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309 games like Wizball · 1975 – 2022
Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +9
One of the defining characteristics of the Gradius series is the use of a "power meter." The power meter is powered by a power-up item, whose purpose, when collected, is to move a highlight to the next power-up on the power meter. When a po
72 rating18 listsOften paired
Acclaim Studios London · Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +6
Betrayed by his people, TRANTOR is abandoned alone on an Alien planet. His only chance of escape is to activate the planet's main computer that lies within the terminal building. Spectacular sound and graphics transport you light years to t
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MicroGraphic Image · Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +6
A miner has to find the exit to a world of wonders that is deep in the ground. During his journey he has to collect bombs to destroy rocks in his way, collect keys to open doors and pick up little potions that refresh his timer. Treasure ch
41 rating14 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Switch
Thunder Cross is an Action game, developed and published by Konami, which was released in 1988.
70 rating1 listOften paired
Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX
A baker tries to bake and deliver bread while fighting raccoons. Pieces of bread are moving along a factory line. The raccoons try to eat your bread and also try to switch off your machines. You have to keep your machinery running and also
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Sega console exclusive
Arcade, SG-1000
N-Sub is one of the earliest naval video game titles. The object of the game is to maneuver an on-screen submarine, the "N-Sub," with the joystick and sink the enemy fleet with torpedo fire in the Cobalt Blue Sea. Torpedoes can be fired ve
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Nintendo console exclusive
Taito · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Windows
After more than 10 years, Nintendo Switch players can look forward to a sequel of the cult 80's game series Bubble Bobble by TAITO. The new Bubble Bobble 4 Friends was developed by the original studio TAITO Corporation and will include a br
74 rating3 listsOften paired
Big Five Software · Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +7
"Bounty Bob" is mining a radioactive mine in the year 2049. Help him "claim" all of the various stations (multiple screens). Avoid contact with the deadly mutant organisms by running away, or hopping over them. Collect various articles left
70 rating7 listsOften paired
Gungrounds · Windows
Serious Sam: Tormental is a 3D rogue-lite top-down shooter where you blast your way through the tormented mind of demigod of destruction Mental, as he imagines worlds and monsters that stand on your path towards his inner ego. Let the showd
1 list2 h main storyOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Big Five Software · Amstrad CPC, Atari 5200, Atari 7800 +5
Bounty Bob returns in this new and exciting follow-up adventure to Miner 2049er. This time around it's even tougher than before and Bob needs your help more than ever to guide him through the mine. The mutant organisms have multiplied and o
64 rating4 listsOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 5200, Commodore 64 +1
Satan's Hollow is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1982, subsequently converted to the Atari 8-bit family, and in 1984 to Commodore 64.
60 rating1 listOften paired
Toaplan · Arcade, Linux, Sega Genesis +3
In the year 2998, humanity has finally reached the stars, and was able to build a prosperous, peaceful society. However, a space matter known as the Black Nebula began to spread, threatening to engulf the galaxies controlled by humans. It t
58 rating2 lists1.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed Sega exclusive
Capcom · Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST +5
The game takes the form of a side-scrolling platform game, with the players controlling the characters of the twins. The game can be played alone (in which case only one of the twins is present), or with two players together controlling one
60 rating6 listsOften paired
Toaplan · Arcade, NES, Sega Genesis
The gameplay of Snow Bros is similar to Bubble Bobble, released in 1986. The game supports up to two players, with each player taking the part of one of two snowmen Nick and Tom. Each player can throw snow at the enemies. The player must th
74 rating3 listsOften paired
Taito · Arcade, Bally Astrocade
Old west theme shoot-out. Using simple graphics, two cowboys one on the left and one on the right move up down, left and right trying to get a clear shot avoiding cactus at the other.
63 rating2 listsOften paired
PlayStation console exclusive
SNK · Arcade, PS2
Metal Slug 6 returns to the Rebel-Martian alliance featured in Metal Slugs 2, X, and 3, but on a much broader scale. Rather than repeating the previous games' events of the Martians breaking the alliance and the Rebels assisting the player
80 rating4 lists1 h main storyOften paired
Atari, Inc. · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +13
As a regional commander of three anti-missile batteries, the player must defend six cities in their zone from being destroyed. The player's six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of them even splitting
74 rating18 listsOften paired
Tecmo · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +11
The player controls Jack, a superhero who can leap and glide. Someone has planted 24 bombs at famous tourist sites (the Sphinx and Great Pyramids, the Acropolis, Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, and two cityscapes resembling Miami Beach an
71 rating11 listsOften paired
Data East · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +6
BreakThru is a 2D side-scrolling vehicle shooter. Your mission: race, jump, and blast your way through five levels (mountains, bridge, plains, city, and airfield) of enemy defenses to recapture the stolen jet fighter. A host of enemy soldie
49 rating7 listsOften paired
PlayStation console exclusiveData East · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +2
BreakThru is a 2D side-scrolling vehicle shooter. Your mission: race, jump, and blast your way through five levels (mountains, bridge, plains, city, and airfield) of enemy defenses to recapture the stolen jet fighter. A host of enemy soldie
49 rating1 listOften paired
Namco · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +12
Pac-Land itself is split into trips. In each of these trips the objective is to get the fairy (that is kept under Pac-man's hat) to Fairyland and also to return home to Pac-Man's house. The majority of the trip involves moving from left to
64 rating12 listsOften paired
SNK console exclusive
Arcade, Neo Geo
Murdered by criminals, Detective Yokoda's body is retrieved by Professor Tani and taken to his laboratory. There, Tani performs an experiment that has failed seven times; Yokoda is the latest subject to have his life force transferred into
53 rating2 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Wii
Finest Hour is a 1989 run and gun arcade game developed and published in Japan by Namco. It was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console on August 25, 2009.
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Sydney Development Corp. · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision +4
Cute Chick is in trouble! She is being held captive by the dinosaur, and it is up to Thor to ride his trusty wheel to the rescue. There are many obstacles in the way which Thor will need to jump and duck, including rocks, trees, rivers, lav
69 rating4 listsOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Gremlin Interactive · Amiga, Amiga 1200, Amiga CD32 +3
The intergalactic gremlin ninja Zool returns, and this time his enemies in the game were named Krool and his assistant Mental Block, whose goal is to stifle the world's imagination, causing rampant boredom. In his fight Zool is aided by his
79 rating2 listsOften paired
Aackosoft · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision +5
Cute Chick is in trouble! She is being held captive by the dinosaur, and it is up to Thor to ride his trusty wheel to the rescue. There are many obstacles in the way which Thor will need to jump and duck, including rocks, trees, rivers, lav
69 rating1 listOften paired
Stamper brothers · BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20 +2
The 'Acme Interstellar Transport Company' is delivering spaceship kits to various planets in the solar system throughout the Galaxy; and as chief test pilot, all you have to do is assemble the Rockets, and thrust on to your next destination
86 rating3 listsOften paired
EarthWork Games · Windows
Forts is a physics-based RTS where foes design and build custom bases, arm them to the teeth and blast their opponent's creations to rubble.
51 rating1 list8.5 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600 +8
Mario Bros. is an arcade game published by Nintendo and developed by Shigeru Miyamoto. The platform puzzle which first introduced Luigi to the world has both single and multiplayer action with two differing game types, but with the same obj
70 rating1 listOften paired
Tim Follin · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back is a computer game released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It is the follow-up to the ZX Spectrum game Agent X. The player takes control of the eponymous Agent X in a multi-load g
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Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Tile-based horizontally scrolling shooter.
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
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
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MAIET Entertainment · Windows
GunZ: The Duel is an online third-person shooting game. The game allowed players to perform exaggerated, gravity-defying moves, including wall running, stunning, tumbling, and blocking bullets with swords, in the style of action films and a
80 rating3 lists12 h main storyOften paired
Atari exclusive
Arcade, MSX
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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ADK · Arcade
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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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
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 lists
Sega console exclusive
Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III
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 lists
Timed NEC exclusive
Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8
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
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Atari console exclusive
Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit
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
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +3
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 lists
Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3
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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Odin Computer Graphics · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
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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Timed NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii
Zonk is back in Super Air Zonk, the sequel to the shooting game spin-off of the Bonk series, Air "Zonk." Now moving to a rockabilly beat and able to transform into nine different characters, Zonk lets loose through seven action-packed stage
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Timed Sega exclusive
Nippon Computer Systems · Sega Genesis, Wii
Target Earth is a space shooting game set in the future with Earth under attack by robots. The protagonist of the game is a pilot of a mech robot which can either walk on planet surfaces or fly in space. There are two types of levels in the
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Nintendo console exclusive
Sega AM2 · Arcade, Wii
One of the first light gun games to arrive on the Wii, Ghost Squad will take full advantage of the unique controls of the Wii Remote. Three dangerous missions bring a new gameplay experience every time with multiple levels, alternate route
70 rating4 listsOften paired