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Games like Zaxxon 3D

1987 · Sega Enterprises, Ltd. · Action, Arcade · Open the game page →

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262 games like Zaxxon 3D · 1977 – 2026

  • Sega exclusive

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionShmup

    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

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    Sega AM2 · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +9

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Run… fly… dodge those obstacles, but return fire on wave after wave of attacking aliens. Armed with a really big gun, you have to defend yourself against the alien hordes using your wits to navigate around the screen. But watch out for thos

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  • Timed Sega exclusive

    Toaplan · Android, Arcade, Linux +5

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusive

    Atari Games · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionThird person

    The objective of the game is to complete all 50 rallies without running out of fuel. There is no limit to how many vehicles a player can receive to complete a rally, as long as they have fuel. However, the destruction of the vehicle will su

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  • 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

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  • Sega exclusive

    Asmik · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionScienceBird view / Isometric

    Verytex is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan. Taking place on the colonized fictional planet of Syracuse in a futuristic sci-fi setting, where its military force initiated a violent coup d'état against the inhabitants for un

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  • Sega exclusive

    SEGA · Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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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  • Capcom · Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +1

    ShooterRobotsActionScience fictionThird person

    Pragmata is a sci-fi action-adventure game set in the near future. The story follows Hugh and his android companion Diana as they navigate a Lunar research station. Gameplay incorporates action elements alongside mechanics involving interac

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  • Meta Quest, Oculus VR, Windows

    ArcadeShooterRobotsActionScience fiction

    Use creative combat tactics and skill shots to earn high scores as you teleport through city streets and rooftops in an awe-inspiring ballet of bullets. Tear apart your robot foes and use them to fend off the enemy onslaught. Unlock, custom

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  • 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

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  • Atari console exclusive

    Sierra · Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit +5

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Threshold is a typical shoot 'em up that places the player's spaceship at the bottom of the screen where he has to fend of the enemy. If the player misses an enemy and he reaches the opposite side of the screen he will reappear on the other

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Timed Sega exclusive

    Toaplan · Arcade, Linux, Sega Genesis +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterRobotsSpaceship

    Zero Wing is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game, notable for a poorly translated English version for Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) that spawned the "All your base are belong to us" Internet meme. Gameplay includes novel features such as

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  • Sirius Software · Apple II, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShoot 'em upSpaceshipActionScience fiction

    Neybers is an interior design game where players decorate rooms using real products from real brands and designers.

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  • Timed Atari exclusive

    Mattel Electronics · Atari 2600, Intellivision, Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    Launching from repair bay 28 of the Galatea, you guide your Blue Fighter Wing through the Launch Ring at lightspeed, entering enemy territory, sector Delta Five Niner! Your mission: Rescue the Orange Wing Center which was captured alive, be

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  • Nintendo console exclusive

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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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  • Atari console exclusive

    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

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  • Atari console exclusive

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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

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  • CAVE Interactive · Arcade

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    ESP Ra.De. is a 1998 arcade game developed by Cave and published by Atlus. It is the first non-DonPachi game released by Cave. ESP Ra.De. received spiritual prequels in the form of the Espgaluda series; however, ESP Ra.De. is related to the

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    HAL Laboratory · SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionThird person

    Hyper Zone plays like a cross between a racing game and shooter. The object of the game is to navigate each level while shooting enemies and earning points, until finally an encounter with a boss ends each level. After enough points are acq

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  • Konami · Arcade, Atari 7800, Game Boy Advance +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

    The player controls an aircraft, referred to in the game as a "Jet," and has to guide it across a scrolling terrain, battling obstacles along the way. The ship is armed with a forward-firing weapon and bombs; each weapon has its own button.

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  • Timed Sega exclusive

    Koei Tecmo Holdings · Arcade, Game Boy Advance, MSX +7

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari exclusive

    Atari · Atari 2600

    Shoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipActionScience fiction

    Star Ship is a First-person shooter video game cartridge developed by Atari, Inc. for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari 2600 went on sale. It was des

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  • Zynaps

    1987

    Dominic Robinson · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    Zynaps is a traditional "left to right" shooter

    80 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusive

    Mindscape · MS-DOS, NES, Commodore C64/128/MAX

    Spaceship3-d glassesActionScience fictionStrategy

    Beyond the Black Hole is a computer game developed by The Software Toolworks in 1989 for the PC/MS-DOS, Commodore 64 and Commodore 128. The player controls a scientific officer sent to investigate strange occurrences. the player uses cartog

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  • Loriciels · MS-DOS, SNES, Windows +1

    ShooterShoot 'em up3-d glassesActionScience fiction

    JIm Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D utilizes the revolutionary Nuoptix 3D graphics, allowing you to experience the thrill of virtual reality without a virtual reality system. 3D glasses facilitate the incredible depth experience, but the t

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  • Menace

    1988

    DMA Design · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • 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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  • Atari console exclusive

    Thrust

    1986

    Firebird · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600 +9

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    The aim of this shooter game is to pilot a spacecraft which must pick up a pod using a tractor beam and fly it into space. The ship and pod are subject to gravity and inertia, and being connected by a stiff rod, they can end up spinning aro

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Square · Famicom Disk System, Family Computer Disk System, NES

    Shooter3-d glassesActionScience fictionPlatformer

    The battle of a lifetime comes alive in 3-D! The wildest of the space cowboys is out looking for adventure. Now he's got it and he needs your help. A strange world terrorized by Grax, the Alien Serpentbeast, has asked you, Worldrunner, for

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  • Atari console exclusive

    Imagic · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +11

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders. You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bi

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  • CAVE · Arcade, Switch, PS4

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    ESP Ra.De. is a 1998 arcade game developed by Cave and published by Atlus. It is the first non-DonPachi game released by Cave. ESP Ra.De. received spiritual prequels in the form of the Espgaluda series; however, ESP Ra.De. is related to the

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Konami · Famicom Disk System, Family Computer Disk System

    Shoot 'em upShooter3-d glassesScience fictionFamily computer 3d system compatible

    A Konami shoot-em-up depicted from behind the ship on a Z axis, similar to After Burner or Space Harrier, for the Famicom Disk System. It has the distinction of being one of the few games that worked with the Famicom 3D imaging system.

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  • Gorgon

    1981

    Sirius Software · Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to the arcade game Defender. Written by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers.

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  • Timed Sega exclusive

    Gynoug

    1991

    Nippon Computer Systems · Switch, Sega Genesis, Wii

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    Gynoug, known in North America as Wings of Wor, is a 1991 scrolling shooter video game developed by Masaya and published by NCS Corporation for the Sega Genesis. The game was released in North America and Europe in 1991 and in Japan on Janu

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  • Paranoid Software · Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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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  • Game Arts · Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS +12

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upRobotsAction

    Thexder is a robot capable of transforming into a jet whose job is to destroy the central computer to save the planet.15 stages are waiting you for in this shooting game.

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  • Zybex

    1989

    Gareth J. Briggs, Michael Owens, Kevin Franklin, RB · Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    A horizontally scrolling 'always firing' shoot 'em up game with an emphasis on power ups and notable for the fire button only being used to change weapon. The player takes the role of one of two convicts; Rinser and Cassalana, escaping

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  • Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipAction

    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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  • 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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  • Timed Sega exclusive

    Taito · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterRobotsScience fiction

    Darius Gaiden is a two-dimensional shoot'em up. The player controls a space ship named the Silver Hawk and must guide it through scrolling stages, destroying enemies and avoiding obstacles along the way. The ship is armed with forward-firin

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  • Atari Games · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    ShooterRobotsSpaceshipActionScience fiction

    Based on the arcade game, in Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters you are sent in on a rescue mission to Planet X. This planet has been taken over by robots and you must find and evacuate the remaining humans. It's a shooter simila

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  • 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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  • Atari console exclusive

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    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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  • Timed Xbox exclusive

    G.rev · Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionThird person

    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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  • Imagine · BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64 +2

    ActionArcadeShooterScience fictionSide view

    In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.

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

    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

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