

Halley's Comet
1986Taito · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, Game Gear +1
A space-shooter. Protect the earth from falling comets and asteroids.
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Steer by what it is tap once for more of it, twice for none of it
408 games like Katakis · 1980 – 1989


Taito · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, Game Gear +1
A space-shooter. Protect the earth from falling comets and asteroids.
3 listsOften paired


BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64 +2
In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
1 listOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit
The thousand galaxies quake at the news: the Cryptic Computer, the galactic defense synthesizer which has maintained peace for the five centuries since the Wars on Zevon, has malfunctioned! Four Failsafe Detonators inside the Computer will
65 rating1 listOften paired


A&F Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
My Great-Great-Grandfather was a Battle of Britain pilot, or so my father told me when I explained to him that I wanted to join the Intergalactic Agricultural Research Establishment. "Let's hope that some of his flying skills are still pr
2 listsOften paired


SCE Studio Liverpool · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5
It's been a long watch... as the sun disappears over the horizon, the uninviting grey bleakness of Colian becomes apparent. Following the intense heat of the day, the onset of night adds the bitterness of sub-zero temperatures to an already
2 listsOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari Lynx
Turbo Sub released in 1985 as an arcade shooter game by Entertainment Sciences. Then later in 1991 for the Atari Lynx. The arcade version was a one player game set in the future where you control a submersible ship against a horde of aliens
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Aquatron is a side-scrolling shooter in which the player controls a spaceship over a planet completely covered with water. Unfortunately the planet is under attack and in each level, the player has to kill the steadily increasing opposition
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Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
A fanatical sect has changed mankind's future by summoning a previously extinct primeval entity in our past. You, a sole survivor of the once elite 'time corps' have been chosen by the federation of law and order to combat the entity in thr
1 listOften paired


Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade, Zilog Z80
Space Firebird is a 1980 arcade game published by Gremlin Industries, Inc. It is a "slide and shoot" shooter, similar to titles such as Galaga.
1 listOften paired


Accolade · Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.
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NEC exclusive
NEC · TurboGrafx-16
Deep Blue is a 1989 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Hi-Score Media Work and published by Pack-In-Video for the TurboGrafx-16. The player controls a submersible fighter shaped as a freshwater angelfish that must fight
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Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit
K-Razy Shoot-Out is a clone of the arcade game Berzerk developed by K-Byte, a division of Kay Enterprises, and released for the Atari 8-bit family in 1981. The game was written by Torre Meeder and Dr. Keith Dreyer. An Atari 5200 version fol
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Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3
This is a pure arcade game- a fast action packed journey through six very different worlds where lightning fast reflexes and furious fire button action are your only hope of survival. Your mission orders are simple, you must destroy the pl
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Timed NEC exclusive
Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +5
It is your mission, 'Mr. Heli' our hero, to unmask 'The Muddy' who is hiding deep underground and rescue the planet. Clear all the zones including floating green islands, moving rock beds, mysterious underground temples, and much more! The
5 listsOften paired


ASCII Corporation · Atari 2600, NES
Pilot Star Voyager through treacherous space. As you look out from the Command Bridge, stars rush past. Penetrate the seven star portals and save the Capital Starport. Destroy enemy ships with photon torpedoes or lasers, or evade them to ma
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Atari exclusive
Imagic · Atari 2600
Pilot Star Voyager through treacherous space. As you look out from the Command Bridge, stars rush past. Penetrate the seven star portals and save the Capital Starport. Destroy enemy ships with photon torpedoes or lasers, or evade them to ma
1 listOften paired


Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1
Steel is a science fiction shoot 'em up originally designed by Gari Biasillo for the Commodore 64, and later ported to 16-bit machines.
1 listOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Midway Games · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +1
Run over or shoot "Fuzors" while ships on each of the four sides of the screen travel back and forth or up and down trying to shoot you.
74 rating2 listsOften paired


Arcade, MSX
A shooter where fleets of ships fly in from either of the screen and loop around in formation. The player may move around the screen in any direction.
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Atari console exclusive
Cheshire Engineering · Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +6
A web of iridescent blue beams engulfs Earth-Space. You stand watching. Mesmerized at first, you now realize the beams support weapons, frightening creations in different forms. Will you just watch or will you take action? Action??!! Then r
59 rating7 listsOften paired


ZX Spectrum
Denizen is an action computer game published by Players Software in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum.
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Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari ST +2
Plutos is a long lost unreleased prototype developed by Tynesoft for the Atari 7800, and appears to be a loose port of the ST/Amiga game of the same name. The existence of Plutos has been known for some time, as a physical prototype has bee
2 listsOften paired


Nintendo R&D1 · Arcade
Space Firebird is a 1980 arcade game published by Gremlin Industries, Inc. It is a "slide and shoot" shooter, similar to titles such as Galaga.
1 listOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Atari · Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS +3
Star Raiders II is a video game released in 1986 for the Atari 8-bit home computers, and later several other home computers and game consoles. The game was originally developed as part of a tie-in with the movie The Last Starfighter, which
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Arcade, Coleco Adam, ColecoVision
SubRoc 3-D is a shooter, where you look through a periscope and shoot at both sea and air-targets. The arcade version features 3-D effects.
4 listsOften paired
Sega console exclusive
Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III
Thwart an underground invasion with your transforming weaponry. The ground is scarred by craters, a reminder of the recent Dalaus invasion. And continuous acid rains give the sky an eerie irridescence. You are the only Transbot pilot left f
50 rating2 listsOften paired


Electronic Arts · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +2
Tempest clone
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Atari console exclusive
Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit
An excellent arcade-style shooter, Caverns of Mars is a downward-scrolling game where players must pilot their craft through a series of five underground levels filled with alien ships, narrow passageways and a variety of obstacles, includi
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Atari console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600
Here, you control a ship through a human's body while shooting viruses. It was licensed by Fox Video Games, as it is based on the 20th Century Fox film, Fantastic Voyage.
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
Great Escape is a multidirectional shooter published for the Atari 2600 in 1983. It was produced by Bomb, a line of video games from developer Onbase Co. based out of Asia. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with reviewers
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ZX Spectrum
Jason's Gem is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum. It was published in 1985 by Mastertronic and written by Simon White. The hero Jason must make his way through a series of caves in search of the legendary gem of the title. The game begins
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +3
In this game, you must guide your spaceship around while picking up hostages located on the surface, and bring them to safety. Your task becomes difficult by lunar leepers who leap up and try to grab you or the hostages that are picked up b
64 rating2 listsOften paired
Atari exclusive
Starpath · Atari 2600
Defeat the Dracon Armada in challenging, realistic battle action. Featuring a real-time clock, energy indicator, Alien proximity indicator, torpedo status indicator, combat-range scanner, torpedo target-lock, Dracon fighter ships, shield st
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Atari console exclusive
Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600 +9
The aim of this shooter game is to pilot a spacecraft which must pick up a pod using a tractor beam and fly it into space. The ship and pod are subject to gravity and inertia, and being connected by a stiff rod, they can end up spinning aro
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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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Sega console exclusive
Sega Enterprises, Inc. · Arcade, MSX, SG-1000
Zoom 909 is an arcade game developed by Sega for VCO Object arcade hardware. It was released worldwide in 1982, however after obtaining a license for Buck Rogers, western versions of the game became known as Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom. Bot
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Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer, ZX Spectrum
3D Space Wars is an action game for both the ZX Spectrum and the Dragon 32/64
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Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +6
In this arcade shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during 6 levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien. Sitting in Ajax H.Q., you must pilot the remote controlled drone ship to do this. The drone represents j
68 rating2 listsOften paired




Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3
In this arcade shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during 6 levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien. Sitting in Ajax H.Q., you must pilot the remote controlled drone ship to do this. The drone represents j
68 rating1 listOften paired


Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Tile-based horizontally scrolling shooter.
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UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4
Ark Area is a scrolling futuristic shoot 'em up arcade game released by UPL in 1987 in Japan only. You control a spacecraft and shoot enemies, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance up to 23 levels. It is the sequel to the video ar
2 listsOften paired
Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
A mothership drops aliens, up to three on screen at a time. There are ten per level. You must shoot them but avoid the items they fire at you. You fire by pushing up on the joystick. Pushing left or right makes you go left or right. If you
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Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1
Bakutotsu Kijuutei, also known by its longer title as Bakutotsu Kijuutei: Baraduke II, is a scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan. As in the original game, the players again take control of Takky (Pl
2 listsOften paired


ZX Spectrum
Side scrolling space shooter for the ZX Spectrum. Sequel to Sidewize
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Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4
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 listsOften paired


Odin Computer Graphics · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
Sidewize is a horizontally scrolling shooter released by Firebird in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. It was followed by a sequel, Crosswize.
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
Spider Fighter is a Space Invaders style game. It is your mission to prevent space spiders from stealing your food reserves which are located on the top right of the screen. The spiders hatch from cocoons which are dropped from the top left
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