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259 games like Raiden IV · 1979 – 2016
G.rev · Arcade, Dreamcast, Xbox 360
Under Defeat is a shoot 'em up arcade game by G.rev. It was released for the Sega Dreamcast in March 2006. The game takes place in an alternate reality based on World War II, and, in a controversial twist, players control German-speaking ch
70 rating6 listsOften paired
Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 64 +6
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
2 lists0.5 h main storyOften paired
PS4, Xbox One
The first widescreen bullet hell shoot 'em up challenges you to dodge hundreds of bullet patterns and take down the final boss!
75 rating2 listsOften paired
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!
75 rating4 lists2 h main storyOften paired
Alfa System · Arcade, Switch, PS2 +4
Castle of Shikigami is a dark, supernatural shoot-'em-up classic. Choose one of six characters and utilize their unique abilities to defeat the demons infesting modern-day Tokyo in this vertically scrolling shooting game. Use each character
68 rating1 list0.5 h main storyOften paired
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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Taito · Android, Mobile, PS3 +3
Space Invaders, the game that defined video games for generations, is back with a new twist! The game starts off looking like the classic Space Invaders, but as you play through the game, it evolves. Unlock new stages, new power ups, and ne
77 rating3 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, Switch
Megablast (メガブラスト) is a 1989 Horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game released by Taito in Europe and Japan. One or two players could control space fighters assigned to deal with an alien invasion using incredible firepower through eight st
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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
60 rating1 listOften paired
Sega console exclusive
NMK · Arcade, Sega Genesis
USAAF Mustang is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game originally developed by NMK, and published by UPL in 1990. It was ported a year later to the Sega Mega Drive by Taito while being renamed Fire Mustang. NMK Co. Ltd. also dev
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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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Sega exclusive
Technosoft · Sega Saturn
Blast Wind is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.
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Atari exclusive
Atari 5200
We've just received word that terrorists have seized one of our missile silo complexes and are threatening to blow up Washington, D.C. These lunatics aren't fooling! They've wired the missiles to a silo computer and started the launch sequ
1 listOften paired
PlayStation console exclusive
PlayStation Portable, Windows
Soreyuke! Burunyan-man Ecstasy!!! was based on the Hardcore edition, but added elements from Portable version and added H-scenes. In the new "Ecstasy" mode, combo system, breaking effect, new enemies and stages were added. Some enemies att
1 listOften paired
Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Los Angeles SWAT (also known as L.A. SWAT) is a 1986 video game released by Mastertronic for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. In this game, the player assumes the role of a Los Angeles police officer fi
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Sculptured Software · Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Los Angeles SWAT (also known as L.A. SWAT) is a 1986 video game released by Mastertronic for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. In this game, the player assumes the role of a Los Angeles police officer fi
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Freeverse · Windows, macOS
A classic birds-eye view arcade shooter where the player controls a selection of airplanes from WW2 propeller planes with machine-guns to futuristic jets with energy weapons, bombs and missiles. The goal is to blow up pretty much everything
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Freeverse · macOS
Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a companion if necessary) against
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Atari exclusiveAtari 7800
Meltdown is a light gun shooter video game developed by Atari Corporation and published in 1990 for the Atari 7800. It is one of five 7800 games compatible with the Atari XG-1 light gun accessory.
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Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +2
The player takes the role of the eponymous Ball and gameplay takes the form of a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up. It was also one of the first games to feature a wide range of power-ups (via power discs). I Ball featured some memorable sy
60 rating2 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Arcade, Switch
Rescue hostages while defeating the enemy. The number of hostages to rescue increases with each level. When all the hostages have been rescued, the level ends.
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
Chopper Command is a video game by Activision released for the Atari 2600 in June 1982. It was designed and programmed by Bob Whitehead. In Chopper Command the player controls a military helicopter in a desert scenario protecting a convoy
67 rating2 listsOften paired
Timed NEC exclusive
Now Production · TurboGrafx-16, Wii, Wii U
On Earth in the 23rd century, a space time warp opens up over the Atlantic Ocean. From it comes an enormous invasion force analyzed to come from the 25th century. As Earth is attacked by the alien war machines, it is revealed that the culpr
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Overkill Software · PS4, Xbox One
Put a crew together for the second entry in the thrilling heist shooter PayDay. Don the masks of the original PayDay crew -- Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains -- and descend on Washington D.C. for an epic crime spree. The new CRIMENET network
71 rating3 listsOften paired
Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, TRS-80 Color Computer +1
An arcade style game with a loose basis on the arcade hit Defender, Protector II is a side-scrolling shooter. Like Defender, there are lots of different aliens to contend with, and some ground based enemies as well. There are no smart bombs
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Mark Allen · Apple II
You are in control of a stationary gun turrent at the bottom of the screen. Planes drop bombs and paratroopers jump out of helicopters which you have to shoot. Every hit gains you points - every shot you fire looses you points. You have lo
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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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Cheshire Engineering · Intellivision
Felton Pinkerton wanted to take his wife to the fair, so he didn't get a chance to spray pesticide on his crop of corn. But due to his laziness, all of the bugs have now arrived and are trying to eat every last bit of corn! You control Felt
2 listsOften paired
Sega exclusive
Game Gear
An evil government has trapped you in a futurustic labyrinth! Fight your way through urban mazes in pursuit of hidden keys... the keys to expose the government's corruption.
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Nintendo exclusiveTose Co. · NES
The aim is to shoot the discs on the screen so that you can acquire enough points to pass the clearing point score of that particular stage without your time or energy running out. You can choose between different difficulty levels. They af
2 listsOften paired
Atari · Arcade, N-Gage, Windows
Black Widow is a vector arcade game developed by Atari released in 1982. The player takes the role of a Black widow spider defending a web from invading bugs. The player must move the spider around the web while simultaneously shooting/avoi
49 rating2 listsOften paired
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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Stamper brothers · ZX Spectrum
Growing the best Thyrgodian Megga Chrisanthodil possible is the sole purpose of Robbie the Robot. When insects invade his garden, he has to stop them ruining his work. He has a canister of insect repellent, a smoke-bomb and a startling stre
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Arcade
Pulsar is a 1980 maze shooter video game developed and published by Gremlin/Sega for arcades; in Japan, it was released by Gremlin's parent company Sega. The player controls a tank in a top-down view maze to fetch keys used to unlock the ne
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Madfinger Games · Android, BlackBerry 10, Ouya
SHADOWGUN puts you into the role of John Slade, the galaxy’s most infamous bounty hunter. Your mission: hunt down Dr. Edgar Simon, maniacal genius and leader of his own mutant army. Infiltrate Dr. Simon’s mountain fortress and fight his per
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Incredible Technologies · Arcade
Released in February 2002.
1 listOften paired
Durell Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
A side scrolling game with the Harrier aircraft.
2 listsOften paired
Nintendo exclusive
Shin'en Multimedia · Nintendo 3DS
Stop the deadly Nanostray virus from spreading and contaminating civilization in Nano Assault EX, a fast-paced action shooter set within a visually stunning cellular system that leaps off the screen in full 3D. Control your microscopic Nani
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NMK · Arcade
A one or two player shooter game developed by NMK and published by Jaleco Ltd. in 1995. As in the original, you control an airplane scrolling from left to right shooting at lots of enemy airplanes. This game has excellent explosions.
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Sega console exclusive
MSX, Sega Genesis, Sharp X68000
Undead Line is a top-down arcade shooter with scrolling screens, like Commando and other games. The player controls a character (from a selection of three on the MSX 2 version) that shoots projectiles at enemy monsters. The six levels avai
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Irem · Arcade, FM Towns, NES +6
On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other military industrial space comple
70 rating9 lists
Bandai Namco Entertainment · Arcade
The fourth major entry in Namco's arcade light gun shooter series Point Blank.
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PlayStation console exclusive
Success · Arcade, PS2
Psyvariar is a vertical scrolling shooter released in arcades in 2000 by Success. The game contains a variety of stages and it features a 'buzz' gameplay style, making it possible to earn levels by dodging enemy bullets.
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Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade
The bandits who kidnapped your girlfriend have surrounded you. Now you have to shoot your way out.
2 listsOften paired
Drew Major · Android, Linux, MS-DOS
Snipes is an arcade style action game. You are in a large maze along with a number of generators. The generators create the enemy Snipes, and to win the game you need to shoot all of the generators and all of the Snipes they create. The gam
2 listsOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Sirius Software · Atari 2600, Commodore VIC-20, VIC-20
Deadly Duck's job is to score points by blasting his enemy the Crabs, their Bricks and the Dragonflies. Deadly can keep shooting as long as he avoids getting bonked by a falling Brick or hit by a Dragonfly's Bomb.
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