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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 93Form.68World.55Curated.97Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em up2dSpace shooter

    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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  • Why 81Form.38World.25Curated.83Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeScienceShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    Formation Armed F is a vertically scrolling shooter. The basic gameplay principle offers no surprises: shooting a lot of aliens without getting hit by their attacks. Additionally there are environmental obstacles like poisonous gas or walls

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 77Form.49World.13Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy Advance +9

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooter2dVertical scrolling

    TwinBee is a cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up game. It was the very first game to run on Konami's Bubble System hardware. TwinBee was later re-released on PSP as part of TwinBee Portable collection, DS as part of Konami Class

    62 rating13 listsOften paired

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  • Why 76Form.44World.25Curated.66Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Mattel Electronics · Atari 2600, Intellivision, Legacy Mobile Device +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpace shooterAction

    In Astrosmash you control a laser canon at the bottom of the screen; your goal is to earn as many points as possible by destroying the various incoming meteors, bombs, and other objects. Points are earned for destroying objects, while point

    79 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 75Form.60World.27Curated.54Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Hudson Soft · PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx-16 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooter2dVertical scrollingHighscore

    Gunhed, is a 1989 sci-fi shoot 'em up video game developed by Hudson Soft and Compile. It was released in Japan on July 7, 1989 for the PC Engine, and it was released in North America in November 1989 for the TurboGrafx-16. It was later rel

    7 listsOften paired

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  • Why 75Form.45World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Success Corporation · Switch, PS4, Windows

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upBullet hellVertical scrolling

    Psyvariar Delta is a classic shooter known for the Buzz System, where players level up by grazing enemy fire and chaining Buzz. Also included in this version are 2 HD remakes of the arcade classic Psyvariar Medium Unit and Psyvariar Revisio

    88 rating2 lists0 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 72Form.56World.25Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Toaplan · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 7800 +8

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooter2d

    A.L.C.O.N (Allied League of Cosmic Nations), also known as Slap Fight, is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Toaplan.

    73 rating4 lists0.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 71Form.39World.28Curated.61Lists.00Adventure · Arcade · Often paired

    NG.DEV.TEAM · Arcade, Dreamcast, Neo Geo +4

    AdventureArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooter

    Fast Striker is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed and published by NG:DEV.TEAM, which was released in Japan in 2012D arcade shooting game with emphasis on scoring originally developed for NEO·GEO. The game lets the player choose between 3 game

    61 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 68Form.47World.25Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Arcade · Often paired

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

    AdventureArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooter

    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

    55 rating9 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.34World.88Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Described alike

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.29World.88Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Described alike

    Vulgus

    1984

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    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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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 50Form.28World.25Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrolling

    Blade Eagle 3-D is a vertical shoot-em-up which has no story involved. You just have to shoot your way on three planets (you have to travel through space first), blasting as many enemies as possible. Along the way, there are several bosses

    49 rating3 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 48Form.22World.25Curated.35Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Arcade, Atari 7800, MSX +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    The player controls a ship (bearing a resemblance to the Battlestar Galactica) which can fire and move left or right. The player must continuously monitor the onscreen temperature and fuel gauges; if the ship overheats, its weapon is disabl

    75 rating3 lists

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 47Form.31World.25Curated.27Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16

    ScienceShooterShoot 'em up2dVertical scrolling

    Cyber-core is a vertically scrolling shooter in which the player fights insects. The basic idea is traditional: shooting everything before they can shoot/touch the player: after three hits the chitin armor breaks and a life is lost. Besides

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 47Form.41World.25Curated.20Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 47Form.36World.13Curated.27Lists.00Adventure · Arcade

    WayForward Technologies · Nintendo 3DS

    AdventureArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSpace shooter

    Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land has players help Mordecai and Rigby use their best skills and unique abilities to traverse the various challenges to escape their favorite video games and get home.

    56 rating3 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 45Form.43World.25Curated.16Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 45Form.36World.25Curated.21Lists.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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 45Form.30World.85Curated.12Lists.00Arcade · Science · Described alike

    Zanac

    1986

    Famicom Disk System, MSX, NES +2

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrolling

    The "system" was created by an organic intelligence body many milleniums ago and began attacking the human race. The earth was thrown into turmoil with only one hope for salvation. Fighter model AFX-6502 ZANAC was perfected by the 256th Rio

    74 rating7 listsDescribed alike

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 44Form.48World.25Curated.11Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Toaplan · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterBullet hell

    "Grind Stormer" is a 1993 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Toaplan in Japan and North America. It is considered to be the spiritual successor to Slap Fight. Based around a video game withi

    59 rating1 list

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  • Why 41Form.35World.25Curated.16Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sharp X68000, Windows

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingHighscoreAction

    Cho Ren Sha 68K is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up in which the player takes control of an unnamed spaceship to fight against a horde of enemy spacecraft on a giant and seemingly endless ring-shaped space station. The game features a loop

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 41Form.38World.25Curated.13Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Gekirindan is a vertical shoot-'em-up by Taito where players select one of three different fighters against an army of mechs through different time periods.

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  • Why 41Form.28World.13Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Psikyo · Arcade, PlayStation, PS3 +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterBullet hellVertical scrolling

    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.

    65 rating6 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 41Form.40World.25Curated.12Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Dreamcast

    ShooterShoot 'em upBullet hellVertical scrollingAction

    A prediction is that before human civilization, there was once an advanced civilization on Mars. A sorceress destroyed the civilization and everything that was remembered of it, except a chip called "INFINITY". In 2100, millions of people w

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  • Why 41Form.39World.25Curated.13Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Vid Kidz · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooter2dAction

    Arcade shooter where you protect humans from being captured by aliens. Created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, it is a sequel to Defender which was released earlier in the year. Some home ports of Stargate were renamed to Defender II for

    43 rating8 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 40Form.30World.52Curated.11Lists.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

    41 rating2 lists

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  • Why 39Form.24World.66Curated.11Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Argus

    1986

    NMK · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingScience 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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  • Why 39Form.35World.25Curated.13Lists.00Arcade · Science

    UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Bio-ship Paladin is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive. While the game is essentially a standard horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, it has an innovation that makes it unique

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  • Why 39Form.31World.25Curated.14Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    Warhawk is an action/simulation game built around a futuristic VTOL craft. The player maneuvers with 360 degrees of flight control through 6 unique levels. Take to the skies over desert and volcanic planets, through ancient castles and tow

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 38Form.26World.25Curated.16Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Asmik Ace Entertainment · SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingScience fictionHelicopter

    Gameplay involves being the pilot of an Apache Helicopter, and shooting enemies down in the style of a vertical scrolling shooter. Large red gunships can be shot down to gain power-ups for the helicopter in order to upgrade the guns and hav

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 38Form.28World.25Curated.15Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Imagic · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +11

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders. You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bi

    62 rating6 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 38Form.34World.25Curated.11Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ActionArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooter

    Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble. Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a subset of them through branches, c

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 38Form.32World.87Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Described alike

    NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The most happening place in the universe is the trendy, upscale solar system of IOTA Synthetica, part of the Galactic Federation of artificial stars. It's as far from dirty old Earth as can be... But don't sign up to go yet! A strange cosmi

    68 rating1 listDescribed alike

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  • Why 38Form.37World.25Curated.09Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Treasure · Arcade, Switch, Sega Saturn +2

    ActionArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooter

    Unlike in most other shoot 'em ups, there are no power-ups. All weapons are available from the start. Weapons can 'level up', however, becoming more powerful as the player uses them to score points. There are a selection of 7 weapons that c

    81 rating9 lists3.5 h main story

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 38Form.28World.25Curated.15Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Android, Arcade, Sega Saturn +2

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    RayForce (released in western Arcades as "Gunlock") is a top-down shooter. There are seven levels to play, ranging from battles in the atmosphere of planets to battling over mountain ranges, each with their own standard huge bosses at the e

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 38Form.43World.25Curated.06Lists.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

    57 rating6 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 37Form.25World1.00Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Described alike

    UPL · Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The players takes controls on one of two surviving fighters pilots, 'Jet' a male pilot and 'Nova' a female pilot and both flying the Icarus, a fast and powerful space-fighter, which comes equipped with a Standard laser. Two more weapons are

    51 rating1 listDescribed alike

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 37Form.32World.25Curated.11Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Data East · Arcade, Atari 7800

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The game of Astro Fighter consists of 4 waves and a refueling stage, which are then repeated with increasingly higher difficulty. The player's task is to eliminate the four successive waves of different types of attacking craft, while avoid

    70 rating1 list

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  • Why 37Form.33World.25Curated.10Lists.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 console exclusiveWhy 37Form.26World.25Curated.15Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Shin'en Multimedia · Game Boy Advance, Windows

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Be the new saviour as the Iridion force strikes back! A century has passed since the Iridion Empire was defeated. Humans have populated the old Iridion galaxy giving mankind freedom and peace. Suddenly, all communications with the human out

    82 rating1 list1.5 h main story

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 37Form.32World.25Curated.11Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Sega Genesis, Wii

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fiction

    M.U.S.H.A. is a Sega Genesis vertical-scrolling shooter from Compile and Seismic originally released in 1990 and later re-released on the Nintendo Virtual Console in 2009. The game is known for its rarity and its ability to fetch high price

    78 rating1 list

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 37Form.48World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Nichibutsu · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System +10

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpace shooterAction

    Moon Cresta is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. A moving starfield gives the impression of vertical scrolling, but the game is a fixed shooter in the vein of Namco's Galaxian. Incentive Software published a version of this ar

    79 rating6 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 36Form.34World.13Curated.11Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Eighting · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    Bullet hellScienceShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    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

    69 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 36Form.45World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Mobile21 · Game Boy Advance

    Shoot 'em upShooterSpace shooterActionScience fiction

    Gradius Galaxies is a horizontally-scrolling shooter handheld video game released for the Game Boy Advance. This is the only Gradius title available for the system.

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 36Form.27World.13Curated.16Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Dreamcast +5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upBullet hellVertical 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

    75 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 36Form.34World.13Curated.11Lists.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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  • Why 36Form.34World.25Curated.08Lists.00Arcade · Science

    The Assembly Line · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST +6

    ArcadeScienceShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    No-one likes a and loser. And no-one comes more universally despised than Xenites. For a thousand years they have been plotting revenge for their humiliating defeat in the last Galactic Conflict. Now the very fabric of time is in danger. Th

    75 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 36Form.31World.25Curated.10Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Xexex

    1991

    Konami · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Xexex is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game by Konami released in Japan. It draws on Irem's R-Type and Konami's other shoot 'em up Gradius, while adding the tentacle mechanics of Irem's other shoot 'em up XMultiply. In the game

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