Sega console exclusive


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210 games like Thunder Blade · 1975 – 2011
Sega console exclusive
Sega exclusive
Sanritsu Denki · Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III
Fly your plane through five levels, shooting enemy planes, submarines, helicopters, and other enemies along the way, and use your equipped cluster bombs if necessary. You need to destroy a target that is outlined in your mission briefing. Y
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Nintendo console exclusive
Toaplan · Arcade, Linux, NES +2
Tiger Heli was one of the first games developed by Toaplan and published by Taito Corporation in 1985. It is a predecessor to Twin Cobra. The player controls a helicopter named Tiger Heli taking out various enemies along the way.
52 rating1 list1 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
SETA Corporation · Arcade, NES
A helicopter vertical shoot 'em up that debuted in the Arcades in 1988 before being ported to the NES the following year.
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Arcade, MSX
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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NEC console exclusive
Sega AM2 · Arcade, TurboGrafx-16
Muster up all the skill, reflexes and guts you've got. Because inside your F-14 Thunder Cat, you're going to need all that - and more. Blast laser-directed, anti-aircraft fire at enemy planes. Dodge heat-seeking missiles with fancy flywork
62 rating3 listsOften paired
Timed Atari exclusive
Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +10
Mission: Code Name River Raid. Jet down the river. Break the enemy blockade and blast the bridges to halt enemy troop advances. Terrain: Code Name River of No Return. An ever-changing, ever-challenging waterway. Expect huge islands, narrow
81 rating8 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Shin'en Multimedia · Game Boy Advance, Windows
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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Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +8
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
66 rating12 listsOften paired
Sega exclusive
Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III
You control the action as John and Jack, two warriors hand-picked by the United Nations, attempt to bring down a terrorist organization which is responsible for a worldwide wave of violence! The terrorists are capable of launching attacks f
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Nintendo console exclusive
TAD Corporation · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7
Originating in the arcades, Cabal is a shooter where the protagonist runs back and forth along the bottom of the screen, ducking and dodging bullets and grenades from the enemy. The roll maneuver from the arcade was not implemented in the P
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Taito · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS +12
In the steamy jungles of South America, heavily armed extremists are holding innocent civilians prisoner. Little do these terrorists know that real terror is about to land on their front porch! The sound of rotor blades and staccato bursts
68 rating10 listsOften paired
Timed Atari exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari ST +5
Time Pilot is a multi-directional scrolling shooter and free-roaming aerial combat arcade game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, released by Konami in 1982, and distributed in the United States by Centuri. Debuting in the golden age of video arc
65 rating1 listOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Taito · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +6
Operation Thunderbolt is the exciting sequel to Operation Wolf. An airliner is hijacked by terrorists en-route from Paris to Boston, who threaten to kill all hostages on board if their mates aren't released from jail. Instead of reaching it
71 rating6 listsOften paired


Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +4
Sonic Boom is an arcade game shoot 'em up with a vertically-scrolling perspective in which the player is a US pilot, armed with the super-powerful Sonic Boom aircraft. Players must face six levels of cannon-fodder enemies in order to preven
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Atari · Arcade
The game is housed in a large custom rectangular cabinet. Each side of the cabinet has two steering wheels and four pedals. The monitor is set in to the top face of the cabinet and looked down upon. The game uses a 25 inch full color RGB di
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Nintendo console exclusive
Data East · Arcade, NES
A horizontal helicopter shoot 'em up for Arcade and NES, where the player is tasked with both eliminating enemy forces as well as rescuing hostages.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Crux · Arcade, MSX, NES +2
Gyrodine is a top-down vertical helicopter scrolling shooter for the Nintendo Entertainment System/Family Computer, MSX and arcade developed by Crux and published by Taito in 1984.
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Sega console exclusive
Data East · Arcade, MSX, Sega CD +2
Terrorists are threatening the Free World and have amassed a diabolical force. Only the brave pilot of Cobra Command can vanquish the terrorist threat and save the free world from total destruction. The player assumes the role as pilot of t
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Toaplan · Arcade, Linux, Sega Genesis +4
Twin Hawk is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Toaplan and published by Taito. Twin Hawk resembles other shooters of the time, specifically Toaplan's earlier game, Flying Shark. Also like Toaplan's other games, th
59 rating2 lists0.5 h main story
Sega console exclusive
Game Arts · Apple IIGS, FM-7, MS-DOS +3
In Silpheed, the player pilots a spaceship through levels of increasing difficulty, in a pseudo-3D vertically scrolling field, shooting everything in his path. New weapons will become available as he gathers points, and power-ups are sprink
54 rating4 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
SETA Corporation · Arcade, NES, Nintendo Switch 2
A nuclear powerplant has fallen into the hands of terrorists and you pilot a motorcyle equipped with machine guns that can be improved along the way. Make your way through difficult terrain and battle against loads of terrorists on foot, in
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +1
A shoot'em up similar to the infamous Space Invaders this time on the high seas where the player controls a fighting ship and has to shoot down planes, helicopters and rockets instead of aliens.
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Timed Nintendo exclusive
Eidos Interactive · SNES, Sega Genesis
Choose between a Helicopter Gunship or an Armoured Jeep and prepare to enter enemy territory as part of the elite assault team of SPECIAL WEAPONS INTERDICTION VEHICLES. Battle against enemy 'copters, thanks, hovercraft, snowmobiles, mechani
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Timed Nintendo exclusive
Capcom · Arcade, NES, PS3 +2
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
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Arcade, Atari 2600, SG-1000
Borderline is a VIC Dual arcade game developed in 1980 by Sega. It is a shoot-'em-up in which the player controls a red jeep who must destroy the enemy refineries. Borderline was ported to the SG-1000 in 1983, and has also been released as
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Sega console exclusive
Ocean Software · Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 +6
Rambo III is a shooting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System, making use of the Light Phaser peripheral. It is based upon the film Rambo III. John Rambo, America's favorite soldier, makes a daring rescue attempt
62 rating8 lists
Atari exclusive
Atari, Inc. · Atari 2600
Combat is an early video game by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600. It was based on two earlier black-and-white coin-operated arcade games produced by Atari. Combat had color graphics and numerous gameplay variations. The 27 game modes feature
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Sega console exclusive
Sega Enterprises, Ltd. · Master System, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System/Mark III +1
CAUTION: FOUR MEGA POWER! Not double, not triple, but FOUR times the playing power of a regular cartidge. You get the hottest space combat, the baddest explosions, and the coolest sounds ever! Journey to four different planets, each with st
60 rating4 listsSame studio
Sega exclusive
Sega Enterprises, Ltd. · Sega Master System/Mark III
CAUTION: FOUR MEGA POWER! Not double, not triple, but FOUR times the playing power of a regular cartidge. You get the hottest space combat, the baddest explosions, and the coolest sounds ever! Journey to four different planets, each with st
60 rating3 listsSame studio
Sega console exclusive
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8
Sega's take on the 1943 style of vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups was set in the future. Your fighter plane is aged and under-powered, yet you must face down large planes, tanks and ground targets to achieve victory. Each level ends with
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Sega exclusive
Technosoft · Sega Genesis
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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Sega console exclusive
Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III
Air Rescue is similar to Choplifter!. You are a driver of a helicopter and the object is to rescue hostages without being shot down by soldiers, jeeps, tanks, choppers, and ground-based missiles, and bring them back to base. A maximum of fo
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Timed Sega exclusive
Game Boy, Game Gear, SNES +1
Urban Strike is a helicopter based shoot 'em up, mixing action and strategy, retaining its predecessor's core mechanics, and expanding on the model with additional vehicles and settings. This time, the campaign takes the player all over the
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Konami · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit +6
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
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Sega console exclusive
Arcade, Sega Saturn, Windows
Another 3rd person perspective arcade flight sim by Sega, similar to their classic After Burner in gameplay but featuring new gameplay mechanics and an entirely polygonal engine. As in most games of it's type your objective is to clear a n
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Nintendo console exclusive
Rare Ltd. · Arcade, NES
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
PlayStation console exclusive
SNK · Arcade, PS4
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
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PlayStation exclusive
Game Arts · PS2
In the distant future, a plague of parasitic monsters is sweeping across the known universe; devouring all the resources in its path -- including the distant outposts humanity calls home. The only chance for mankind's survival is a top-secr
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Sega console exclusive
Sega Wow · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Sega Master System/Mark III
CAUTION: FOUR MEGA POWER! Not double, not triple, but FOUR times the playing power of a regular cartidge. You get the hottest space combat, the baddest explosions, and the coolest sounds ever! Journey to four different planets, each with st
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Timed Sega exclusive
Koei Tecmo Holdings · Arcade, Game Boy Advance, MSX +6
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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Timed Atari exclusive
Namco · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade +18
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
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Sega exclusive
Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III
Basic Sega shoot-em-up in which you must guide your ship through three zones while avoiding hazards. Your only weapon are bullets as your only defense, but if you shoot the flashing red pieces on the terrain, chances are that a green ship w
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
Chopper Command is a video game by Activision released for the Atari 2600 in June 1982. It was designed and programmed by Bob Whitehead. In Chopper Command the player controls a military helicopter in a desert scenario protecting a convoy
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SNK · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600 +12
Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling action game. One or two players fight their way through a variety of terrain, such as jungles, rivers, and ruins. Along the way different weapons can be found, including machine guns, grenades, and r
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Atari, Inc. · Arcade
Red Baron is an arcade game developed by Atari, Inc and released in 1980. A first-person flight simulator game, the player takes the role of a World War I ace in a biplane fighting on the side of the Allies.
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Arcade
Using cabinet mounted guns you and another player blast away the Aliens in an attempt to save the prison planet. You are also given a limited number of grenades to use when the going gets tough. The gameplay is very close to Sega’s other li
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Xbox exclusive
Treasure · Xbox 360
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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