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275 games like Vulgus · 1979 – 2023

  • Why 88Form.58World.30Curated.88Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Mattel Electronics · Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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

    58 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 83Form.60World.49Curated.67Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Argus

    1986

    NMK · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSpaceshipVertical scrolling

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 82Form.66World.31Curated.62Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    SNK · Arcade, PS4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    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 listsOften paired

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  • Why 82Form.54World.25Curated.75Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Success Corporation · Switch, PS4, Windows

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    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

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  • Why 79Form.59World.26Curated.64Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipVertical scrolling

    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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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 76Form.43World.25Curated.67Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrolling

    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 listsOften paired

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  • Why 74Form.50World.25Curated.59Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Jeff Minter · Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

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

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  • Why 74Form.66World.25Curated.49Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipVertical scrolling

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 73Form.39World.25Curated.65Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Data East · Arcade, Atari 7800

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 73Form.38World.25Curated.64Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    NG.DEV.TEAM · Arcade, Dreamcast, Neo Geo +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Fast Striker is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed and published by NG:DEV.TEAM, which was released in Japan in 2012D arcade shooting game with emphasis on scoring originally developed for NEO·GEO. The game lets the player choose between 3 game

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 73Form.38World.25Curated.65Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Granzella · PS5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    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

    72 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 73Form.56World.25Curated.53Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Tose Co. · NES, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    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,

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 72Form.36World.25Curated.63Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Irem · Arcade

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upSpaceshipAction

    R-Type Leo is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade game. It is a spin-off of the R-Type series and the last entry to be released in Arcades. R-Type Leo was initially an original shoot 'em up game in development by Nanao before Irem reto

    85 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 71Form.42World.25Curated.59Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Arcade, Atari 7800, MSX +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    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 70Form.33World.33Curated.63Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade, Zilog Z80

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 69Form.56World.30Curated.45Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Namco Limited · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    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 66Form.45World.25Curated.47Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Cinematronics · Arcade, Vectrex

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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 63Form.53World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

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

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 63Form.53World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

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

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    "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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  • Why 62Form.42World.25Curated.43Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

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

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    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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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 60Form.27World.25Curated.50Lists.00Shooter · Arcade · Often paired

    Treasure · Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience 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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  • Why 60Form.47World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

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

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    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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  • Why 60Form.47World.30Curated.35Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Data East · Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upBird view / Isometric

    The players assume the role of an alien-humanoid space pilot who has been exiled from their home galaxy for committing an unlearned crime. The only way the player character can return is to restore their honor; the only way to do so is to i

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 60Form.30World.40Curated.45Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Irem · Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST/STE +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first released as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly influenced later shooting games with its charge shots, unique weaponry, and grotesque enemies. Hudson Soft ported the later 4 levels of the

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 60Form.40World.25Curated.41Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Star Fox is a video game for the Atari 2600 console, developed and published by Mythicon in 1983. Although the front cover of the game states "Game 1 in Star Fox Series," no sequels were ever made, which is most likely because it received n

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  • Why 59Form.43World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    3 lists

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  • Why 59Form.43World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A vertically scrolling shoot'em up designed by Steve Bak.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 59Form.43World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    UPL · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

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

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  • Why 58Form.39World.33Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The player controls a small craft, navigating it through a series of winding caverns and tunnels while shooting or avoiding obstacles. The caverns scroll from the bottom of the screen to the top at a fixed speed, so the player must always m

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  • Why 58Form.50World.25Curated.31Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Delta

    1987

    Stavros Fasoulas · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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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  • Why 58Form.37World.25Curated.40Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Arcade, ColecoVision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience 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

    68 rating2 lists

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  • Why 58Form.33World.25Curated.43Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Durell Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upScience fictionAction-adventure

    A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Gavin Raeburn and published by The Power House for the Commodore 64.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 58Form.36World.25Curated.40Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Sirius Software · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Windows

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrolling

    Your mission, as a master tank commander, is to drive through the city of Teriyaki and blast away as many Worms and Blocks as possible without running out of fuel.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 58Form.38World.25Curated.40Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Sirius Software · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    Your mission, as a master tank commander, is to drive through the city of Teriyaki and blast away as many Worms and Blocks as possible without running out of fuel.

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  • Why 58Form.41World.26Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Zarzon

    1981

    SNK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

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

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  • Why 57Form.36World.31Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Bio-ship Paladin is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive. While the game is essentially a standard horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, it has an innovation that makes it unique

    3 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 57Form.31World.25Curated.43Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision +2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionRabbit

    The goal of the game is to shoot at targets, while carefully avoiding running out of bullets. Three rows of targets scroll across the screen in alternating directions; these include rabbits, ducks, owls, and bonus items. If a duck target cr

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 57Form.36World.25Curated.40Lists.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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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 57Form.64World.25Curated.20Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    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

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  • Why 57Form.39World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Graeme Devine · ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Firebirds is based on the the arcade game Phoenix. Your goal is to repel an invasion of an alien species related to birds. You command an armed spaceship which you can manoeuvre with right and left directions. In each level you have to dest

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  • Why 57Form.31World.31Curated.42Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingAction

    Formation Armed F is a vertically scrolling shooter. The basic gameplay principle offers no surprises: shooting a lot of aliens without getting hit by their attacks. Additionally there are environmental obstacles like poisonous gas or walls

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 57Form.39World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Gekirindan is a vertical shoot-'em-up by Taito where players select one of three different fighters against an army of mechs through different time periods.

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 57Form.42World.25Curated.35Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    G.rev · Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Save the Underworld! Mamoru wakes up in a strange land with people he’s never seen before after what seemed to be an accident. A girl named Fururu informs him that this is the Underworld, and that it needs the help of everyone there to stop

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  • Why 57Form.39World.25Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Oids

    1987

    FTL Games · Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Rescue the OIDS from the Fiendish Biocretes who are turning them into vending machines and household appliances! Fuel your ship, charge your shields, and blast off to adventure as you challenge planetoid after planetoid of devious gravity t

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 56Form.44World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Toaplan · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    "Grind Stormer" is a 1993 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Toaplan in Japan and North America. It is considered to be the spiritual successor to Slap Fight. Based around a video game withi

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  • Why 55Form.32World.28Curated.38Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Vid Kidz · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Arcade shooter where you protect humans from being captured by aliens. Created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, it is a sequel to Defender which was released earlier in the year. Some home ports of Stargate were renamed to Defender II for

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 55Form.32World.25Curated.39Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    Xexex

    1991

    Konami · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Xexex is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game by Konami released in Japan. It draws on Irem's R-Type and Konami's other shoot 'em up Gradius, while adding the tentacle mechanics of Irem's other shoot 'em up XMultiply. In the game

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  • Why 54Form.22World.25Curated.43Lists.00Shooter · Arcade

    C-Dogs

    1997

    Android, Linux, MS-DOS +2

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Classic overhead run-and-gun, supporting 2 player co-op or deathmatch. Customize your player, choose from many weapons, and blast, slide and slash your way through 5 unique campaigns. There is also a campaign editor and hundreds of user-sub

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