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An early vertical shooter developed by TOSE and published by Jaleco in Japan. It was Jaleco's first release for the Famicom.
An early 1983 laserdisc video game released by Nihon Bussan and Data East, based on the anime film Harmagedon released that same year.
Konami video arcade game from 1983. Overhead vertical shooter similar to Xevious. It was notable for featuring non-linear branching paths.
Elevator Action is a 1983 arcade game by Taito where players control Agent 17, who is attempting to steal documents in a tall building.
A time limited vertical shooter with combat in waves. Your ship can move forward and backwards in addition to the standard left and right movement.
Originally released as Zoom 909 in Japan, the Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom arcade game is a forward-scrolling, pseudo-3D, third-person rail shooter, released by Sega in 1982.
Xevious is one of the first vertical scrolling shoot-em-up arcade games.
First released by Activision for the Atari 2600, River Raid is one of the first scrolling shooters ever made. Controlling a rogue fighter jet, players must destroy bridges, sink civilian ships, and take out the defending military trying to stop their rampage.
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up in which the player controlls a miniaturized submarine, that was injected into the blood stream of an ill patient, and destroys blood clots and bacteria.
A shoot'em up written by David Lubar in which the player, in the role of a master tank commander, has to blow away hordes of giant worms that are descending upon the city of Teriyaki.
Walk forward and take out the opposition in this early arcade run & gun shooter from Taito.
Travel through time and shoot biplanes, fighter jets and alien spacecraft in this 1982 shoot 'em up from Konami.
Mission-X, also known as Zoar, is a vertical scrolling shooter from Nihon Bussan and Data East, released in early 1982.
Caverns of Mars is a vertical scrolling shooter with fuel tanks and multiple zone types.
Released in 1981, Jump Bug was the first scrolling platformer.
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.
Released by Taito in 1981, Alpine Ski was an early multi-sport game focusing on extreme sports, specifically winter sports. It was a vertical-scrolling game that involved maneuvering a skier through multiple events: a downhill ski course, a slalom racing course, and a ski jumping competition.
A tactical maze shooter released by Sega in 1981. It has a mixture of vertical scrolling run & gun shooting and maze digging.
Vertical shooter released by Sega in 1981. Featured digital speech and multiple stages.
An early 2D shoot 'em up featuring both side-scrolling and vertical scrolling segments.
A vertically scrolling action game written by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers. The player controls the horizontal movement of a plane and has to bomb various targets beneath him.
Released by Namco for arcades in 1980, Rally-X was the first scrolling open-world video game, and the first open-world driving/racing game.
Go for it! Climb to the top of the building as a helicopter awaits! A precursor to the platformer genre, Crazy Climber was the first game revolving around climbing.
A vertical-scrolling shoot em up, released in 1980.
An early vertical scrolling shooter released by SNK in 1979. It was also an early example of an action game that gave the player a supply of energy that depletes as the player gets hit.
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