockman & Forte: Mirai kara no Chousensha is a video game in the classic Rockman series. It is considered to be a "sequel" to Rockman & Forte due to its naming, though it actually continues on from the story of Rockman World II.
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Sega exclusive
Now Production · Sega Genesis
The events in the third game in the series are synchronous with RT2. At the end of the twentieth century, satellites around the globe are being shot down, disrupting communications. Secret agency Rolling Thunder discovers the organization b
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Sega exclusive
Nippon Computer Systems · Sega Saturn
The colonies are waging war over the remaining fossil fuels and minerals left on earth, and a team of rebellious warriors go into battle to settle the score once and for all.
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Sega console exclusive
Bizarre Creations · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1
First prize is your life! Suited in limited-protection armor you're the unwilling contestant on The Killing Game Show. In front of a TV audience of millions you must battle your way to the top of 16 Pits of Death infested with hostile arti
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Sega console exclusive
Raising Hell · Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Sega Genesis
First prize is your life! Suited in limited-protection armor you're the unwilling contestant on The Killing Game Show. In front of a TV audience of millions you must battle your way to the top of 16 Pits of Death infested with hostile arti
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SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +1
Inspired by the Contra series, Cyber-Lip is an early side-scrolling shooter by SNK for the Neo Geo. It's considered one of the predecessors to popular Metal Slug franchise.
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Nintendo exclusive
Taito · NES
Similar to the original Don Doko Don, the player controls a bearded dwarf wielding a hammer to flatten enemies and throw them. But unlike the original, this version is a side-scroller. The game consists of five stages, plus the final boss b
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Sega console exclusive
Thalamus Ltd · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sega Master System/Mark III +1
Sanxion is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up, the goal to traverse each level from left to right avoiding or destroying any enemies and obstacles. The side-scroller speed is controllable, increasing the closer the player is to the center of the
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Graftgold Ltd. · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE
Simulcra is a 1990 computer game for the Amiga and Atari ST developed by Graftgold published by MicroStyle. A 3D polygonal third-person shooter, the player controls an attack craft which can switch between ground-based and aerial attack mod
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Design Design · Amstrad CPC, Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer +2
You destroy enemy bases, ships and spaceports on your mission to liberate the galaxy.
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Join Section 9 in a first person shooter experience. Become a member of an elite force of cybernetically enhanced combat operatives dedicated to the defense of society, and use your advanced firepower, Tachikoma Tanks and unique cyber skill
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Nintendo exclusive
Lucasfilm Games · SNES
Metal Warriors is a 1995 action platformer video game developed by LucasArts and published by Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released exclusively in North America in April of 1995. Its gameplay mainly cons
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Rainbow Arts · Amiga, Atari ST
Z-Out is a 1990 side-scrolling shoot 'em up and a sequel to X-Out. Unlike its predecessor, the game features a co-operative two-player component.
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Sega console exclusive
Technosoft · Arcade, Sega Saturn
Hyper Duel is an Action game, developed and published by TechnoSoft, which was released in Japan in 1996.
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Sega exclusive
Aprinet · Sega Genesis
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 exclusive
Mobile21 · Game Boy Advance
Gradius Galaxies is a horizontally-scrolling shooter handheld video game released for the Game Boy Advance. This is the only Gradius title available for the system.
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Timed Sega exclusive
Factor 5 · Sega Genesis, Wii, Amiga
The Machine has enslaved the galaxy under its tyrannical rule. As Bren McGuire, the last survivor of the United Freedom Forces, it is your duty to destroy the evil forces of the Machine that have devastated the galaxy.
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Ultimate Play the Game · ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC
In the dark reaches of the Amobeus Nebula stands the isolated series of stars and planets, the Beta Gamma System. But to those who have taken the Space, the Zebarema. A tightly bound cluster of planets and dark stars, totally unique in the
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Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
This is an article about the computer game. For the Pharoahe Monch album, see W.A.R. (We Are Renegades). W.A.R. is a video game produced by Martech. The BBC Micro version was written by Michael Archer while the Amstrad CPC version was writ
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Nintendo exclusive
Inti Creates · Game Boy Advance, Wii U
It's the third chapter in the Mega Man Zero action adventure series for the Game Boy Advance. Featuring a new customization system, you can now equip Zero, with a combination of chips that will affect both his attributes and abilities, allo
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Nintendo console exclusive
Irem · Arcade, Switch
Is a side-scrolling shooter published by Irem, and similar in style to their earlier R-Type. The game centers around an unusual alien invasion against a colony planet in the year 2249 where the aliens themselves are microscopic creatures th
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PlayStation console exclusive
Firewalk Studios · PS5, Windows
In Concord, you play as the crew of the Northstar—a group of guns-for-hire known in our galaxy as Freegunners. The Freegunners roam the stars taking high-stakes jobs on worlds across Wild space, where they face other fiercely competitive Fr
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Sega console exclusive
Namco Tales Studio · Sega Genesis, PC-8800 Series
It is 100 years into the future. Nuclear weapons, missiles and other weapons of mass destruction are banned, but a new piece of military hardware is about to shape the future. The N.A.P. (New Age Power-Suit), is the newest weapon, a mechani
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Thalion Software · Amiga, Atari ST
A top down run and gun shooter for Atari ST and Amiga. The game consists of eight levels restricted by a time limit.
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PlayStation exclusive
Crystal Dynamics · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation
It's the Earth's Stellar Guard against the alien Drak-sai. Now's the time to strap in and set the skies on fire! Blistering bombs explode; shields buckle but hold. Your reflexes better be faster than theirs; 'cause there's trouble over ever
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Gaelco · Arcade
Alligator Hunt is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Spanish company Gaelco in 1994. Reptilian-looking aliens are invading earth and is up to the bravest soldiers (skateboarding kids!) to stop the invasion and destroy the enemy base. F
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Genki · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Windows
A high-quality, 3-D animation shooting game that takes you right into a future space battle. The TV screen becomes your cockpit! You are the ace pilot of Earth Defense Force. The blood-chilling battle you will experience aboard Strike figh
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Sega console exclusive
Sega Enterprises, Ltd. · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7
SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative, or simply titled SDI and sometimes known as Global Defense. Players control a satellite and must destroy enemies by moving a crosshair over them and firing the satellite's weapons.
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Mad Genius Software · MS-DOS, Windows
As the game begins, you are a proud new tank pilot for the Nataka Corporation's Imperial Armored Cavalry. A Nataka installation is suddenly attacked by forces from Network 53, a branch of the Argus Industrial Corporation and a long-standing
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Stamper brothers · BBC Microcomputer System, ZX Spectrum
Lunar Jetman is a shooter video game developed and published by Ultimate Play The Game. It was released for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and the BBC Micro in 1984.[1] The game is the second instalment of the Jetman series and one of the few game
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WJS Design · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE
Beamed down to the planet Ixion from the Legion Ship, Cisskei, aspiring Captain Ku-Kabul has to face the dangers and tests specifically placed on this planet in order to prove himself worthy of Leadership. Failing any of these tests will en
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Irem · Amiga, Android, Arcade +2
The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first released as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly influenced later shooting games with its charge shots, unique weaponry, and grotesque enemies. Hudson Soft ported the later 4 levels of the
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NEC exclusive
DATA WEST · TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Rayxanber II is an Action game, developed and published by Data West, which was released in Japan in 1991.
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Mastertronic · ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC
Terminus, also known as Terminus: The Prison Planet or Terminus: Prison Planet, is a platform game by Mastertronic released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, and Amstrad CPC. The game is set inside a futuristic prison consisting of 512 scre
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Philips Interactive Media · Magnavox Odyssey 2, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000
The game features similar gameplay to that of Atari's Asteroids. The player command an Earth Federation Cruiser, patrolling an area of space that is teeming with X-shaped UFOs. Some of these will merge and form Hunter-Killer UFOs that go a
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Compile · MSX
The game takes place in the year 2039, two decades after the super computer DIA51 attacked and decimated the Earth. After the long restoration period, Earth is invaded by a race of alien plant-like humanoids called the Vagand, intent on fin
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Sega console exclusive
Cope-Com · Amiga, Android, Sega Genesis +2
The destruction of the Barrax Empire... A Whirling Barra ship darts out from the recesses of a dark spiral cave and attacks from the left. You bank hard to escape, but a "chameleon" attacker suddenly appears on the right. The battle is jus
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Studio 3DO · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
In the year 2110, in the city of Meggagrid, once known as Los Angeles, you meet Dr. Grubert, a very prominent inventor who has been crippled by an explosion perpetrated by a crime family known as The Pitt Family. He gives a suit known as th
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