Nintendo exclusive
Contra ReBirth
2009M2 · Wii
Contra ReBirth is the ReBirth series of Contra. It is the 12th installment of Contra.
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278 games like Iji · 1985 – 2025
Nintendo exclusive
M2 · Wii
Contra ReBirth is the ReBirth series of Contra. It is the 12th installment of Contra.
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Nintendo exclusive
WayForward Technologies · Legacy Mobile Device, Nintendo DS
The action franchise that started it all is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an all-new adventure on Nintendo DS! Set after the events of Contra III: Alien Wars, the game follows mercenaries Bill Rizer and Lance Bean as they battle to
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Konami · Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Arcade +12
Contra (also known as Gryzor in Oceania and Europe), is a 1987 run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987. The game had multiple ports, including for var
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Wargaming Seattle · Windows
A game filled with heavy combat action, fast-paced tactics and decision making, Space Siege is an all-new science fiction themed action-RPG being developed by Chris Taylor and his talented team at Gas Powered Games, the creators of Dungeon
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Rainbow Arts · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +11
Turrican is a 1990 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personal
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Crack dot Com · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Android +5
Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The game is marked for its unusual control scheme: The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The basic gameplay consists of fighting various enemies (m
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Image & Form · Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Switch +6
SteamWorld Dig 2 takes you on a platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames. When an old trading town is struck by mysterious earthquakes, it’s up to a lone steambot and her unlikely companion to uncover what trembling terrors l
86 rating8 lists7.5 h main storyOften paired


Android, PS3, PlayStation Portable +2
The title sums it up pretty well, but if you still need convincing: A 4-player co-op run-n-gun action shooter that throws you into a tidal wave of degenerate robots with an array of weaponry that would make any mama proud. A classic 2.5D si
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Ubisoft Annecy · Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +1
Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars game, set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Explore distinct planets across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as Kay Vess, an emerging scoundrel s
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Timed PlayStation exclusive
FuturLab · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +3
This critically acclaimed sequel to Velocity Ultra weaves together two classic game formats into one seamless adventure, featuring puzzle-platforming action alongside award-winning top-down shoot 'em-up gameplay!
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Rare Ltd. · Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy +4
Battletoads is the first game of the Battletoads series. The game is a platform scrolling beat 'em up, with varying elements of racing, climbing and vehicle-based obstacle courses. Players start with three lives each time the game is starte
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PlayStation exclusive
Konami · PS2, PS3
In A.D. 2642, Earth remains scarred from previous alien conflicts as environmental problems grow beyond humanity's control. 80% of the planet's population was completely devastated by a malfunctioning hyper-magnetic weapons grid during deve
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Capcom · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +7
Gun.Smoke is very similar to Commando, another Capcom game, but with several differences. Whereas Commando is a run and gun game, this game is a scrolling shooter in which the screen scrolls upward automatically and players only have three
69 rating6 lists
Nintendo exclusive
Game Freak · Game Boy Advance, Wii U
In the platformer Drill Dozer, you can take the roll of Jill, the daughter of a crime boss who is set on revenge. When a rival gang steals away her family's heirloom, Jill gives chase in her Drill Dozer, an upgradeable piece of power armor
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Timed Sega exclusive
Bioware · Dreamcast, PS2, Wii +1
Kurt Hectic in his snazzy suit with ribbon chute is back to save the universe. This time he is teamed with the genius Dr. Hawkins and the 6-legged gun-toting robotic dog, Max. Together they must out-sneak, out-blast and out-think their enem
84 rating4 lists9 h main story


Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +8
The time bomb is set. It's the only sure way to get rid of these aliens. For good. They're vile. Vicious. And villainous. And they've infested our outcolony. They're holding hundreds of inhabitants hostage. Some of them your friends. So get
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Fatshark · PS3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Capcom presents the next evolution in retro side-scrolling action with Bionic Commando Rearmed 2. Equipped with his famous bionic arm, Nathan 'Radd' Spencer swings back into action in order to stop General Sabio from launching a deadly miss
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Nintendo exclusive
Taxan · Game Boy, NES
In a remote corner of the galaxy, there lives a race of super-brains known as the Burai. For thousands of years, their vast mental capabilities have been focused upon one goal: the conquest of the universe! To accomplish this, they are crea
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Timed Xbox exclusive
Twisted Pixel Games · Switch, Windows, Xbox 360 +1
You got a problem? Yo, she’ll splode it. At the Big Science after-party celebrating the capture of Splosion Man, a spill of champagne shorts out the safety protocols on the splosionatrix and from it emerges Ms. Splosion Man. The latest crea
84 rating6 lists9 h main story


Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5
A.M.C.: Astro Marine Corps is a sideways scrolling shooter in which you control a member of the Astro Marine Corps who has to blast his way through the various alien infested levels. You have three lives and each life has an energy bar whi
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Interactive Binary Illusions · MS-DOS, Windows, macOS
Originally released as Halloween Harry, is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and SubZero Software, and distributed by Apogee Software. The game features 256-colour VGA graphics and background music in
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Sega console exclusive
Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis, Sharp X68000
The player takes the role of Chelnov, a coal miner who miraculously survives the malfunction and explosion of a nuclear power plant. Chelnov's body gains superhuman abilities due to the massive amount of radiation given off by the explosion
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Grin · PS3, PlayStation Portable, Windows +1
Capcom presents the next evolution in retro side-scrolling action with Bionic Commando Rearmed 2. Equipped with his famous bionic arm, Nathan 'Radd' Spencer swings back into action in order to stop General Sabio from launching a deadly miss
63 rating4 lists5 h main story


MS-DOS, Windows
Colony 28 is a science fiction-themed platform game developed for MS-DOS by Napoleon Games and published by JRC Interactive in 1997.
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Apogee Software · Linux, MS-DOS, Windows +1
Intelligence reports indicate that a man calling himself Dr. Mangle is responsible for the mutants and the destruction of Metro. You will have to battle your way through levels packed with evil mutants and robotic guards to finally infiltra
79 rating1 list6.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Minakuchi Engineering Co., Ltd. · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +5
For two years, your people have struggled against the relentless onslaught of invading forces. With your army reduced to a handful and your artillery depleted, further resistance seems impossible. But in a hidden underground laboratory, a
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Slipgate Ironworks · PS4, Windows, Xbox One
Follow Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison's, bomb technician turned mercenary for hire, quest for redemption as she fights through surreal alien worlds to rescue the President and save Earth using a growing array of special skills. With her own te
37 rating2 lists6 h main story
Nintendo exclusive
Capcom · NES
The player takes the role of Kenny Smith, an agent of the 98th Special Forces, also known as "Code Name: Viper", who is assigned by his commander, Director Jones, to investigate a large drug syndicate that covers all of South America. Smith
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Nintendo console exclusive
Apogee Software · Game Boy Color, MS-DOS, Windows +2
Duke Nukem is back. Captured by an alien foe in the middle of promoting his best-selling book, “Why I’m So Great”, Duke must once more defeat the forces of evil to save himself from the knowledge-stealing Rigelatins, and ultimately prove hi
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Dreamcast, PlayStation, Windows
Wicked Jester, a band of four, are headed for a Friday night gig at The Coventry, a rundown dive outside of town. They arrive only to find the parking lot deserted, the club seemingly dead. The band's members: Pablo Ramirez, Andy Chang, Gab
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PlayStation exclusive
Guerrilla Cambridge · PlayStation
It is an action shooter set in a futuristic dystopian city on Earth overthrown by aliens. The game has two modes - third person and first person. Most of the time the player sees the character in third person, however the player can also se
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Nintendo exclusive
Advance Communication · NES
Something was terribly wrong in the distant man-made Spondylus star system. One by one, the planets' central life-support computers had been infected with a life-threatening virus while the planets' surfaces had been overrun with computeriz
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Canari Games · Switch, PS4, PS5 +4
Lunark is a 2D cinematic platformer in the vein of '80s and '90s classics. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through mysterious alien ruins, a flying penitentiary, a high-tech megalopolis, and a majestic forest.
86 rating2 lists4.5 h main story
Nintendo exclusive
Thin Chen Enterprise · NES
Returning from three centuries of intergalactic missions, MCS-920 is surprised by an alien-infested planet. Whatever few lifeforms survived were driven underground or transformed into battling bionic mutants. You must escape the tentacles o
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Frozenbyte · Linux, Windows, macOS
Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.
75 rating1 list4 h main story
Xbox exclusive
Twisted Pixel Games · Xbox 360
Unlock Splosion Man, one of the most awesome games of all time. The full version of Splosion Man includes an unlockable premium dashboard theme, free gamerpics, and even avatar accessories! You’ve sploded the rest, now splode the best. Splo
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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 story
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
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Nintendo exclusive
Game Boy Color
To the kids at school, you're 8-year-old Billy Blaze. To alien enemies in the galaxy you're superhero Commander Keen and it's up to you to save the Earth from destruction. As you put on your brother's football helmet you'll blast away on yo
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WMS Industries · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +7
Moving from one room to the next within the studio/arena, players have to shoot down hordes of enemies as they advance from all sides, while at the same time collecting weapons, power-up items, and assorted bonus prizes until a final show d
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Windows
Having fought countless Robot Masters over the years, Mega Man is ready to lay back, relax and enjoy his 25th Anniversary. Getting wind of this, Ryu and his fellow Street Fighters want one last battle before they let their own anniversary f
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MS-DOS, Windows, macOS
The best fighters from around the universe battle in the ultimate tournament. Each win allows you to advance to the next round. Lose, and your homeworld is destroyed. Survival is your only option. Flest ripping, blood sucking, claw slashin
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PlayStation exclusive
PS4
Isometric shooter set in the fantasy/science-fiction, which is the spiritual successor of similar conceptually, Dead Nation. The player takes the role of a mercenary who fights against all the hordes of invading aliens. In addition, the Ali
75 rating3 lists
Nintendo exclusive
Thin Chen Enterprise · NES
A deadly alien force has taken control of all of the Earth's military forces. For some reason, the alien power is unable to control you, leaving you as the only one who can fight back. To be victorious you will need to battle both military
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Sega exclusive
Sega Genesis
The searing hiss of metal breaks the silence of dawn. As I step through the fleshy remains of my previous opponent, I realize the metal behemoth I am about to face is more fiercely equipped with deadly roto-bore proton rockets. I know I re
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Derek Yu · Windows
Eternal Daughter is a free action-adventure game inspired by Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
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Timed Sega exclusive
Delphine Software International · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Acorn Archimedes +15
Throughout the 20th century, an unprecedented political and economic crisis afflicted Earth, leading to the systematic disabling of it's programme to conquer outer space through lack of funding. The highest priority now was to carryout rese
59 rating14 lists6 h main story