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01 Section-Z Cover

1985 · Arcade

Section-Z

90%

Section-Z is a side-view shoot-'em-up by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in 1985. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The original coin-op game is included in Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 for...

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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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02 Star Fox Cover

1983 · Atari2600

Star Fox

90%

Star Fox is a video game for the Atari 2600 console, developed and published by Mythicon in 1983. Although the front cover of the game states "Game 1 in Star Fox Series," no sequels were ever made, which is most likely because it received negative reception

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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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03 Xexex Cover

1991 · Arcade

Xexex

90%

Xexex is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game by Konami released in Japan. It draws on Irem's R-Type and Konami's other shoot 'em up Gradius, while adding the tentacle mechanics of Irem's other shoot 'em up XMultiply. In the game, players pilot a sh...

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04 Blood Money Cover

1989 · Amiga, Atari-ST, C64

Blood Money

87%

Hold it right there. Are you really ready for this one? Have you got the courage to load up the experience that makes all other games you've played seem prehistoric? Because Blood Money is simply the best arcade game you've ever seen. It has staggering graphi...

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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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05 R-Type Leo Cover

1992 · Arcade

R-Type Leo

87%

R-Type Leo is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade game. It is a spin-off of the R-Type series and the last entry to be released in Arcades. R-Type Leo was initially an original shoot 'em up game in development by Nanao before Irem retooled it into an R-Ty...

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R-Type II

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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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06 Mega Force Cover

1984 · Arcade, MSX, sg1000

Mega Force

81%

In the game, the player pilots a starship called the Final Star, while shooting various enemies and destroying enemy structures for points. Unlike later vertical scrolling shooters, like Toaplan's Twin Cobra, the Final Star had only two levels of weapon power...

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81% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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07 R-Type Final 3 Evolved Cover
81%

R-Type Final 3 Evolved serves simultaneously as a sequel to R-Type Final 2, offering a whole new 7-stage campaign made in the engine of Final 2, whilst also serving as a compilation of most of content released for R-Type Final 2. Additional features such as R...

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R-Type II

81% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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08 Truxton Cover

1988 · Android, Arcade, Linux

Truxton

79%

Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the player takes control...

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R-Type II

79% Sehr nah dran
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09 Astro Fighter Cover

1979 · Arcade

Astro Fighter

79%

The game of Astro Fighter consists of 4 waves and a refueling stage, which are then repeated with increasingly higher difficulty. The player's task is to eliminate the four successive waves of different types of attacking craft, while avoiding being hit by mis...

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10 Sky Force Reloaded Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Sky Force Reloaded

69%

There are many scrolling shooters but none of them is like "Sky Force". This stunning shoot ‘em up game combines the classic arcade elements with the new possibilities offered by current technology. The new installment in the series just came out in a spectacu...

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R-Type II

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11 Contra Cover

1987 · Arcade

Contra

64%

Contra (also known as Gryzor in Oceania and Europe), is a 1987 run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987. The game had multiple ports, including for various computer format...

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R-Type II

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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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12 Duck Hunt Cover

1984 · Arcade, famicom, NES

Duck Hunt

61%

It’s duck season, and your trusty hunting dog is ready to scour the open fields. Test your sharpshooting skills as your targets take flight. Be quick to knock them out of the skies, or your canine companion won’t hesitate to make you the laughingstock of hunte...

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13 Broforce Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Broforce

59%

When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run ‘n’ gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the o...

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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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14 Mega Man Cover

1987 · famicom, 3DS, NES

Mega Man

55%

Experience the game that started it all! Play as cybernetic hero Mega Man as you battle to stop the evil scientist Dr. Wily and his Robot Masters from taking over the world! A classic platformer in every sense of the word, Mega Man features timeless 8-bit grap...

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R-Type II

55% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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15 Earthworm Jim Cover

1994 · Genesis/MegaDrive, Wii

Earthworm Jim

55%

A crow is chasing a worm named Jim while in outer space Psy-Crow is chasing a renegade ship. The ship's captain has stolen an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt has ordered Psy-Crow to get it, since it can make her...

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R-Type II

55% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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16 Mega Man 3 Cover

1990 · Arcade, famicom, 3DS

Mega Man 3

55%

It's robot rebellion, and nobody's safe! Least of all, Mega Man! This time the superpowerful cyborg takes on a horde of metal maniacs who've had it with being obedient! And they use every android-annihilator ever invented to make you believe it! Mega Man goes...

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R-Type II

55% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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17 Super Metroid Cover

1994 · New 3DS, SFAM, SNES

Super Metroid

53%

The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the dead...

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R-Type II

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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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18 Mega Man X Cover

1993 · DOS, New 3DS, 3DS

Mega Man X

53%

Mega Man X, known as Rockman X in Japan, is the first game of the Mega Man X series. It was the first spin-off of the classic Mega Man series and made its debut on the Super Famicom/SNES, initially released in 1993. It was ported to the PC in 1995, and to Andr...

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R-Type II

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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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19 Metroid: Zero Mission Cover

2004 · GBA, WiiU

Metroid: Zero Mission

53%

The full story of Samus Aran's first mission finally unfolds... The first Metroid game just scratched the surface of the cataclysmic events on planet Zebes, and at long last the rest of the tale has come to light. Experience the first of Samus's legendary adv...

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R-Type II

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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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20 Star Fox 64 Cover

1997 · N64, Wii, WiiU

Star Fox 64

53%

The update to the 16-bit Super NES title continues the original's on-rails 3D shooting action on the Nintendo 64. Starring Fox McCloud, Peppy Hare, Falco Lombardi, and Slippy Toad, this new 64-bit version contains 15 plus levels, easy, medium, and difficult pa...

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R-Type II

53% Spannender Match
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