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208 games like Silpheed · 1982 – 2018

  • Why 88Form.58World.53Curated.85Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Arcade, MSX

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooter2.5dOn-rails

    The player controls a lone spacecraft on a mission to singlehandedly take down the entire enemy armada. Enemy fighters and ships shoot at the player, and there are mines and other objects that must be shot or avoided. The game is divided i

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 83Form.64World.34Curated.70Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Shin'en Multimedia · Game Boy Advance, Windows

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooter2.5dOn-rails

    In the distant regions of our galaxy, far beyond the darkest limits of the Orion Nebula, a deadly force has bee unleashed upon the universe and is heading straight for Earth. Get ready to travel forward to a time, when the fate of the unive

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  • Why 80Form.52World.25Curated.71Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooter2.5dOn-rails

    Crypt Killer (known as Henry Explorers in Japan) is an arcade video game produced by Konami. It was then released in 1997 for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation home consoles. The game was also released in Japan for the PC. The Saturn ver

    40 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.49World.25Curated.67Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit +6

    Shoot 'em upShooter2.5dVertical scrollingAction

    Juno First is a shoot 'em up originally developed and published by Konami Corporation for Arcades. The game was later published by Mylstar Electronics (US arcades), Datasoft Inc. (Atari 8-bit, PC Booter, and Commodore 64), and Sony Computer

    72 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 74Form.39World.25Curated.66Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterOn-railsAction

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a light gun arcade game from Sega. It was released in 1997, and is based on the film of the same name. It is also a sequel to Sega's 1994 Jurassic Park arcade game. The game features five levels based on en

    90 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 65Form.33World.25Curated.55Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Success Corporation · Switch, PS4, Windows

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 65Form.30World.25Curated.55Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter · Often paired

    Next Level Games · Wii

    ShooterRail shooterActionScience fictionThird person

    Transformers: Cybertron Adventures features separate campaigns for the Autobots and Decepticons, but instead of being a third person shooter like War for Cybertron, this game is a rail shooter, utilizing a gameplay similar to Time Crisis se

    23 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 61Form.30World.25Curated.50Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Taito · Android, Arcade, Sega Saturn +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 59Form.53World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterOn-railsAction

    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

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 58Form.35World.25Curated.41Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Hudson Soft · Nintendo 64

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterOn-railsAction

    Super B-Daman Battle Phoenix 64 is an Action game, developed and published by Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1998.

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 57Form.58World.42Curated.21Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, PS3 +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterOn-railsVertical scrolling

    On a planet 6000 light-years from earth, there were creatures called Exes, which resemble large insects, that were used for industrial purposes. However, these creatures one day took to revolting against their creators. Two battle machines

    41 rating3 lists

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  • Why 56Form.47World.25Curated.30Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +8

    ActionShooterRail shooterShoot 'em up2.5d

    Sega released the arcade video game Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom in 1982. It was a forward-scrolling rail shooter where the user controls a spaceship in a behind-the-back third-person perspective that must destroy enemy ships and avoid obsta

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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 55Form.30World.25Curated.40Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sega Sports R&D · Xbox

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterOn-railsAction

    The fourth installment of the Panzer Dragoon series has you playing Orta, a young girl who has been imprisoned by the Empire. Under a wave of attack, the prison camp is broken through by a mysterious dragon, and Orta takes it upon herself t

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 52Form.56World.25Curated.17Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +11

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooter2.5dOn-rails

    A helicopter shoot-'em-up developed by Sega. The Arcade version made use of Sega's 3D super scaler technology to create city environments where the buildings would appear to have depth. The subsequent home versions sadly lacked this feature

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 51Form.41World.25Curated.27Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Hudson Soft · TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD

    Shoot 'em upShooter2.5dVertical scrollingScience fiction

    Join the four girls pilots part of a futuristic police unit called the Burning Rabbits. Their duty is to go after bandits, to explore the far corners of the universe and to even venture back in time, whatever the risks, to prosecute the wor

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 51Form.42World.34Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooter2.5dVertical scrollingScience fiction

    Sturmwind is a horizontally scrolling shoot'em up with 16 levels divided into seven worlds, with each of the levels concluding with a boss fight. However, the course is varied sometimes, as several levels include vertically scrolling passag

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.35World.25Curated.30Lists.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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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 48Form.39World.25Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Treasure · Xbox 360

    Shoot 'em upShooter2.5dActionScience fiction

    Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury is an innovative and insanely addicting arcade shooter combined with puzzle elements that features a sensory overload of thousands of missiles and more than 100 levels! Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury allows players to u

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 47Form.25World.28Curated.32Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    Power Strike II is a top-down vertical shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile. It was published by Sega in 1993, only released in Europe and Brazil. This game moves from the setting of previous games to a steampunk version of the 193

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.39World.25Curated.21Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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 46Form.33World.40Curated.21Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ActionShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fiction

    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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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 46Form.52World.34Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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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  • Why 46Form.18World.25Curated.35Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    Amusement Vision · Arcade

    ShooterRail shooterScience fictionLight gun shooterFlight

    Planet Harriers is a seated twin arcade cabinet in the Space Harrier franchise. Like its 1985 predecessor Space Harrier, Planet Harriers had the most technically advanced graphics of 2000, running on the Sega Hikaru arcade system board, whi

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  • Why 45Form.39World.25Curated.18Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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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  • Why 44Form.29World.36Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Argus

    1986

    NMK · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingScience fictionThird person

    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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 44Form.45World.25Curated.14Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Rocket Science Games · MS-DOS, Sega CD

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterOn-railsAction

    You find yourself in the so-called Xenozoic Age - after a cataclysm in 2020 A.D., mankind was forced to hide beneath the surface. Once it could come out again, it found the world terribly changed, with dinosaurs roaming freely once again. A

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 44Form.25World.29Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.30World.25Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Shin'en Multimedia · Nintendo DS

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionHorizontally scrolling shooter

    Nanostray 2 is a sequel to the DS shoot-em-up Nanostray released in 2005. It features improvements over it's prequel such as a new weapon system, enhanced touch controls, and unlockable minigames. It is developed by Shin'en Multimedia and p

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 44Form.39World.58Curated.11Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Core Design · Sega CD

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterActionScience fiction

    Soulstar for the Sega CD/Mega CD is a 3D shoot-'em up that combines several different types of gameplay into one game. Some levels in this game are on a fixed path, similar to Space Harrier or Star Fox. Other levels allow your space craft t

    1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.33World.28Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Namco Limited · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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

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  • Why 44Form.36World.00Curated.25Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    ActionShooterRail shooterOn-railsArcade

    The Ocean Hunter is played by using two mounted turret-like guns on the arcade cabinet. The game is capable of being played with either one or two people simultaneously. The player takes the role of an underwater adventurer searching for th

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  • Why 44Form.34World.25Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    Taito · Arcade

    ShooterRail shooter2.5dOn-railsAction

    A once peaceful city has been turned into a complete nightmare by an extremely violent gang who call themselves "Hoppers". The officers of the Special Police are called in to mow down the Hoppers and save the city from certain doom! There

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 44Form.41World.37Curated.14Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, MSX

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionShmup

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 43Form.50World.25Curated.07Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    SNK · Arcade, PS4

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionArcade

    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 42Form.43World.25Curated.11Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    Genki · SNES

    ActionShooterRail shooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Players progress through the game as a robot racing through a pipe, shooting everything that moves. The robot can shoot from both arms, jump, kick and punch. There are also power-ups and bonuses that can be collected to upgrade the robot's

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 42Form.43World.25Curated.12Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Karous

    2007

    Milestone · Arcade, Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionShmup

    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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 42Form.25World.68Curated.15Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Namco Tales Studio · Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sharp X1 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionScienceSpaceship

    Sol-Feace is a typical 2D shooter with weapon powerups. The game features six levels: Sirius, Enemy Arsenal, ArtifiStar, Pluto Base, Almathea, and Final Battle.

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 42Form.32World.58Curated.12Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    Core Design · Sega CD

    ShooterRail shooterActionScience fictionThird person

    Soulstar for the Sega CD/Mega CD is a 3D shoot-'em up that combines several different types of gameplay into one game. Some levels in this game are on a fixed path, similar to Space Harrier or Star Fox. Other levels allow your space craft t

    2 lists

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  • Why 41Form.44World.13Curated.13Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    Arcade

    ShooterRail shooterOn-railsActionArcade

    Primeval Hunt is a shooting arcade game which is developed and published by Sega and runs on their Sega Lindbergh hardware. It comes in both standard and deluxe models, with the deluxe version featuring a 62" HD Screen. Released for arcades

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 41Form.42World.25Curated.10Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tose Co. · NES, Switch

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingActionScience fiction

    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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  • Why 41Form.33World.25Curated.17Lists.00Rail shooter

    Image Space Incorporated · MS-DOS, Windows, macOS

    Rail shooterActionScience fictionRacingFirst person

    Zone Raiders is a fast-paced, real time driving combat game that takes place in a futuristic, 3D graphics environment. In the game, the player is an independent Raider who must enter a zone and retrieve, destroy, or activate various items,

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 40Form.38World.27Curated.12Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +5

    ShooterRail shooter2.5dOn-railsAction

    A machine gun game by Sega.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 40Form.36World.31Curated.11Lists.00Shooter · On-rails

    PlayStation

    ShooterOn-railsActionScience fictionThird person

    A ground-based shoot-em-up by design, the game employs the use of jumping, banking, and strafing as you move forward through 3D tube-like levels. The game is seem from a third-person perspective behind the ship. Some areas place you outside

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 40Form.25World.25Curated.21Lists.00Shooter · Rail shooter

    PlayStation

    ShooterRail shooterOn-railsActionScience fiction

    An invasion of mechanized terrorists turns your city into an urban battleground! Time: the future- Metro City is under attack from legions of robots directed by a twisted dictator. Your squad of mech-suited cops hits the ground, transforme

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 40Form.49World.49Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Namco · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Android +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterReal-time over pre-rendered moviesScience fiction

    Sitting in the gunner position of a "GeoSword" fightercraft, you must shoot your way through the enemy armada and bring the fight to their base planet, Redeye. Altogether you'll have around 10 missions to get through before the galaxy is sa

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 40Form.33World.37Curated.14Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Compile · MSX, TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingScience fictionShmup

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 40Form.55World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Playlogic Entertainment · PS2, PlayStation Portable, Windows

    Shoot 'em upShooterRail shooterActionScience fiction

    The player takes the role of Drake, an executioner who has to blast his way through a myriad of tunnels populated with the worst enemies ever imaginable at incredible velocities in order to escort the dreadful witch Aguira to the Maelstrom.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 39Form.52World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Abadox

    1988

    Winning Entertainment Group · NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterOn-railsVertical scrollingScience fiction

    Abadox is a video game for the NES, subtitled The Deadly Inner War. It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the vein of Gradius and R-Type. The game is notable for its unique visual design, as the game takes place inside the intestinal tract

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