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182 games like Psycho Chaser · 1984 – 2022
Timed NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Wii
A vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up that configures its difficulty to match the skill of the player. Final Blaster is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. The player is part of squadron of fighters sent to save the world from
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Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Wii
Solvalou is a 1991 first-person rail shooter arcade game developed and published in Japan by Namco. The sixth entry in the Xevious series, the player takes control of the Solvalou starship from a first-person perspective as it must destroy
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Nintendo console exclusive
Andrew Braybrook · Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +8
Uridium (released on the NES as The Last Starfighter) is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em up originally designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64, and later ported to other 8-bit machines. It consists of fifteen levels, ea
74 rating5 listsOften paired
Timed Sega exclusive
MSX, Master System, PS4 +2
Your planet has been overrun by the meanest mutant vegetation ever created in a genetics laboratory. It's taken over buildings, labs, fighter craft... even people! And it's getting bigger... and meaner... with each passing second. But it ha
74 rating6 listsOften paired
Nintendo exclusive
Namco · NES
Star Wars is a Family Computer video game released in 1987 by Namco. Despite being based on the first Star Wars film. It is the only game in the Star Wars franchise that was released exclusively in Japan. The game is a common side-scrollin
67 rating4 listsOften paired
Nintendo exclusive
Tomy Corporation · Game Boy Advance
At the outer reaches of the universe, the human inhabitants on the Planet Zi remain locked in combat. The population, divided between good and evil, uses gargantuan life forms called Zoids to battle each other for control of this world. Dur
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Timed Sega exclusive
Koei Tecmo Holdings · Arcade, Game Boy Advance, MSX +6
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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Timed Sega exclusive
Toaplan · Android, Arcade, Linux +5
Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the
69 rating1 list1 h main storySame studio
Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +2
In the year 2096 a huge rogue CPU called Computer Control is trying to take over the universe and you have been tasked to fly in your AGX Hypersonic Fighter and bomb Flak Batteries and other defences to reach the fortress containing the CPU
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B.B. Studio · Switch, PS4, Windows
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
80 rating1 list58 h main storyOften paired
NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Terra Cresta II, or Terra Cresta II: Mandler no Gyakushuu, is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up and the sequel to Nichibutsu's earlier Terra Cresta, which in turn was a sequel to Moon Cresta. Unlike the original, Terra Cresta II skipped the
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SNK · Arcade, PS3, PS4 +2
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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Nintendo console exclusiveTaito · Arcade, Switch
Player needs to control a large plane and shoot at tanks and helicopters. The bomb button actually fires a bunch of missiles that lock-on and track your enemies.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Switch
By the year 2050, mankind begins the colonization of multiple solar systems in search for habitable planets. However, while the colonists establish original cultures and scientific studies, many of them began feuding with each other and bat
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS +1
Star Soldier is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MSX. It is the first game in the Star Soldier series. The player pilots the starship "Caesar", t
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Sega exclusiveNichibutsu · Sega Saturn
As the game's title implies, Terra Cresta is now in 3D. This title was a Saturn exclusive.
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Nintendo console exclusive
NMK · Arcade, Switch
Thunder Dragon 2 is a vertical arcade shooter, developed and published by NMK in 1993. The game uses variable rate scrolling (the screen scrolls at different speeds or not at all), and is played from a top-down view. Unlike space shooters,
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NEC exclusive
Nintendo console exclusive
Video System · Arcade, Switch
Anti-gravity racing game with online competitions, hardcore driving mechanics, and a track editor.
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Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Windows
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 console exclusiveSETA Corporation · Arcade, NES
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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NMK · Arcade, NES, Switch +1
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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Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST +1
A top-down shooter where the player pilots a wartime plane.
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Switch, PS4, Windows
DOCK, SPLIT, and FORM UP! Pilot three ships and free the solar system from the clutches of evil in this free-form shooting game! PlatinumGames’ NEO-CLASSIC ARCADE series carries on the spirit and fun of classic gaming using modern technolo
3 lists1.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Arcade, Switch, SNES
Mazinger Z is a beat 'em up styled platformer video game for the Super Famicom released on June 25, 1993 based on the Mazinger Z anime. It was developed by Winkysoft and published by Bandai; featuring the major cast members and a wide varie
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Nintendo console exclusive
Toaplan · Arcade, Linux, NES +2
Tiger Heli was one of the first games developed by Toaplan and published by Taito Corporation in 1985. It is a predecessor to Twin Cobra. The player controls a helicopter named Tiger Heli taking out various enemies along the way.
52 rating1 list1 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Hudson Soft · Arcade, Nintendo 64
Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth is a 1998 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Hudson Soft (Electro Brain for the North American release) for the Nintendo 64. It serves as a direct sequel to Soldier Blade and is part of the Star
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Timed NEC exclusive
Group SNE · SNES, TurboGrafx-16
Cyber Knight is an RPG with a science-fiction theme of being lost in an alien galaxy. The game takes place in a top-down view for movement on planets and areas, a side-view for combat sequences and a first person menu system when aboard the
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Nintendo exclusive
SNES
Verne World is a role-playing game exclusively released in Japan. The game revolves around the main character being trapped in a theme park based around the works of Jules Verne such as 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth' and 'Twenty Tho
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Nintendo exclusive
Winkysoft · SNES
Hero Senki is a Role-Playing game, developed by WinkySoft and published by Banpresto, which was released in Japan in 1992.
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Konami · Legacy Mobile Device, MS-DOS, MSX +4
Knightmare, known in Japan as Majou Densetsu (魔城伝説 , Demon Castle Legend?), is a 1986 MSX vertical scrolling shooter computer game. The player is a knight, Popolon, who has to fight his way through several levels to defeat Hudnos and rescue
70 rating4 lists
Timed Sega exclusive
Arcade, Linux, Master System +6
In Gain Ground, players control one of a set of characters at a time. There are twenty characters, each with different weapons. To beat a level, players must reach the exit point with at least one character or destroy all enemies on the lev
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Nintendo console exclusive
Data East · Apple II, Arcade, MS-DOS +3
Heavy Barrel is a 1987 overhead run and gun arcade game by Data East. Terrorists have seized the underground control complex of a nuclear missile site, and it is up to the player to infiltrate the base and kill the enemy leader. Players be
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Nintendo exclusive
Tomy · NES
The Game of Life: RPG Jinsei Game is a Japan-only role playing game for the Family Computer that is similar to Jinsei Game, which is the Japanese version of The Game of Life. The object is to explore a city full of stores, places of employ
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Timed Sega exclusive
Sega AM2 · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +9
Run… fly… dodge those obstacles, but return fire on wave after wave of attacking aliens. Armed with a really big gun, you have to defend yourself against the alien hordes using your wits to navigate around the screen. But watch out for thos
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Banpresto · Arcade
The game is a horizontal scrolling shooter in which you take control of a jetpack propelled space warrior who travels between parallel universes and worm holes (hence 4-D or 4 dimensions) throughout the game. By flying over the top of the p
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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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Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +9
Continuing where the last game ended, the forces of CANY had been demolished by the previous Strikers' line-up. However, a small group known as the FGR stole the sources and technology responsible for the last events and planned to continue
71 rating6 lists1 h main story
Alpha Helix · MS-DOS, Windows
The Last Eichhof is a vertically scrolling shooter released in 1993 for DOS. In this game, the player controls a beer bottle and destroys bottles, beer glasses, cans, and other beer-related items. The game's name refers to a small independe
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Nintendo console exclusive
Jaleco · Arcade, Switch
Plus Alpha is a 1989 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades. It was only released in Japan in May 1989. The game is known for its low difficulty compared to other shoot 'em ups as well as its anime
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Nintendo exclusive
SNES
Shinseiki Odysselya is a Role-Playing game, developed and published by Vic Tokai, which was released in Japan in 1993.
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NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Alzadick is a vertical shooter released for the Summer Carnival '92 competition hosted by Naxat Soft. While it was made available for commercial release it was originally programmed as a time attack challenge for 'athletes' to earn as many
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Nintendo exclusive
Jaleco · Switch, SNES, Wii +1
The Ignition Factor is a 2D adventure where the player controls a firefighter through emergency situations in differing locations. Each level consists of multiple rooms, areas, or building floors where players can possibly explore, extingui
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CAVE · Arcade, Switch, PS2 +3
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 story
NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Nexzr is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up similar to Super Star Soldier. The player-controlled spaceship starts with a simple vulcan gun that can only shoot straight. Various power-ups can either enhance the strength of this gun, replace
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Nintendo console exclusive
Tose · Arcade, NES, Switch +2
Ikki is a Japanese arcade game developed by Sunsoft. It was also released for the Nintendo Famicom.
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Nintendo console exclusiveTose Co. · Arcade, NES, Wii +1
Ikki is a Japanese arcade game developed by Sunsoft. It was also released for the Nintendo Famicom.
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Psikyo · Arcade, PlayStation, PS3 +6
Gunbird uses anime-styled character as the player's chosen craft. A story plays out in between levels and before boss fights, telling a tale of how the protagonists are trying to collect pieces of a magic mirror to make a wish.
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