Games like Space Invaders

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You control a monster fighter. A warp zone is set in the middle of the screen. Warp to the next level when flashing

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In this psychedelic sci-fi Olympiad, athletes from planets across the galaxy gather to compete in the Purple Saturn Day games.

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Uridium (released on the NES as The Last Starfighter) is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em up originally designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64, and later ported to other 8-bit machines. It consists of fifteen levels, ea

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Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which one or two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace and get home alive! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries as you e

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"Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myr

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Multiplayer competitive spaceship shooting simulator.

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Xenophobe is a 1987 arcade game and the goal of each level is to defeat all the aliens before time runs out. Levels may contain more than one floor, and players use elevators or holes to move between floors to defeat all of the aliens. Play

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Are you clever enough to unravel the mystery of Clu Clu Land? The evil Sea Urchin has hidden all the gold in Clu Clu Land in an underground mystery maze. It's up to you to find the gold before time runs out! But beware. The Sea Urchin will

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Shoot 'em upShooterAliensScience fictionBird view / Isometric

In this sci-fi action game, reflex shooting dominates over planning or tactical play. Expect non-stop action from fighting and relentlessly killing off tons of bad guys across more than 20 levels of 3rd person 3D action, taking place inside

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

Warhawk is an action/simulation game built around a futuristic VTOL craft. The player maneuvers with 360 degrees of flight control through 6 unique levels. Take to the skies over desert and volcanic planets, through ancient castles and tow

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ArcadeGames released for unsupported platformsSharp zaurusBird view / IsometricMaze

The player controls Pengo, a red penguin that resides in the Antarctic. The game takes place in an overhead maze made of ice blocks, where Pengo fights the trolling, blob-like Sno-Bees. The objective of the game is for Pengo to survive a se

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

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

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ArcadeShooterScience fictionBird view / IsometricRun and gun

Heavy Barrel is a 1987 overhead run and gun arcade game by Data East. Terrorists have seized the underground control complex of a nuclear missile site, and it is up to the player to infiltrate the base and kill the enemy leader. Players be

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Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionFirst-person shooterLight gun shooter

Solvalou is a 1991 first-person rail shooter arcade game developed and published in Japan by Namco. The sixth entry in the Xevious series, the player takes control of the Solvalou starship from a first-person perspective as it must destroy

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Can you survive the alien onslaught? Alien Breed 2: Assault is the second chapter in the Alien Breed series, and is an explosive science fiction arcade-shooter with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weap

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

Launching from repair bay 28 of the Galatea, you guide your Blue Fighter Wing through the Launch Ring at lightspeed, entering enemy territory, sector Delta Five Niner! Your mission: Rescue the Orange Wing Center which was captured alive, be

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

In the game, the player pilots a starship called the Final Star, while shooting various enemies and destroying enemy structures for points. Unlike later vertical scrolling shooters, like Toaplan's Twin Cobra, the Final Star had only two le

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ArcadeScience fictionBird view / IsometricActionMaze

The fourth SNES game in Hudson's explosive multiplayer series sends White Bomber and Black Bomber hurtling through time.

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Games released for unsupported platformsStrategy

Gameplay takes place on a 2D battlefield, usually with some obstacles. Each player (2 to 6, computer or human) has an army of particles and a cursor. The objective of the game is to assimilate all enemy particles. The players can only move

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

Stinger is a shoot-em-up developed by Konami. It is the North American version of the sequel to Twinbee.

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

Imagine a hunter, alone in Deep Space. You control his movements. He's armed with a "gas blaster." His prime target is the white Space Hawk. If a Hawk, deadly gas bubbles, comets or amoebas touch the hunter, he tumbles into infinity! There

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Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionActionThird person

Space Invaders is a game in which the player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at descending aliens. The aim is to defeat five rows of eleven aliens—some versions feature different

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Alien Shooter is an top-down shooter video game from Sigma Team created in 2003. It is the first title in the Alien Shooter series to be followed by Alien Shooter: Vengeance. Alien Shooter has two expansions, Fight for Life and The Experime

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ArcadeShooterScience fictionBird view / IsometricAction

In Gain Ground, players control one of a set of characters at a time. There are twenty characters, each with different weapons. To beat a level, players must reach the exit point with at least one character or destroy all enemies on the lev

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScienceScrolling shooter

In the year 2998, humanity has finally reached the stars, and was able to build a prosperous, peaceful society. However, a space matter known as the Black Nebula began to spread, threatening to engulf the galaxies controlled by humans. It t

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Star Soldier is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MSX. It is the first game in the Star Soldier series. The player pilots the starship "Caesar", t

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

Star Soldier is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MSX. It is the first game in the Star Soldier series. The player pilots the starship "Caesar", t

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega. The game gives the player the experience of flying a fighter craft through a fortress while shooting at enemy entities (missiles, enemy gunfire, etc.) The object

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Shoot 'em upShooterAliensSpaceshipScience fiction

Originally called Space Invaders Part II in Japan, this is the first sequel to the coin-munching hit Space Invaders. This game is notable for introducing the concept of a cut-scene.

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

A shooter where fleets of ships fly in from either of the screen and loop around in formation. The player may move around the screen in any direction.

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The game is known in Japan as Space Invaders: Galaxy Beat. It features the original arcade version of the game, a "match-up" mode (similar to Midway's cocktail-only arcade game Space Invaders II, but with a different gameplay) and a new

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

The aim of this shooter game is to pilot a spacecraft which must pick up a pod using a tractor beam and fly it into space. The ship and pod are subject to gravity and inertia, and being connected by a stiff rod, they can end up spinning aro

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Zynaps is a traditional "left to right" shooter

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The destruction of the Barrax Empire... A Whirling Barra ship darts out from the recesses of a dark spiral cave and attacks from the left. You bank hard to escape, but a "chameleon" attacker suddenly appears on the right. The battle is jus

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

A web of iridescent blue beams engulfs Earth-Space. You stand watching. Mesmerized at first, you now realize the beams support weapons, frightening creations in different forms. Will you just watch or will you take action? Action??!! Then r

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide view

Basicly a Space Invaders clone in which the aliens are aligned on the far left and right side of the screen. They move into the middle of the screen in order to snatch their prey and bring them back to the far left or right side respectivel

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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

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Gridrunner is a lot like Atari's arcade classic, Centipede.

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Project-X is a scrolling shooter game for the Amiga computer released in 1992. It was also ported to DOS. Developed and published by Team17, it was regarded as one of the best shooter games for that platform at the time, both for its techn

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionLight gun shooter

Run… fly… dodge those obstacles, but return fire on wave after wave of attacking aliens. Armed with a really big gun, you have to defend yourself against the alien hordes using your wits to navigate around the screen. But watch out for thos

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Space Invaders Revolution is a new take on the series, which marks a true progression over any version before it: New types of invaders, new rules and new ways to destroy them. Contains a faithful reproduction of the original arcade machine

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ArcadeShooterAliensScience fictionFixed shooter

Attention all Earthlings! Relentless alien hordes have been identified near you. Prevent the dangerous Space Invaders from landing on your territory. Use your cannon to defend against waves of descending alien invaders. Don't let them hit t

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"Star Raiders features a fresh new take on the seminal classic, letting you engage in epic dogfights and aerial assaults against the onslaught of the evil Zylons. Utilize radical ship transformations and robot co-pilots in the heat of battl

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Zarzon is a 1981 shoot 'em up arcade video game, inspired by gameplay from Space Invaders.

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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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Astro Chase is a multidirectional shooter written by Fernando Herrera for Atari 8-bit computers. It was published by First Star Software in 1982 as the company's first game. Parker Brothers licensed it, releasing cartridge versions for the

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Games released for unsupported platformsPuzzleOpen-source

Biniax is a free and open-source puzzle video game which was first released in 2005.

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Shoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fictionSide-scrolling

Datastorm is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Amiga published by Visionary Design in 1989. Written by Søren Grønbech, it was inspired by the Defender arcade video game and the Defender-like Dropzone originally released for Atari 8-b

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