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Game » consists of 19 releases. Released March 1986
The Quarter Game is a top-down, hack and slash game developed by Lame Dimension and Flying Pudding Studios, where a young girl named Mashiro must save the CEO to become the CEO herself.
The Border Lands is a browser-based, deliberately retro, 16-bit take on Borderlands developed by Gearbox in the lead up to the release of Borderlands 2.
The classic series responsible for Commando and Mercs returns as a downloadable dual-joystick shooter from Capcom and Backbone Entertainment.
Assault Heroes is an arcade-style dual-joystick shooter for the Xbox Live Arcade, PC, and PlayStation Network.
Sixth installment of the Metal Slug franchise and the first to leave the Neo-Geo hardware. Introduces two new characters from the Ikari Warriors/King of Fighters franchises.
Grab your rifle and lock 'n load as you play as a modified green plastic soldier and return to the plastic warfare.
Shock Troopers is an eight directional top down shooter for the Neo Geo, starring eight commandos who must rescue a brilliant scientist and his granddaughter from a terrorist group known as the Bloody Scorpions.
Watchtower is a shoot 'em up for the Amiga.
A top-down arcade shooter from Electronic Devices and Ecogames.
A top-down run-'n-gun arcade game from Toaplan and a spiritual successor to their earlier game Out Zone, with three-player multiplayer and eight unique mercenaries to choose from.
Notable as one of the 'Big 5' Mega Drive shoot 'em ups never to leave Japan and infamous for its high-level of difficulty, UndeadLine has garnered a reputation as one of the most challenging and collectable vertical shooters from its era.
Lots of beautiful girls have been abducted to Planet X and are being forced to create an evil robot army by the evil reptilions. It's your job as a member of the interplanetary SWAT team, to power up your laser pistols and save the world.
Pursue a terrorist army throughout Vietnam to rescue a kidnapped super-scientist in this Cabal-style shooter for the Neo Geo. One of the four launch titles for the platform.
A dual-joystick Arcade shooter ported to nearly every contemporary system. Contestants gear up to win fantastic prizes on the most violent game show on TV.
Popular arcade shooter. Many versions of the game would go to different consoles. The Genesis version contains an original mode, along with the arcade mode.
SAR is a vertically scrolling top-down shooter that used rotating joysticks in arcades.
Guy Kazama takes on the evil Force Project in this CD-based shooter from Telenet.
Some USAF pilots are forced to run-and-gun their way to freedom in this Vietnam War-themed top-down shooter from SETA.
A top-down shooter from Data East, originally released in the Arcades in 1988. Snake and Eagle are on a mission to save the president!
Ben and Andy try to prevent Mr. X from taking over the world in this top-down, bomb-planting run 'n' gun arcade shooter from Sega.
A top-down action game that puts players in the role of a freelance mercenary.
A military combat game for Commodore 64.
A multi-directional top-down shooter in which the player has to save New York City from a terroristic nuclear assault.
A vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up from SNK in which the player controls a tank. It is reminiscent of games like Ikari Warriors (also by SNK) and Commando. Known as "Great Tank" in Japan.
Devastators is an early third-person shooter. Up to two players can take control of Rambo-style mercenaries with mullets.
Trick Trap is an arcade game where you control a futuristic knight, armed with a variety of weapons. You must save the princess of Vegetaria!
A vertical scrolling shoot 'em up in the style of Commando. Developed by Playablity by Design and published by M.A.D. for the 8-bit homecomputers C64 and ZX Spectrum.
Super Contra, also known as Super C, is the sequel to Contra. In addition to side-scrolling levels like its predecessor, Super Contra introduces top-down levels, which replace the third-person segments of the original. The NES version, uses the same gameplay engine as the NES version of Contra, with some levels not featured in the arcade version.
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