1942

Gemini Wing

• AMI
• CPC
• + 8 more
• AST
• C64
• MSX
• SPEC
• ARC
• X68K
• PS4
• NSW

Astro Warrior

• SMS

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.

Tiger-Heli

• NES
• PS1
• + 2 more
• ARC
• X68K

An Arcade helicopter vertical shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan that was later released to the NES.

Reach for the Sky

• C16

A shoot 'em up in the vain of Capcom's arcade classic 1942.

Screaming Wings

• AMI
• AST
• A800

A top-down shooter where the player pilots a wartime plane.

Finalizer - Super Transformation

• ARC
• XBGS
• + 3 more
• PC
• XONE
• PS4

Finalizer is an arcade shooter from Konami.

Gun.Smoke

• C64
• NES
• + 3 more
• ARC
• PS3N
• FDS

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.

Exed Exes

• NES
• ARC
• WSHP

A vertical-scrolling Arcade shoot em 'up released by Capcom. It was re-released for platform play on Capcom Classics Collection.

River Raid

• C64
• MSX
• + 9 more
• SPEC
• A800
• 2600
• CVIS
• INTV
• 5200
• XBGS
• PC
• ADAM

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.

SOS

• ARC

SOS is a black and white arcade shooter developed and published by Namco in 1980. The player maneuvers the "Shinryaku" along the bottom of the screen, shooting down enemy aircraft and responding to distress calls.