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Game » consists of 38 releases. Released Jun 19, 1978
1979 first-person shoot 'em up, from the developer of Space Invaders, Taito.
Data East released this space shooter in 1979. It's the company's first video game.
A 1979 Arcade shoot 'em up in which the player guides missiles towards alien invaders, avoiding their projectiles and random asteroids along the way. Saw a Super Famicom revamp in 1995.
Radar Scope was one of Nintendo's first arcade video games, a space shooter with a pseudo-3D third-person perspective. While a hit in Japan, it was unpopular overseas. The popular worldwide hit Donkey Kong was based on its hardware.
Space Launcher is a 1979 arcade game developed and published by Nintendo. Its gameplay appears to be a cross between Space Invaders and Frogger, except it came out nearly two years before Frogger.
Atari's bestselling game of all time, Asteroids was one of the most influential releases of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. One of the first space shooters, it was the inspiration for many of the dual stick shooter games of the modern era, Geometry Wars chief among them.
A licensed clone of Taito's Space Invaders, although the marketing and cabinet art definitely isn't....
Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technical breakthrough in 1979, featuring RGB color, multi-colored sprites, a tilemap playfield, vertical scrolling background, and enemies with individual AI routines.
1979 arcade shooter by Nintendo where the player must fight sixteen surrounding desperadoes. A precursor to Donkey Kong, it was designed by Genyo Takeda, with assistance from Shigeru Miyamoto, working on his first video game. Possibly the first run & gun shooter, it also introduced the damsel-in-distress trope to gaming as well as continuous background music.
This 1979 Taito arcade game challenged the player to set down on a narrow landing pad at the bottom of the screen, rescue a stranded astronaut, and return to the mothership at the top of the screen. Meteors and hostile aliens added considerably to the challenge.
Originally called Space Invaders Part II in Japan, this is the first sequel to the coin-munching hit Space Invaders. This game is notable for introducing the concept of a cut-scene.
One of three known Space Invaders clones by O.E.C. Rather than a tight-knit group of aliens, this has a bunch of enemies scattering around the screen.
One of three known Space Invaders clones by O.E.C.
One of three known Space Invaders clones by O.E.C. This one is most like the original.
Nintendo's Space Invaders clone.
Konami's first video game. As was the norm of the day, it's a clone of a more popular game - in this case, Space Invaders.
An arcade shooter released in 1977. Midway released the game in North America as Boot Hill, while Taito released the game in Japan as Gunman. The game was a sequel to the 1975 hit Taito/Midway arcade shooter Gun Fight.
In Sea Wolf players control an off screen submarine with the objective of sinking as many ships as possible within the time limit. Players can not be killed the only objective is to get the highest score possible.
Gun Fight, also known as Western Gun, is a 1975 arcade shooter. Set in the Wild West, Western Gun was the first on-foot shooter, introduced human combat, was the first open-world action-adventure video game, and the first real-time tactical cover shooter. Gun Fight was also the first microprocessor video game.
A sports game released by Taito in 1974. A landmark title, it was notable for being the first video game to use sprites, and the first to represent human characters. It was licensed to Midway as TV Basketball in the United States.
Computer Space was the first commercial video game, location tested in August 1971 and then released to market in November 1971.
A game for the iPhone that plays like a cross between Arkanoid and Space Invaders. The game features 8-bit graphics and sound effects generated by the Commodore 64 sound chip.
Cosmic Math is an educational game for the Leapster.
Starfighter is a 2D retro arcade-style shooter available for Xbox Live Community Games and the iPhone.
Glacier Patrol has the player stop an alien invasion by melting the ice blocks they drop on the north pole.
A Galaxian-styled game where players have to fight their way through waves of enemies.
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