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1987 · Dominic Robinson · Arcade, Shoot 'em up · Open the game page →

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409 games like Zynaps · 1979 – 2023

  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 89Form.73World.33Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Irem · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Is a side-scrolling shooter published by Irem, and similar in style to their earlier R-Type. The game centers around an unusual alien invasion against a colony planet in the year 2249 where the aliens themselves are microscopic creatures th

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  • Why 87Form.65World.25Curated.82Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX

    ActionArcadeShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    The aim of Armalyte is to progress to the end of a long, horizontally-scrolling level where the screen will cease scrolling and battle will commence with a Boss. Beating the Boss allows the player to progress to the next level. There are ei

    80 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 86Form.50World.25Curated.88Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +5

    ActionArcadeShooterSide-scrollingScience fiction

    The player's character is a human who rides a large, green, flying Chinese-style dragon. The dragon is invincible, capable of blocking most enemy projectiles and damaging enemies on contact; the human, however, is not, but is armed with a f

    80 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Why 83Form.34World.28Curated.89Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Universal Entertainment · Arcade, ColecoVision

    ArcadeShooterSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    In this side scrolling shooter you have to kill as many enemies as possible to raise your high score.

    50 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 82Form.68World.55Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Side scrolling space shooter for the ZX Spectrum. Sequel to Sidewize

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 82Form.60World.54Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Windows, iOS, macOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Warblade is a shareware computer game for Microsoft Windows and OS X, written by Norwegian developer Edgar M. Vigdal. The Windows version runs well on Linux under Wine. It is also available for retail in the App Store for iOS devices (in iP

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 81Form.66World.48Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 81Form.68World.45Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 81Form.68World.39Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience 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.

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 81Form.68World.44Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Menace

    1988

    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

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.68World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ABM

    1980

    Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Missile Command clone for the Apple II.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 80Form.68World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 80Form.63World.47Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    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

    59 rating7 listsOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.55World.25Curated.68Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Manfred Trenz · Amiga, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX

    ActionArcadeShooterSpaceshipScience fiction

    Throughout time, man has been a victim of his own intelligence and his insatiable thirst for knowledge. The Planet Katakis is a horrifying example. Scientists created Machines which became so sophisticated that they longer depended on man

    75 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.60World.30Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Salamander is a scrolling shooter arcade game released by Konami as a spin-off to Gradius. It introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages. Some of these woul

    71 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.68World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience 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 listsOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.68World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Odin Computer Graphics · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 80Form.68World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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 listsOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 80Form.68World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Horizontal space shooter

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  • Why 79Form.65World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Namco · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Bakutotsu Kijuutei, also known by its longer title as Bakutotsu Kijuutei: Baraduke II, is a scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan. As in the original game, the players again take control of Takky (Pl

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 79Form.48World.50Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Cybernoid II: The Revenge is a challenging flip-screen shoot 'em up that builds upon its predecessor. Players pilot the advanced Cybernoid craft on a mission to recover stolen cargo from pirate ships. The game features a diverse arsenal of

    75 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 79Form.41World.32Curated.74Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega CD +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionOn-rails

    Night Striker (ナイトストライカー) is an arcade game developed by Taito. It is a futuristic on-the-rails shooter which plays similarly to Sega's Space Harrier, though has you pilot a hover vehicle instead. The game was brought to the Sega Mega-CD i

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 79Form.65World.29Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience 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 listsOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.56World.25Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Aicom · Android, Arcade, Browser +8

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Blazing Star is a scrolling shooter video game for the Neo Geo home game system. It is the sequel to the acclaimed Neo Geo shooter Pulstar, which was itself a close cousin to the R-Type franchise. A typically hefty Neo Geo ROM at 346 Mb, th

    70 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.60World.34Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

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

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The Regulus system has been attacked by alien forces, and you are the only Terran fighter in place to clear the area and rescue the captured hostages. The game is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with 5 levels. The first of these involv

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 78Form.72World.25Curated.53Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Thrust

    1986

    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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  • Why 78Form.60World.29Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Tomcat

    1989

    Interceptor Micros · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Tomcat (also known as F14 Tomcat ) is a video game published in 1989 in the UK by Players Software. The game was released on the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum as a budget title.

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 77Form.58World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Konami · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    This game has flavors of several different video games rolled into one. It is mostly like Xevious, being an overhead shooter against a plethora of enemies, each with a unique characteristic. Unlike Xevious, however, that only allowed you to

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  • Why 77Form.60World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Fusion

    1988

    Bullfrog Productions · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Fusion is a scrolling multidirectional shooter developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Atari ST and Amiga.

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  • Why 77Form.60World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    ADK · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 77Form.59World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Defend your base against enemies.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 77Form.58World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    You are on a moon-based scouting mission in a Mark 16 Starcruiser. Suddenly, enemy alien ships teleport in and start firing neutron missiles, which can destroy you upon impact. You must destroy enemy ships until reinforcements arrive from E

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  • Why 75Form.48World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Steel

    1988

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Steel is a science fiction shoot 'em up originally designed by Gari Biasillo for the Commodore 64, and later ported to 16-bit machines.

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  • Why 74Form.88World.45Curated.29Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Delta

    1987

    Stavros Fasoulas · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSpaceshipSide-scrolling

    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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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 74Form.51World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Granzella · PS5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upSide-scrollingAction

    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

    72 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 74Form.32World.25Curated.71Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Cirque Verte · NES

    ArcadeShooterSpaceshipActionScience fiction

    In the year 2050 the Earth has been attacked by the villainous Raggosians and it is your job to save the planet! You will need to pilot your ship, The Tempest, to the planets Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Earth in order to retrieve certain m

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 74Form.60World.36Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Hudson Soft · Virtual Boy

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Pilot a Futuristic Star Fighter in a Battle for Mankind! GALACTIC YEAR 210. The earth and its colonies face annihilation in a futuristic war against the human race. YOU have been chosen to pilot RAGNAROK, a star fighter from an advanced al

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 73Form.35World.54Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionFirst person

    3D Space Wars is an action game for both the ZX Spectrum and the Dragon 32/64

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  • Why 73Form.48World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Aquatron is a side-scrolling shooter in which the player controls a spaceship over a planet completely covered with water. Unfortunately the planet is under attack and in each level, the player has to kill the steadily increasing opposition

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  • Why 73Form.40World.25Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Magnavox Odyssey 2, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The player has just attracted the attention of Spyrus the Deathless, the Timelord of Chaos, and his only defense is his Time Machine's laser cannon. The Timelord will now send his fleet of Time Ships to destroy the player. In this space sh

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 73Form.48World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    NEC · TurboGrafx-16

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionSide view

    Deep Blue is a 1989 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Hi-Score Media Work and published by Pack-In-Video for the TurboGrafx-16. The player controls a submersible fighter shaped as a freshwater angelfish that must fight

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 73Form.50World.33Curated.56Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Exidy · Arcade, Atari 2600, Commodore 64

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Star Fire is an early color game programmed by David Rolfe with graphics designed by Ted Michon and Susan Ogg. It was released by Exidy in 1979. Star Fire is a first-person space shooter where your mission is to seek out and destroy enemy s

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 73Form.44World.35Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Atari · Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Star Raiders II is a video game released in 1986 for the Atari 8-bit home computers, and later several other home computers and game consoles. The game was originally developed as part of a tie-in with the movie The Last Starfighter, which

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 73Form.48World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Imagic · Atari 2600

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Pilot Star Voyager through treacherous space. As you look out from the Command Bridge, stars rush past. Penetrate the seven star portals and save the Capital Starport. Destroy enemy ships with photon torpedoes or lasers, or evade them to ma

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 72Form.36World.36Curated.63Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    First Star Software · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Astro Chase is a multidirectional shooter written by Fernando Herrera for Atari 8-bit computers. It was published by First Star Software in 1982 as the company's first game. Parker Brothers licensed it, releasing cartridge versions for the

    62 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 72Form.36World.48Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Atari 2600

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Great Escape is a multidirectional shooter published for the Atari 2600 in 1983. It was produced by Bomb, a line of video games from developer Onbase Co. based out of Asia. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with reviewers

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