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262 games like Wild Western · 1979 – 2023

  • Why 94Form.89World.33Curated1.00Lists1.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired · Also in Western games

    TAD Corporation · Arcade

    ArcadeShooterWesternShoot 'em upAction

    Blood Bros. is a 1990 arcade game developed and published by TAD Corporation in Japan and Europe, while it was later published in North America by Fabtek. It is a spiritual sequel to Cabal, with almost identical mechanics. A bootleg of this

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  • Why 89Form.72World.48Curated.78Lists1.00Action · Arcade · Often paired · Also in Western games

    Kane

    1986

    Mastertronic · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +5

    ActionArcadeShooterWesternHistorical

    The Wagari Indians are at war with the White Man. The N.A.S.T. Railway Co. now has plans to run a railway line through their burial ground. As Marshall McGraw you must negotiate a peace treaty and take the peace tokens to the President.

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  • Why 83Form.42World.25Curated.86Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShooterWesternActionHistorical

    Badlands is a LaserDisc video game developed for the arcades by Konami in 1983 and released in 1984. It is plays similiar to other LaserDisc video games of the time such as Dragon's Lair and Space Ace, having players navigate through variou

    1 listOften paired

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 78Form.44World.25Curated.72Lists.79Arcade · Shooter · Often paired · Also in Western games

    American Laser Games · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Arcade +5

    ArcadeShooterWesternActionHistorical

    The Last Bounty Hunter is a simple shooter in the tradition of American Laser Games's Mad Dog McCree. Fairly simple in design, it features a video background with which you interact - you use your mouse or a light gun to literally shoot you

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  • Why 72Form.42World.73Curated.52Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, PS4, Xbox Series

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionHistorical

    A vertical shoot-em-up. Protect the castle by moving a bowman horizontally across the bottom of the screen, shooting upwards at the assorted fantasy warriors who are advancing in waves. The game includes boss waves and has nice music.

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 71Form.34World.46Curated.61Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    SNK · Arcade, PS4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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 71Form.59World.25Curated.47Lists.00Action · 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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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 70Form.29World.46Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +7

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionHorizontally scrolling shooter

    A great commander ruled an eastern plain for a long time, but his mind completely changed one day. He formed a mysterious army under his command and took several women as hostages to his palace. His evil power extended to his neighbouring c

    78 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 68Form.39World.13Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · 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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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 66Form.38World.13Curated.55Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Granzella · PS5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionPlatformer

    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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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 65Form.42World.26Curated.47Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    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

    55 rating3 lists

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  • Why 63Form.32World.47Curated.47Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Master System, Switch +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionCrime

    Armed only with your trusty Tommy gun, you must exterminate all the main gangster families in order to reach the main kingpin so you can save your girl. Beware, they are waiting for you and will not go down without putting up a fight in thi

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 62Form.30World.25Curated.52Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Sega · 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

    61 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 60Form.26World.62Curated.42Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Jaleco · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird view / IsometricReally unfortunate game name

    You are a boy in a weird kingdom filled with even weirder monsters. Armed only with stones and your ability to aim your throws you set out to burn this place to the ground.

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  • Why 59Form.89World.54Curated.00Lists1.00Arcade · Shooter · Also in Western games

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterWesternAction

    Precursor to the recent spate of Western Themed games. Featured player as sheriff protecting a town from bandits and even had an undertaker to clean up the bodies.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 59Form.53World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

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

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    "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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 58Form.30World.25Curated.45Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Sirius Software · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Your job is to capture Beanies, Bouncing Orange Eyes, and a crazy variety of Falling Objects. Beanies are devious and deadly and must be shot with the Bopper's stun gun before they can be captured.

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  • Why 58Form.40World.32Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    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.24World.25Curated.47Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Mattel Electronics · Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionRetro

    Buzz Bombers is an arcade action game similar to Centipede. You control a can of bug spray at the bottom of the screen, and you need to defend yourself from the swarms of incoming bees. The bees start at the top of the screen, and fly their

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 57Form.35World.43Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    NMK · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    USAAF Mustang is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game originally developed by NMK, and published by UPL in 1990. It was ported a year later to the Sega Mega Drive by Taito while being renamed Fire Mustang. NMK Co. Ltd. also dev

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  • Why 56Form.47World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    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 55Form.43World.16Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Pantheon Software, Chris Edwards · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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 55Form.43World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 55Form.43World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    UPL · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionPlatformer

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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 55Form.24World.39Curated.42Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Rezon

    1991

    Allumer · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterAction2d

    Taking place in the year 2191, the player pilots a recently developed space fighter, the SR-91, through six stages to defend the Earth from a two-year-long alien invasion. The SR-91 uses the VAWS (Variable Armor and Weapon System) which use

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  • Why 55Form.20World.31Curated.45Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Adventure International · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +5

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionSide-scrolling

    In this horizontal scrolling shoot'em up the player must successfully navigate a submarine through an underwater course while avoiding or destroying enemies and obstacles with the final aim to wreck a heavily guarded reactor.

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 55Form.26World.25Curated.42Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    NMK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Switch +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    ZED BLADE is a horizontal scrolling shoot-'em-up released by NMK in 1994.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 54Form.78World.53Curated.00Lists1.00Western · Western · Also in Western games

    Pixel · NES

    WesternActionAdventure

    Sheriff Sam and Little Chief are coming to town in this delightful western adventure. COWBOY KID is a two player simultanious action adventure for the entire family. COWBOY KID has 4 MEGS of action packed into this NES cartridge. Players mu

    79 rating1 listAlso in Western games

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 53Form.45World.13Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    APh Technological Consulting · Atari 2600, Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    You are on a dangerous tank mission. To reach and destroy your assigned target, you must maneuver through a field filled with enemy mines. Although these are hidden, the mine detection equipment in your tank warns you of their presence by p

    55 rating1 list

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  • Why 53Form.36World.22Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience

    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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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 53Form.31World.25Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Saturn

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionShmup

    Blast Wind is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.

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  • Why 53Form.38World.17Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Paul Lowrance · 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 53Form.38World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    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 53Form.38World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.42World.59Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Nichibutsu · Arcade, NES, Switch +2

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upRacingScience fiction

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

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 52Form.42World.13Curated.30Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience

    Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble. Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a subset of them through branches, c

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 50Form.29World.13Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Tim Skelly · Arcade, Atari 7800, Vectrex

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    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

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  • Why 50Form.32World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Vid Kidz · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterAction2d

    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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  • Why 50Form.44World.13Curated.26Lists.00Action · Arcade

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

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upAction-adventureFantasy

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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 50Form.30World.18Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Vulgus

    1984

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    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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  • Why 49Form.38World.13Curated.29Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Sunsoft · Arcade, Game Gear, MSX +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Originally titled "Fantasy Zone Gear: Opa Opa Jr. no Bōken", this game is technically a sequel to the first Fantasy Zone, but got released under the same name outside of Japan. Like the other Fantasy Zone titles, this is a side-scrolling s

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  • Why 49Form.71World.41Curated.00Lists1.00Arcade · Shooter · Also in Western games

    Stamper brothers · ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC

    ArcadeShooterWesternActionBird view / Isometric

    In Gunfright the player takes the role of a sheriff in the town of Black Rock and is tasked with eliminating outlaws who are scattered throughout the settlement. It was later included in Rare Replay, Rare's 2015 Xbox One retrospective comp

    87 rating4 listsAlso in Western games

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 49Form.30World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Martech · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionPlanet

    It is the sequel to Crazy Comets. The game involves repetitively shooting planets and moons as they grow in size and threaten to collide with the player's space ship. The game is noted for its Rob Hubbard music, fast paced action and 2 play

    80 rating2 lists

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 49Form.32World.13Curated.32Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Activision · Atari 2600

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upEducational

    Plaque Attack is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600 that was made by Activision. Loosely based on Space Invaders, the player must prevent food from destroying teeth in a person's mouth. Steve Cartwright, who designed the game, said that g

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  • Why 49Form.42World.13Curated.26Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

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

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionRacing

    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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  • Why 49Form.30World.13Curated.34Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionHorizontally scrolling shooter

    A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up based on the arcade classic game Defender that was published by Adventure International for several platforms.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 49Form.24World.25Curated.36Lists.00Action · Arcade

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

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upBird view / Isometric

    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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 48Form.21World.25Curated.36Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    CRI Middleware · Arcade, FM Towns, Sega CD

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionCombat flight simulator

    You're strapped into the Navy's fiercest jet fighter-the F-14 Tomcat. Kick in the afterburner to outrun deadly cannon fire "hot on your six." Pull up hard...lock and launch! Roll 360 degrees to blow desert tank patrols, radio towers, and mi

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