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Famicom shooter from CBS/Sony. It claims to be a "color-based shooter and super variety game". The basic gameplay is extremely simple.
A turn-based strategy game set in the Gradius universe and featuring some classic Gradius ships. The game is equipped with a battery back-up to store progress. It was marketed with a slogan that essentially translates to "Gradius was only a skirmish!"
A side-scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom in 1989. It is based on the Area 88 manga.
A shoot 'em up released for Amiga in 1989.
The Turtles' first appearance on the NES followed the fighting foursome as they attempt to defeat the evil Shredder. Featuring challenging platforming elements and open-world levels, the game quickly became one of the NES's best-selling titles.
An underground criminal organization is making their move, and a lone American secret agent must stop them alone in this side-scrolling arcade run-and-gun by Data East.
One of the first ultra-violent arcade games to be released. With extreme violence being the main draw. This classic also featured a moral message about drugs. This game was remade in 2005.
Destroy waves of enemy aircraft in this After Burner clone.
A horizontal helicopter shoot 'em up for Arcade and NES, where the player is tasked with both eliminating enemy forces as well as rescuing hostages.
F-14 is a combat flight simulator/action game developed by Dynamix and published by Activision. It was released for the Commodore 64 in 1988, followed by an enhanced remake for the PC in 1990.
An early first-person role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software. Ahead of its time, it had 3D polygon graphics, FPS gameplay, strafing controls, open-world space exploration, and an epic sci-fi space opera plot.
A vertical scrolling shooter.
A side-scrolling game released in 1989 by Toho Co. LTD. It stars the giant lizard Godzilla and the giant butterfly-like moth Mothra of Toho movie fame.
A vertical shoot-'em-up from Namco where the player controls a helicopter
Chopper Commando is a 2D side-scrolling shooter developed by Marc Currie. In this game, the player assumes the role of a helicopter pilot who takes orders from their commanding officers for various missions.
A graphically revamped adaptation of Namco's classic 1981 Arcade shoot 'em up Galaga. It was released in the US on the TurboGrafx-16 as Galaga '90 and Galaga '91/Galaga 2 for the Game Gear.
A top-down, vertical-scrolling shooter from the late 80s.
Race through the wilderness, take out your opponents with your machine gun or missiles and basically try to survive.
Control Jason Frudnick in his sweet battle-tank as he blasts his way through eight levels of dudes!
An isometric combat racing game that was developed by Rare in 1988.
F-19 Stealth Fighter was a flight simulator featuring multiple types of jets, selectable weapon payloads, and a unique inter-mission rating scale that could see you either surrounded by friends or alone at a bar.
A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up in which the player flies his craft into the alien "Star Killer" space cruiser and tries to destroy it before it destroys the sun.
A helicopter shoot-'em-up developed by Sega. The Arcade version made use of Sega's 3D super scaler technology to create city environments where the buildings would appear to have depth. The subsequent home versions sadly lacked this feature.
A shoot-em-up based on the Strategic Defense Initiative. It was developed by Sega and published on many home consoles in the late 80s.
A James Bond game released for numerous 1980s computer systems.
This game can be played with 3d glasses.
A heavily modified "port" of the PC RPG Chikyuu Senshi Rayieza done by Nintendo for the Famicom.
Zaxxon 3-D is a 1987 Sega Master System remake of Sega's 1982 Arcade classic Zaxxon. The player could use a peripheral to see the game in 3D.
A Z-axis shoot 'em up from Sega that features a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter and incredible speeds. Like the racing game OutRun, After Burner II would become a huge success for Sega in the Arcades. The game was later released to different consoles.
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