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01 Endless Zone Cover

2020 · PC

Endless Zone

98%

A small, fast-paced game inspired by SEGA’s "Fantasy Zone" series. Play through four worlds in frenetic arcade action as you help the hero, Opbot, evade aliens, enemies, and things from another dimension on their way to freedom!

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Phobos

98% Starker DNA-Match
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✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Akka Arrh Cover

2022 · Switch, PC, PS4

Akka Arrh

95%

Akka Arrh is a previously unreleased prototype game created 1982 for the arcade. It saw it's first release in 2022 as part of the the Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.

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Phobos

95% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Astro Fighter Cover

1979 · Arcade

Astro Fighter

94%

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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Phobos

94% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Tengai Cover

2006 · Switch, PC, PS2

Tengai

94%

A great commander ruled an eastern plain for a long time, but his mind completely changed one day. He formed a mysterious army under his command and took several women as hostages to his palace. His evil power extended to his neighbouring countries and the pri...

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Phobos

94% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Demon Attack Cover

1982 · Atari2600, Atari8bit, C64

Demon Attack

90%

Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders. You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bizarre patterns, and...

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Phobos

90% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Warblade Cover

2003 · Mac, PC, iOS

Warblade

90%

Warblade is a shareware computer game for Microsoft Windows and OS X, written by Norwegian developer Edgar M. Vigdal. The Windows version runs well on Linux under Wine. It is also available for retail in the App Store for iOS devices (in iPhone/iPod Touch and...

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Phobos

90% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Earth Defense Force 4.1: Wing Diver the Shooter Cover

A vertical-scrolling shoot ’em up spinoff of Earth Defense Force 4.1.

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Phobos

86% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Iridion II Cover

2003 · GBA, PC

Iridion II

84%

Be the new saviour as the Iridion force strikes back! A century has passed since the Iridion Empire was defeated. Humans have populated the old Iridion galaxy giving mankind freedom and peace. Suddenly, all communications with the human outposts are lost. The...

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Phobos

84% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Fast Striker Cover

2010 · Arcade, DC, Mac

Fast Striker

84%

Fast Striker is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed and published by NG:DEV.TEAM, which was released in Japan in 2012D arcade shooting game with emphasis on scoring originally developed for NEO·GEO. The game lets the player choose between 3 game modes with differen...

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Phobos

84% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 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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Phobos

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
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 In the Hunt Cover

1993 · Arcade, PC, PS1

In the Hunt

78%

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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Phobos

78% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 Forgotten Worlds Cover

1988 · Amiga, ACPC, Arcade

Forgotten Worlds

77%

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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Phobos

77% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Resogun Cover

2013 · PS3, PS4, Vita

Resogun

75%

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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Phobos

75% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Galaga '88 Cover

1987 · Arcade, Game Gear, turbografx16

Galaga '88

75%

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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Phobos

75% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction 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

15 R-Type Cover

1987 · Amiga, Arcade, Atari-ST

R-Type

74%

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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Phobos

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Gyruss Cover

1983 · Arcade, X360

Gyruss

74%

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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Phobos

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 Tempest Cover

1981 · Acorn Electron, ACPC, Arcade

Tempest

72%

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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Phobos

72% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Xenon 2: Megablast Cover

1989 · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari-ST

Xenon 2: Megablast

70%

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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Phobos

70% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Choplifter! Cover

1982 · Apple][, x1

Choplifter!

69%

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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Phobos

69% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Asteroids Cover

1979 · Apple][, Arcade

Asteroids

68%

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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Phobos

68% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Shooter Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Science fiction Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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