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305 games like Tempest 3000 · 1979 – 2023

  • Why 88Form.43World.76Curated.88Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Atari · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreVector graphics

    Tempest is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. It takes place on a three-dimensional surface, sometimes wrapped into a tube, which is viewed from one end and is divided into a dozen or more segments or

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 80Form.41World.75Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Atari Corporation · Atari Jaguar, MS-DOS, PlayStation +3

    ArcadeShooterHigh scoreVector graphicsThird person

    Tempest 2000 is a tube shooter video game. Taking control of the claw-shaped Blaster spacecraft from the original game, the player has to survive and travel across multiple levels until the end in an intergalactic war, battling against a va

    70 rating7 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 77Form.43World.25Curated.70Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Tim Skelly · Arcade, Atari 7800, Vectrex

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVector graphicsScience fiction

    Rip-Off is a vector shoot 'em up released in arcades by Cinematronics in 1980. It is the first shoot 'em up arcade game to feature cooperative gameplay and the first game to exhibit "flocking" behavior. The objective is to prevent computer-

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 76Form.30World.78Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Puzzle · Often paired

    Jeff Minter · Switch, PS4, Windows +1

    ArcadePuzzleShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    In Tempest 4000, players are once again in control of the Claw, a powerful spacecraft equipped to destroy deadly creatures and other obstructions with rapid-fire shots on vibrant geometric prisms. With three game modes to choose from and 10

    64 rating4 lists6.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 70Form.31World.25Curated.64Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Data East · Arcade, Atari 7800

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionThird person

    The game of Astro Fighter consists of 4 waves and a refueling stage, which are then repeated with increasingly higher difficulty. The player's task is to eliminate the four successive waves of different types of attacking craft, while avoid

    70 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 69Form.23World.29Curated.66Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreScience fiction

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 68Form.27World.25Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, PlayStation, Raiden II +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreScience fiction

    Excellent sequel to the classic original "Raiden". As in the original, players control a fighter jet/spaceship through various levels while shooting down other planes and bombing tanks on the ground.

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  • Why 68Form.25World.32Curated.64Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    The Assembly Line · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST +6

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreScience fiction

    No-one likes a and loser. And no-one comes more universally despised than Xenites. For a thousand years they have been plotting revenge for their humiliating defeat in the last Galactic Conflict. Now the very fabric of time is in danger. Th

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 65Form.23World.48Curated.56Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Technosoft · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionActionSide view

    Thunder Force III is a scrolling shooter game developed by Technosoft. It is the third chapter in the Thunder Force series. It was released in 1990 in Japan, Europe and the United States for the Sega Genesis. During the same year, it was re

    73 rating1 listOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 64Form.26World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Granzella · PS5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upScience fictionPlatformer

    R-Type Final 3 Evolved serves simultaneously as a sequel to R-Type Final 2, offering a whole new 7-stage campaign made in the engine of Final 2, whilst also serving as a compilation of most of content released for R-Type Final 2. Additiona

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  • Why 60Form.19World.25Curated.56Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade, Zilog Z80

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreScience fiction

    Radar Scope is a 1980 fixed shooter arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D2 and published by Nintendo. The player assumes the role of the Sonic Spaceport starship and must wipe out formations of an enemy race known as the Gamma Raiders befor

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  • Why 60Form.50World.26Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Cinematronics · Arcade, Vectrex

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVector graphicsScience fiction

    Star Castle is a 1980 vector arcade game by Cinematronics. The game involves obliterating a series of defenses orbiting a stationary turret in the center of the screen. The game was designed by Tim Skelly and programmed by Scott Boden. Tim

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  • Why 59Form.64World.30Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Fixed shooter

    Konami · Arcade, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeFixed shooterShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    The player controls a small spaceship is at the bottom of the screen. Like most Space Invaders-type games of the period, the ship can move left and right (but not up or down), and can fire one bullet at a time. The ship may not fire again u

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  • Why 55Form.38World.25Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Cinematronics · Arcade, Vectrex

    ArcadeShooterHigh scoreVector graphicsScience fiction

    Starhawk is a 1979 vector arcade game by Cinematronics. Starhawk is a shoot 'em up with a fixed environment. The game was unique at the time as it presented the graphics in a pseudo-three dimensional way. Essentially, the game is a simple v

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 54Form.28World.25Curated.40Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, NES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreScience fiction

    Battle Wings, known in Japan either as B-Wing (ビー・ウィング) or B-Wings (ビー・ウィングズ), is a vertically scrolling shooter first released as an arcade game by Data East in 1984. The game was ported by Data East to the Family Computer in 1986, and was

    70 rating1 list

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  • Why 54Form.57World.25Curated.20Lists.00Arcade · Fixed shooter

    Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +2

    ArcadeFixed shooterShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Cosmo Gang the Video is a fixed shooter arcade game based on the redemption game Cosmo Gang.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 54Form.21World.25Curated.45Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    SCE Studio Liverpool · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionThird personScience

    Time is running out for the corporate mogul Tiron Korsby. A microscopic probe has been injected into his bloodstream by corporate rival Axiom Corporation. A probe that with every beat of his heart is cruising towards his brain to execute it

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.27World.25Curated.40Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Namco Limited · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upHigh scoreScience 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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 52Form.55World.02Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Tim Skelly · Arcade, Atari 7800, Vectrex

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVector graphicsThird person

    The player controls a jeep and must destroy the many tanks and helicopters that attack them in a maze-like cityscape. The jeep is armed with a rocket launcher that fires straight forward; the player can have two rockets on-screen at the tim

    54 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 52Form.24World.25Curated.40Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Atlus · Arcade, SNES

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upScience fictionMech

    The player is set in control of The Garland TFF-01, a sub-standard space fighter ship that is only armed with a semi-auto or rapid fire laser gun known as the Beam Vulcan and the Tranquilander. Some enemy units can be captured and used in p

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 52Form.53World.30Curated.18Lists.00Arcade · Fixed shooter

    Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit +5

    ArcadeFixed shooterShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Threshold is a typical shoot 'em up that places the player's spaceship at the bottom of the screen where he has to fend of the enemy. If the player misses an enemy and he reaches the opposite side of the screen he will reappear on the other

    54 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 51Form.21World.25Curated.40Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionMech

    The player is set in control of The Garland TFF-01, a sub-standard space fighter ship that is only armed with a semi-auto or rapid fire laser gun known as the Beam Vulcan and the Tranquilander. Some enemy units can be captured and used in p

    60 rating1 list

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 51Form.48World.25Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Fixed shooter

    Atari · Atari 2600

    ArcadeFixed shooterShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Players attempt to shoot demons in a "cosmic carnival" and then pick up the diamonds left behind by them, while dodging shots from enemy skulls. The player operates a laser base at the bottom of a multi-row playfield, using the paddle contr

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  • Why 51Form.35World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    GCE · Vectrex

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVector graphicsScience fiction

    The game begins with a large enemy ship dropping mines onto the field as an ominous jingle plays, and moves from the top to the bottom of the screen, where it disappears. The player's ship starts in the middle of the field with 5 lives. Num

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 50Form.52World.25Curated.18Lists.00Arcade · Fixed shooter

    Universal Entertainment · Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeFixed shooterShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    The aim of this arcade game is to launch missiles from the bottom of the screen at enemy spacecraft located at the top. To get there, the missile must pass through a asteroid belt flying across the screen and avoid the shots being fired dow

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  • Why 49Form.41World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Arcade, ColecoVision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVector graphicsScience fiction

    Space Fury was one of the many popular vector games developed in the early 1980s in the same model as the famous Asteroids game released by Atari in 1979. Space Fury was developed by Sega for the Sega G80 Arcade system, and was also release

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 48Form.14World.25Curated.40Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    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

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 47Form.30World.25Curated.28Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionActionBird view / Isometric

    Power Strike II is a shoot 'em up for the Sega Game Gear in Compile's Aleste series and the sequel to GG Aleste. Not to be confused with Power Strike II for the Sega Master System.

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  • Why 47Form.34World.25Curated.26Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Commodore C64/128/MAX, MS-DOS, Windows +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionThird person

    Sky Runner is a shoot'em up developed by Cascade Games. A Skimmer or a Skybike has to be flown over the surface of the fictional planet Naibmoloc and defence towers, armed enemy bikers and the Sky(a new drug)-producing harvesters have to be

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 47Form.43World.30Curated.18Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    TxK

    2014

    PlayStation Vita

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVector graphicsThird person

    From the acclaimed designer of Tempest 2000 comes the system-shocking shooter TxK. The game draws on the spirit of the classic T2K, extending and enhancing it using the fantastic graphical power of the PS Vita system. TxK brings players new

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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 45Form.18World.25Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Treasure · Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction2.5d

    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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  • Why 45Form.34World.25Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Sierra On-Line · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upScience fictionAction

    Fly a helicopter into hostile territory to rescue hostages and make some money on the side. The places the player can choose to fly into are Guatemara (Engrish for Guatemala), Cuba, and Panama. Missions are broken down into three different

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  • Why 45Form.34World.25Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionAction

    Image Fight II Operation Deepstriker is a vertical shooter by Irem and sequel of the arcade game Image Fight originally released in 1988 (and ported to the PC Engine in 1990). Humanity tries to rebuild itself from the aftermath of the first

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 45Form.41World.25Curated.17Lists.00Arcade · Fixed shooter

    Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeFixed shooterShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    In Megamania, the gameplay resembles that of Space Invaders. Rather than being aliens or spaceships, however, the enemies in this game are various objects such as hamburgers, bow ties, and steam irons. The object is to shoot them down befor

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  • Why 45Form.39World.04Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Fixed shooter

    Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +1

    ArcadeFixed shooterShooterShoot 'em upNaval

    Navigate your sub to avoid bombs, depth charges, enemy subs and airplanes. Half of the screen has an underwater view where you can maneuver your sub.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 45Form.25World.25Curated.28Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Game Boy Color

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    When a vicious crew of aliens decides to hone in on Earth and do some damage, you're the planet's only hope for salvation. You'd better be in top form as you command a killer spacecraft out into orbit in hopes of rescuing humanity from unth

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  • Why 45Form.17World.25Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSpace battle

    A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by John Anderson and published by Adventure International for various 8-bit platforms.

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  • Why 45Form.21World.27Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Puzzle

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade

    ArcadePuzzleShooterShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Shoot aliens as they move across the screen. Shoot the spaceship for extra points. Choose one of three games. Space Fever is a 1979 arcade game by Nintendo R&D2. Some sources claim that Ikegami Tsushinki also did design work on Space Fever

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 45Form.34World.25Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Cheshire Engineering · Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Intellivision

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionAction

    "Oh dear." The scene: Space. The cosmic edge. Never deeper, never darker. The Home Team: A Stargate. A squadron of Hyperfighters. A glittering, pulsating sea of unstable energy. (Please--no quick or sudden movements.) The Challengers: Dread

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 45Form.18World.25Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Vulgus

    1984

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upScience fictionSpaceship

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 45Form.24World.25Curated.28Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Triangle Service · Arcade, PS2, R3000 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    A space shooter with vertically scrolling stages. Based on the arcade version.

    1 list

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 45Form.26World.25Curated.28Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionActionBird view / Isometric

    Zarlor Mercenary is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up in which the player controls a spacecraft destroying enemy spaceships and buildings in order to earn money which can be used to buy upgrades between levels. At the end of each level th

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.19World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Genki · SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionThird personAction

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 44Form.15World.31Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Arcade, Atari 7800, MSX +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionThird person

    The player controls a ship (bearing a resemblance to the Battlestar Galactica) which can fire and move left or right. The player must continuously monitor the onscreen temperature and fuel gauges; if the ship overheats, its weapon is disabl

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  • Why 44Form.16World.39Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Bedlam

    1982

    TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer, Vectrex +2

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionAdventure

    In the arcade game Tempest, players controlled a blaster that could move around the outermost lanes of a bunch of geometrically-shaped levels and fire at ships that emerged from the middle or innermost areas of those levels. Bedlam, howeve

    80 rating4 lists

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  • Why 44Form.15World.28Curated.34Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSimulationHelicopter

    Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to play JETSTRIKE - the number one flight action game from Rasputin. Amazing new 24-bit graphics; A simplified control system (so anyone can play); A huge, specially composed CD soundtrack; Nearly 200 mis

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.31World.26Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    UPL · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionPlatformer

    Nova 2001 is an arcade shooter released by Universal in 1984.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.30World.28Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Nichibutsu · Arcade, NES, Switch +2

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionRacing

    The player rides a motorcycle-like craft, bumping other riders, collecting 'power' modules and shooting blue coins.

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