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204 games like Saint Dragon · 1981 – 2023

  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 91Form.65World.86Curated.87Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired · Described alike

    Warashi · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 86Form.59World.25Curated.82Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Pyramid · PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide view

    Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It forms part of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009. Like previous Darius games, Dariusburst is

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 84Form.50World.25Curated.84Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Aicom · Arcade, FM Towns, Neo Geo +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionRobots

    One or two players (in hot-seat or cooperative mode) control a spaceship equipped with a laser cannon which can be charged (by holding the shooting button down) for a stronger blast. Besides the main weapon, three special weapons are availa

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  • Why 83Form.59World.86Curated.61Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired · Described alike

    Warashi · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide view

    Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 82Form.61World.25Curated.70Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Epics Inc · PlayStation, PS2, PS3 +1

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    In Philosoma, you blast through 18 vertical scrolling deep space environments in search of the mysterious distress call, destroying enemies and obstacles in your path. Go up against a variety of vehicles including the "Hover Carrier," the

    50 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 82Form.78World.25Curated.57Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Switch, PS3, PlayStation Portable +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupBullet hellSide-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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 77Form.66World.25Curated.54Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Android, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It forms part of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009. Like previous Darius games, Dariusburst is

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 77Form.41World.52Curated.67Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2, SNES +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Syvalion is an arcade shooter video game released by Taito in 1988 and designed by Fukio Mitsuji, creator of Bubble Bobble. The player controls a golden metal dragon which flies around, breathing fire at its enemies while collecting power-u

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 73Form.44World.25Curated.61Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    MOSS · Windows, Xbox One

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A quarter-century after the arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre, the series now comes to the Xbox One in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future, where the tide of battle holds constant

    80 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 69Form.48World.46Curated.46Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Tecmo · Arcade, Switch

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide view

    Strato Fighter, otherwise known as Raiga: Strato Fighter, is a 1991 video arcade game developed by Tecmo. It is a horizontal side-scrolling space shooter in which two players may play simultaneously. The game sets players in the year 2135 o

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 68Form.42World.25Curated.53Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Granzella · PS5

    ShooterShoot 'em upSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 67Form.53World.25Curated.43Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Karous

    2007

    Milestone · Arcade, Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionVertical scrolling

    In this unique vertically-scrolling shooter you take the role of a mysterious girl named Karous, who commands a tiny fighter ship and attempts to destroy an evil armada bent on world domination. The game plays as your average vertical-scro

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  • Why 66Form.42World.25Curated.50Lists.00Science · Shooter · Often paired

    Toaplan · Arcade, FM Towns, Linux +2

    ScienceShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fiction

    Gameplay is similar to the previous Truxton. Truxton II has six huge areas, each with a boss at the end; the game "loops" these six areas forever. Lives are given out at 70000 points, then every 200000 points after; players start with three

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  • Why 64Form.68World.25Curated.29Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Milestone · Arcade, Dreamcast, GameCube

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterBullet hellScience fiction

    Radilgy is a vertical shooter with its own unique graphical design taking inspiration from anime and the look of cel-shaded graphics.

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  • Why 57Form.51World.25Curated.29Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    MileStone Inc. · Arcade, Dreamcast, GameCube +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upBullet hellScience fictionSide view

    Radilgy is a vertical shooter with its own unique graphical design taking inspiration from anime and the look of cel-shaded graphics.

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 57Form.35World.25Curated.41Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Information Global Service · TurboGrafx-16

    ScienceShooterShoot 'em upSide-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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 56Form.54World.25Curated.26Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Konami · MSX, Wii

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupSide-scrollingScience fiction

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

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 54Form.53World.25Curated.24Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    TurboGrafx-16

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Evil forces have kidnapped the leader of the Burning Project! It's up to the Burning Angels to rescue her! And so starts another vertically scrolling shooter on the PC Engine. There are no surprises in the gameplay here - choose one of two

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 54Form.62World.25Curated.17Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Grobda

    1984

    Namco · Arcade, NEC PC-6000 Series, Switch +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The player must take control of Grobda, a tank trapped in an arena filled with numerous indestructible obstacles and several enemy tanks. When an enemy tank is killed, it will cause an explosion, and any other enemies that happen to be in t

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  • Why 54Form.66World.25Curated.14Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Irem · Arcade, FM Towns, NES +6

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fiction

    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

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 54Form.52World.25Curated.24Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Sega Genesis

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Verytex is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan. Taking place on the colonized fictional planet of Syracuse in a futuristic sci-fi setting, where its military force initiated a violent coup d'état against the inhabitants for un

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 53Form.43World.25Curated.29Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Side-scrolling

    Shoot 'em upSide-scrollingScience fictionAction

    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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  • Why 52Form.47World.25Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Delta

    1987

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

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    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 list

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  • Why 52Form.64World.25Curated.12Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Jukka Tapanimäki · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Netherworld is a shoot 'em up video game published by Hewson in 1988. It was originally developed by Jukka Tapanimäki for the Commodore 64, and original music was composed by Jori Olkkonen.

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 52Form.47World.25Curated.24Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Tokai Communications · Sega Genesis

    ScienceShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionSide view

    Whip Rush is a side-scrolling space shooter released in 1990 for the Sega Mega Drive System and subsequently for its American counterpart, the Sega Genesis. Whip Rush's gameplay style is very similar to R-Type: The title ship flies through

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 50Form.57World.25Curated.14Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Hudson Soft · PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD +1

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterShmupSide-scrolling

    Aries was a peaceful and calm planet for millennia; however, it is now faced with its worst crisis. The deadly army of Obellon fighters led by General Don Jingi, the evil merchant known to do anything for personal gain, is out to steal the

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  • Why 50Form.60World.25Curated.12Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Capcom · Arcade, Famicom Disk System, NES +1

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 50Form.51World.45Curated.14Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Irem · Arcade, Switch

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Is a side-scrolling shooter published by Irem, and similar in style to their earlier R-Type. The game centers around an unusual alien invasion against a colony planet in the year 2249 where the aliens themselves are microscopic creatures th

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  • Why 49Form.36World.25Curated.27Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Gorgon

    1981

    Sirius Software · Apple II

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    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.

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  • Why 49Form.36World.59Curated.20Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Kaneko · Arcade, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionMech

    Heavy Unit is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game developed by Kaneko and published by Taito in 1988. It was ported to the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by Taito and was released on December 22, 1989. There was also a Mega Drive port b

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  • Why 49Form.26World.36Curated.31Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Repton

    1983

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

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    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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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 49Form.51World.25Curated.17Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, MSX

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionHigh score

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up in the Xevious franchise. Adds bosses, power-ups and a story to the Xevious model.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 49Form.60World.25Curated.11Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Xexex

    1991

    Konami · Arcade, Switch

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    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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  • Why 48Form.52World.27Curated.14Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide view

    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

    3 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 48Form.43World.25Curated.21Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Acclaim Studios London · Game Gear, Master System, Sega Genesis +1

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterShmupSide-scrolling

    The Sega Versions of the "The Terminator". This side scroller was based on the 1984 science fiction blockbuster of the same name. Just like the movie, you assume the role of Kyle Reese, a traveller from the future who returns to modern-day

    59 rating3 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 47Form.49World.25Curated.14Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcade

    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 47Form.33World.25Curated.26Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

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

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.34World.73Curated.15Lists.00Shooter · Shmup

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +4

    ShooterShmupSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    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

    73 rating1 list

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 47Form.42World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Atari 2600

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionFlight simulation

    Solaris is a space combat game for the Atari 2600 published in 1986 by Atari Corporation. It was developed by Doug Neubauer, who owns the copyright and the Solaris trademark. The game is a sequel to Neubauer's Atari 8-bit family game Star R

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 47Form.33World.25Curated.26Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    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 47Form.36World.25Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Zybex

    1989

    Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 46Form.49World.25Curated.13Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide view

    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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 46Form.48World.25Curated.14Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

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

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBoss fight

    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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  • Why 46Form.55World.25Curated.10Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Treasure · Arcade, Switch, Sega Saturn +2

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterShmupBullet hell

    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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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 45Form.41World.25Curated.17Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Compile · MSX, TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionHigh score

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up in the Xevious franchise. Adds bosses, power-ups and a story to the Xevious model.

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 44Form.48World.17Curated.13Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16

    Shoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingSide viewHigh score

    A horizontal shoot 'em up that casts you as a baby dragon out to free a princess from the clutches of an evil....well, you get the idea. Gameplay is traditional, with power-up weapons that include multi-way shot and 'miniature' mode and a s

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.64World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Arika · Nintendo DS

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Prepare yourself for one of the most intense shoot ‘em ups to hit Nintendo DSiWare. Your mission is simple: get the highest score possible, across eight phases of fierce vertical-scrolling action.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.41World.00Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Codemasters · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupActionCombat flight simulator

    MiG-29: Soviet Fighter is a shoot 'em up game developed by Codemasters in 1989 and released for several contemporary home computers. An unlicensed version was also released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Camerica.

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