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259 games like Pentapus · 1980 – 2018

  • Why 57Form.95World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Commodore VIC-20, VIC-20

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    1st person space shooter

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  • Why 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Fusion

    1988

    Bullfrog Productions · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Fusion is a scrolling multidirectional shooter developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Atari ST and Amiga.

    2 lists

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  • Why 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The Regulus system has been attacked by alien forces, and you are the only Terran fighter in place to clear the area and rescue the captured hostages. The game is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with 5 levels. The first of these involv

    1 list

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  • Why 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Arcade, Switch, Sega Genesis

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Why 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Proof of Destruction (P.O.D.) is a fixed shooter for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 16 written by Shaun Southern and published by Mastertronic in 1987. The player spaceship moves along the bottom of a grid, attempting to shoot enemy spacesh

    1 list

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Sarge

    1985

    Midway Games · Arcade, Atari 7800, MS-DOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Sarge is a top-down shooter. The goal is to stop the invading terrorists by controlling a tank and a helicopter. All enemy forces must be destroyed in each level. Two-player mode facilitates gameplay by adding two more units on the battlefi

    1 list

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  • Why 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    ADK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up where the player controls a plane flying over a landscape with no land-based enemies. Collect power-ups to upgrade your ship's speed, shot power and special weapon power selected at beginning of the stage. F

    1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Arcade, FM-7, NEC PC-8800 series +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A vertical scrolling space shooter.

    1 list

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Kaneko · PS3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Move fast and blast! It's a nonstop explosion of fire power and you're streaking through space, right in the middle of it! The Brains Cult you once defeated is back, badder than ever. But your finger's on the trigger of an incredible new te

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  • Why 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Tomcat

    1989

    Interceptor Micros · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Tomcat (also known as F14 Tomcat ) is a video game published in 1989 in the UK by Players Software. The game was released on the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum as a budget title.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Hudson Soft · Virtual Boy

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Pilot a Futuristic Star Fighter in a Battle for Mankind! GALACTIC YEAR 210. The earth and its colonies face annihilation in a futuristic war against the human race. YOU have been chosen to pilot RAGNAROK, a star fighter from an advanced al

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  • Why 56Form.93World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Windows, iOS, macOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 55Form.90World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Konami · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    This game has flavors of several different video games rolled into one. It is mostly like Xevious, being an overhead shooter against a plethora of enemies, each with a unique characteristic. Unlike Xevious, however, that only allowed you to

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  • Why 55Form.81World.51Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Menace

    1988

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 55Form.90World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    You are on a moon-based scouting mission in a Mark 16 Starcruiser. Suddenly, enemy alien ships teleport in and start firing neutron missiles, which can destroy you upon impact. You must destroy enemy ships until reinforcements arrive from E

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 55Form.90World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Warashi · Arcade, Dreamcast, Switch +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Triggerheart Exelica is a vertically scrolling Japanese arcade shooter with a little bit of everything: fast-paced action, scalable difficulty, massive hordes of enemy Ver'mith, and cute humanoid weapons who can either shoot down enemy ship

    60 rating1 list

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  • Why 55Form.91World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Sega AM2 · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionFirst person

    Wing War is an arcade combat flight simulator game developed by Sega AM1 and manufactured by Sega. Released exclusively to Japanese and American arcades in 1994, the game puts players in the cockpit of a variety of both historic and modern

    2 lists

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 54Form.87World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Switch, PS4, Windows +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterAction

    An alien menace has descended on Earth! Defend the world from UFO invasion in this superb arcade shooter from Qute. Use your weapons effectively, deflect enemy bullets with your shield, and recapture the Moon from alien infestation!

    75 rating4 lists2 h main story

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  • Why 53Form.85World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Amstrad CPC, Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionFirst person

    You destroy enemy bases, ships and spaceports on your mission to liberate the galaxy.

    2 lists

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  • Why 53Form.85World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionFirst person

    1st person shooter

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 53Form.85World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Rainbow Studios · MS-DOS, PlayStation, Windows

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionFirst person

    The sinister NoirDyne Corporation has reactivated a once abandoned bioweapons production facility: The Hive. Operated by genetically engineered creatures called Hivasects, the Hive is producing a toxic substance to be used as a biological w

    30 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.90World.13Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    SNK · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    This is a tank shooter from SNK.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 52Form.82World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    A Racing/Driving/Vertical Shooting game.

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 52Form.83World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Take on the alien hordes in this vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from the people behind Aleste. The power-up system in Spriggan relies on different coloured globes - you can have three of these in stock at any one time and the order they

    3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 52Form.83World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    SWIV

    1991

    Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +8

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    SWIV is a vertical scrolling shooter and an unofficial follow-up to Sales Curve's conversion of the side scroller Tecmo arcade game Silkworm. One player controls a helicopter and the other a jeep, with the jeep transforming into a boat when

    81 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 52Form.90World.00Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Namco · Arcade, Switch, Wii

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterBird view / IsometricFantasy

    Toy Pop is a top-down multi-directional shooter that can be played both single-player or with two players simultaneously. The players venture through 44 floors (the game uses the toy-themed term "Box" as opposed to "Floor", to fit with the

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 52Form.83World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Twinkle Tale is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up developed by Studio Ducks and published by Wonder Amusement Studio exclusively in Japan.

    1 list

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  • Why 52Form.83World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    W.A.R.

    1986

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

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    This is an article about the computer game. For the Pharoahe Monch album, see W.A.R. (We Are Renegades). W.A.R. is a video game produced by Martech. The BBC Micro version was written by Michael Archer while the Amstrad CPC version was writ

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  • Why 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    ABM

    1980

    Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Missile Command clone for the Apple II.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 51Form.85World.13Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Japan Studio · PS3

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionFirst personComedy

    It's time for some monkey business on PlayStation 3!

    30 rating1 list

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Crystal Computing · Arcade, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide view

    Basicly a Space Invaders clone in which the aliens are aligned on the far left and right side of the screen. They move into the middle of the screen in order to snatch their prey and bring them back to the far left or right side respectivel

    1 list

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  • Why 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Side scrolling space shooter for the ZX Spectrum. Sequel to Sidewize

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  • Why 51Form.80World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Eighting · Arcade

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    In this impressive blend of an overhead shoot'em up with RPG characteristics, you must help a group of mystic bounty hunters save the earth against the evil Gobligan Underground Empire. Features excellent 2-D graphics and sound, awesome cha

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  • Why 51Form.85World.13Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

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

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionFirst personWarfare

    You protect civil aviators from the dangers of aerial terrorists.

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  • Why 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

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  • Why 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Odin Computer Graphics · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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 exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Horizontal space shooter

    1 list

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    Zonk is back in Super Air Zonk, the sequel to the shooting game spin-off of the Bonk series, Air "Zonk." Now moving to a rockabilly beat and able to transform into nine different characters, Zonk lets loose through seven action-packed stage

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Sunsoft · Sega Genesis, Wii

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide view

    Super Fantasy Zone is an entry in the Fantasy Zone series of games, and was initially released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive. Unlike previous outings, Super Fantasy Zone was handled entirely by Sunsoft (under license from Sega), who had p

    65 rating5 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 51Form.81World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Konami · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Thunder Cross is an Action game, developed and published by Konami, which was released in 1988.

    70 rating1 list

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  • Why 50Form.79World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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.

    1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.78World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Switch, Ouya

    ArcadeShoot 'em upAction

    An action-packed space shooter.

    1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.78World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Virtual Boy

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionFirst person

    Bursting through incredible dimensions of Virtual space the final mission is clear. Obliterate all enemies and obstacles created by KAOS and terminate this menacing battle system from within. Employing an impressive arsenal of high-tech we

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