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239 games like Zed Blade · 1979 – 2008

  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 94Form.86World.25Curated1.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Rezon

    1991

    Allumer · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHorizontal shooterAction

    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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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 88Form.59World.25Curated.89Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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 listsOften paired

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  • Why 86Form.47World.25Curated.89Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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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  • Why 85Form.44World.25Curated.89Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    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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  • Why 83Form.35World.25Curated.89Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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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  • Why 82Form.33World.25Curated.89Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    In City Bomber, the player is in pursuit of a gang of criminals. In order to keep the criminals from escaping, the player must reach checkpoints within a specified amount of time. At the start of the game, the player's car can shoot missile

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 78Form.42World.25Curated.73Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 77Form.47World.25Curated.65Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · 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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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 77Form.56World.25Curated.61Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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

    68 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 76Form.59World.25Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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 listOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 76Form.56World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · 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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 75Form.23World.25Curated.80Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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 74Form.40World.79Curated.55Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, PS4, Xbox Series

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    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.

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 73Form.42World.25Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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 73Form.56World.25Curated.54Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Sunsoft · Arcade, Game Gear, MSX +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionFantasy

    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

    64 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 72Form.30World.25Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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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  • Why 72Form.22World.57Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

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

    ShooterArcadeShoot '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 PlayStation exclusiveWhy 71Form.27World.25Curated.68Lists.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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  • Why 69Form.19World.57Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    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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  • Why 68Form.61World.72Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

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

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  • Why 67Form.18World.25Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +1

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    Navigate your sub to avoid bombs, depth charges, enemy subs and airplanes. Half of the screen has an underwater view where you can maneuver your sub.

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 66Form.42World.25Curated.51Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 66Form.56World.69Curated.28Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Browser, Linux, Neo Geo +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionFighting

    Horizontal shooter released for the Neo Geo CD.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 64Form.22World.25Curated.60Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    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 64Form.86World.27Curated.16Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterHorizontal shooterAction

    Horizontal space shooter. You are a fighter pilot on several hazardous missions. In each level you have to fulfill one mission like bomb the radar, destroy the tank etc. The scenery as buildings and warehouses and airborne objects as jets a

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  • Why 63Form.61World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

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

    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 63Form.55World.50Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 61Form.27World.25Curated.51Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    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

    54 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.56World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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 61Form.56World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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 61Form.56World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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 60Form.54World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 60Form.53World.84Curated.20Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Described alike

    Triangle Service · Arcade, PS2, R3000 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A space shooter with vertically scrolling stages. Based on the arcade version.

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  • Why 59Form.49World.38Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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

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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 59Form.45World.77Curated.26Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Playlogic Entertainment · Xbox

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / IsometricFlight

    Xyanide is a shoot 'em up video game for the Xbox in 2006. It was developed by Playlogic Entertainment and published by Evolved Games, after being originally developed by Engine Software for the Game Boy Advance. A sequel titled Xyanide: Re

    60 rating1 list

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  • Why 58Form.50World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

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

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird 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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 58Form.50World.25Curated.32Lists.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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  • Why 57Form.46World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

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

    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 56Form.44World.25Curated.32Lists.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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 56Form.55World.36Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    UPL · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide view

    Omega Fighter is a vertical scrolling shooter developed for the arcades by UPL in 1989. While similar to most shooters, Omega Fighter was unique in its gameplay, level and enemy focus: rather than flying over multiple levels, the player fac

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  • Why 56Form.26World.25Curated.45Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Windows

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    Choose from among seven high-powered fighters (including the Raiden MkII and Judge Spear from Viper Phase 1) and take to the skies in three dangerous missions. The first two missions are comprised of three stages each, the first two of whic

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 56Form.18World.25Curated.51Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Sirius Software · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionBird 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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  • Why 55Form.41World.78Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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 (

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 55Form.46World.29Curated.28Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 55Form.26World.25Curated.42Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Arcade, FM-7, Switch +2

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upBird view / Isometric

    A sheriff on horseback must protect a train, located in the center of the screen, from groups of bandits. Players must avoid running into obstacles, getting shot, or allowing three bandits to board the train. A bonus game is played between

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 54Form.43World.40Curated.26Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionVertical scrolling

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 54Form.41World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +2

    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

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 54Form.28World.25Curated.40Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Hudson Soft · TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / IsometricCrossover

    Star Parodier is a vertical scrolling shooter, much like the Star Soldier games, and features many of the same conventions, such as collecting power-ups to upgrade the player's weapons, and facing several bosses and minibosses as they progr

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