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412 games like Krypton Egg · 1976 – 2023

  • Why 76Form.35World.62Curated.66Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Atari, Inc. · AY-3-8606, Apple II, Arcade +15

    ActionArcadeBlock-breakingScience fictionSide view

    The objective of the game is to destroy a multilayered wall of bricks at the top the screen. Upon hitting the bricks with a ball which bounces off of a paddle at the bottom of the screen the bricks are destroyed. If the player misses the ba

    73 rating17 listsOften paired

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  • Why 63Form.95World.69Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Breakout/arkanoid clone

    Gremlin Interactive · Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 64 +4

    ArcadeBreakout/arkanoid cloneBlock-breakingActionSide view

    Arkanoid-style Breakout clone, which unlike most other similar games has the bat on the side of the screen (there is a left/right option) instead of at the bottom. There are a number of types of special bricks, but unlike e.g. Arkanoid, th

    90 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 62Form.83World1.00Curated.00Lists.00Action · Breakout/arkanoid clone · Described alike

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

    ActionBreakout/arkanoid cloneBlock-breakingPuzzleBlock puzzle

    Crackout is a video game that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Konami in 1991. It is based upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s. The object of the game is to clear levels by either destroying all bricks or defeating

    2 listsDescribed alike

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 61Form.26World.36Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Block-breaking · Often paired

    Taito · Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Arcade +11

    ArcadeBlock-breakingActionScience fictionBreakout clone

    Arkanoid is an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It expanded upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s by adding power-ups, different types of bricks, and a variety of level layouts. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which

    80 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 61Form.18World.73Curated.47Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Use Corporation · NES

    ActionArcadeScience fictionSide viewNever re-released

    Players get to dig up dirt beneath the surface, find keys behind four doors, and then find the door to the next level. The most obvious game to compare it to is Dig Dug, but without the boulders and with various devices like teleporting doo

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 61Form.15World.35Curated.58Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    CommaVid · Atari 2600

    ActionArcadeScience fictionMazeStrategy

    You are a robot - the last "survivor" in the mines of Minos. In order to still win against the overwhelming enemy you must collect robot spare parts to build yourself a small army. In order to achieve this you rummage through the maze-like

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.05World.25Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Atari · Arcade, macOS

    ArcadeActionScience fictionGame of skillHigh score

    Enter a subatomic world. Using the trackball, capture particles by circling them with your probes tail.

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 58Form.09World.29Curated.58Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Gottlieb · Arcade, Atari 2600

    ActionArcadeScience fictionGravityAbstract

    Your space ship is wihtin a nuclear reactor. At the center is the core whose walls are deadly for you if you touch them. Over time, the core starts to melt down and in the process starts to expand which leaves you less space to navigate. Yo

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 58Form.19World.25Curated.52Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Krome Studios Melbourne · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ActionArcadeScience fictionSide viewAdvergame

    Originally a generic Rampage clone, Beam Software struck a deal with confectionary giant Leaf UK to incorporate their Chewits mascot known as 'The Muncher' into the game. While the mascot's promotional images and brand name were used, the g

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 57Form.10World.25Curated.58Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Radical Entertainment · PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows

    ActionArcadeShooterFuturistic3d platformer

    Grid Runner is a futuristic version of "tag." On offense, your objective is to capture the flags around the levels without being tagged or killed. On defense, your main objective is to tag the other player (either the computer or a friend i

    60 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 57Form.08World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64 +2

    ArcadeActionScience fictionFirst-person shooterSimulation

    In Stellar 7, a remake of the 1983 game, you drive the Raven, the most advanced Terran fighting vehicle. You are up against Gir Draxon and his evil Arcturan army. You will go from star system to star system, fighting his forces. When the en

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 56Form.32World.25Curated.41Lists.00Action · Arcade

    BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64 +2

    ActionArcadeScience fictionSide viewShooter

    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.

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  • Why 56Form.06World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    ReadySoft Incorporated · Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS

    ArcadeActionShooterEspionageCartoon graphics

    An interactive movie like Dragon's Lair, you control a British spy who must stop the fascist Von Max.

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 56Form.07World.26Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Magnavox Odyssey 2, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000

    ArcadeActionScience fictionRobotsBees

    The Beebots from the insect civilization of BEM are invading the Earth, protected by swarms of Killer Bees, and it's up to a swarm of white bees to stop them. The player control the white bees swarm, trying to kill the Beebots by flying ov

    1 listOften paired

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 56Form.15World.25Curated.52Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Rocket Science Games · MS-DOS, Sega CD

    ActionArcadeScience fictionScienceRail shooter

    Loadstar is a rail-shooter concerned with shooting enemies while navigating your ship, much like Sewer Shark. You're actually on rails in this game, as you travel in a truck/train called Loadstar along a magnetic rail network covering the m

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 56Form.04World.30Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Snipes

    1983

    Drew Major · Android, Linux, MS-DOS

    ArcadeActionShoot 'em upShooterText adventure

    Snipes is an arcade style action game. You are in a large maze along with a number of generators. The generators create the enemy Snipes, and to win the game you need to shoot all of the generators and all of the Snipes they create. The gam

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 55Form.12World.32Curated.52Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Quicksilva · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ActionArcadeScience fictionAntsGiant insects

    An ant attack where players must rescue their partner from giant ants.

    80 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 55Form.04World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    ATF

    1988

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeActionScience fictionShoot 'em upShooter

    The display is a third-person view showing the player's ATF, which remains stationary on screen as the scenery scrolls past it, which takes up most of the screen. A head-up display is superimposed on the main screen; this shows engine thrus

    77 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 55Form.22World.58Curated.39Lists.00Arcade

    Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewShooter

    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

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  • Why 55Form.05World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Windows +1

    ArcadeActionScience fictionShooterModern warfare

    The display is a third-person view showing the player's ATF, which remains stationary on screen as the scenery scrolls past it, which takes up most of the screen. A head-up display is superimposed on the main screen; this shows engine thrus

    77 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 55Form.29World.25Curated.41Lists.00Action · Arcade

    ZX Spectrum

    ActionArcadeScience fictionSide viewPlatformer

    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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  • Why 55Form.21World.25Curated.47Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Manfred Trenz · Amiga, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX

    ActionArcadeScience fictionSide viewScience

    Throughout time, man has been a victim of his own intelligence and his insatiable thirst for knowledge. The Planet Katakis is a horrifying example. Scientists created Machines which became so sophisticated that they longer depended on man

    75 rating2 lists

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  • Why 55Form.10World.25Curated.54Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Windows, iOS, macOS

    ArcadeActionScience fictionShoot 'em upShooter

    Warblade is a shareware computer game for Microsoft Windows and OS X, written by Norwegian developer Edgar M. Vigdal. The Windows version runs well on Linux under Wine. It is also available for retail in the App Store for iOS devices (in iP

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 54Form.26World.25Curated.41Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Accolade · Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ActionArcadeScience fictionShooterBird view / Isometric

    Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 54Form.81World.44Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Breakout/arkanoid clone

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeBreakout/arkanoid cloneBlock-breakingActionSide view

    Juggle the red hot Fireball... before it becomes too hot to handle! Featuring: Up to six randomly moving Fireballs; Up to four players; Automatic indication of high scores for each player in the current session; Catch, aim, and release the

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 54Form.26World.25Curated.41Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Arcade, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit

    ActionArcadeScience fictionShooterBird view / Isometric

    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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 54Form.12World.25Curated.52Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Oink!

    1983

    Atari 2600

    ActionArcadeScience fictionAction-adventureBased on - book

    Oink! is based on the fairy tale of the three little pigs. The big bad wolf is trying to blow down each of the pigs houses. You control each pig one at a time. The wolf is at the bottom of the screen and will blow a hole in the house one se

    51 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 54Form.10World.25Curated.52Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewHorizontally scrolling shooter

    You are the Space Jockey, pilot of an attack saucer which is positioned on the left side of the screen and can move up and down. From the right side of the screen, a barrage of tanks, jet planes, prop planes and helicopters will fire upon a

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  • Why 53Form.09World.25Curated.52Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Atari, Inc. · Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20, VIC-20

    ArcadeActionScience fictionMazeBird view / Isometric

    A maze game for Commodore computers.

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  • Why 53Form.13World.59Curated.41Lists.00Arcade

    A-Jax

    1987

    Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +6

    ArcadeActionScience fictionShooterThird person

    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 lists

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  • Why 53Form.06World.25Curated.54Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Llamasoft · Atari 2600, Switch, PS4 +5

    ArcadeActionScience fictionBullet hellShoot 'em up

    Akka Arrh is a previously unreleased prototype game created 1982 for the arcade. It saw it's first release in 2022 as part of the the Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.

    80 rating4 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 53Form.04World.38Curated.52Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Dave Theurer · Arcade

    ArcadeActionScience fictionPlatformerShoot 'em up

    The game play consists of moving robot1984 over all of the red tiles while avoiding objects flying at you from the back of the screen. Eliminating the red tiles diminishes the shield at the back of the playfield which prevents you from flyi

    70 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 53Form.24World.25Curated.41Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Taito · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, Family Computer Disk System +2

    ActionArcadeScience fictionSide viewRacing

    Raimais is a maze chase arcade game released in April 1988 in Japan. The object of the game is to drive your vehicle around a maze in order to clear the maze of dots while avoiding the enemy. The game consists of 32 mazes total plus boss fi

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  • Why 53Form.25World.25Curated.41Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade, Zilog Z80

    ActionArcadeScience fictionShooterBird view / Isometric

    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.

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  • Why 53Form.19World.25Curated.44Lists.00Action · Arcade

    SCE Studio Liverpool · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5

    ActionArcadeScience fictionScienceShooter

    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

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  • Why 52Form.22World.25Curated.41Lists.00Arcade

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewShooter

    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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  • Why 52Form.06World.28Curated.52Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC

    ArcadeActionScience fictionFirst-person shooterFlight simulation

    The story has the solar system under threat from Myon invaders. MAT ("Mission: Alien Termination") is a teenager implanted with all the combined tactical skills of the planetary leaders. MAT pilots a prototype spacecraft, the USS Centurion,

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  • Why 52Form.11World.48Curated.44Lists.00Arcade

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewShoot 'em up

    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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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 52Form.22World.25Curated.41Lists.00Arcade

    NEC · TurboGrafx-16

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewShooter

    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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  • Why 52Form.22World.25Curated.41Lists.00Action · Arcade

    ZX Spectrum

    ActionArcadeScience fictionAction-adventureShooter

    Denizen is an action computer game published by Players Software in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 52Form.21World.27Curated.41Lists.00Arcade

    Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewShooter

    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 list

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 52Form.23World.25Curated.41Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Midway Games · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +1

    ActionArcadeScience fictionPuzzleShooter

    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 lists

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  • Why 52Form.06World.25Curated.52Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Nintendo R&D1 · Arcade

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewFrogger clone

    Space Launcher is an arcade video game by Nintendo that was surprisingly original (many of the games Nintendo made during the late '70s were clones of popular titles like Pong, Space Invaders and Breakout). The game is similar to Frogger, t

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 52Form.22World.25Curated.41Lists.00Arcade

    Steel

    1988

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewShooter

    Steel is a science fiction shoot 'em up originally designed by Gari Biasillo for the Commodore 64, and later ported to 16-bit machines.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 52Form.15World.45Curated.41Lists.00Arcade

    Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewShoot 'em up

    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 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 51Form.79World.31Curated.00Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Arcade, Atari 2600

    ActionArcadeBreakout/arkanoid cloneSide viewPuzzle

    Avalanche is a 2-D game of skill. You control a multi-storied platform with a spinner-knob. Your goal is to prevent the falling rocks from ever reaching the ground. There are six rows of rocks to deal with. You start with a 6-storied platfo

    80 rating2 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 51Form.16World.38Curated.41Lists.00Arcade

    Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewShoot 'em up

    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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  • Why 51Form.11World.25Curated.47Lists.00Arcade

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeActionScience fictionSide viewMaze

    You are navigating a maze in order to destroy an omnipotent master computer.

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