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291 games like HyperZone · 1980 – 2020

  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 85Form.72World.25Curated.71Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Magical Company · Arcade, NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterActionThird person

    Sky Destroyer is a rail shooter video game in which the player controls a WWII Japanese monoplane. The pilot is required to destroy enemies to clear stages. It was released by Taito Corporation in 1985 for video arcades as well as for the F

    56 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 81Form.47World.50Curated.71Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Sega AM2 · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +9

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterActionScience fiction

    Run… fly… dodge those obstacles, but return fire on wave after wave of attacking aliens. Armed with a really big gun, you have to defend yourself against the alien hordes using your wits to navigate around the screen. But watch out for thos

    70 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 78Form.18World.32Curated.88Lists.00Science · Shooter · Often paired

    P.N.03

    2003

    Capcom · GameCube

    ScienceShooterBoss fightActionScience fiction

    A colonial settlement on a distant planet goes out-of-control after a Computer Arms Management System goes haywire. Enter Vanessa Schneider, a freelance mercenary and robot killer with a grudge to settle in this exhilarating action game. Bu

    70 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 77Form.56World.35Curated.59Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, PlayStation, Raiden II +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    Excellent sequel to the classic original "Raiden". As in the original, players control a fighter jet/spaceship through various levels while shooting down other planes and bombing tanks on the ground.

    77 rating1 list1 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 74Form.28World.25Curated.73Lists.00Science · Shooter · Often paired

    Capcom · Nintendo 3DS, PS3

    ActionScienceShooterScience fictionThird person

    An offshoot of the Lost Planet franchise, EX Troopers is an action game focused as much on character dynamics in a pilot school as it is on alien-blasting action.

    90 rating6 listsOften paired

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  • Why 73Form.50World.25Curated.57Lists.00Science · Shooter · Often paired

    The Assembly Line · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST +6

    ScienceShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fight

    No-one likes a and loser. And no-one comes more universally despised than Xenites. For a thousand years they have been plotting revenge for their humiliating defeat in the last Galactic Conflict. Now the very fabric of time is in danger. Th

    75 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 68Form.31World.31Curated.60Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Dreamcast

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    A prediction is that before human civilization, there was once an advanced civilization on Mars. A sorceress destroyed the civilization and everything that was remembered of it, except a chip called "INFINITY". In 2100, millions of people w

    1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 67Form.07World.25Curated.75Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    WayForward Technologies · Switch

    ShooterActionScience fictionThird personAction-adventure

    Prepare for a big dose of excitement delivered in a microscopic package with Vitamin Connection for Nintendo Switch! Developed by WayForward and published physically by Limited Run Games, this Switch-exclusive one- or two-player action titl

    85 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 65Form.64World.41Curated.30Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    A horizontal shoot 'em up that casts you as a baby dragon out to free a princess from the clutches of an evil....well, you get the idea. Gameplay is traditional, with power-up weapons that include multi-way shot and 'miniature' mode and a s

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  • Why 63Form.50World.58Curated.32Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    The Vision Factory · CD-i, Philips CD-i

    ActionShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fight

    Alien Gate is a fixed shooter. Each stage consists of the player's ship facing off against a giant head that spawns several smaller enemies. Once all the required enemies are defeated, the player must defeat the head as a boss. The backgrou

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 63Form.11World.25Curated.66Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    Sandlot · Nintendo Switch 2, PS4, Windows

    ActionShooterScience fictionThird personStrategy

    Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and resto

    69 rating7 lists30 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 60Form.55World.25Curated.32Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Loaded

    1996

    Gremlin Interactive · PlayStation, Sega Saturn

    ActionScienceShoot 'em upShooterHigh score

    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 console exclusiveWhy 57Form.45World.49Curated.29Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    Humans and aliens are living in harmony in the future, until a tabloid journalist stirs up hatred towards aliens. They respond by invading the planet, and it's down to the protagonist to clear up a situation scarily similar to reality in th

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 56Form.76World.25Curated.11Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    SCE Studio Liverpool · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga +5

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterBoss fightAction

    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

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 54Form.44World.25Curated.30Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Namco Tales Studio · Sega Genesis, Sharp X68000

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Granada is a free-roaming scrolling shooter. You control the titular maneuver cepter Granada as you make your way through each stage, destroying the enemy's weapons. You have a map that tells you where your targets are on the stage, and onc

    51 rating1 list

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 54Form.46World.25Curated.29Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Toaplan · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterBoss fightAction

    "Grind Stormer" is a 1993 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Toaplan in Japan and North America. It is considered to be the spiritual successor to Slap Fight. Based around a video game withi

    59 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.50World.44Curated.20Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightActionScience fiction

    The player is set in control of The Garland TFF-01, a sub-standard space fighter ship that is only armed with a semi-auto or rapid fire laser gun known as the Beam Vulcan and the Tranquilander. Some enemy units can be captured and used in p

    60 rating1 list

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 52Form.29World.25Curated.36Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Memorable Games · Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PS4 +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionThird person

    An old school shoot'em up with a modern twist. Futuridium EP offers fast paced, non stop, hard as hell action, with an original 45 minutes soundtrack and colourful, glitchy graphic.

    52 rating5 lists5.5 h main story

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 52Form.43World.25Curated.26Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, MSX

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreScience fictionShmup

    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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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 51Form.77World.37Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Genki · SNES

    ActionScienceShooterRail shooterShoot 'em up

    Players progress through the game as a robot racing through a pipe, shooting everything that moves. The robot can shoot from both arms, jump, kick and punch. There are also power-ups and bonuses that can be collected to upgrade the robot's

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 51Form.41World.25Curated.27Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Polyphony Digital · PlayStation

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterRail shooterAction

    A 3D shoot 'em up by the makers of Gran Turismo and Panzer Dragoon Zwei

    80 rating2 lists

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 50Form.67World.58Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    TurboGrafx-16

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Evil forces have kidnapped the leader of the Burning Project! It's up to the Burning Angels to rescue her! And so starts another vertically scrolling shooter on the PC Engine. There are no surprises in the gameplay here - choose one of two

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 50Form.79World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Playlogic Entertainment · PS2, PlayStation Portable, Windows

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterActionScience fiction

    The player takes the role of Drake, an executioner who has to blast his way through a myriad of tunnels populated with the worst enemies ever imaginable at incredible velocities in order to escort the dreadful witch Aguira to the Maelstrom.

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 49Form.54World.42Curated.11Lists.00Science · Shooter

    PS3, PS4, PlayStation VR +2

    ScienceShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Hyper Void is a single-player 3rd-person space-shooter in which -unlike any previous space shooters- action takes place not just in outer-space, but right inside interstellar wormholes!

    69 rating4 lists5.5 h main story

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  • Why 48Form.63World.59Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Bally Astrocade, Linux, Windows

    ScienceShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Astro Battle is a science fiction multidirectional shooter developed and published by American studio Lava Lord Games for Microsoft Windows and Linux. The gameplay focuses on players designing star fighters to fight against other players' s

    2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 48Form.38World.44Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Atlus · Arcade, SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upBoss fightActionScience fiction

    The player is set in control of The Garland TFF-01, a sub-standard space fighter ship that is only armed with a semi-auto or rapid fire laser gun known as the Beam Vulcan and the Tranquilander. Some enemy units can be captured and used in p

    60 rating1 list

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 48Form.42World.25Curated.22Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightScience fictionTank

    Vapor Trail is a shoot-'em-up that features 2 players controlling the jet fighters simultaneously for battle across numerous levels.

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  • Why 48Form.54World.25Curated.13Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Xenon

    1988

    The Bitmap Brothers · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fight

    Xenon is a 1988 vertical scrolling shooter computer game, developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Melbourne House which was then owned by Mastertronic. Xenon was followed in 1989 by Xenon 2: Megablast. The player assumes the role

    75 rating3 lists

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  • Why 47Form.60World.13Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Success · Switch, PS4, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterActionThird person

    Panorama Cotton is a pseudo-3D scrolling shooter reminiscent of Space Harrier, set in an anime-style fantasy world. Various levels scroll "into the screen", vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. It is widely considered one of the best te

    3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 47Form.32World.44Curated.22Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Eidos Interactive · SNES

    ScienceShooterHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    On the reptilian planet of Tirmat, scientists have discovered a rift in space and plan to use it to transport the planet's inhabitants before the planet is extinguished by sending their elite army through the rift and invade their closest n

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 46Form.38World.34Curated.20Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Arrow Flash is a side-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a female spaceship pilot who is sent on a mission into deep space to save the Earth from an assault by an evil dragon from another galaxy. Moving vertically or horizontally,

    50 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 46Form.26World.25Curated.29Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Switch

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Cybattler is a up-scrolling shoot 'em up game where you take control of the mecha CYX-0017 BLANCHE that can shoot and slash with its plasma sword in all direction in a space themed environment. As you make progress you have to fight of vari

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  • Why 46Form.40World.74Curated.09Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightActionScience 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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 46Form.37World.31Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Dreamcast

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    A prediction is that before human civilization, there was once an advanced civilization on Mars. A sorceress destroyed the civilization and everything that was remembered of it, except a chip called "INFINITY". In 2100, millions of people w

    1 list

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  • Why 46Form.57World.63Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionThird person

    With a spaceship, the player shoots several kind of robotic enemies and spaceships. At the end of every stage (except for the first one), the player meets a huge enemy spaceship as the stage's boss. Player's spaceship is equipped with a lim

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 46Form.69World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Core Design · Sega CD

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterRail shooterAction

    Soulstar for the Sega CD/Mega CD is a 3D shoot-'em up that combines several different types of gameplay into one game. Some levels in this game are on a fixed path, similar to Space Harrier or Star Fox. Other levels allow your space craft t

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 46Form.31World.25Curated.26Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Compile · MSX, TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreScience fictionShmup

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

    1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 45Form.45World.25Curated.14Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Abadox

    1988

    Winning Entertainment Group · NES

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterBoss fightScience fiction

    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 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 45Form.20World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    SETA Corporation · Nintendo 64

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionThird person

    ACES NEEDED! Join an elite group of international chopper pilots with one objective... hunt down and destroy a renegade terrorist group bent on world domination! Engage and destroy the enemy in 8 different intense missions. Blow up strategi

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 45Form.52World.69Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Argonaut Games · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, CD-i +4

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterRail shooterAction

    The earth is overpopulated and mankind must find a second home. The spaceship Amazon is sent to investigate Saturn and Jupiter for possible colonization. Near the end of its mission, all contact is lost with the ship except for a distress b

    45 rating7 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.49World.25Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    Battle Wings, known in Japan either as B-Wing (ビー・ウィング) or B-Wings (ビー・ウィングズ), is a vertically scrolling shooter first released as an arcade game by Data East in 1984. The game was ported by Data East to the Family Computer in 1986, and was

    70 rating1 list

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  • Why 44Form.49World.25Curated.10Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +2

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterBoss fightAction

    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

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 44Form.65World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Sega Genesis

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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 exclusiveWhy 44Form.07World.25Curated.39Lists.00Shooter

    Nintendo 3DS

    ShooterActionScience fictionThird personThird-person shooter

    An original third person shooter for the 3DS eShop from VD-Dev, developers behind open world title C.O.P.: The Recruit on the DS.

    58 rating2 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 44Form.54World.25Curated.08Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Konami · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega CD +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterHigh scoreBoss fight

    Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters is a 1994 arcade and prequel to the original Lethal Enforcers. In contrast with the first game's modern law enforcement theme, Lethal Enforcers II takes place in the American Old West.

    80 rating1 list

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  • Why 44Form.44World.92Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up · Described alike

    Keen Software House · Windows, macOS

    ScienceShoot 'em upActionScience fictionArcade

    It is the year 2090. Our Solar System is in the aftermath of a total political breakdown. Humanity is fighting over resources in asteroids.Gameplay Take control of a mining spaceship, hack your way through asteroids, and crush your enemies

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  • Why 44Form.32World.25Curated.22Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade, Zilog Z80

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    Radar Scope is a 1980 fixed shooter arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D2 and published by Nintendo. The player assumes the role of the Sonic Spaceport starship and must wipe out formations of an enemy race known as the Gamma Raiders befor

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.55World.53Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Irem · SNES, Wii

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcade

    In this SNES sequel to the arcade R-Type shooters, you are the R-9, Earth's most advanced form of defense against the evil BYDO Empire. There are seven stages you must go through, picking up power-up items to defeat the stage bosses which h

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