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240 games like Phelios · 1980 – 2008

  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 89Form.54World.59Curated.86Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    Exerion is a vertical shoot 'em up released by Jaleco in 1983 and licensed to Taito for distribution in the United States. Screenshot from arcade version Exerion is a shoot 'em up game featuring parallax effects and inertia simulation, som

    63 rating7 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 82Form.23World.25Curated.94Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Sunsoft · Arcade, MSX, Master System +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionFantasyMascot

    Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa is the sequel to Fantasy Zone, in which you control Opa-Opa, a pretty colored ship with wings on its side. You must destroy the large creatures in each world before moving on to the next. Your task beco

    70 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 77Form.44World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Capcom · Arcade, NES

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    Legendary Wings is a fantasy-themed shoot-'em-up game released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in 1986. The player takes control of a young soldier equipped with magical wings who must save the world from a malfunctioning supercompu

    51 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 75Form.57World.25Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    SNK · Arcade, PS4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    Chopper I is a 1988 arcade hall video game, developed by SNK. The objective of this top-down game is to infiltrate enemy territory and essentially destroy all objects. The game can be played with 1 or 2 players; both players, each occupyin

    68 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 75Form.41World.25Curated.66Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Gynoug

    1991

    Nippon Computer Systems · Switch, Sega Genesis, Wii

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    Gynoug, known in North America as Wings of Wor, is a 1991 scrolling shooter video game developed by Masaya and published by NCS Corporation for the Sega Genesis. The game was released in North America and Europe in 1991 and in Japan on Janu

    68 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 75Form.27World.25Curated.76Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Pooyan

    1982

    Konami · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +11

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upPuzzle

    Pooyan is a classic arcade game manufactured by Stern Electronics under license from Konami in 1982. In it, the player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves.

    64 rating9 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 72Form.26World.13Curated.74Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +12

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionPost-apocalyptic

    Forgotten Worlds can be played by up to two players simultaneously. The player controls a flying muscle-bound soldier armed with a rifle with unlimited ammo. The Player 1 character is equipped with a long-range automatic rifle, while Player

    70 rating8 listsOften paired

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  • Why 70Form.35World.25Curated.62Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    CAVE · Arcade, Switch, PS2 +3

    ArcadeShooterVertically scrolling shooterVertical scrollingAction

    Mushihimesama is a manic shooter developed by Cave and released by Taito in 2004. It was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2005 and iOS in 2011. An Xbox 360 port was released in May 2012 (with ver1.5 as first print DLC). A significantly change

    86 rating4 lists1 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 64Form.34World.29Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Browser, Linux, Neo Geo +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionFighting

    Horizontal shooter released for the Neo Geo CD.

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 63Form.15World.25Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Irem · Arcade, TurboGrafx-16, Wii +1

    ArcadeShooterActionFantasyPlatformer

    Legend of Hero Tonma is a side scrolling platform game released by Irem to arcades in 1989.

    5 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 56Form.15World.25Curated.53Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Sega Enterprises, Ltd. · Arcade, Wii, MSX +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upActionFantasyMascot

    Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa is the sequel to Fantasy Zone, in which you control Opa-Opa, a pretty colored ship with wings on its side. You must destroy the large creatures in each world before moving on to the next. Your task beco

    70 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 55Form.45World.25Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Bits Laboratory · MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    King's Knight is a fantasy-themed top-down shooter where four heroes have to unite to defeat a dragon and rescue a princess in despair. It was one of the first games published by Square Soft (now one-half of Square Enix). King's Knight is a

    51 rating1 list

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 55Form.43World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    G.rev · Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Save the Underworld! Mamoru wakes up in a strange land with people he’s never seen before after what seemed to be an accident. A girl named Fururu informs him that this is the Underworld, and that it needs the help of everyone there to stop

    55 rating3 lists

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  • Why 54Form.57World.13Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Toaplan · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +13

    ArcadeShooterVertically scrolling shooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    Sky Shark (released in Japan as "Hi Sho Zame", and in Europe as "Flying Shark")is a military-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game in which players take control of the titular biplane through five increasingly difficult levels in or

    51 rating6 lists1 h main story

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  • Why 53Form.35World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Master System, Switch +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionCrime

    Armed only with your trusty Tommy gun, you must exterminate all the main gangster families in order to reach the main kingpin so you can save your girl. Beware, they are waiting for you and will not go down without putting up a fight in thi

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 53Form.36World.34Curated.32Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingFantasyBird view / Isometric

    TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Daimaō is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up video game produced by Konami released for the Famicom. It is the third and last game in the TwinBee series for the Famicom and it ditches Stinger's horizontal levels making i

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 52Form.38World.37Curated.28Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Dreamcast +6

    ArcadeShooterVertically scrolling shooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    Seven warriors are challenged to head on a quest to find three powerful elements of Sun, Moon and Stars. Whoever brings the elements to the Potion God will be rewarded the legendary Almighty Potion and all its magical powers.[3] Through ga

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 52Form.38World.25Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Square · MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS +2

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    King's Knight is a fantasy-themed top-down shooter where four heroes have to unite to defeat a dragon and rescue a princess in despair. It was one of the first games published by Square Soft (now one-half of Square Enix). King's Knight is a

    51 rating5 lists

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 51Form.36World.30Curated.28Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Hudson Soft · TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionBird view / Isometric

    Star Parodier is a vertical scrolling shooter, much like the Star Soldier games, and features many of the same conventions, such as collecting power-ups to upgrade the player's weapons, and facing several bosses and minibosses as they progr

    2 lists

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  • Why 50Form.33World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upBird view / Isometric

    The players assume the role of an alien-humanoid space pilot who has been exiled from their home galaxy for committing an unlearned crime. The only way the player character can return is to restore their honor; the only way to do so is to i

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 50Form.25World.25Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Sirius Software · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Windows

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    Your mission, as a master tank commander, is to drive through the city of Teriyaki and blast away as many Worms and Blocks as possible without running out of fuel.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 50Form.25World.25Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Sirius Software · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    Your mission, as a master tank commander, is to drive through the city of Teriyaki and blast away as many Worms and Blocks as possible without running out of fuel.

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  • Why 48Form.60World.24Curated.10Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Argus

    1986

    NMK · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ArcadeShooterVertically scrolling shooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    A vertical scrolling shoot 'em up. Fire guns and drop bombs on the enemies in this deep space battle. Pickup assorted power-ups. The screen also scrolls left and right if your ship nears the edges of the screen.

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  • Why 48Form.26World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Mattel Electronics · Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionRetro

    Buzz Bombers is an arcade action game similar to Centipede. You control a can of bug spray at the bottom of the screen, and you need to defend yourself from the swarms of incoming bees. The bees start at the top of the screen, and fly their

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  • Why 48Form.51World.25Curated.16Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Windows

    ArcadeShooterVertically scrolling shooterShoot 'em upAction

    Choose from among seven high-powered fighters (including the Raiden MkII and Judge Spear from Viper Phase 1) and take to the skies in three dangerous missions. The first two missions are comprised of three stages each, the first two of whic

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 47Form.24World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Hudson Soft · NES

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingActionFantasy

    Adventures of Dino Riki is an overhead shooter created by Hudson Soft, similar to games like 1943: The Battle of Midway, where the object is to dodge on-screen enemies. Dino Riki can jump or shoot weapons (rocks, axes, boomerangs, and torch

    58 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.29World.00Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Nichibutsu · Arcade, NES, Switch +2

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upRacingScience fiction

    The player rides a motorcycle-like craft, bumping other riders, collecting 'power' modules and shooting blue coins.

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 47Form.56World.26Curated.10Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Koei Tecmo Holdings · Arcade, Game Boy Advance, MSX +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    In the game, the player pilots a starship called the Final Star, while shooting various enemies and destroying enemy structures for points. Unlike later vertical scrolling shooters, like Toaplan's Twin Cobra, the Final Star had only two le

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.39World.36Curated.20Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Namco Limited · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    The gameplay is very much like that of the original Xevious except this time it is a little more difficult. Several new enemies have also been introduced (including a silver Galaxian flagship, a rare silver Galaga "scorpion" ship, two jet p

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 46Form.43World.13Curated.20Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    APh Technological Consulting · Atari 2600, Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    You are on a dangerous tank mission. To reach and destroy your assigned target, you must maneuver through a field filled with enemy mines. Although these are hidden, the mine detection equipment in your tank warns you of their presence by p

    55 rating1 list

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 46Form.31World.25Curated.26Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionRabbit

    The goal of the game is to shoot at targets, while carefully avoiding running out of bullets. Three rows of targets scroll across the screen in alternating directions; these include rabbits, ducks, owls, and bonus items. If a duck target cr

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 46Form.53World.25Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    Gyra has usurped the throne, and his minions are pillaging and plundering throughout the countryside. The kingdom is doomed unless someone can stop this madness and restore order to the land. You are the ELEMENTAL MASTER, and you're the onl

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 46Form.50World.39Curated.10Lists.00Shooter · Vertically scrolling shooter

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ShooterVertically scrolling shooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    Power Strike II is a top-down vertical shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile. It was published by Sega in 1993, only released in Europe and Brazil. This game moves from the setting of previous games to a steampunk version of the 193

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 46Form.27World.25Curated.28Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    NMK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Switch +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    ZED BLADE is a horizontal scrolling shoot-'em-up released by NMK in 1994.

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 45Form.22World.37Curated.28Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Dreamcast +5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    Seven warriors are challenged to head on a quest to find three powerful elements of Sun, Moon and Stars. Whoever brings the elements to the Potion God will be rewarded the legendary Almighty Potion and all its magical powers.[3] Through ga

    75 rating2 lists

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 45Form.36World.25Curated.21Lists.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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.12World.25Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Taito · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upFantasy

    Enter the wild, fun-filled world of Mike Chen. He's out to learn the secrets of the five lands so he can become a powerful wizard of the skies! Already he has tamed a cloud to carry him around. He has learned the art of the shooting Ki forc

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.24World.25Curated.28Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Rezon

    1991

    Allumer · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterAction2d

    Taking place in the year 2191, the player pilots a recently developed space fighter, the SR-91, through six stages to defend the Earth from a two-year-long alien invasion. The SR-91 uses the VAWS (Variable Armor and Weapon System) which use

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  • Why 43Form.44World.42Curated.09Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    Hades Nebula is a futuristic vertical scrolling shooter set in the year 2124. As humanity searches for new habitable planets due to dwindling energy reserves, players pilot a small spacecraft on a mission to thwart the villainous Emperor Ha

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 43Form.48World.13Curated.10Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Tose Co. · NES, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    In Super Xevious: Gamp no Nazo the player controls a spaceship named the Solvalou in its mission to destroy a powerful supercomputer named GAMP, which took over Earth during an ice age. Gamp no Nazo features a heavy focus on puzzle-solving,

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 42Form.23World.13Curated.28Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Synapse Software · Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS, Commodore 64 +2

    ActionArcadeShooterVertical scrollingBird view / Isometric

    Blue Max is a video game developed and published by Synapse Software, originally released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. In 1984 it was ported to the ZX Spectrum by U.S. Gold. in 1987 Atari Corp. published it in car

    60 rating2 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 42Form.47World.13Curated.10Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Sanritsu Denki · Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    Fly your plane through five levels, shooting enemy planes, submarines, helicopters, and other enemies along the way, and use your equipped cluster bombs if necessary. You need to destroy a target that is outlined in your mission briefing. Y

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 42Form.17World.25Curated.28Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird view / IsometricReally unfortunate game name

    You are a boy in a weird kingdom filled with even weirder monsters. Armed only with stones and your ability to aim your throws you set out to burn this place to the ground.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 41Form.22World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    CRI Middleware · Arcade, FM Towns, Sega CD

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionCombat flight simulator

    You're strapped into the Navy's fiercest jet fighter-the F-14 Tomcat. Kick in the afterburner to outrun deadly cannon fire "hot on your six." Pull up hard...lock and launch! Roll 360 degrees to blow desert tank patrols, radio towers, and mi

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 40Form.24World.36Curated.19Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Eighting · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingActionBird view / Isometric

    Battle Garegga is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up arcade game. The storyline takes place in a sort of diesel punk versions of the 1940s. Main heroes are brothers Brian and Jason — the sons of genius designer who want to destroy the evil

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  • Why 40Form.59World.13Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    SNK · Arcade, PS3, PS4 +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertically scrolling shooterAction

    Bermuda Triangle is a vertically scrolling shooter released in arcades by SNK in 1987. The player controls a fighter jet and shoots enemies, collects power-ups, and defeats bosses to advance levels.

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 40Form.40World.00Curated.16Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Compile · Sega CD

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingBird view / IsometricNinja

    Pilot your massive mecha Aleste in the name of the Oda clan and seek revenge against the evil Chugoku Army for their atrocities! Robo Aleste is another title in the Aleste series by famed shoot-'em-up developer Compile where players must co

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 40Form.57World.17Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    SETA Corporation · Arcade, NES

    ArcadeShooterVertically scrolling shooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    A helicopter vertical shoot 'em up that debuted in the Arcades in 1988 before being ported to the NES the following year.

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