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Game » consists of 22 releases. Released Jul 01, 1987
The direct follow-up to Konami's arcade shoot-'em-up classic Gradius, introducing customizable Power Meters with new power-ups. It had no official release in North America for 18 years.
Stinger is a shoot-em-up developed by Konami. It is the North American version of the sequel to Twinbee.
A shoot-em-up released for the NES by Hudson and the third game they used in their national Caravan competition. Known for its novel alternating of horizontal and vertical levels. It was originally named Hector '87 in Japan.
An early Capcom horizontal shoot 'em up, featuring a mech protagonist. Capcom adapted Section Z's bi-directional firing for Side Arms, and also incorporated a power-up system where the player's mech merges with another to become far stronger.
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.
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.
Also known as Salamander, Life Force is a spin-off of the 1985 shoot-'em-up Gradius featuring two-player multiplayer and both side-scrolling and vertical-scrolling stages.
The Earth is now underwater and being attacked by the evil Neptunians! Save all the imprisoned humans with a tricked-out pink submarine.
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.
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Philip Price and published by Datamost for the Atari 8-bit home computers.
A sideways scrolling shooter.
A side scrolling shooter for the FM Towns system. Developed and published by DataWest in 1990, it spawned two sequels for the PC Engine.
Atari 8Bit side-scroller action game.
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