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304 games like Gunlord · 1979 – 2025
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
76 rating1 listOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Switch, PS3, PlayStation Portable +1
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 listsOften paired
PlayStation exclusive
Granzella · PS5
R-Type Final 3 Evolved serves simultaneously as a sequel to R-Type Final 2, offering a whole new 7-stage campaign made in the engine of Final 2, whilst also serving as a compilation of most of content released for R-Type Final 2. Additiona
72 rating2 listsOften paired
PlayStation exclusive
Appaloosa Interactive · PlayStation
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
60 rating2 listsOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Data East · Arcade, Atari 7800
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
JoyMasher · Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Blazing Chrome is a classic co-op run 'n gun with an original arcade feel. Players can choose between Mavra, the badass human resistance, soldier or Doyle, the groovy rebel robot, to kick some metal ass.
78 rating4 lists2 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Amiga, Arcade, MS-DOS +2
Super Contra is a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and the second game in the Contra series released for the arcades. Like
66 rating1 listOften paired
Nintendo exclusive
Treasure · Game Boy Advance
Blue and Red, the lead characters in Gunstar Super Heroes, must once again keep a stone of great power from falling into the hands of an evil empire intent on resurrecting the God of Ruin. Blue and Red take on the same adventure using diffe
65 rating2 listsOften paired
Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +2
Baraduke is an action game released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1985. The peaceful, friendly world of Paccet has been attacked by the evil Octy! Make your way through Baraduke, the underground Octy citadel beneath Paccet, and u
49 rating4 lists
Stavros Fasoulas · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
This horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with 32 levels is something of a predecessor to Armalyte. It's set in the Delta region of space, in which the Hsiffan Khanate species have a powerful presence, using their technology to steal and ana
70 rating1 list
Sirius Software · Apple II
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to the arcade game Defender. Written by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers.
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Capcom · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, NES +1
Section-Z is a side-view shoot-'em-up by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in 1985. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The original coin-op game is included in Capcom Classics C
70 rating3 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Switch
Lightning Fighters, released in Japan as Trigon, is a 1990 scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. It is commonly compared to Raiden, though the two games were released very close to each other, and they were both meant to compete with the
1 listOften paired
Sega console exclusive
Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +4
A platform shoot-em-up hybrid from Sega for one to four players, selected from either Joe (yellow), Mary (red), Lee (blue) and Edgar (green). The action takes place over a number of sideways scrolling levels, the bulk of which consist of st
50 rating5 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows
In this exploration-heavy 2D action game, use your demon sword to interfere with the past, create platforms, and shield yourself from danger to explore a dystopian cyberpunk world depicted in gorgeously animated pixel art.
81 rating1 list7 h main storyOften paired
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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Atari exclusive
Atari Corporation · Atari Jaguar, Atari Panther
The Crescent Galaxy has been attacked by an entity known as Odd-it. This creatures goal is to make everything odd, like it. You play Trevor McFur, a corporal in the Crescent Galaxy's chapter of the Interplanetary Defense squad and are sent
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
Star Fox is a video game for the Atari 2600 console, developed and published by Mythicon in 1983. Although the front cover of the game states "Game 1 in Star Fox Series," no sequels were ever made, which is most likely because it received n
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Nintendo exclusive
HAL Laboratory · NES
Air Fortress is a video game published in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in Japan in 1987 and later in North America in 1989. Only a total of 385 copies of the game were shipped to the United States in 1987, and it is
60 rating1 list
Vid Kidz · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +5
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
43 rating8 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
UPL · Arcade, Switch
Mutant Night is a shoot'em up game of the "run & gun" type : the players controls a walking character shooting at enemies while avoiding their attacks.[4] Unlike most run&gun games, Mutant Night has almost no platform part and the character
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Square · Family Computer Disk System, MSX
Aliens: Alien 2 is an arcade platformer (or run'n'gun if you like) featuring Ripley on a planet infested with aliens. Armed with only a basic gun at first, she faces facehuggers that come out of alien eggs. After having dispatched a face hu
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Sega console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn
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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UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1
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
3 lists
Nintendo console exclusiveIrem · Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST/STE +1
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
76 rating1 list
Timed Atari exclusive
Tose Co. · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +2
Vanguard is a shoot 'em up game which leads the player through five different zones to the City of Mystery where the creature Gond awaits him which he has to kill. The five zones run horizontally as well as vertically and are filled with di
49 rating5 lists
Apple II
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
1 list
Graeme Devine · ZX Spectrum
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
1 list
Atari console exclusive
Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows
Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble. Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a subset of them through branches, c
2 lists1 h main story
Jeff Minter · Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 +3
Gridrunner is a lot like Atari's arcade classic, Centipede.
1 list
FTL Games · Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
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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Sirius Software · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +1
A bidirectional, horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to Defender, written by Dan Thompson and Andrew Kaluzniacki and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
1 list
Sega exclusive
Syrox Developments · Sega Saturn
SCUD: The Disposable Assassin is a video game based on the Rob Schrab comic series of the same name.
1 list
Nintendo console exclusive
Factor 5 · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +6
Turrican II: The Final Fight is a platformer/shooter as typically seen on consoles, but designed for home computers from the ground up. Its plot is - naturally - very simple: an evil mega-robot called The Machine attacks the United Planets
90 rating4 lists
SNK · Arcade
Zarzon is a 1981 shoot 'em up arcade video game, inspired by gameplay from Space Invaders.
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3
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
3 lists
Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up designed by Steve Bak.
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Sega console exclusive
SCE Studio Liverpool · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga +5
Time is running out for the corporate mogul Tiron Korsby. A microscopic probe has been injected into his bloodstream by corporate rival Axiom Corporation. A probe that with every beat of his heart is cruising towards his brain to execute it
5 lists
Sega exclusive
Technosoft · Sega Genesis
Known as Thunder Force IV outside of North America. You must lead the battle against the evil Lohun Empire. Their computer system is poised to destroy your Galaxy Federation's defenses. Lead the attack on their heavily defended military pla
61 rating1 list
Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
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
Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision +2
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
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows
Drainus is a side-scrolling shooting game in which players take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
80 rating1 list2.5 h main story
Sega console exclusive
Data East · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +6
Midnight Resistance is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Data East for the arcades in 1989. The game was ported by Data East to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 and by Ocean Software to various home computer platforms during the
79 rating4 lists
NMK · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9
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
Sega exclusiveSega Saturn
SCUD: The Disposable Assassin is a video game based on the Rob Schrab comic series of the same name.
3 lists
NEC exclusiveInformation Global Service · TurboGrafx-16
Scramble Mode Zeta; A message to Cybernaut Squadron Calisto -- Priority Alpha-San 03... An intersystem intruder has been detected in quadrant FTU-770. Dronecraft sent to get a visual discovered an extremely large monolith, biomorphic in nat
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Mattel Electronics · Intellivision
Imagine a hunter, alone in Deep Space. You control his movements. He's armed with a "gas blaster." His prime target is the white Space Hawk. If a Hawk, deadly gas bubbles, comets or amoebas touch the hunter, he tumbles into infinity! There
58 rating1 list
Timed Sega exclusive
Core Design · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +6
The world's most renowned biogenetic scientist has been kidnapped and brainwashed into creating an army of bloodthirsty mutant warriors. Suddenly the fate of all mankind rests in the hands of his youngest son... and a top-secret mutating e
64 rating6 lists