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01 In the Hunt Cover

1993 · Arcade, PC, PS1

In the Hunt

70%

In the Hunt is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game by Irem. It was released in 1993 and later ported to the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation and Windows 95 for the PC by Kokopeli.

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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Rico Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Rico

70%

Rico is an arcade-style, first-person shooter inspired by modern action cinema. In the game you and a friend play as a pair of loose-cannon police partners, given twenty-four hours to crack a case as part of an elite organised crime taskforce. Planning is tac...

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Dactylus

70% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Forgotten Worlds Cover

1988 · Amiga, ACPC, Arcade

Forgotten Worlds

69%

Forgotten Worlds can be played by up to two players simultaneously. The player controls a flying muscle-bound soldier armed with a rifle with unlimited ammo. The Player 1 character is equipped with a long-range automatic rifle, while Player 2 has a short-range...

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Dactylus

69% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Resogun Cover

2013 · PS3, PS4, Vita

Resogun

68%

Resogun is a shoot 'em up game. Unleash an explosive array of devastating weapons to obliterate hordes of ruthless enemies while making sure you rescue the last survivors and keep your multiplier going! Push yourself to the limits trying to climb the global le...

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Dactylus

68% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 R-Type Cover

1987 · Amiga, Arcade, Atari-ST

R-Type

68%

R-Type is set in the 22nd century, and the player flies a futuristic fighter craft called the R-9a "Arrowhead", named for its shape, and because it is the ninth model in the 'R' series of fighter craft (but it is the first of the series to actually be used in...

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Dactylus

68% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Millipede Cover

1982 · Arcade, Atari8bit, Atari-ST

Millipede

68%

Millipede is a 1982 arcade game by Atari, Inc. and is the sequel to the arcade hit, Centipede. The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible by destroying all segments of the millipede as it moves toward the bottom of the screen, as well as...

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Dactylus

68% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 1941: Counter Attack Cover

1990 · Arcade, supergrafx

1941: Counter Attack

68%

The year: 1941. The place: 20,000 feet in the air over the North Atlantic. Lightning flashes across the skies of war-torn Europe. Your mission: beat back the imperial forces before they can use their new weapon! In 1941: Counter Attack, the goal is to shoot d...

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Dactylus

68% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Choplifter! Cover

1982 · Apple][, x1

Choplifter!

68%

Choplifter is military themed scrolling shooter where you play as a pilot. Take off from your home base and fly across a horizontally-scrolling playfield of rugged terrain to reach the enemy Bungelings' barracks. There, you must land and rescue a group of help...

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Dactylus

68% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Gyruss Cover

1983 · Arcade, X360

Gyruss

68%

Gyruss is a shoot 'em up video arcade game developed by Konami, and released in 1983. It was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, who had earlier created Time Pilot for Konami. Gyruss was licensed to Centuri in the United States, and was ported to numerous games cons...

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Dactylus

68% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Galaga '88 Cover

1987 · Arcade, Game Gear, turbografx16

Galaga '88

68%

The gameplay in Galaga '88 is built on the same premise as that of the original Galaga game, but is in many ways more complex and more difficult. The game is divided into a series of 29 Stages distributed through eight Worlds. The starship Galaga accelerates b...

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Dactylus

68% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Tempest Cover

1981 · Acorn Electron, ACPC, Arcade

Tempest

65%

Tempest is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. It takes place on a three-dimensional surface, sometimes wrapped into a tube, which is viewed from one end and is divided into a dozen or more segments or lanes. The player c...

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Dactylus

65% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 After Burner II Cover

1987 · Arcade

After Burner II

65%

After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, players fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. Like OutRun, another Sega arcade g...

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Dactylus

65% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Xenon 2: Megablast Cover

1989 · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari-ST

Xenon 2: Megablast

63%

No-one likes a and loser. And no-one comes more universally despised than Xenites. For a thousand years they have been plotting revenge for their humiliating defeat in the last Galactic Conflict. Now the very fabric of time is in danger. The Xenites have plant...

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Dactylus

63% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Pawarumi Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Pawarumi

63%

Pawarumi is a modern shoot’em up set in a retro futuristic sci-fi pre-Columbian universe. You’ll take control of the almighty ship Chukaru and its three unique weapons! Shoot wisely to either do double damage, heal yourself or charge your Super Attack!

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Dactylus

63% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Raiden Cover

1990 · Arcade, Jaguar, Lynx

Raiden

62%

Raiden consists of eight vertical scrolling missions where the player maneuvers the Raiden craft dodging and destroying enemy robots, buildings, ground targets, and aircraft. There are bombs and missile powerups as well as collectable medals which add to the s...

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Dactylus

62% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Galaga Cover

1981 · Arcade, MSX, PC

Galaga

61%

The objective of Galaga is to score as many points as possible by destroying insect-like enemies. The player controls a starfighter that can move left and right along the bottom of the playfield. Enemies swarm in groups in a formation near the top of the scree...

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Dactylus

61% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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17 1942 Cover

1984 · ACPC, Arcade, C64

1942

61%

1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a plane dubbed the "Super Ace" . The player has to shoot down enemy pla...

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Dactylus

61% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Asteroids Cover

1979 · Apple][, Arcade

Asteroids

61%

Asteroids is an arcade space shooter released in November 1979. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. The objective of the game is to destroy both, asteroids and saucers. The triangular ship can...

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Dactylus

61% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Centipede Cover

1981 · Arcade, browser

Centipede

61%

Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot 'em up arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. It was also the first arcade coin-operate...

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Dactylus

61% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 1943: The Battle of Midway Cover

1987 · Amiga, ACPC, Arcade

1943: The Battle of Midway

61%

The game is set in the Pacific theater of World War II, off the coast of the Midway Atoll. The goal is to attack the Japanese Air Fleet that bombed the players' American Aircraft Carrier, pursue all Japanese Air and Sea forces, fly through the 16 levels of pla...

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Dactylus

61% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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