Shoot-Them-Up
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Atomic Robo Kid As the half-human half-cyborg flying machine of the title, you are faced with many levels to clear of enemies. The... -
Claw Many things can be said of Captain Claw. He is a cat that is loved, feared, and revered as the scourge of the High...
In general, it is a usual arcade game, but with one original peculiarity: you have the opportunity to view that piece of the level which you have already passed.
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Ranger X is a side scrolling shooter of sorts. You control a large mech (robot) which has a smaller side-kick mech which is a bit like a car.
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Phalanx: The Enforce Fighter A-144 Phalanx is a space shooter video game.
You must lead the battle against the evil Lohun Empire. Their computer system is poised to destroy your Galaxy Federation's defenses. Lead the attack on their heavily defended military planet. Knock out the planet's command center to pave the way for the invasion force. Take the fight underwater to destroy massive marine battlecruisers. Launch magnetically-charged photon blasts at alien bio-machines. Twist through the labyrinthine structure of the enemy's Bio-Base. There you'll meet your final objective, the destructive regenerating computer. Cut loose with the Thunder Sword, your most powerful energy beam, as you battle this ultimate weapon!
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Mercs is one of those games that's instantly fun to play, with bullets and bodies flying all over the place, and there are hordes of enemies to mow down.
Hunter: The Reckoning
Long time readers will know I am the resident zombie lover of the GetAbandonware staff.
Bloody Wolf
If a shooting game with graphic/text screens, multiple weapons and eight different levels of play sounds good to you, then check out NEC's new Bloody Wolf.
Transformers
While I've been a fan of the Transformers since I was a young child, I haven't always been an enthusiast about the possibility of a game that exalts their exploits.
Chaos Engine
Chaos Engine is a revolutionary shoot em up. The basic gameplay is similar to Gauntlet, but in an open air setting, with bridges across rivers and such in the maps.
Expendable
What looks great but doesn't quite live up to the hype in the gameplay department? It's Expendable, from purveyors of quality 3D-card fare Rage Software.
Nuclear Strike
The graphics of their latest heli-title Nuclear Strike are really sharp and hold up the reputation built by Soviet Strike.
Gradius V
It's really astonishing when you think about that in addition to the fact that it's still fun to play.
Android Assault
Beware of the Xias threat. They want to enslave all humanity. The United Nations tried to stop them and failed.
Machine Hunter
Machine Hunter is similar to a top-down version of Spider mixed with levels and enemies who look like they were plucked right from Loaded.
Nuclear Strike 64
NUCLEAR STRIKE 64 for the N64 features more enemies than ever before, bigger explosions, improved enemy targeting, and photo-realistic environments! Control more than ten different attack vehicles on smart battlefields, where the AI reacts to the p..
Ikaruga
There are three basic ways to beat the game, and more or less, succeed. First, you can defeat enemies, shooting away as normal.
S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team
S.C.A.T. will whip NES sharpshooters into a thumb-blistering frenzy.
Heavy Barrel
This game is a shooter with a top-down view quite similar to Ikari Warriors and Commando games.
Gunners Heaven
If you can't wait for a 32-Bit Gunstar Heroes, then grab this title for PS and rock on!
Bari Arm
For those of you gamers looking for hot shooting action on your Mega-CD
Dead Moon
Aliens have landed on the moon with the intention of taking over the world. It's your job to fend off the impending alien invasion, or die trying.
Divine Sealing
A very boring fly-shooting game with amazingly bad graphics.
Turrican
Each world is nearly a maze in its construction and may cause you to become lost, which could result in you stumbling upon hidden areas containing treasure, power-ups and plenty of dangers.
Xenophobe
To combat the Xenos threat, a small crew of engineers has been dispatched before it takes over all the stations in the space.
Abadox
In year 5012 a weird creature Parasitis attacks your home planet Abadox.
Action in New York
In this shooter you are supposed to clean up the Big Apple from fish-like invaders from outer space led by Vile Malmort.
Eliminator
From the company responsible for such PlayStation classics as WipeOut
Forgotten Worlds
Blast through the stratosphere to the Forgotten Worlds of the 29th Century.
Master of Weapon
It is a basic shoot 'em up game in which the player controls a space ship that has upgradeable weapons.
Metal Fighter
Blast into outer space to clash with an evil alien enemy army.
Missile Command
The Earth is under attack from an alien race and it's up to you and your missile bases to stop them!
Elemental Gearbolt
Elemental Gearbolt does actually incorporate some RPG elements to its play, but obviously the base of the game is hardcore shooting action.
Gradius Galaxies
A meteor containing a self-breeding DNA program impacts on Ramiles, the fifth planet in the Gradius system.
Keio Flying Squadron
Slap on your cute, little bunny suit get ready to take on some of the fiercest shooter action with your favorite dragon!
Kolibri 32X
Kolibri is a hummingbird hero in this unusual side scrolling shooter for the 32X.
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
You can become the next Heavy Metal Dominator in the biggest, baddest, junkyard fighting game there is!
Omega Race
Set in the year 2003, the game involves using a spaceship to destroy enemy droid ships.
Philosoma
Philosoma is a visually stunning game that uses cool CG cinemas to link the shooting stages with shifting viewpoints to suit the action, including front, side, top and rear view.
Project X2
Project X2 is one of the few entries in the space-shooter genre that has appeared on the 32-Bit system.
Psycosis
It's all a state of mind. During your consciousness your thoughts are of good things.
Raystorm
Spaz Games, a division of Working Designs, makes their PlayStation publishing debut with RayStorm.
Re Loaded
Interplay and Gremlin have teamed up once again to create a sequel to their smash Hit-Re-Loaded.
Solar Assault
G radius and its subsequent sequels were extremely popular in the arcades and home market.
Sub-Terrania
An unknown alien race has attacked an underground mining colony. A lone pilot has been charged with the task of defeating the aliens, while rescuing the trapped miners, using an experimental attack ship.
Exo-Squad
Exo-Squad is a graphically impressive arcade game based on the syndicated animated TV series of the same name about a war between humanity and its genetically derived offshoot, the Neo-Sapiens.
Final Blaster
Turbo shooters just got hotter!
Ghoul Patrol
Ghoul Patrol is a Super NES video game that is a sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
Loaded
Loaded is a great action game that combines the mania of Smash TV with the quest elements of Metal Gear.
Magical Chase
In this unique shooter for the Duo, you assume the character of a witch, who must fly through several levels of attackers!
Missile Command 3d
In their time, they were state of the art; now we look at these games as pieces of the past.
Nanotek Warrior
That's exactly what happens in Nanotek Warrior for the PlayStation.
X Dazedly Ray
XDR: X-Dazedly-Ray is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed by Affect and published by Unipac, which was released in Japan in 1990.
Zaxxon Motherbase 2000 32X
Hit the boosters and make ready for deep-space combat and intense close-quarters warfare inside a drifting space colony. Snatch enemy weapons in heart-thumping precision docking moves and turn their missiles back at them as you cruise through this ..
Soviet Strike
Soviet Strike for the Sony PlayStation uses the same great control and awesome type of missions the originals are known for.
Fire Fight
The background story is clearly considered rather incidental to the game, as all one can find out about it appears in three short paragraphs.
NARC
If you're going to "just say 'no' to drugs," you've got to first "just say yes,'" to the destruction of Mr. Big and his fiendish K.R.A.K. criminal empire.
