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A vertical scrolling shooter for the Atari ST, C64 and ZX Spectrum.
An maze action game in which the player controls a patrol droid and has to keep out aliens out of the colony and off the crops.
Bosconian '87 is a licensed port of the Namco arcade game Bosconian, given a few unique tweaks by developers Mastertronic.
A horizontally scrolling shoot'em up published by Firebird for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum homecomputers.
Pin*Bot is a pinball machine which has also been ported to the NES and Nintendo's PlayChoice-10 arcade system.
An open-ended space adventure that allows the player to explore 270 star systems and 800 planets, Starflight has players xplore the final frontier in search of knowledge or combat.
Astro-warrior is a top-down shooter for the Sega Master System that allows you to upgrade your weapons over multiple levels. The game includes varying enemy spaceships and boss battles.
The saga of the Magic Knight continues, with David Jones follow up to Finders Keepers and Spellbound.
EGA-Roids is an Asteroids-like game developed by Designer Software. It was created to show off the new EGA graphics capabilities introduced at the time.
The sequel to the original 3D Starstrike.
Vertical shoot-em-up.
Arcade style game developed by Jeremy Smith and released in 1986.
A shooting game developed by Hudson.
Take the controls of a STRIX fighter, explore deep space to find fame and fortune. Steal satellites, clear minefields, dogfight with Kogon Interceptors and negotiating meteor clusters.
Alien Syndrome is a cooperative, top-down, run & gun shooter with aliens developed by SEGA as an arcade game in 1987. Compared to other shooters at the time, Alien Syndrome introduced a horror atmosphere in an isolated space station, along with some exploration and survival elements.
A sci-fi shooter in which the camera is placed behind the player ship as they shoot down the evil Zylons.
A DOS shoot 'em up.
Darwin 4078 is an arcade shoot-'em-up from Data East. Its only home conversion was an MSX port from Hudson Soft, but it finally received a legit emulation in 2021 on Switch and PlayStation 4.
Action platformer for the NES published by DB-Soft. Also known as a maze action game.
A sci-fi action-strategy game released in Japan in 1986 for the NES, developed by T&E Soft and published by Toshiba EMI. It's part 6 of a long-running series, though the only one to be released on the NES.
A sci-fi strategy game where you take control of the Earth Defense Force and defend the universe from invaders. Other than the premise, it has nothing to do with the later series of the same name.
The first game in the Space Quest Series. When the evil Sariens attack his ship, lone-survivor Roger Wilco (a lowly janitor) is the only hope left for the planet Xenon.
A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up developed by Compile for MSX computers. Better known for its FDS/NES ports, this game features elaborate weapon upgrading and secondary weapon systems and a dynamic difficulty system where enemy spawns are changed based on player performance.
A sci-fi action NES game from Kemco that is in some way inspired by Nintendo's hit Metroid. The player controls a female "space hunter" as she fights to save the Earth.
Super Xevious: GAMP no Nazo (The Mystery of GAMP) is a Famicom-exclusive sequel to Xevious. It was developed and published by Namco. Despite its similar name, the game is neither a conversion nor an update to the arcade release known as Super Xevious.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Hot Scramble is the first console Gundam game. It features some early first-person shooter elements, along with side-scrolling action segments.
Don the Power Suit of intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran as she recaptures the dangerous Metroid species from the evil Space Pirates. Released by Nintendo in 1986, this game introduced the "Metroidvania" style of open-world gameplay on consoles.
Alpha (アルファ) is a visual novel adventure game, developed and published by Squaresoft in 1986, for the PC-8801 & PC-9801 and FM-7 computers. It was known for its real-time animated cutscenes, epic cyberpunk space opera narrative, and scantily-clad heroine.
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