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259 games like Pentapus · 1980 – 2018




Bullfrog Productions · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE
Fusion is a scrolling multidirectional shooter developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Atari ST and Amiga.
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Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
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
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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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Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
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
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Atari console exclusive
Midway Games · Arcade, Atari 7800, MS-DOS
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
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ADK · Arcade
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
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Nintendo console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, FM-7, NEC PC-8800 series +5
A vertical scrolling space shooter.
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Timed NEC exclusive
Kaneko · PS3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16 +5
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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Interceptor Micros · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +4
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 exclusive
Hudson Soft · Virtual Boy
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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Windows, iOS, macOS
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
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2
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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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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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
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 exclusive
Warashi · Arcade, Dreamcast, Switch +2
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
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Sega AM2 · Arcade
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
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Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
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!
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Amstrad CPC, Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer +1
You destroy enemy bases, ships and spaceports on your mission to liberate the galaxy.
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PlayStation console exclusive
Rainbow Studios · MS-DOS, PlayStation, Windows
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
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Nintendo console exclusive
Nintendo console exclusive
Timed NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii
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
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Nintendo console exclusive
Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +8
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
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Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Switch, Wii
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 exclusive
Sega Genesis
Twinkle Tale is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up developed by Studio Ducks and published by Wonder Amusement Studio exclusively in Japan.
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Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
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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Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Tile-based horizontally scrolling shooter.
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PlayStation exclusive
Japan Studio · PS3
It's time for some monkey business on PlayStation 3!
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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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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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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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Crystal Computing · Arcade, ZX Spectrum
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
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Eighting · Arcade
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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Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
You protect civil aviators from the dangers of aerial terrorists.
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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
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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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Atari exclusive
Timed NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii
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 exclusive
Sunsoft · Sega Genesis, Wii
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
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Switch
Thunder Cross is an Action game, developed and published by Konami, which was released in 1988.
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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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Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo exclusive
Virtual Boy
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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