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143 games like Zarch · 1979 – 2016

  • Why 94Form.58World1.00Curated1.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation · Often paired · Described alike

    Virus

    1987

    David Braben · Acorn Archimedes, Atari ST, MS-DOS +1

    ShooterSimulationActionThird-person shooter

    The player, piloting a lone craft with limited firepower, must defend a finite landscape against ever increasing waves of enemy craft. In Zarch, the landscape is being invaded by aliens who are spreading a virus across the landscape. The se

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 93Form.79World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation · Often paired

    PlayStation, Windows

    ShooterSimulationActionFirst person

    Agile Warrior F-111X is a flight combat game that puts you in the heat of battle against terrorists. It seems some sort of agency is threatening the general welfare of the country, and it is up to you to thwart its diabolical plans. In ord

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  • Why 93Form.79World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation · Often paired

    3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

    ShooterSimulationActionFirst person

    Scramble Cobra is a 3-D helicopter action game, where the player takes command of a Cobra helicopter gunship, flying through various battlefields, using their Vulcan machine guns and hydra rockets to destroy enemy tanks, helicopters and oth

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  • Why 89Form.47World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation · Often paired

    Arcade, Windows, macOS

    ShooterSimulationActionFirst-person shooterShoot 'em up

    A first person shooter where you defend a beach from an oncoming invasion with one gun emplacement.

    60 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 86Form.30World.30Curated1.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation · Often paired

    Micronet · Sega CD

    ShooterSimulationActionFirst-person shooterFlight simulation

    In the future date of 2500, mankind has reached its zenith in space travel and peace. However, after making contact with alien life for the first time, Earth is soon attacked and nearly conquered by a war-driven alien race called the Gurzon

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 73Form.36World.25Curated.67Lists.00Shooter · Simulation · Often paired

    Android, Browser, iOS

    ActionShooterSimulation.ioArcade

    Diep.io is a multiplayer shooting browser game like Agar.io, Wings.io and Slither.io. While playing this game, you have to control a tank to destroy the other players and obstacles.

    70 rating1 listOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 72Form.52World.25Curated.54Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    ShooterActionThird person

    Based on the anime series of the same name, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a fast-action third-person shooter for up to four players. As "Major" Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, and Tachikoma, you can engage enemies in both multiplayer c

    73 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 69Form.18World.30Curated.71Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    Lander

    1999

    SCE Studio Liverpool · Windows

    ActionShooterSciencePhysicsThird person

    Lander is a small, lightweight, maneuverable machine designed for tight above and below ground flying, controlled through a set of thrusters on the corners and a single main engine on its belly. With the money you earn, make needed repairs

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  • Why 69Form.17World.30Curated.71Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    Lander

    1999

    Psygnosis Limited · Windows

    ShooterActionFlight simulationPhysicsThird person

    Lander is a small, lightweight, maneuverable machine designed for tight above and below ground flying, controlled through a set of thrusters on the corners and a single main engine on its belly. With the money you earn, make needed repairs

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  • Why 67Form.14World.25Curated.71Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    Mattel Electronics · Intellivision

    ShooterActionFlight simulationFlight simulatorUnskippable cutscene

    Terrorist forces have taken over the island city of New Seeburg. They are equipped with heavily armed combat helicopters, so the only way to fight'em is in the air. The player drives the top secret JAF-3000 helicopter, and must blow up enem

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 42Form.19World.29Curated.27Lists.00Shooter

    Now Production · TurboGrafx-16, Wii, Wii U

    ShooterActionShoot 'em upShmupBird view / Isometric

    On Earth in the 23rd century, a space time warp opens up over the Atlantic Ocean. From it comes an enormous invasion force analyzed to come from the 25th century. As Earth is attacked by the alien war machines, it is revealed that the culpr

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 41Form.64World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Sirius Software · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 +1

    Shooter

    Flash Gordon is a 1983 side-scrolling shooter video game released by Fox Video Games for the Atari 2600. Sirius Software published it as Spider City for the Atari 8-bit computers and the VIC-20. It is loosely based of the 1980 film Flash Go

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  • Why 36Form.43World.31Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ShooterActionScience fictionThird personBird view / Isometric

    Panther is a Commodore 64 game designed and implemented by Peter Adams and published by Mastertronic in 1986. A version for Atari 8-bit computers followed in 1987, then a ZX Spectrum port in 1989. The player pilots a strange-looking aircraf

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  • Why 35Form.43World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Binary Design · Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ShooterActionScience fictionThird personBird view / Isometric

    The player must destroy the reactors on the island by dropping grenades on them. The reactors are defended by laser gun towers which can be temporarily disabled by disrupting their control towers. The player's character rides a machine w

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  • Why 35Form.42World.26Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET +5

    ShooterActionScience fictionFirst person

    Voyager is a first-person action game that challenges the player to explore the levels of an alien spacecraft's maze. The environments consist of corridors and rooms done with 3D vector graphics. The protagonist has to evade robots programm

    2 lists

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  • Why 34Form.46World.03Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ShooterScience fictionFirst person

    A first person spacecraft shooter using polygon graphics.

    1 list

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

    A-Jax

    1987

    Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +6

    ShooterActionArcadeScience fictionThird person

    In this arcade shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during 6 levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien. Sitting in Ajax H.Q., you must pilot the remote controlled drone ship to do this. The drone represents j

    68 rating2 lists

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

    Ajax

    1987

    Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ShooterActionArcadeScience fictionThird person

    In this arcade shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during 6 levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien. Sitting in Ajax H.Q., you must pilot the remote controlled drone ship to do this. The drone represents j

    68 rating1 list

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 32Form.36World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ShooterActionArcadeScience fictionSide view

    The thousand galaxies quake at the news: the Cryptic Computer, the galactic defense synthesizer which has maintained peace for the five centuries since the Wars on Zevon, has malfunctioned! Four Failsafe Detonators inside the Computer will

    65 rating1 list

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  • Why 31Form.32World.26Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation

    ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC

    ShooterSimulationActionArcadeFirst-person shooter

    The story has the solar system under threat from Myon invaders. MAT ("Mission: Alien Termination") is a teenager implanted with all the combined tactical skills of the planetary leaders. MAT pilots a prototype spacecraft, the USS Centurion,

    4 lists

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 30Form.30World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    SCE Studio Liverpool · MS-DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn +1

    ActionShooterScience fictionFirst personThird person

    Do you have what it takes to be the next World Net Champion? Grab the controls of the Zam Cam Assault Rig and enter the cyber combat zone of the future! Conquer arena after arena filled with skyways, trenches, pushblocks and a whole host o

    60 rating3 lists

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  • Why 30Form.31World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ShooterActionAction-adventureScience fictionThird person

    The player must destroy the reactors on the island by dropping grenades on them. The reactors are defended by laser gun towers which can be temporarily disabled by disrupting their control towers. The player's character rides a machine w

    1 list

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  • Why 30Form.31World.27Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Quiver

    1997

    MS-DOS

    ShooterActionFirst-person shooterScience fictionFirst person

    The 3-D shooter that started it all. Find yourself marooned on a distant planet swarming with hostile Alien life forms. There is little time to save Earth from destruction at the hands of this vicious foe. With nothing but the shirt on your

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  • Why 30Form.30World.27Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Costa Panayi · Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ActionShooterArcadeWarfareBird view / Isometric

    Top-down war shooter

    90 rating2 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 29Form.27World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600

    ShooterActionArcadeShoot 'em upScience fiction

    Here, you control a ship through a human's body while shooting viruses. It was licensed by Fox Video Games, as it is based on the 20th Century Fox film, Fantastic Voyage.

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  • Why 29Form.27World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +3

    ShooterActionArcadeShoot 'em upScience fiction

    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

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  • Why 29Form.26World.26Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Underground Development · Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64 +4

    ShooterActionShoot 'em upScience fictionThird person

    Space Invaders is a game in which the player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at descending aliens. The aim is to defeat five rows of eleven aliens—some versions feature different

    82 rating1 list

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 29Form.27World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Nippon Computer Systems · Sega Genesis, Wii

    ShooterActionPlatformerShoot 'em upScience fiction

    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

    69 rating5 lists

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  • Why 29Form.27World.27Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ShooterActionStrategyTacticalScience fiction

    Wanderer is a sci-fi adventure game combining card trading and space combat in a universe where cats have become a valuable currency. After the protagonist's feline companion is held for ransom, players navigate through various planets, eng

    3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 28Form.33World.02Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    UPL · Arcade, Switch

    ShooterShoot 'em upWarfare

    The game takes place in modern times where a great depression has swept over the world. Amidst the depression and its riots of jobless workers, a mad scientist starts his plan of world domination. Taking command in the titular fortress orbi

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 28Form.34World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Nexzr

    1992

    TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD

    ShooterAnimeScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Nexzr is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up similar to Super Star Soldier. The player-controlled spaceship starts with a simple vulcan gun that can only shoot straight. Various power-ups can either enhance the strength of this gun, replace

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 28Form.24World.31Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation

    Lucasfilm Games · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 5200 +7

    ActionShooterSimulationFirst-person shooterScience

    The game utilizes fractal technology to create the craggy mountains of an alien planet, where the visilibility was drastically reduced by the dense atmosphere. The player controls a fictional "Valkyrie" space fighter (converted for search a

    9 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 28Form.26World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ShooterActionArcadeShoot 'em upScience fiction

    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

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 28Form.25World.26Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ActionShooterShoot 'em upScience fictionBird 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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  • Why 27Form.21World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Apple II

    ShooterActionArcadeShoot 'em upScience 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

    1 list

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  • Why 27Form.18World.35Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Cinematronics · Arcade, Vectrex

    ShooterActionArcadeVector graphicsScience fiction

    The player controls a ship that can rotate to the left and right and thrust forward, similar to the better known Asteroids, and like that game the player also has a "hail mary" device, hyperspace. In the center of the screen is the sun, whi

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 27Form.20World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation

    Atari, Inc. · Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +3

    ShooterSimulationActionFirst-person shooterFlight simulation

    Star Raiders is a first-person space combat simulator for the Atari 8-bit family of computers. It was written by Doug Neubauer, an Atari employee, and released as a cartridge by Atari in 1979. The game is considered the platform's killer ap

    31 rating7 lists

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  • Why 26Form.19World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Team17 · Amiga, Amiga 1200, Amiga CD32

    ShooterActionFirst-person shooterScienceAliens

    Over the last four years, the Alien Breed saga has become legendary amongst Amiga owners... now the series culminates in quite spectacular fashion... Transported to a spectacular 3D environment, you must outwit the ferocious Breed once mor

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 26Form.19World.30Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation

    Rare Ltd. · Arcade, NES

    ShooterSimulationActionShoot 'em upModern warfare

    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

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  • Why 26Form.27World.04Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Crystal Computing · Arcade, ZX Spectrum

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upScience fictionSide view

    Basicly a Space Invaders clone in which the aliens are aligned on the far left and right side of the screen. They move into the middle of the screen in order to snatch their prey and bring them back to the far left or right side respectivel

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 26Form.19World.26Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Simulation

    Skyfox

    1984

    Ray Tobey · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II +9

    ActionShooterSimulationArcadeFlight simulator

    Aliens have invaded your beloved homeland, and you must help save it. You are flying the Skyfox, the most advanced attack fighter plane available to the Federation, from within the cockpit. Skyfox is complete with deflection shields, laser

    7 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 26Form.17World.29Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    ShooterActionShoot 'em upShmupScience fiction

    The game consists of 10 missions. Each mission takes place in a vast cavern, with interesting weather conditions. You must explore it and complete the mission objectives -- usually collecting sub parts, rescuing trapped miners, or destroyin

    1 list

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  • Why 26Form.17World.27Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    UFO!

    1981

    Magnavox Odyssey 2, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000

    ShooterActionShoot 'em upAliensUfo

    The game features similar gameplay to that of Atari's Asteroids. The player command an Earth Federation Cruiser, patrolling an area of space that is teeming with X-shaped UFOs. Some of these will merge and form Hunter-Killer UFOs that go a

    1 list

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  • Why 25Form.15World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Commodore International · Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20, VIC-20

    ShooterActionArcadeSpace invaders cloneScience fiction

    Avenger is a Space Invaders variant. The player has to defend Earth from endless rows of attacking aliens. Flying saucers can be shot for extra points.

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  • Why 25Form.17World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ShooterActionLight gun shooterPolitical thrillerScience fiction

    Earth is dying and other worlds need to be colonised. It's your job to clear those worlds of hostile aliens.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 25Form.17World.26Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Cheshire Engineering · Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +6

    ShooterActionArcadeShoot 'em upSpaceship

    A web of iridescent blue beams engulfs Earth-Space. You stand watching. Mesmerized at first, you now realize the beams support weapons, frightening creations in different forms. Will you just watch or will you take action? Action??!! Then r

    59 rating7 lists

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  • Why 25Form.15World.31Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Arcade

    ShooterActionArcadeShoot 'em upVector graphics

    This 1981 vector graphics arcade game is available in both two- and four-player configurations. A top-down space shooter set within a bounded playfield, where the player maneuvers a ship using rotation, thrust and forward-firing controls (

    42 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 25Form.16World.26Curated.00Lists.00Shooter

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8

    ShooterActionArcadeShoot 'em upHigh score

    Humans and aliens are living in harmony in the future, until a tabloid journalist stirs up hatred towards aliens. They respond by invading the planet, and it's down to the protagonist to clear up a situation scarily similar to reality in th

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