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197 games like Shienryu · 1984 – 2026

  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 94Form.90World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · 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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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 91Form1.00World.25Curated.75Lists.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 90Form.67World.25Curated.92Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · 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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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 85Form.64World.25Curated.75Lists.00Shooter · Shmup · Often paired

    Epics Inc · PlayStation, PS2, PS3 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 85Form.55World.26Curated.82Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · 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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 82Form.81World.25Curated.57Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 79Form.71World.25Curated.53Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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 79Form.59World.37Curated.61Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    NMK · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience 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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  • Why 78Form.58World.25Curated.61Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Toaplan · Arcade, FM Towns, Linux +2

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionScience

    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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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 74Form.43World.25Curated.64Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · 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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 65Form.83World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 59Form.54World.00Curated.35Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Switch

    ShooterShoot 'em upFantasyBird view / Isometric

    Soldier Girl Amazon is a shooter released by Nichibutsu in 1986. The soldier girl Amazon fights on a completely different Earth, dominated by strange beasts and crazy cyborgs.

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 59Form.69World.25Curated.20Lists.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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 58Form.92World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionAction

    SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game, Darwin 4078. The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutatin

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 58Form.61World.00Curated.29Lists.00Shooter · Shmup

    ShooterShmupActionAuditory

    Stahlfeder: Tekkou Hikuudan is a vertical shoot'em'up released only in Japan in 1996 for the original Sony Playstation, it has since been re-released for the PSN.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 58Form.60World.25Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    NetFarm · Wii, NES

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    The player controls a pilot who is trying to defend the Earth from an evil nation's global revolution sometime in the year 20XX. Given the assignment, the overall purpose of the game is to infiltrate their base and take out their defences a

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 58Form.54World.25Curated.29Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Tokai Communications · Sega Genesis

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionSide viewScience

    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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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 58Form.68World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    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.

    1 list

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 54Form.64World.25Curated.16Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Darius Gaiden is a two-dimensional shoot'em up. The player controls a space ship named the Silver Hawk and must guide it through scrolling stages, destroying enemies and avoiding obstacles along the way. The ship is armed with forward-firin

    75 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 53Form.86World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    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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  • Why 53Form.86World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 53Form.94World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Success · Arcade, PS2

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 52Form.83World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionAction

    SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game, Darwin 4078. The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutatin

    58 rating1 list

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 52Form.84World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionAction

    The game consists of 10 missions. Each mission takes place in a vast cavern, with interesting weather conditions. You must explore it and complete the mission objectives -- usually collecting sub parts, rescuing trapped miners, or destroyin

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  • Why 52Form.83World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Tatsujin Co., Ltd. · Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch 2, Windows +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionArcade

    Truxton Extreme, which inherits the DNA from legendary arcade masterpiece Truxton, is a collaboration with manga artist and Toaplan alumni Junya Inoue.

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 51Form.85World.07Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Technosoft · Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupSide viewArcade

    Blast Wind is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 50Form.80World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    UPL · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    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

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 50Form.79World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shmup

    G-Artists · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShmupScience fictionSide viewThird person

    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 rating3 lists

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  • Why 49Form.75World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Irem · Arcade, FM Towns, NES +6

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    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

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 48Form.73World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide view

    Gaia Seed is a horizontally scrolling shooter from Techno Soleil. The game comes from the fabulous line of classically-styled Japanese shoot 'em ups, bursting at the seams with parallax scrolling, screen-filling bosses and other classic eff

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 47Form.80World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    NMK · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupArcadeAction

    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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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 47Form.47World.00Curated.22Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    SNK · PlayStation Portable

    Shoot 'em upShooter

    10 great SNK heroes and heroines have left their worlds to answer Dr. Brown Sugar's "call for peace". Now, head to the skies to save the world from the threat of "THE DAMNED", an evil organization which plots to use a time machine for its m

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 47Form.71World.25Curated.00Lists.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 console exclusiveWhy 46Form.33World.26Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    G.rev · Arcade, Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide viewSega naomi

    A futuristic sci-fi shooter in which you play a test pilot strapped to the brand new RAIN combat simulator which allows you to remotely control fighters as they immerse themselves in the midst of enemy territory. The game is a side-scrolli

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  • Why 46Form.77World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Switch, PS4, Windows +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupArcadeAction

    Pocky & Rocky Reshrined follows the adventures of a young Shinto shrine maiden named Pocky and her companion, Rocky the raccoon, as they take on the Nopino Goblins! A third sequel in the series, Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is currently being d

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 45Form.64World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shmup

    Aleste

    1988

    MSX, Master System, PS4 +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Your planet has been overrun by the meanest mutant vegetation ever created in a genetics laboratory. It's taken over buildings, labs, fighter craft... even people! And it's getting bigger... and meaner... with each passing second. But it ha

    74 rating6 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 45Form.68World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Athena · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionShared screen

    Dezaemon Kids! is a title in the Dezaemon series that allows players to create their own shoot-'em-up games. The players can design levels and enemies by themselves or choose from a number of presets, as well as compose musical themes for t

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  • Why 45Form.76World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +3

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupWorld War IIAction

    Ghost Pilots is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in 1991 by SNK.

    52 rating6 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 45Form.75World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Android, BlackBerry OS, Ouya +4

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupSide viewPlaystation minis

    Fly planes on your phone with this Combat-like plane game

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 45Form.67World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    A shoot-'em-up that was originally released in Japan under the Simple 1500 Series Banner and later released in the US as a budget title by A1 Games through Agetec.

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 45Form.74World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Eighting · Arcade, FM Towns, PS4 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupSide viewShared screen

    Sorcer Striker, released in Japan as Mahou Daisakusen is a 1993 medieval-themed scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Raizing (now known as Eighting) , and later ported to the X68000 and FM-Towns computers and the EZweb m

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 45Form.66World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Athena · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionScience

    Strike Gunner S.T.G is an Action game, developed by Athena and published by Tecmo, which was released in 1991. A vertically scrolling shooter.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 45Form.66World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Compile · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionArcade

    Zanac X Zanac is a shoot'em up game released by Compile to commemorate the 15th anniversairy of the original game. This title includes two games - a reimagination of the original game, called Zanac Neo and 3 different versions of the NES po

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

    Konami · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Like the original Salamander, and as opposed to the Life Force releases, Salamander 2 abandons the selection-bar based power-up system, in favor for a simplified system that focuses on powering weapons up based on specific icons. For exampl

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  • Why 43Form.63World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    MOSS Co., Ltd. · PS3, PS4, Xbox 360

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionScrolling shooter

    Caladrius is an Action game, developed and published by Moss, which was released in Japan in 2013.

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  • Why 43Form.62World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    MOSS · Arcade, Switch, Xbox 360

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionScrolling shooter

    Caladrius is an Action game, developed and published by Moss, which was released in Japan in 2013.

    80 rating2 lists

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 43Form.67World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Success Corporation · Arcade, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color +10

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupSide viewArcade

    Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is a scrolling shooter arcade game, released on Sega's Sega System 16B Arcade system board in 1989. It is the first in the Cotton series of videogames. It was ported to both the Sharp X68000 and the NEC Turbo

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  • Why 43Form.63World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    CAVE Interactive · Arcade

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionArcade

    ESP Ra.De. is a 1998 arcade game developed by Cave and published by Atlus. It is the first non-DonPachi game released by Cave. ESP Ra.De. received spiritual prequels in the form of the Espgaluda series; however, ESP Ra.De. is related to the

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