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  • Why 70Form.27World.27Curated.67Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn +1

    ShooterModern warfareAliensAlien invasionModern military

    Area 51 is a light gun arcade game released by Atari Games. It takes its name from the Area 51 military facility.

    68 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 70Form.37World.25Curated.59Lists.00Science · Aliens · Often paired

    Konami · PlayStation

    ScienceAliensAlien invasionBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    Broken Helix is a third-person shooter game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation in 1997. The game boasts "4-D" real time gameplay, allowing the player to activate and deactivate certain objects in later levels of the game.

    60 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 67Form.27World.25Curated.62Lists.00Science · Shooter · Often paired

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3

    ScienceShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    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

    70 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 66Form.26World.25Curated.61Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Appaloosa Interactive · PlayStation, Sega Saturn

    ShooterModern warfareAliensBoss fightModern military

    Contra: Legacy of War is a 3D action game produced by Konami and developed by Appaloosa Interactive that was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was the first of two Contra games that were externally develope

    59 rating4 lists2 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 65Form.23World.25Curated.61Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    ShooterModern warfareSide-scrollingBoss fightModern military

    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 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 62Form.22World.34Curated.55Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare · Often paired

    Xevios

    1982

    Namco · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade +18

    ShooterModern warfareAliensSide-scrollingModern military

    It's a nightmare, but it's true! Research shows that we are the actual aliens on Earth, and the ruthless Xevions are the original inhabitants. Now the Xevions want Earth back -- minus humans! Their invasion forces are fierce -- the land is

    57 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.25World.25Curated.53Lists.00Platformer · Science · Often paired

    Rainbow Arts · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +11

    PlatformerScienceShooterAliensSide-scrolling

    Turrican is a 1990 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personal

    83 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 57Form.15World.25Curated.54Lists.00Platformer · Side-scrolling · Often paired

    Switch, Windows

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightActionScience fiction

    In this exploration-heavy 2D action game, use your demon sword to interfere with the past, create platforms, and shield yourself from danger to explore a dystopian cyberpunk world depicted in gorgeously animated pixel art.

    81 rating1 list7 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 56Form.30World.46Curated.38Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Appaloosa Interactive · PlayStation

    ScienceShooterModern warfareAliensSide-scrolling

    Mission Critical! You control Ray, the only surviving member of the elite Contra Force. Blast your way through 10 levels to stop the alien hordes from infesting the jungles of South America. Although equipped with a huge arsenal of weapon

    60 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 55Form.15World.25Curated.50Lists.00Platformer · Shooter · Often paired

    Codemasters · NES

    ActionPlatformerShooterSide-scrollingBoss fight

    Too hot to handle? Or can you take up the challenge? Equipped with a dazzling range of weapons and skills, travel through scores of different action scenes, battling against the hottest, meanest, mechanized maniacs ever dreamed up! Rescue t

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.36World.25Curated.27Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Color Dreams · NES

    ActionPlatformerShooterSide-scrollingBoss fight

    A splendid adventure of terror, struggle, and danger! The evil demon King Kull has created a machine to transplant the souls of demons into the body of machines. With his army of ROBODEMONS he has cast a dark shadow over the region of Earth

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 49Form.18World.46Curated.35Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Rare Ltd. · Arcade, NES

    ShooterModern warfareAliensModern militaryAction

    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

    51 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 49Form.23World.25Curated.35Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Factor 5 · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +6

    ShooterPlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    Turrican II: The Final Fight is a platformer/shooter as typically seen on consoles, but designed for home computers from the ground up. Its plot is - naturally - very simple: an evil mega-robot called The Machine attacks the United Planets

    90 rating4 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 48Form.25World.65Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    PlayStation

    ShooterModern warfareBoss fightModern militaryAction

    The aliens have stolen a super missile and will not hesitate to use it unless we pay their ransom demand, which is a large amount of Uranium. You soldier, must enter the enemy zone and retrieve this missile by causing disruption among thei

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.28World.51Curated.24Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Atari Games · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +5

    ShooterModern warfareAlien invasionBoss fightModern military

    The game begins by asking the player(s) to choose a difficulty level, not only making the enemies more difficult and the players weaker, but higher difficulties start the players in a later set of levels (called "galaxies") and with some po

    4 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 46Form.26World.25Curated.29Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Konami · NES

    ShooterModern warfareSide-scrollingModern militaryAction

    Contra Force is an action shooting game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 in North America. It is a spinoff of the Contra series, being the third game in the series released for the NES following the original

    71 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 46Form.28World.51Curated.24Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Tengen · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS +7

    ActionShooterModern warfareAlien invasionBoss fight

    The game begins by asking the player(s) to choose a difficulty level, not only making the enemies more difficult and the players weaker, but higher difficulties start the players in a later set of levels (called "galaxies") and with some po

    3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 45Form.31World.25Curated.24Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    M2 · Wii

    ActionPlatformerShooterModern warfareAliens

    Contra ReBirth is the ReBirth series of Contra. It is the 12th installment of Contra.

    82 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 45Form.13World.25Curated.35Lists.00Shooter · Side-scrolling

    Rake in Grass · Linux, Switch, Windows +1

    ShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightUpgradeable weaponsAction

    You take the role of a freelance pilot who has to save the Universe from evil warlord Xoxx, who has stolen a gigantic space gun with the power to destroy the entire Universe. Buckle up because it's going to be a blast!

    80 rating2 lists8.5 h main story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 45Form.27World.25Curated.27Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +4

    ShooterModern warfareSide-scrollingBoss fightModern military

    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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  • Why 45Form.26World.13Curated.31Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Midway Games · Amiga, Amiga CD32, Arcade +4

    ShooterModern warfareAliensBoss fightModern military

    The names of the two player characters are Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem. Blast your way through the Baby Milk Factory and fight Orcus, the Mother of All Bosses. Collect keys to enter the Pleasure Domes. Many special weapons and secret a

    67 rating6 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.29World.13Curated.24Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    ActionPlatformerShooterModern warfareSide-scrolling

    After a briefing of the Gulf War situation, Agent George, a Top CIA agent, is being sent to the Middle East. Your mission is to save all oil refineries in the Gulf, and stop further production of CBW (Chemical and Biological Warfare) weapon

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.30World.25Curated.22Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Zoom · Game Boy Advance, SNES, Sharp X68000 +2

    ScienceShooterSide-scrollingAlien invasionBoss fight

    A futuristic shooter, Phalanx is the name of the prototype starfighter flown by Wink Baufield, a genetically enhanced pilot. It is sent to protect and reclaim Delia IV, a planet in the Andromeda galaxy, which has been colonized by humans fo

    80 rating3 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 43Form.15World.25Curated.32Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    MERCS

    1990

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +6

    PlatformerShooterModern warfareBoss fightModern military

    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

    76 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 42Form.23World.25Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Aliens

    Sqoon

    1986

    Magical Company · NES

    ShooterAliensSide-scrollingAlien invasionUpgradeable weapons

    Sqoon is a side-scrolling shooter game published in 1986 by Irem for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

    60 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 41Form.21World.25Curated.25Lists.00Platformer · Science

    Eidos Interactive · SNES

    PlatformerScienceShooterAliensBoss fight

    On the reptilian planet of Tirmat, scientists have discovered a rift in space and plan to use it to transport the planet's inhabitants before the planet is extinguished by sending their elite army through the rift and invade their closest n

    1 list

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  • Why 40Form.25World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ShooterModern warfareSide-scrollingModern militaryAction

    Side scrolling shooter where players control two team members and infiltrate the famous prison. There are three missions to complete with a time limit of two hours. Some intermediate sections change to a shooting-gallery perspective. The g

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 40Form.12World.46Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Aliens

    Sega Genesis

    ShooterAliensSide-scrollingBoss fightAction

    The searing hiss of metal breaks the silence of dawn. As I step through the fleshy remains of my previous opponent, I realize the metal behemoth I am about to face is more fiercely equipped with deadly roto-bore proton rockets. I know I re

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 40Form.05World.78Curated.22Lists.00Shooter · Aliens

    Torus Games · Game Boy Advance

    ShooterAliensActionScience fictionFirst-person shooter

    Alien scientists have plotted to take over the earth; it's Duke Nukem's job to prevent them from executing their evil science project. Duke's using his full arsenal of weapons and is teleporting to various locations around the world in orde

    80 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 40Form.37World.25Curated.12Lists.00Platformer · Side-scrolling

    Color Dreams · NES

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightMonkeyClowns

    Menace Beach is a video game that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Color Dreams in 1990. Like all Color Dreams games, Menace Beach was not officially licensed by Nintendo. It was also re-released as part of the Maxivisi

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 40Form.18World.25Curated.25Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Hot B · NES

    ScienceShooterAliensSide-scrollingBoss fight

    Over Horizon is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed by Pixel and published by Hot-B, which was released in Europe in 1991.

    70 rating2 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 40Form.16World.25Curated.27Lists.00Shooter · Side-scrolling

    Now Production · Sega Genesis

    ShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightActionShoot 'em up

    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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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 40Form.14World.25Curated.27Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Wild 9

    1998

    Shiny Entertainment · PlayStation

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightAction

    Wild 9 is a 2D platformer with 3D graphics, featuring gameplay similar in vein to the company's Earthworm Jim games. Unique to the game is the The Rig, a weapon the protagonist wields. The Rig functions like an electronic lasso, capable of

    68 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 40Form.09World.25Curated.32Lists.00Platformer · Side-scrolling

    ActionPlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightScience fiction

    "X-Kaliber 2097" consists of two modes. The first modes gameplay consists of side-scrolling action. The player can jump and swing a sword at enemies. The player can also deflect projectiles with the sword. The game also features one on one

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 39Form.24World.25Curated.19Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis, Sharp X68000

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingAlien invasionBoss fight

    The player takes the role of Chelnov, a coal miner who miraculously survives the malfunction and explosion of a nuclear power plant. Chelnov's body gains superhuman abilities due to the massive amount of radiation given off by the explosion

    71 rating1 list

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  • Why 39Form.20World.25Curated.22Lists.00Science · Shooter

    Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +2

    ScienceShooterSide-scrollingBoss fightAction

    Baraduke is an action game released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1985. The peaceful, friendly world of Paccet has been attacked by the evil Octy! Make your way through Baraduke, the underground Octy citadel beneath Paccet, and u

    49 rating4 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 39Form.13World.25Curated.27Lists.00Modern warfare · Boss fight

    Microcabin · PS2, PS3, Windows

    Modern warfareBoss fightModern militaryActionScience fiction

    Naval Ops: Commander is the sequel to Naval Ops: Warship Gunner. It puts a more strategic and tactical focus on the franchise.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 39Form.12World.29Curated.27Lists.00Modern warfare · Boss fight

    Microcabin · PS2

    Modern warfareBoss fightModern militaryActionScience fiction

    The game is a one-player simulation of naval combat, in which the player commands an individual ship. In the opening cutscene, a World War II-era destroyer is caught in a dimension-warping vortex and transported to a parallel universe where

    68 rating2 lists

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  • Why 38Form.15World.25Curated.24Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Video System · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +3

    ShooterModern warfareBoss fightModern militaryAction

    When enemy forces wipe out the jets of the Aero Fighters, they must scramble using heavily-modified World War II warplanes in the third installment of the comical Aero Fighters series.

    70 rating5 lists

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  • Why 38Form.09World.25Curated.28Lists.00Platformer · Side-scrolling

    Bandai Namco Entertainment · PS3, Xbox 360

    PlatformerSide-scrollingActionScience fictionSide view

    Aero-Cross is an unreleased platform video game that was in development for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by Namco Bandai Games. It was intended as a modernized sequel to the arcade game Metro-Cross, and the third released under the Namco

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 38Form.18World.84Curated.10Lists.00Shooter · Aliens · Described alike

    Guerrilla Cambridge · PlayStation

    ShooterAliensAlien invasionBoss fightAction

    It is an action shooter set in a futuristic dystopian city on Earth overthrown by aliens. The game has two modes - third person and first person. Most of the time the player sees the character in third person, however the player can also se

    68 rating3 listsDescribed alike

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  • Why 37Form.27World.25Curated.14Lists.00Platformer · Science

    MS-DOS, Windows

    PlatformerScienceShooterAliensSide-scrolling

    Colony 28 is a science fiction-themed platform game developed for MS-DOS by Napoleon Games and published by JRC Interactive in 1997.

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  • Why 37Form.16World.25Curated.22Lists.00Shooter · Aliens

    Sandlot · PS3, Xbox 360

    ShooterAliensAlien invasionBoss fightAction

    Earth Defense Force 2025 is the follow-up in the Earth Defense Force (EDF) series from Japanese developer Sandlot. The insects return from dormancy to end humanity with over-the-top action and massive city-leveling explosions that will entr

    77 rating5 lists

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  • Why 37Form.11World.25Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Modern warfare

    Taito · ColecoVision, Arcade, PC-8800 Series +4

    ShooterModern warfareModern militaryActionScience fiction

    Front Line is a vertically scrolling action game. Your mission is to infiltrate enemy territory and destroy their fortress. To reach the fortress, you will have to make your way through varied and dangerous terrain. Jungles, deserts, brush,

    70 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 37Form.27World.25Curated.11Lists.00Platformer · Science

    Odyssey Software · NES

    ActionPlatformerScienceSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Moon Ranger is an Action game, developed by Odyssey Software Inc. and published by Bunch Games, Inc., which was released in 1990.

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  • Why 36Form.09World.48Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Aliens

    Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +8

    ShooterAliensBoss fightActionScience fiction

    The time bomb is set. It's the only sure way to get rid of these aliens. For good. They're vile. Vicious. And villainous. And they've infested our outcolony. They're holding hundreds of inhabitants hostage. Some of them your friends. So get

    65 rating14 lists

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  • Why 36Form.26World.25Curated.13Lists.00Aliens · Alien invasion

    Toka · GameCube, PS2

    ActionAliensAlien invasionScience fictionTerrorists

    Hidden Invasion is a action/adventure game for the PS2 and GameCube.

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  • Why 36Form.12World.25Curated.24Lists.00Platformer · Shooter

    Banpresto · Arcade

    PlatformerShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    The player controls a constantly bouncing car while driving through various environments including a city, pyramid, and underwater. The height of the jump and speed of a fall can be controlled with the joystick. The player can shoot various

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