Gradius III is a scrolling shooter arcade game, developed and published by Konami in 1989 for video arcades. The player returns as the role of the pilot of the Vic Viper starfighter to battle the onslaughts of the Bacterion Empire. A port of Gradius II...

HyperZone plays like a cross between an F-Zero racer and rail-shooter. The object of the game is to navigate each level while shooting enemies and earning points, until finally an encounter with a boss ends each level. After enough points are acquired,...

Super R-Type is a side-scrolling shooter well-known for its high difficulty (even compared to other games in the R-Type series). This is primarily due to the lack of checkpoints. Dying means restarting the level from scratch, and this can be very unfor...

The game is a typical side scrolling shooter, going against the trend of other Capcom shooters, such as 1942, and 1943: The Battle of Midway, which are vertically scrolling shooters. The player can choose between three mercenary pilots: Shin Kazama, Mi...

The evil dictator Belser has been terrorizing the galaxy for as long as anyone can remember, and no sector is safe from his ruthless band of pillagers and mercenaries. The rebel forces of the Galactic Federation have had enough. They decide to send two...

A top-down scrolling shooter. Players control a helicopter and must fight their way through several levels, shooting everything that moves. Defeated enemies sometimes drop power-ups that improve the helicopter's standard weapon or equip it with homing ...

Super Earth Defense Force's distinguishing gameplay feature is its weapon system, of which there are 8 weapons to choose from, 5 levels of power for any one weapon, and 4 methods of implementation during gameplay. Each weapon is graded on the weapon se...

By the year 2090 A.D., after generations of people died in countless world wars, a world-allied government was established, and the people of Earth live peacefully. Unfortunately, that calm was cut short by the threat of an alien invasion. The forces o...

There are 8 levels in Thunder Spirits, each consisting of the ship battling numerous enemies while side-scrolling, usually with a "mini-boss" about halfway through the level. Then, at the end of each level, a boss (consisting of one or two enemies) app...

This planet was once a quiet, peaceful place to live, until...they came... An unknown alien race came to this planet and promptly laid waste to it. The remaining defense force has been sent out to try and defeat them. One lucky person gets to fly the l...

The dictatorship of the Imperial Earth Army has used Bio-Cyborg machines to keep things under control for too long. As member of the rebel forces, you jump into the cockpit of the Garland spaceship to battle the Bio-Cyborgs. The only problem is that th...

The military despot General Kilbaba has threatened to destroy his enemies, including the United States. You have been given orders by the President to embark on a series of pre-emptive strikes. Pilot your Apache attack helicopter through hostile terrai...

The player's ship can switch to different speeds at any time, allowing the player to move fast to avoid enemies and obstacles entirely, or slow down to weave between enemy bullets. An unusual addition for a shooter is the ability for the player's ship ...

Compile's Aleste series lands on the SNES with the appropriately named Super Aleste. Taking the role of a lone starfighter pilot, you are tasked with destroying an evil alien armada in standard 2D shooter fashion. And while you may be alone, you certai...

In the last years of the 20th century, the nations of the world have united to dismantle their massive arsenals of nuclear doom. With the promise of permanent world peace finally at hand, only a madman would still harbor dreams of world domination. Suc...

A secret "underground race" on an island in the mid-Atlantic ocean has stolen top military vehicles and equipment from around the world and have rebuilt powerful war machines from them. They are even piloted by robots with one mission: to destroy. Mili...

Metal-headed aliens are invading the planet. Jump into the Dynamor, a suit of dynamic armor, and challenge the aliens. Blast them as they appear from the top of the screen. If you are lucky, you will be able to find a variety of power-ups that will alt...

Sylon Corporation's robots, the XT7 Cyborg-Commando Fighting Machines, have gotten out of control and threaten the city. The citizens are in danger and the only way to stop them is to destroy them. Bazooka Blitzkrieg is a first person shooter game that...

Shooter for Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) from Accolade. Jump behind the controls of a heavily armed spaceship, and blast alien scum back to their home world. Take control of four different star fighters, and take on four uniqu...

Based on the movie of the same name, the Soviet Union have been building in secret a Typhoon-class submarine with nuclear strike capabilities. This war machine has been named the Red October. While on it's trial run, the captain, Marko Ramius has hijac...