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304 games like Jump Bug · 1982 – 2025

  • Why 68Form.20World.25Curated.69Lists.00Platformer · Shooter · Often paired

    Rainbow Arts · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +8

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingHigh scoreAction

    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 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 67Form.23World.25Curated.64Lists.00Platformer · Shooter · Often paired

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    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 exclusiveWhy 66Form.23World.25Curated.62Lists.00Platformer · Racing · Often paired

    Tatsunoko Production · Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    PlatformerRacingShooterActionScience fiction

    They're at it again. The dreaded Norsa Empire is back... and stronger than ever before. This time they won't make any mistakes. Others have tried to stop them and all have failed. The evil Baron Ricks knows you are coming. And it's a trap!

    69 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 64Form.32World.25Curated.54Lists.00Shooter · High score · Often paired

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

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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 63Form.26World.25Curated.55Lists.00Shooter · High score · Often paired

    Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Dreamcast

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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 console exclusiveWhy 60Form.15World.25Curated.58Lists.00Platformer · Side-scrolling · Often paired

    Switch, Windows

    PlatformerSide-scrollingActionScience fictionSide view

    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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 60Form.11World.25Curated.61Lists.00Platformer · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Amiga, Arcade, MS-DOS +2

    PlatformerShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    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

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 54Form.50World.44Curated.21Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Hudson Soft · NES

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingHigh scoreVertical scrolling

    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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  • Why 53Form.07World.25Curated.53Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    ShooterActionScience fictionFirst-person shooterFirst person

    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

    70 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 51Form.14World.47Curated.41Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Origin Systems · SNES

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    Metal Morph is a side-scrolling platformer. As the Metal Morph, you can jump, duck and shoot, as well as transform into an invulnerable liquid blob of metal. While as a blob, you can also travel through pipes to get to areas you couldn't no

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  • Why 50Form.23World.93Curated.24Lists.00Shooter · Vertical scrolling · Described alike

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +3

    ShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionShoot 'em upTime limit

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with a land-based vehicle. Players need to take down enemies while avoiding pits and the walls of the course, though they are also capable of leaping over obstacles.

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 50Form.33World.39Curated.27Lists.00Shooter · High score

    Compile · MSX, TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingScience fictionShoot 'em up

    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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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 49Form.32World.39Curated.27Lists.00Shooter · High score

    TurboGrafx-16, MSX

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingScience fictionShoot 'em up

    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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  • Why 48Form.29World.25Curated.30Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Handheld Games · Legacy Mobile Device, Sony Pictures mobile

    ShooterPlatformerActionScience fictionSide view

    Ratchet and Clank are transported into a cell phone via the "MCGuFIN" and have to fight their way back out.

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  • Why 47Form.21World.46Curated.30Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    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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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 47Form.31World.57Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · Side-scrolling

    TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterSide-scrollingHigh scoreActionSide view

    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

    1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.38World.38Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · High score

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.23World.25Curated.33Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Factor 5 · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +6

    ShooterPlatformerSide-scrollingHigh scoreAction

    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

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  • Why 47Form.10World.33Curated.41Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Konami · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +14

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingActionMaze

    Tutankham is a combination of the maze, action and shoot 'em up genres. Taking on the role of an explorer grave robbing Tutankhamun's tomb, the player is chased by creatures such as asps, vultures, parrots, bats, dragons, and even curses, a

    59 rating6 lists

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  • Why 46Form.30World.36Curated.24Lists.00Racing · Shooter

    Linel · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    RacingShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    A fast based vertical scrolling shooter written by John Phillips, the man behind Nebulus (also known as Tower Toppler).

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 46Form.16World.25Curated.35Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Raising Hell · Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Sega Genesis

    ShooterPlatformerSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    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

    71 rating1 list

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 45Form.15World.25Curated.36Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis, Sharp X68000

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    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

    71 rating1 list

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  • Why 45Form.17World.25Curated.33Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Terminal Reality · GameCube, PS2, PS3 +3

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    As Major John "Dutch" Cane, you'll lead an elite platoon of mercenary commandos, outfitted with the most deadly experimental weaponry, into the pit of evil. It's your job to rid the world of mutated beasts and alien insects through 10 level

    45 rating5 lists4 h main story

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 45Form.15World.25Curated.35Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Bizarre Creations · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ActionPlatformerShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    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

    71 rating1 list

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 45Form.29World.25Curated.25Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Factor 5 · Sega Genesis, Wii

    ShooterPlatformerActionScience fictionSide view

    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.

    73 rating2 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 45Form.16World.25Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Wild 9

    1998

    Shiny Entertainment · PlayStation

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    Wild 9 is a 2D platformer with 3D graphics, featuring gameplay similar in vein to the company's Earthworm Jim games. Unique to the game is the The Rig, a weapon the protagonist wields. The Rig functions like an electronic lasso, capable of

    68 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.13World.25Curated.35Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Layla

    1986

    dB-SOFT · NES

    PlatformerShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Teenage special forces operative Layla must rescue her girlfriend Iris from Dr. Manitoka, while exploring asteroids.

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  • Why 44Form.29World.25Curated.24Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Handheld Games · Legacy Mobile Device, Mobile, Sony Pictures mobile

    PlatformerShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Ratchet and Clank are transported into a cell phone via the "MCGuFIN" and have to fight their way back out.

    1 list

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  • Why 44Form.19World.61Curated.24Lists.00Racing · Shooter

    Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST +4

    ActionRacingShooterScience fictionThird person

    A 1-on-1 3-D shoot-em'-up in which one or two players drive battlespheres (futuristic tanks) up an infinitely long road and destroy oncoming hazards. The action is very simplistic and there's little to do other than dodge or blast approachi

    2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.11World.25Curated.35Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Codemasters · NES

    ActionPlatformerShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Too hot to handle? Or can you take up the challenge? Equipped with a dazzling range of weapons and skills, travel through scores of different action scenes, battling against the hottest, meanest, mechanized maniacs ever dreamed up! Rescue t

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 44Form.24World.42Curated.24Lists.00Shooter · Vertical scrolling

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    ShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionShoot 'em upTank

    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 43Form.37World.43Curated.13Lists.00Shooter · Vertical scrolling

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fictionSide view

    Cybernoid II: The Revenge is a challenging flip-screen shoot 'em up that builds upon its predecessor. Players pilot the advanced Cybernoid craft on a mission to recover stolen cargo from pirate ships. The game features a diverse arsenal of

    75 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 43Form.25World.25Curated.25Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Sun L · SNES

    ShooterPlatformerActionScience fiction

    The Great Battle IV is the fourth entry in Banpresto's Compati Hero series for the Super Famicom. The game is a crossover action game title involving the characters from Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Mobile Suit Gundam franchise respectively.

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  • Why 43Form.23World.38Curated.24Lists.00Shooter · Side-scrolling

    X-Out

    1989

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ShooterSide-scrollingHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    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

    4 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 42Form.23World.43Curated.21Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Square · Famicom Disk System, Family Computer Disk System, NES

    PlatformerShooterEndless runnerActionScience fiction

    The battle of a lifetime comes alive in 3-D! The wildest of the space cowboys is out looking for adventure. Now he's got it and he needs your help. A strange world terrorized by Grax, the Alien Serpentbeast, has asked you, Worldrunner, for

    68 rating2 lists

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 42Form.33World.25Curated.19Lists.00Shooter · Vertical scrolling

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD

    ShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fictionShoot 'em up

    You swore bloody vengeance when ZOD blew your satellite crew to shreds. Now it's payback time! Your New Age Power Suits turn each member of your elite force into a walking arsenal of destruction, each with it's own awesome fighting power. B

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 42Form.14World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shooter · High score

    Namco Tales Studio · Sega Genesis, Sharp X68000

    ShooterHigh scoreScience fictionShoot 'em upTank

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 42Form.39World.36Curated.11Lists.00Shooter · Vertical scrolling

    Scion

    1984

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, MSX, Nintendo Switch 2

    ShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fictionArcade

    Scion is a vertical scrolling shooter. Players have to shoot the alien space ships while destroying the ground structures. In order to continue on to the next scene, the ground structures need to be completely destroyed

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  • Why 42Form.12World.34Curated.30Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Gremlin Interactive · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ActionPlatformerShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    A platformer-shooter similar to Metal Storm. A specially-designed robotic beetle is sent to take down the legions of rogue AI insects meant to terraform a post-apocalyptic world.

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  • Why 41Form.10World.25Curated.31Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Abuse

    1996

    Crack dot Com · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Android +5

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    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

    79 rating4 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 41Form.23World.28Curated.22Lists.00Shooter · High score

    Hudson Soft · NES

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingActionTop-down shooter

    Adventures of Dino Riki is an overhead shooter created by Hudson Soft, similar to games like 1943: The Battle of Midway, where the object is to dodge on-screen enemies. Dino Riki can jump or shoot weapons (rocks, axes, boomerangs, and torch

    58 rating1 list

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 41Form.20World.25Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · High score

    CAVE · Arcade, Switch, Xbox 360

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Cave in 2012. It's the sixth chapter in CAVE's DonPachi series. A Japanese region-free release was released on May 30, 2013.

    2 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 41Form.08World.25Curated.33Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    SNES, Sega Genesis

    ActionPlatformerShooterScience fictionSide view

    Based on the popular role-playing and card game, Doom Troopers casts you as a fearless commando who's been commissioned to save the world from an invading force of mutants. Play as either Mitch Hunter or Max Steiner as you embark on the mos

    50 rating2 lists

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  • Why 41Form.06World.25Curated.35Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Atari Games · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    PlatformerShooterActionScience fictionRobots

    Based on the arcade game, in Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters you are sent in on a rescue mission to Planet X. This planet has been taken over by robots and you must find and evacuate the remaining humans. It's a shooter simila

    72 rating5 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 41Form.15World.25Curated.29Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Irem · Arcade, SNES

    ActionPlatformerShooterHigh scoreScience fiction

    GunForce: Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island or simply titled as GunForce, is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Irem for the arcades in 1991. The game was later ported by Bits Studios and published by Irem to the Super Famic

    65 rating1 list

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 41Form.26World.25Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · High score

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    Power Strike II is a top-down vertical shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile. It was published by Sega in 1993, only released in Europe and Brazil. This game moves from the setting of previous games to a steampunk version of the 193

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 41Form.17World.25Curated.27Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Syrox Developments · Sega Saturn

    ShooterPlatformerSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    SCUD: The Disposable Assassin is a video game based on the Rob Schrab comic series of the same name.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 41Form.34World.49Curated.10Lists.00Shooter · High score

    Namco Limited · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ShooterHigh scoreVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    The gameplay is very much like that of the original Xevious except this time it is a little more difficult. Several new enemies have also been introduced (including a silver Galaxian flagship, a rare silver Galaga "scorpion" ship, two jet p

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