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Game » consists of 23 releases. Released September 1981
A Galaga-inspired shooter for DOS.
Over Horizon is an NES Shoot Em Up title which was only released in Japan and Europe.
Aerostar is a top down shooter for the Game Boy.
A vertical arcade shooter inspired by Namco's Galaga.
Dragon Spirit is vertical arcade shooter released in 1987 by Namco and Atari. This page is for the updated Nintendo Entertainment System version, published in the US by Bandai.
A shoot'em up based on Namco's arcade game Galaxian, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying aliens above.
A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up in which the player flies his craft into the alien "Star Killer" space cruiser and tries to destroy it before it destroys the sun.
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 shoot'em up based on Space Invaders, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying a wave of aliens above descending slowly in formation.
A shoot 'em up written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Amstrad CPC.
A Space Invaders clone written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 16.
A Space Invaders clone in which the player controls the most powerful craft in the universe, the Ultron, at the bottom of the screen moving left or right and tries to defeat waves of aliens cascading down from the top.
Time Pilot '84 is the sequel to Time Pilot, released solely in arcades.
The sequel to the early Sharp MZ shoot-'em-up.
An early shoot-'em- up for Sharp-MZ.
An early vertical shooter developed by TOSE and published by Jaleco in Japan. It was Jaleco's first release for the Famicom.
Gyruss is a space shoot 'em up that allows player to revolve around an implicit circle. It is often considered to be a cross between Tempest and Galaga.
Zalaga is a Galaga clone for the BBC Micro, developed by Aardvark.
A Space Invaders clone written by Michael Abrash and published by Datamost for the PC.
Demons to Diamonds is an Atari 2600 title that requires you to shoot a variety of targets in order to score points.
Millipede is the 1982 sequel to Centipede, adding more enemies, ecology behavior, and more gameplay variations, as well as offensive options for the player
Travel through time and shoot biplanes, fighter jets and alien spacecraft in this 1982 shoot 'em up from Konami.
A 1982 shoot-'em-up arcade game by Omori.
Blast a never-ending onslaught of meteors, missiles, and UFOs out of the sky as a laser battery commander.
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.
Sneakers has players fighting off waves of enemies in a spaceship. A single-screen shoot'em up, similar to Space Invaders, designed by Mark Turmell and published by Sirius Software for the Atari 8-bit and Apple II platforms.
Centipede is a vertical shooter in which you must destroy centipedes and other bugs before they reach the bottom of the screen and destroy you.
A 1981 shoot-'em-up arcade game by Tehkan. Defend the Earth from alien invaders, then blast off to blow up the mothership.
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