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377 games like Star Fire · 1980 – 2003

  • Why 91Form.73World.61Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Menace

    1988

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    This is a pure arcade game- a fast action packed journey through six very different worlds where lightning fast reflexes and furious fire button action are your only hope of survival. Your mission orders are simple, you must destroy the pl

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 90Form.73World.45Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Here, you control a ship through a human's body while shooting viruses. It was licensed by Fox Video Games, as it is based on the 20th Century Fox film, Fantastic Voyage.

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 90Form.73World.41Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, FM-7, NEC PC-8800 series +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A vertical scrolling space shooter.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 90Form.73World.54Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Spider Fighter is a Space Invaders style game. It is your mission to prevent space spiders from stealing your food reserves which are located on the top right of the screen. The spiders hatch from cocoons which are dropped from the top left

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 90Form.70World.61Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Imagic · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Pilot Star Voyager through treacherous space. As you look out from the Command Bridge, stars rush past. Penetrate the seven star portals and save the Capital Starport. Destroy enemy ships with photon torpedoes or lasers, or evade them to ma

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  • Why 89Form.73World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ABM

    1980

    Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Missile Command clone for the Apple II.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 89Form.71World.45Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    This game has flavors of several different video games rolled into one. It is mostly like Xevious, being an overhead shooter against a plethora of enemies, each with a unique characteristic. Unlike Xevious, however, that only allowed you to

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  • Why 89Form.49World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Atari Games · Arcade

    ArcadeShooterHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    Area 51: Site 4 is a light gun arcade game developed by Atari Games in 1998. It is a sequel to the original Area 51, picking up where that game left off. Though the graphics have been improved, they rely on the same FMV streaming technology

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 89Form.73World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A mothership drops aliens, up to three on screen at a time. There are ten per level. You must shoot them but avoid the items they fire at you. You fire by pushing up on the joystick. Pushing left or right makes you go left or right. If you

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 89Form.71World.45Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 89Form.73World.30Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    An excellent arcade-style shooter, Caverns of Mars is a downward-scrolling game where players must pilot their craft through a series of five underground levels filled with alien ships, narrow passageways and a variety of obstacles, includi

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 89Form.73World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Side scrolling space shooter for the ZX Spectrum. Sequel to Sidewize

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  • Why 89Form.73World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Fusion

    1988

    Bullfrog Productions · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Fusion is a scrolling multidirectional shooter developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Atari ST and Amiga.

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  • Why 89Form.73World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The Regulus system has been attacked by alien forces, and you are the only Terran fighter in place to clear the area and rescue the captured hostages. The game is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with 5 levels. The first of these involv

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 89Form.73World.35Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    In this game, you must guide your spaceship around while picking up hostages located on the surface, and bring them to safety. Your task becomes difficult by lunar leepers who leap up and try to grab you or the hostages that are picked up b

    64 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 89Form.73World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Odin Computer Graphics · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Sidewize is a horizontally scrolling shooter released by Firebird in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. It was followed by a sequel, Crosswize.

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  • Why 89Form.73World.30Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ADK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up where the player controls a plane flying over a landscape with no land-based enemies. Collect power-ups to upgrade your ship's speed, shot power and special weapon power selected at beginning of the stage. F

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 89Form.75World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Defend your base against enemies.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 89Form.63World.59Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari · Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Star Raiders II is a video game released in 1986 for the Atari 8-bit home computers, and later several other home computers and game consoles. The game was originally developed as part of a tie-in with the movie The Last Starfighter, which

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 89Form.73World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Horizontal space shooter

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  • Why 89Form.73World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Tomcat

    1989

    Interceptor Micros · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Tomcat (also known as F14 Tomcat ) is a video game published in 1989 in the UK by Players Software. The game was released on the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum as a budget title.

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 88Form.70World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Bakutotsu Kijuutei, also known by its longer title as Bakutotsu Kijuutei: Baraduke II, is a scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan. As in the original game, the players again take control of Takky (Pl

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 88Form.59World.34Curated.88Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Givro · SNES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreAction

    Shien and Aska were swift ninjas fighting in a civil war. Having defeated hundreds of enemy soldiers, monsters suddenly appear and kidnap Aska. It is up to Shien to defeat them and rescue Aska from these creatures beyond the Time Gate. Shi

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 88Form.71World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    You are on a moon-based scouting mission in a Mark 16 Starcruiser. Suddenly, enemy alien ships teleport in and start firing neutron missiles, which can destroy you upon impact. You must destroy enemy ships until reinforcements arrive from E

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 88Form.70World.28Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Thwart an underground invasion with your transforming weaponry. The ground is scarred by craters, a reminder of the recent Dalaus invasion. And continuous acid rains give the sky an eerie irridescence. You are the only Transbot pilot left f

    50 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 87Form.55World.25Curated.89Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreAction

    The object of Laser Blast is to destroy a series of land-based enemies. The player controls a fleet of flying saucers, operating one at a time. On the planet surface below are a group of three mobile laser bases, guarded by an invisible for

    56 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 87Form.58World.48Curated.80Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari Games · Atari 2600, Atari 7800, ColecoVision +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Ewok Adventure, also known as Revenge of the Jedi: Game I is a cancelled 1983 shoot 'em up video game based on the Star Wars: Return of the Jedi film. The game was developed by Atari Games and to be published

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 87Form.73World.57Curated.70Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Hudson Soft · Virtual Boy

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Pilot a Futuristic Star Fighter in a Battle for Mankind! GALACTIC YEAR 210. The earth and its colonies face annihilation in a futuristic war against the human race. YOU have been chosen to pilot RAGNAROK, a star fighter from an advanced al

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  • Why 86Form.61World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionFirst person

    3D Space Wars is an action game for both the ZX Spectrum and the Dragon 32/64

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  • Why 86Form.49World.25Curated.88Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Magnavox Odyssey 2, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The player has just attracted the attention of Spyrus the Deathless, the Timelord of Chaos, and his only defense is his Time Machine's laser cannon. The Timelord will now send his fleet of Time Ships to destroy the player. In this space sh

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 85Form.53World.31Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Starpath · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionFirst person

    Defeat the Dracon Armada in challenging, realistic battle action. Featuring a real-time clock, energy indicator, Alien proximity indicator, torpedo status indicator, combat-range scanner, torpedo target-lock, Dracon fighter ships, shield st

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  • Why 85Form.73World.33Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Windows, iOS, macOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Warblade is a shareware computer game for Microsoft Windows and OS X, written by Norwegian developer Edgar M. Vigdal. The Windows version runs well on Linux under Wine. It is also available for retail in the App Store for iOS devices (in iP

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  • Why 84Form.47World.30Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Freeverse · macOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a companion if necessary) against

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  • Why 84Form.52World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Costa Panayi · Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Placed in a maze, you only have a limited time span to destroy the enemy.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 84Form.39World1.00Curated.76Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired · Described alike

    First Star Software · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    62 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 84Form.73World.28Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    It is your mission, 'Mr. Heli' our hero, to unmask 'The Muddy' who is hiding deep underground and rescue the planet. Clear all the zones including floating green islands, moving rock beds, mysterious underground temples, and much more! The

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 84Form.65World.25Curated.71Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Salamander is a scrolling shooter arcade game released by Konami as a spin-off to Gradius. It introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages. Some of these woul

    71 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 84Form.48World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    If planets form, you must destroy orbiting moons before you can destroy the planet. The planet will become a Mad Planet when all the moons that orbit that planet are destroyed. Once it has become mad, you will be hunted and the longer you l

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 84Form.46World.35Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Sega Enterprises, Inc. · Arcade, MSX, SG-1000

    ShooterArcadeActionScience fictionThird person

    Zoom 909 is an arcade game developed by Sega for VCO Object arcade hardware. It was released worldwide in 1982, however after obtaining a license for Buck Rogers, western versions of the game became known as Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom. Bot

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  • Why 83Form.44World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Aquatron is a side-scrolling shooter in which the player controls a spaceship over a planet completely covered with water. Unfortunately the planet is under attack and in each level, the player has to kill the steadily increasing opposition

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  • Why 83Form.46World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Electronic Arts · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +2

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionTube shooter

    Tempest clone

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 83Form.45World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Cheshire Engineering · Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience 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

    59 rating7 listsOften paired

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  • Why 83Form.60World.32Curated.71Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Aicom · Android, Arcade, Browser +8

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Blazing Star is a scrolling shooter video game for the Neo Geo home game system. It is the sequel to the acclaimed Neo Geo shooter Pulstar, which was itself a close cousin to the R-Type franchise. A typically hefty Neo Geo ROM at 346 Mb, th

    70 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 83Form.44World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    NEC · TurboGrafx-16

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Deep Blue is a 1989 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Hi-Score Media Work and published by Pack-In-Video for the TurboGrafx-16. The player controls a submersible fighter shaped as a freshwater angelfish that must fight

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 83Form.44World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Great Escape is a multidirectional shooter published for the Atari 2600 in 1983. It was produced by Bomb, a line of video games from developer Onbase Co. based out of Asia. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with reviewers

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  • Why 83Form.41World.42Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Nintendo R&D1 · Arcade

    ShooterArcadeActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Space Firebird is a 1980 arcade game published by Gremlin Industries, Inc. It is a "slide and shoot" shooter, similar to titles such as Galaga.

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  • Why 83Form.44World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Steel

    1988

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Steel is a science fiction shoot 'em up originally designed by Gari Biasillo for the Commodore 64, and later ported to 16-bit machines.

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