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278 games like Rolling Thunder 2 · 1977 – 2023

  • Sega exclusiveWhy 77Form.52World.83Curated.50Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired · Described alike

    Now Production · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightCover systemAction

    The events in the third game in the series are synchronous with RT2. At the end of the twentieth century, satellites around the globe are being shot down, disrupting communications. Secret agency Rolling Thunder discovers the organization b

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 76Form.49World.25Curated.64Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHelicopterTank

    Silkworm is a classic horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up. The main difference between this game and many other side-scrolling shoot-em-ups is that you will be on land as well as in the air. The first player would play as a helicopter, but i

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 75Form.35World.37Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    MERCS

    1990

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHelicopterTank

    The players are members of a covert counter-terrorist team of mercenaries known as the "Wolf Force". The aim of the game was to rescue the former President from rebels in the fictional African country of Zutula, which bears resemblance to t

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 74Form.37World.31Curated.66Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Data East · Arcade, TurboGrafx-16, Wii

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHelicopterBoss fight

    Snake and Eagle, two commandos of the Bloody Wolf special forces, receive instructions from their commander to destroy the enemy's heavily armed base to rescue the President and any allies who have been reported as MIA. Based off the 1988

    60 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 73Form.31World.41Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +12

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    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

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 67Form.31World.25Curated.59Lists.00Helicopter · Tank · Often paired

    SCE Studio Liverpool · PlayStation

    ActionHelicopterTankBoss fightPuzzle

    One fine and sunny day in the land that Buddies roam, there was a great and mighty disco in a tent. This tent would bob up and down with the music. All of a sudden, a large, flat, grey, flying THING blocked out the sun (The Great Eclipse) a

    66 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 66Form.18World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Pooyan

    1982

    Konami · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +11

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSide view

    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 NEC exclusiveWhy 62Form.26World.25Curated.54Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Irem · Arcade, TurboGrafx-16, Wii +1

    ArcadeShooterActionSide viewPlatformer

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

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 58Form.40World.25Curated.38Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Browser, Linux, Neo Geo +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    Horizontal shooter released for the Neo Geo CD.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 52Form.09World.25Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Natsume Co., Ltd. · Switch, SNES, Satellaview +2

    ArcadeShooterActionAdventureThird-person shooter

    Released in 1994, Wild Guns is a shooting gallery video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Natsume. Its setting is a unique blend of the Wild West, steampunk, and science fiction. The narrative revolves around An

    82 rating11 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 51Form.06World.25Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    Epyx · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +4

    ArcadeActionRacingMotorsportsCga graphics

    Pitstop II is the first 3D racing game to implement a split-screen simultaneous two-player game mode. Players could be in completely different places on the racing track, and each split screen would show the view of the track according to t

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  • Why 44Form.35World.67Curated.11Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Irem · Amiga, Android, Arcade +2

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first released as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly influenced later shooting games with its charge shots, unique weaponry, and grotesque enemies. Hudson Soft ported the later 4 levels of the

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 43Form.32World.25Curated.20Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Konami · Commodore 64, MSX, Wii +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    Parodius, also known as Parodius: The Octopus Saves the Earth, is the first title in the Parodius series. The name itself is a portmanteau of "Gradius" and "Parody" and, eponymously, the game is a parody of the Gradius series of space-base

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 41Form.20World.26Curated.25Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sunsoft · Arcade, MSX, Master System +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionSide viewMascot

    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

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  • Why 40Form.55World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Aicom · Android, Arcade, Browser +8

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Blazing Star is a scrolling shooter video game for the Neo Geo home game system. It is the sequel to the acclaimed Neo Geo shooter Pulstar, which was itself a close cousin to the R-Type franchise. A typically hefty Neo Geo ROM at 346 Mb, th

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 40Form.38World.25Curated.12Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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 lists

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 40Form.62World.07Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +2

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterSide view

    Last Resort is an arcade shoot 'em up video game by SNK released in 1992.

    71 rating6 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 40Form.52World.34Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    X2

    1997

    Team17 · Browser, PlayStation

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    X2, sometimes known as Project X-2 or X2 - No relief is a simple arcade-style side scrolling shoot 'em up released during the Team17-Ocean collaboration era of video games that created the Worms series. It is the sequel to the Amiga 16-bit

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  • Why 39Form.41World.64Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Helicopter

    The 3DO Company · GameCube, PlayStation, PS2

    ShooterHelicopterActionWarfare

    Army Men: Air Attack 2, the sequel to the PlayStation's Army Men: Air Attack, has Captain Blade and his Alpha Wolf Squadron returning to action to continue the now infamous battles between the Green and Tan armies. The sequel features over

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 39Form.42World.25Curated.07Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Cabal

    1988

    TAD Corporation · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    ArcadeShooterHelicopterShoot 'em upTank

    Originating in the arcades, Cabal is a shooter where the protagonist runs back and forth along the bottom of the screen, ducking and dodging bullets and grenades from the enemy. The roll maneuver from the arcade was not implemented in the P

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  • Why 39Form.53World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Helicopter

    Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +2

    ShooterHelicopterTankActionSimulation

    This is probably the most comprehensive 'real-time' battle simulation program ever written for a home computer. It can be played on a simple level as a 'shoot-them-up' game, or a more stealthy player can make use of the intelligence map to

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 39Form.07World.26Curated.30Lists.00Shooter

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

    ShooterShoot 'em upActionSide viewMascot

    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 lists

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  • Why 39Form.53World.26Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Aicom · Arcade, Linux, Neo Geo +5

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    The basic gameplay is simple: progress through the levels in the spacecraft, collecting powerups and protecting the spacecraft from destruction. The game has very obvious similarities in design and gameplay to R-Type. It is actually believe

    70 rating5 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 39Form.45World.50Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Atari · Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS +3

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Star Raiders II is a video game released in 1986 for the Atari 8-bit home computers, and later several other home computers and game consoles. The game was originally developed as part of a tie-in with the movie The Last Starfighter, which

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  • Why 38Form.52World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Tim Follin · ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHelicopterAction

    Agent X is a spy themed action game for the ZX Spectrum.

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

    Aackosoft · Commodore VIC-20, MSX, VIC-20

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Space shooter.

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  • Why 38Form.36World.25Curated.10Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterBoss fight

    Hold it right there. Are you really ready for this one? Have you got the courage to load up the experience that makes all other games you've played seem prehistoric? Because Blood Money is simply the best arcade game you've ever seen. It h

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 38Form.26World.25Curated.17Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionVertical scrolling

    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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 38Form.20World.29Curated.19Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionMedieval

    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

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 38Form.49World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Imagic · Atari 2600

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Pilot Star Voyager through treacherous space. As you look out from the Command Bridge, stars rush past. Penetrate the seven star portals and save the Capital Starport. Destroy enemy ships with photon torpedoes or lasers, or evade them to ma

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  • Why 38Form.13World.25Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Winning Entertainment Group · Switch, PS4, SNES +3

    ArcadeScienceShooterActionAdventure

    Released in 1994, Wild Guns is a shooting gallery video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Natsume. Its setting is a unique blend of the Wild West, steampunk, and science fiction. The narrative revolves around An

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  • Why 37Form.49World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Graftgold · Dragon 32/64, ZX Spectrum

    Shoot 'em upShooterTankActionSimulation

    The Seiddab Trilogy is a series of video games designed by Steve Turner (as Graftgold) for the ZX Spectrum and published by Hewson Consultants. It consists of 3D Space-Wars (1983),[1] 3D Seiddab Attack (1984)[2] and 3D Lunattack.[3] All thr

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

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHelicopterAction

    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

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  • Why 37Form.47World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Switch, PS4, PS5 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterBoss fightAction

    Bobby and Penny, rookie magicians, enter an adventure to get back to their dimension and retrieve the Magic Book in Enchanted Portals, a co-op 2D platformer.

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 37Form.43World.25Curated.03Lists.00Arcade · Science

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

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    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

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 37Form.47World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    SCE Studio Liverpool · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga +5

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterBoss fightAction

    Time is running out for the corporate mogul Tiron Korsby. A microscopic probe has been injected into his bloodstream by corporate rival Axiom Corporation. A probe that with every beat of his heart is cruising towards his brain to execute it

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 37Form.55World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterHelicopterWarfare

    Red Zone, known as Hardwired during development and Commando Raid when demonstrated at Summer CES 1994, is a Sega Mega Drive game released in 1994 by Zyrinx. It is noteworthy for achieving sprite rotations, 3D vectors and full motion video

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  • Why 37Form.47World.30Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionThird person

    With a spaceship, the player shoots several kind of robotic enemies and spaceships. At the end of every stage (except for the first one), the player meets a huge enemy spaceship as the stage's boss. Player's spaceship is equipped with a lim

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 37Form.47World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +4

    ShooterArcadeHelicopterTankBoss fight

    Silkworm is a classic horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up. The main difference between this game and many other side-scrolling shoot-em-ups is that you will be on land as well as in the air. The first player would play as a helicopter, but i

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

    Factor 5 · Sega Genesis, Wii

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    The Machine has enslaved the galaxy under its tyrannical rule. As Bren McGuire, the last survivor of the United Freedom Forces, it is your duty to destroy the evil forces of the Machine that have devastated the galaxy.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 37Form.49World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Zaku

    2009

    Atari Lynx

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Zaku is a homebrew scrolling shooter video game developed by PenguiNet and published by Super Fighter Team exclusively for the Atari Lynx on 24 October 2009. Taking place on a futuristic setting where Captain Bran and his minions plan to ov

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  • Why 36Form.47World.22Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Helicopter

    MS-DOS, macOS

    Shoot 'em upHelicopterTankReal-time tacticsStrategy

    Armor Alley is a combination computer wargame and horizontally scrolling shooter for MS-DOS and Classic Mac OS published by Three-Sixty Pacific in 1991. It is modelled on the Apple II game Rescue Raiders. Players can compete against the co

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  • Why 36Form.47World.25Curated.00Lists.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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 36Form.47World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Jaleco · Arcade, SNES

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    A SUPER SAGA OF 23RD CENTURY SATELLITE WARFARE! The graphics will dazzle you, the speed will astound you... but if you don't think fast and shoot faster, you won't have a chance against the alien firestorm. Because in EARTH DEFENSE FORCE,

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 36Form.31World.25Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Rare Ltd. · Arcade, NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterHelicopterTankAction

    The player takes a role of a fighter pilot working to repel an alien invasion. Aliens have invaded Earth, and have built four land bases. These bases are designed to drain Earth's energy and feed it to their mother space station. If the spa

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 36Form.36World.25Curated.07Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Combat

    1977

    Atari, Inc. · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHelicopterTank

    Combat is an early video game by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600. It was based on two earlier black-and-white coin-operated arcade games produced by Atari. Combat had color graphics and numerous gameplay variations. The 27 game modes feature

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 36Form.36World.25Curated.06Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Telenet Japan · Sega Genesis

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    Gaiares is a horizontal-scrolling shoot em' up released for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis in 1990. The game bears a striking mechanic similarity to that of the R-Type series, alongside those of other well-known Shoot Em' Ups such as Gradius an

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 36Form.45World.25Curated.00Lists.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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