Steer by what it is tap once for more of it, twice for none of it
248 games like Missile Command · 1975 – 2018
Atari console exclusive
WMS Industries · Apple IIGS, Arcade, Atari 5200 +1
The player pilots a lone spacecraft, and must create "Sinibombs" by shooting at drifting planetoids and catching the crystals that are thereby released. Sinibombs are needed to defeat the game boss, Sinistar, an animated spacecraft with a d
60 rating2 listsOften paired
Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +9
One of the defining characteristics of the Gradius series is the use of a "power meter." The power meter is powered by a power-up item, whose purpose, when collected, is to move a highlight to the next power-up on the power meter. When a po
72 rating18 listsOften paired
Stamper brothers · BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20 +2
The 'Acme Interstellar Transport Company' is delivering spaceship kits to various planets in the solar system throughout the Galaxy; and as chief test pilot, all you have to do is assemble the Rockets, and thrust on to your next destination
86 rating3 listsOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Imagic · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 +4
The lost city of Atlantis is under attack! Wave after wave of Gorgon vessels are approaching, each armed with weapons capable of destroying a part of the city. You are in charge of the command posts at the edges of the city and need to defe
79 rating4 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Switch
Thunder Cross is an Action game, developed and published by Konami, which was released in 1988.
70 rating1 listOften paired
Sensible Software · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5
Wizball is a scrolling shooter in similar vein to Gradius with an additional collection dynamic. It is a horizontally scrolling game taking place over eight levels, which involves navigating around a landscape and shooting at sprites. Howev
80 rating4 listsOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 5200, Commodore 64 +1
Satan's Hollow is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1982, subsequently converted to the Atari 8-bit family, and in 1984 to Commodore 64.
60 rating1 listOften paired
Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7
Forerunner to Forgotten Worlds. The control method allows you use the fire buttons to shoot in opposite directions, defending yourself from attacks from the rear. The power ups are selectable and if you collect an alpha symbol you combine w
69 rating2 listsOften paired
Indie Built · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple II +11
The first game in the Beach Head series, the game depicts the player's violent war effort to end a dictator's reign
56 rating7 listsOften paired
PlayStation exclusive
PS4
Overcome an ever-expanding threat that might have already seeped too far into the core of humanity itself.
71 rating3 listsOften paired
PlayStation console exclusive
PS3, Windows
A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushed the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels.Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island. A week ag
83 rating2 lists12 h main storyOften paired
Windows
ZeroRanger is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up with heavy emphasis on shooting, dodging and... mystery? A menacing alien threat, GREEN ORANGE, has begun its invasion. Only two secondary fighters remain to stand against complete annihilat
90 rating2 lists4 h main storyOften paired
Acclaim Studios London · Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +6
Betrayed by his people, TRANTOR is abandoned alone on an Alien planet. His only chance of escape is to activate the planet's main computer that lies within the terminal building. Spectacular sound and graphics transport you light years to t
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Nintendo console exclusive
Jaleco · Arcade, FM-7, MSX +6
The player competes in a marathon continuous scrolling horizontal shoot-em-up game across land, sea, air and outer space. You can hold down the fire button for a burst of Charged fire, which is especially essential to defeat the bosses. Th
65 rating7 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Nichibutsu · Arcade, Switch
A shooter from the same company who brought you Terra Cresta.
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Veronika Megler · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, TRS-80 +3
Penetrator is an early Sinclair ZX Spectrum game made by Melbourne House programmers Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler, one of the early hits. It was released in 1982 as a clone of the Scramble arcade game. In Penetrator, the gamer flies
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WMS Industries · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +17
Defender is an arcade video game developed released by Williams Electronics in 1980. A shooting game featuring two-dimensional (2D) graphics, the game is set on a fictional planet where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while
59 rating13 lists
Archer Maclean · Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +5
Dropzone is a side scrolling shooter.
41 rating6 lists
Toaplan · Arcade, Linux, Sega Genesis +3
In the year 2998, humanity has finally reached the stars, and was able to build a prosperous, peaceful society. However, a space matter known as the Black Nebula began to spread, threatening to engulf the galaxies controlled by humans. It t
58 rating2 lists1.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, MSX, NES +1
You control a monster fighter. A warp zone is set in the middle of the screen. Warp to the next level when flashing
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Taito · Arcade, Bally Astrocade
Old west theme shoot-out. Using simple graphics, two cowboys one on the left and one on the right move up down, left and right trying to get a clear shot avoiding cactus at the other.
63 rating2 lists
Atari Games · Arcade
Liberator is commonly described as the opposite of Missile Command. The objective of Missile Command is to defend your bases from a space-based attack. Liberator's objective is the exact opposite, destroy enemy bases as you orbit their plan
56 rating1 list
Timed Atari exclusive
Vid Kidz · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Arcade +15
In 2084, man creates a species of super-advanced cyborgs known as Robotrons. Recognizing the imperfect nature of their creators, the Robotrons conclude that the inefficient human race must be exterminated. In Robotron: 2084, only you and a
70 rating14 lists
Atari console exclusive
Stern Electronics · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +3
Maneuver your humanoid through the electrified mazes of robot filled rooms. You many kill off the first group of robots but initial success does not mean survival...future groups begin firing at your! Added danger lurks when Evil Otto enter
72 rating7 lists
Sega console exclusive
Arcade, SG-1000
N-Sub is one of the earliest naval video game titles. The object of the game is to maneuver an on-screen submarine, the "N-Sub," with the joystick and sink the enemy fleet with torpedo fire in the Cobalt Blue Sea. Torpedoes can be fired ve
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Nintendo console exclusive
Nintendo · Arcade, Game & Watch series, NES +1
Stanley is a bugman. Donkey Kong has taken refuge in his greenhouse and it is now up to Stanley to stop the ape from stirring up any more insects that will soon destroy his flowers. Stanley saves the flowers by spraying bug spray on Donkey
60 rating14 lists
Apogee Software · MS-DOS, Windows, macOS
In the not-so-distant future, the calamity of World War III led to eventual world peace. But, it didn't last. Earth was invaded by alien marauders - the Kretons. Earth's united military force, still depleted after the mighty onslaught of WW
60 rating1 list6 h main story
Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
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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Atari console exclusive
Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit
Kaboom! is an unauthorized adaptation of the 1978 Atari coin-op Avalanche. The gameplay of both games is fundamentally the same, but Kaboom! was re-themed to be about a mad bomber instead of falling rocks. Gameplay in Kaboom! consists of u
70 rating3 lists
Atari console exclusive
Big Five Software · Amstrad CPC, Atari 5200, Atari 7800 +5
Bounty Bob returns in this new and exciting follow-up adventure to Miner 2049er. This time around it's even tougher than before and Bob needs your help more than ever to guide him through the mine. The mutant organisms have multiplied and o
64 rating4 lists
Cinematronics · Vectrex
With the beginning of a new game, a map screen is shown with the player's position, as they control a ship set in a series of interconnected caverns. They must first plan out the best route in order to get to the central area in each Missio
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Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Wii
Finest Hour is a 1989 run and gun arcade game developed and published in Japan by Namco. It was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console on August 25, 2009.
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Nintendo · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600 +8
Mario Bros. is an arcade game published by Nintendo and developed by Shigeru Miyamoto. The platform puzzle which first introduced Luigi to the world has both single and multiplayer action with two differing game types, but with the same obj
70 rating1 list
Leland Corporation · Arcade, Linux, macOS
Ataxx is an abstract strategy board game that involves play by two parties on a seven-by-seven square grid. The object of the game is to make your pieces constitute a majority of the pieces on the board at the end of the game, by converting
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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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Big Five Software · Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +7
"Bounty Bob" is mining a radioactive mine in the year 2049. Help him "claim" all of the various stations (multiple screens). Avoid contact with the deadly mutant organisms by running away, or hopping over them. Collect various articles left
70 rating7 lists
Atari · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9
Tempest is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. It takes place on a three-dimensional surface, sometimes wrapped into a tube, which is viewed from one end and is divided into a dozen or more segments or
58 rating13 listsDescribed alike
Data East · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +6
BreakThru is a 2D side-scrolling vehicle shooter. Your mission: race, jump, and blast your way through five levels (mountains, bridge, plains, city, and airfield) of enemy defenses to recapture the stolen jet fighter. A host of enemy soldie
49 rating7 lists
PlayStation console exclusiveData East · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +2
BreakThru is a 2D side-scrolling vehicle shooter. Your mission: race, jump, and blast your way through five levels (mountains, bridge, plains, city, and airfield) of enemy defenses to recapture the stolen jet fighter. A host of enemy soldie
49 rating1 list
Taito · Arcade, Switch, Sega Genesis
An entire week of nuclear war on Earth destroys its global environment. The survivors of the war gather their strength and resources in an attempt to bring Earth back to the way it was. Using a super computer called God System, the survivor
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Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 2600
In this shoot 'em up the player has to fight off four assault waves consisting of different enemy types until he reaches a huge UFO. After destroying the protective plates guarding the UFO's pilot in his cockpit the player can kill the pilo
84 rating2 lists
Timed Atari exclusive
Ikegami Tsushinki · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +13
Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega. The game gives the player the experience of flying a fighter craft through a fortress while shooting at enemy entities (missiles, enemy gunfire, etc.) The object
76 rating1 list
SNK console exclusive
Visco Corporation · Arcade, Neo Geo
Andro Dunos is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Visco in 1992 for the SNK Neo-Geo MVS. The player controls a futuristic fighter spacecraft with different weapon settings that you can switch between, and shoot en
70 rating2 lists
Timed NEC exclusive
Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8
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
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Tecmo · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +11
The player controls Jack, a superhero who can leap and glide. Someone has planted 24 bombs at famous tourist sites (the Sphinx and Great Pyramids, the Acropolis, Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, and two cityscapes resembling Miami Beach an
71 rating11 lists
Atari exclusive
Imagic · Atari 2600
The sun of Alpha Ro is fading fast! Soon it will flicker out. The Cosmic Ark races to save creatures from doomed planets in that solar system. Meteor showers bombard the Ark, threatening its Atlantean crew - and planetary defense systems ma
66 rating1 list
Nintendo exclusive
Bizarre Creations · Wii, Nintendo DS
Geometry Wars: Galaxies is set in a space-like environment where the player must shoot geometrical shapes in order to score points, gain lives, acquire bombs and survive as long as possible. The game is played to an upbeat electro soundtrac
68 rating3 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
UPL · Arcade, Switch
The game takes place in modern times where a great depression has swept over the world. Amidst the depression and its riots of jobless workers, a mad scientist starts his plan of world domination. Taking command in the titular fortress orbi
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