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Game » consists of 9 releases. Released February 1981
A side-scrolling shoot-'em-up spin-off of Terra Lander.
A deceptively-simple mobile game in which players flap the odd-looking bird Faby between pairs of pipes by tapping the screen. It's notable for its removal from storefronts due to its addictive success, spawning numerous clones and imitators wanting to take its place.
Asteroids Do Concern Me is mixture of simple retro gameplay in the vein of Super Cobra, Scramble or Canabalt and various visual styles. It's a Xbox Live Indie Game and was part of the "Winter Uprising", the community organized promotion effort.
An aptly named retro themed shooter for the Xbox Live Indie Game Marketplace from Sorcery Games.
A free side-scrolling space shooter with HD graphics and interesting co-op twist.
The sixth entry, and first straight-to-console iteration, in the fast-paced sci-fi space shooter series, Gradius V implemented 3D models and backdrops, simultaneous multiplayer, online scoreboards, "revival start," and advanced control schemes. It is the only Gradius game not developed exclusively by Konami.
A compilation for the PlayStation 2, containing both Gradius III and Gradius IV.
The fourth main installment of the Gradius series and the last one to be released in arcades.
The third installment of the Gradius series, pitting the Vic Viper against Bacterian forces yet again. It introduces the "Edit Mode" system, allowing players to fully-customize their weapon loadout.
A shoot 'em up released for Amiga in 1989.
The direct follow-up to Konami's arcade shoot-'em-up classic Gradius, introducing customizable Power Meters with new power-ups. It had no official release in North America for 18 years.
Fortress Underground is a sidescroller in which the player controls a chopper flying through an underground cave facing hostile cannons and units while avoiding a fuel shortage.
A side scrolling arcade shoot 'em up and the first in Konami's famous series. The game became famous for its extreme difficulty and varied power-ups.
A conversion of Konami's Scramble for the Dragon 32/64 and TRS-80 CoCo.
A side-scrolling shoot-'em-up for the Epoch Game Pocket Computer.
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Philip Price and published by Datamost for the Atari 8-bit home computers.
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to Scramble and the second game in the Airstrike series written by Steven Riding.
Fire Galaxy is a horizontal shoot-'em-up for the Commodore VIC-20.
Xevious is one of the first vertical scrolling shoot-em-up arcade games.
Dive deep into the depths of a martian moon in this follow-up to the 8-bit Atari classic, Caverns of Mars.
A Scramlbe-like horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Steven Riding that was published for the Atari 8-bit computers.
An early side scrolling shooter made by Universal
Mission-X, also known as Zoar, is a vertical scrolling shooter from Nihon Bussan and Data East, released in early 1982.
A horizontal shoot-'em-up for the Bally Astrocade.
Originally developed as Caverns of Mars II, this Atari 400/800 game was released years later as Mars Mission II.
Infiltrate the enemy base and make off with a big box of cash in this helicopter-based shooter from the makers of Scramble.
1981 DECO Cassette System arcade action game, where DECO Kid flies and punches enemies in side-scrolling environments. Ahead of its time, it set precedents for mechanics such as multi-directional scrolling, bosses, energy bars, debris, invincibility, and score combos.
Caverns of Mars is a vertical scrolling shooter with fuel tanks and multiple zone types.
Vanguard is a scrolling shooter that allows players to shoot in multiple directions in space. The player spends their time avoiding obstacles and shooting enemies in order to replenish their quickly dissipating fuel supply.
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