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267 games like Quartet · 1980 – 2023

  • Why 76Form.40World.42Curated.67Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Cyberdyne Systems · Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX

    ActionArcadeShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    The aim of Armalyte is to progress to the end of a long, horizontally-scrolling level where the screen will cease scrolling and battle will commence with a Boss. Beating the Boss allows the player to progress to the next level. There are ei

    80 rating1 listOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 76Form.46World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    Granzella · PS5

    ShooterPlatformerArcadeShoot 'em upSide-scrolling

    R-Type Final 3 Evolved serves simultaneously as a sequel to R-Type Final 2, offering a whole new 7-stage campaign made in the engine of Final 2, whilst also serving as a compilation of most of content released for R-Type Final 2. Additiona

    72 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 74Form.34World.25Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Switch, PS3, PlayStation Portable +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    The celestial planet Conceyta orbits with its moon in a dust- and gas-covered solar system. Within lurks an evil unknown to man that bears a danger so much greater than any threat yet witnessed. A dark, mysterious power has manifested itsel

    65 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 73Form.34World.25Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Irem · Arcade

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    R-Type Leo is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade game. It is a spin-off of the R-Type series and the last entry to be released in Arcades. R-Type Leo was initially an original shoot 'em up game in development by Nanao before Irem reto

    85 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 70Form.47World.38Curated.51Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Delta

    1987

    Stavros Fasoulas · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    This horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with 32 levels is something of a predecessor to Armalyte. It's set in the Delta region of space, in which the Hsiffan Khanate species have a powerful presence, using their technology to steal and ana

    70 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 69Form.24World.25Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingAction

    Baraduke is an action game released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1985. The peaceful, friendly world of Paccet has been attacked by the evil Octy! Make your way through Baraduke, the underground Octy citadel beneath Paccet, and u

    49 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 68Form.35World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Gorgon

    1981

    Sirius Software · Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to the arcade game Defender. Written by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers.

    1 listOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 66Form.23World.65Curated.54Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Amstar · Arcade, Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterFlightAction

    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 listsOften paired

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  • Why 62Form.23World.25Curated.56Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    Square · Family Computer Disk System, MSX

    ShooterPlatformerArcadeShoot 'em upSide-scrolling

    Aliens: Alien 2 is an arcade platformer (or run'n'gun if you like) featuring Ripley on a planet infested with aliens. Armed with only a basic gun at first, she faces facehuggers that come out of alien eggs. After having dispatched a face hu

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 62Form.25World.35Curated.54Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Repton

    1983

    Sirius Software · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    A bidirectional, horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to Defender, written by Dan Thompson and Andrew Kaluzniacki and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 62Form.26World.25Curated.54Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Flight · Often paired

    Atari Corporation · Atari Jaguar, Atari Panther

    Shoot 'em upFlightSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    The Crescent Galaxy has been attacked by an entity known as Odd-it. This creatures goal is to make everything odd, like it. You play Trevor McFur, a corporal in the Crescent Galaxy's chapter of the Interplanetary Defense squad and are sent

    1 listOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 62Form.21World.25Curated.56Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    FuturLab · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +3

    ArcadePlatformerShoot 'em upShooterAction

    This critically acclaimed sequel to Velocity Ultra weaves together two classic game formats into one seamless adventure, featuring puzzle-platforming action alongside award-winning top-down shoot 'em-up gameplay!

    84 rating6 listsOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.21World.25Curated.56Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    NEO XYX · Dreamcast, Neo Geo, Nintendo 3DS +1

    ArcadePlatformerShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrolling

    After the space pilot Vanessa Gaiden defeated the Evil Empire in the events of the game Last Hope, she got missing on her way back and wasn't heard of anymore. Vanessa's husband, Gordian Gaiden, sets out to search for her. Meanwhile, a new

    80 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 59Form.32World.13Curated.47Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Information Global Service · TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterShoot 'em upSpaceshipSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Scramble Mode Zeta; A message to Cybernaut Squadron Calisto -- Priority Alpha-San 03... An intersystem intruder has been detected in quadrant FTU-770. Dronecraft sent to get a visual discovered an extremely large monolith, biomorphic in nat

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  • Why 59Form.35World.36Curated.41Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Zybex

    1989

    Gareth J. Briggs, Michael Owens, Kevin Franklin, RB · Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    A horizontally scrolling 'always firing' shoot 'em up game with an emphasis on power ups and notable for the fire button only being used to change weapon. The player takes the role of one of two convicts; Rinser and Cassalana, escaping

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 56Form.14World.25Curated.53Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    Konami · Amiga, Arcade, MS-DOS +2

    ArcadePlatformerShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Super Contra is a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and the second game in the Contra series released for the arcades. Like

    66 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 55Form.23World.25Curated.45Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Konami · MSX, Wii

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingAction

    The Bacterians' Commandant Gopher plans to assassinate little Lars XVIII and change the course of history...... Block Gopher's ambition!

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 55Form.44World.25Curated.31Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Mythicon · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSide-scrollingAction

    Star Fox is a video game for the Atari 2600 console, developed and published by Mythicon in 1983. Although the front cover of the game states "Game 1 in Star Fox Series," no sequels were ever made, which is most likely because it received n

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  • Why 55Form.38World.25Curated.35Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Zynaps

    1987

    Dominic Robinson · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    Zynaps is a traditional "left to right" shooter

    80 rating3 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 54Form.37World.25Curated.34Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Technosoft · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipFlightSide-scrolling

    Known as Thunder Force IV outside of North America. You must lead the battle against the evil Lohun Empire. Their computer system is poised to destroy your Galaxy Federation's defenses. Lead the attack on their heavily defended military pla

    61 rating1 list

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  • Why 52Form.31World.25Curated.35Lists.00Action · Arcade

    SNK · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +5

    ActionArcadeShooterFlightSide-scrolling

    You are Athena, a school girl who goes around fighting crime, along with her friend Kensu (Player 2), Athena sets out to bring peace to the world by killing all monsters. This game serves somewhat as a sequel to an earlier SNK game by the n

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  • Why 51Form.26World.25Curated.38Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Adventure International · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingAction

    A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by John Anderson and published by Adventure International for various 8-bit platforms.

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  • Why 51Form.35World.25Curated.31Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Capcom · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, NES +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingAction

    Section-Z is a side-view shoot-'em-up by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in 1985. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The original coin-op game is included in Capcom Classics C

    70 rating3 lists

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 49Form.18World.62Curated.31Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Tose Co. · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingAction

    Vanguard is a shoot 'em up game which leads the player through five different zones to the City of Mystery where the creature Gond awaits him which he has to kill. The five zones run horizontally as well as vertically and are filled with di

    49 rating5 lists

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 48Form.36World.25Curated.25Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Side-scrolling

    Manjyudo · TurboGrafx-16

    Shoot 'em upSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    A horizontal shoot 'em up with a surreal edge. A group of evil eyes have stolen parts of the Sunheart, and the player needs to recover them. Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart ("Adventures of Don Baron: The Lost Sunheart", roughly) is

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 46Form.35World.37Curated.21Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Hudson Soft · Amiga, Game Boy Advance, NES +3

    ActionArcadePlatformerShooterSide-scrolling

    Challenger is a frantic single-screen shoot 'em up. The player is in their craft at the bottom of the screen, shooting bursts of three shots at 45 degree angles at flashing polygons. When hit, the polygons split into smaller ones. Your task

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  • Why 45Form.31World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Jeff Minter · Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    Gridrunner is a lot like Atari's arcade classic, Centipede.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 45Form.29World.30Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Vulgus

    1984

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upSpaceshipAction

    This was Capcom's first arcade game. The player controls a spaceship with a single objective: destroy incoming enemies. The vessel has two different weapons: a primary weapon with infinite ammunition and a limited supply of bombs. By pickin

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  • Why 44Form.36World.25Curated.19Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Mattel Electronics · Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    Imagine a hunter, alone in Deep Space. You control his movements. He's armed with a "gas blaster." His prime target is the white Space Hawk. If a Hawk, deadly gas bubbles, comets or amoebas touch the hunter, he tumbles into infinity! There

    58 rating1 list

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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 44Form.33World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Playlogic Entertainment · N-Gage, Xbox

    ShooterShoot 'em upFlightActionThird person

    Xyanide is a shoot 'em up video game for the Xbox in 2006. It was developed by Playlogic Entertainment and published by Evolved Games, after being originally developed by Engine Software for the Game Boy Advance. A sequel titled Xyanide: Re

    60 rating3 lists

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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 44Form.34World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Playlogic Entertainment · Xbox

    Shoot 'em upShooterFlightActionThird person

    Xyanide is a shoot 'em up video game for the Xbox in 2006. It was developed by Playlogic Entertainment and published by Evolved Games, after being originally developed by Engine Software for the Game Boy Advance. A sequel titled Xyanide: Re

    60 rating1 list

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 43Form.18World.55Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Universal Entertainment · Arcade, ColecoVision, Atari 2600

    ArcadeShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    In this side scrolling shooter you have to kill as many enemies as possible to raise your high score.

    50 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 43Form.09World.25Curated.35Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Rake in Grass · Linux, Switch, Windows +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingAction

    You take the role of a freelance pilot who has to save the Universe from evil warlord Xoxx, who has stolen a gigantic space gun with the power to destroy the entire Universe. Buckle up because it's going to be a blast!

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  • Why 43Form.20World.25Curated.29Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    NMK · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    Tenseiryuu: Saint Dragon is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game originally released as a coin-op by Jaleco in 1989. It was converted to several home computer platforms by Storm Entertainment in 1990.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 43Form.22World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Sirius · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSpaceshipAction

    A single screen crosshair shooter written by David Lubar.

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  • Why 43Form.13World.62Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Side-scrolling

    X-Out

    1989

    Rainbow Arts Software · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    X-Out is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up with eight levels and an underwater setting. Between levels, the player visits a shop and use their game score to purchase new submarines and equipment. The submarines come in four different va

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  • Why 42Form.30World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Spaceship

    Amiga

    Shoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipSide-scrollingAction

    Datastorm is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Amiga published by Visionary Design in 1989. Written by Søren Grønbech, it was inspired by the Defender arcade video game and the Defender-like Dropzone originally released for Atari 8-b

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  • Why 42Form.32World.34Curated.17Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +5

    ActionArcadeShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    The player's character is a human who rides a large, green, flying Chinese-style dragon. The dragon is invincible, capable of blocking most enemy projectiles and damaging enemies on contact; the human, however, is not, but is armed with a f

    80 rating5 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 42Form.18World.48Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    UPL · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadePlatformerShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Mutant Night is a shoot'em up game of the "run & gun" type : the players controls a walking character shooting at enemies while avoiding their attacks.[4] Unlike most run&gun games, Mutant Night has almost no platform part and the character

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 42Form.28World.25Curated.22Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Hudson Soft · NES

    PlatformerShooterSpaceshipSide-scrollingAction

    Your ship is equipped with both a standard laser and an independently fired ground weapon, which you must coordinate to defeat ground and aerial enemies. A shield bar keeps track of your damage and you can replenish it by defeating certain

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 42Form.24World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Core Design · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +6

    ArcadePlatformerSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    The world's most renowned biogenetic scientist has been kidnapped and brainwashed into creating an army of bloodthirsty mutant warriors. Suddenly the fate of all mankind rests in the hands of his youngest son... and a top-secret mutating e

    64 rating6 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 41Form.23World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    HAL Laboratory · NES

    ArcadePlatformerShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Air Fortress is a video game published in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in Japan in 1987 and later in North America in 1989. Only a total of 385 copies of the game were shipped to the United States in 1987, and it is

    60 rating1 list

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  • Why 41Form.23World.79Curated.11Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Argus

    1986

    NMK · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSpaceshipScience fiction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 41Form.24World.25Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Atlus · Arcade, SNES

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    The player is set in control of The Garland TFF-01, a sub-standard space fighter ship that is only armed with a semi-auto or rapid fire laser gun known as the Beam Vulcan and the Tranquilander. Some enemy units can be captured and used in p

    60 rating1 list

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  • Why 41Form.26World.71Curated.13Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Pantheon Software, Chris Edwards · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Fly a helicopter into hostile territory to rescue hostages and make some money on the side. The places the player can choose to fly into are Guatemara (Engrish for Guatemala), Cuba, and Panama. Missions are broken down into three different

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 41Form.20World.25Curated.26Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Q-Games · PS3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    PixelJunk SideScroller is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3 as part of the PixelJunk series. It was released on the PlayStation Store on 25 October 2011 in North America and 26 October 2011 in Eur

    82 rating2 lists

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  • Why 41Form.20World.25Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade, Zilog Z80

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    Radar Scope is a 1980 fixed shooter arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D2 and published by Nintendo. The player assumes the role of the Sonic Spaceport starship and must wipe out formations of an enemy race known as the Gamma Raiders befor

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 41Form.35World.41Curated.13Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipFlightSide-scrolling

    Sturmwind is a horizontally scrolling shoot'em up with 16 levels divided into seven worlds, with each of the levels concluding with a boss fight. However, the course is varied sometimes, as several levels include vertically scrolling passag

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