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TANK, AKA TNK III, was an early shoot-'em-up game by SNK. It was also the first appearance of Ralf Jones of Ikari Warriors, King of Fighters, and Metal Slug fame.
Who Dares Wins is a fairly direct take on Capcom's hit arcade game, Commando.
A fantasy-themed vertical scrolling shooter released in 1986 for MSX, also available for Wii's Virtual Console in Japan.
A space themed shoot 'em up.
A vertical scrolling shoot 'em up filled with secrets that was released exclusively in Japan for the Famicom.
A top-down, vertically-scrolling shooter released in the mid-80's, Gun.Smoke is one of the more popular Wild West-themed games in history, with multiple ports having been released since its early days in the arcades.
Brain Breaker is an epic open-world platform-adventure for the Sharp X1 Japanese home computer. It was an early Metroidvania-style game, predating both Metroid and Castlevania. It was designed by Hiroshi Ishikawa and published by Enix in 1985.
A sidescrolling action game by Taito, released to arcades in 1985. Unusual in that the player character was female.
One of the earliest side-scrolling run-'n'-gun games, Hover Attack is a game for Japanese computers in which players control a mechanized "Attacker" that can leap with jet thrusters, fire a barrage of missiles, and dock with a companion hovering Carrier to refuel.
Road Fighter is a scrolling racing arcade game developed by Konami in 1984. It was the first car racing game made by Konami.
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.
DESTROY THE ENEMY ARMY as Super Joe in this influential top-down shooter.
A run & gun shooter arcade game released by Sega in 1985, also known as Sega Ninja or The Ninja.
A vertical-scrolling Arcade shoot em 'up released by Capcom. It was re-released for platform play on Capcom Classics Collection.
1942 is a vertical shooter set in an exaggerated World War 2 universe. It went on to be one of Capcom's very first hits.
Star Force is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up game from Tecmo.
Encounter is a vertical-scrolling space shooter developed by Cory Bruening and released for DOS.
Vulgus is a vertical-scrolling shooter and it also happens to be Capcom's very first release.
A vertical shoot 'em up and an update to the original game that contains new enemies.
Players climb the tower, defeat Druaga and rescue Princess Ki in this maze-style, action role-playing game. Originally released by Namco for arcades in 1984, its combination of hack & slash combat and RPG elements laid the foundations for the action RPG genre.
Black Hawk is an action game created by Creative Sparks.
A vertical scrolling shoot'em up by David Lubar that was released for several 8-bit home computers.
A vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up by Seibu Denshi with a unique twist: earn a special air-to-ground sub-weapon and use it to weaken the base's structure to clear the level.
Bomb ground targets and take down the occasional air support in this isometric shooter.
Shooter created by Namco and released in 1983.
A vertical scrolling shoot'em up in which the player is travelling through a bloodstream of an ill patient destroying viruses and pathogens. Written by Lewis Geer and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers.
A action game written by Tony Ngo that was published for various 8-bit platforms. The player controls Sam who must climb to the top of a 48 story building and collect a suitcase full of money while avoiding being knocked off the building by a variety of creepy creatures or falling objects.
Defeat the forces of an evil robot empire in this 1983 video arcade game from Atari. Player challenged to approach enemy space station and defeat its defenses, and then to infiltrate the station, sabotage its reactor, and escape in time.
An early run & gun shooter designed by Hiroshi Ishikawa in the summer of 1983 and published by Enix in October 1983.
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