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Game » consists of 34 releases. Released December 1982
A sci-fi themed shoot 'em up based on an anime movie for the Famicom Disk System.
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.
Action Fighter is an overhead vehicular combat game released by Sega in 1986.
A vertical-scrolling shooter for the Arcades and the NES. It was developed by NMK and published by Jaleco in Japan only.
A vertical space shoot 'em up game originally on Arcade machines which then moved to the NES. It was SNK's first game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
An 1985 Arcade vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up by Taito and Crux in which the player controls a helicopter. It was ported to the Famicom in early 1986 in Japan only.
A vertical shoot 'em up and one of the earliest Sega Master System exclusives.
An early pseudo-3D shoot-em-up for the Nintendo Famicom developed by Micronics and published by ASCII.
Time Pilot '84 is the sequel to Time Pilot, released solely in arcades.
Game released only in Japan for Tomy Pyuta system.
A dual plane Shoot 'Em Up about a jet that transforms into a tank.
Encounter is a vertical-scrolling space shooter developed by Cory Bruening and released for DOS.
This 1984 sequel to Vanguard has more in common with Xevious and Bosconian than SNK's 1981 classic.
A vertical shoot 'em up and an update to the original game that contains new enemies.
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.
An early vertical shooter developed by TOSE and published by Jaleco in Japan. It was Jaleco's first release for the Famicom.
An early scrolling shoot-em-up for the arcades and the SG-1000.
Konami video arcade game from 1983. Overhead vertical shooter similar to Xevious. It was notable for featuring non-linear branching paths.
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.
A tactical maze shooter released by Sega in 1981. It has a mixture of vertical scrolling run & gun shooting and maze digging.
An early 2D shoot 'em up featuring both side-scrolling and vertical scrolling segments.
Scramble is a side-scrolling shooter. The player controls a spaceship across a scrolling terrain, battling obstacles along the way. Scramble is credited with setting the template for most of the side-scrolling shooters that followed its release.
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