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Cross Shooter
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1987 |
Cross Shooter is the North American name of Air Raid. |
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Slap Shooter スラップシューター
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1986 |
No summary. |
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Heli Shooter ヘリシューター
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1978 |
No summary. |
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Star Shooter スターシューター
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1979 |
No summary. |
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Top Shooter トップシューター
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1988 |
No summary. |
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Jumping Cross
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1984 |
Bike riding |
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Rally Cross
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0 |
No summary. |
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Metro Cross
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1985 |
You control a runner in a series of timed races. You must run to the end of the hall before time runs out.
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Thunder Cross サンダークロス
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1988 |
Standard shooter: progress by levels, options and various weapon powerups. |
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Stadium Cross スタジアムクロス
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1992 |
No summary. |
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Thunder Cross 2 サンダークロス2
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1991 |
Standard shooter: progress by levels, options and various weapon powerups |
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Battle Cross
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1982 |
No summary. |
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Crazy Cross 対戦ぱずるだま
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1994 |
No summary. |
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Crazy Cross 2
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1995 |
No summary. |
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Grand Cross Pinball
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1994 |
No summary. |
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Radar Cross
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0 |
No summary. |
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Tokimeki Crazy Cross
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0 |
No summary. |
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Metro-Cross メトロクロス
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1985 |
No summary. |
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Kingdom Grand Prix
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1994 |
Kingdom Grand Prix is a scrolling shooter/racing hybrid arcade game developed by Raizing and published by Eighting. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn. It is the second entry in the Mahou Daisakusen series, but the first to be a shooter/racing hybrid. |
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Three Wonders スリーワンダー
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1991 |
Three different games from varying genres. Midnight Wanderers is a side-scrolling platform game, Chariot is a side-scrolling shooter, and Don't Pull is a maze/block game. All have very colorful graphics.
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Ikaruga 斑鳩
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2000 |
Ikaruga (Literal translation: Spotted Dove) is a vertically-scrolling shooter developed by Treasure Co. Ltd. It is a sequel to Radiant Silvergun, and the introduction says it is "Project RS2". |
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Gunbird ガンバード
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1994 |
A wacky cast ranging from a barrel riding senior citizen to a mini-witch on a broom provide silly foil in this vertical shooter game. |
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BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge
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1992 |
R-Type-ish shooter where your ship can fire a projectile that freezes enemy vehiicles and take their form and power. Innovative idea. |
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Esprade エスプレイド
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1998 |
Sharp looking shooter in which your ship can equip itself with a large arsenal of power pick-ups and bolt-on weaponry. |
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Alien Syndrome エイリアンシンドローム
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1987 |
Third-person shooter where you get to blast all kinds of aliens and rescue people. You can also find power-ups for better blasting power!
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Cobra Command サンダーストーム
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1984 |
Standard scrolling shooter. Fly your helicopter and wipe out
round after round of bad guys while picking up powerups. |
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SD Gundam Neo Battling
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0 |
Gundam and friends star in this shooter with a myriad of power-ups, mini-robot enemies and very smooth control and action. |
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Borderline ボーダーライン, Bōdārain
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1981 |
drive Jeep, destroy enemy refineries - four stages with different gameplay - vertical shooter, dig-dug like maze, etc |
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Parodius パロディウスだ!
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1990 |
A horizontal shooter. Full name: Parodius! From Myth to Laughter (Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai e) |
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Nebulas Ray
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1994 |
A 2D vertical shooter, lots of detailed graphics, some prerendered 3d sprites, with that lush, crisp feeling...
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Karnov's Revenge (Fighters History Dynamite)
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1994 |
horizontal shooter - pick up and use
special tools - each level reveals a piece of a map |
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Time Crisis タイムクライシス
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1996 |
Time Crisis is a first person shooter in which there is a pedal used for ducking/reloading. |
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Game Paradise
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1995 |
Fun, whimsical shooter that contains some mesmerizing special effects and backgrounds. |
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'99 The Last War
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1985 |
Fake-3d vertical shooter over a slightly-wider-than-the-screen background image. |
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Galaxy Force II ギャラクシーフォースII
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1989 |
Space shooter consisting of a large, black chair that swivels and banks as you play.
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Cabal カベール
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1989 |
Third person (behind player). Use a trackball to control a soldier and his aiming crosshair, and conduct attacks on various enemies. This game has quite a few "pseudo-hidden" power-ups and suprises. |
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Star Fire スターファイア
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1980 |
First-person shooter in which the enemy ships are TIE fighters (of Star Wars fame).
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Ikari Warriors
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1986 |
Jungle combat with guns and grenades against an army of evildoers. Lots
of powerups and an eight-direction turning joystick/knob to control
you fighter. Plus you get to jump into tanks! A classic two player
reminiscent of Front Line. |
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Atomic Robo-Kid アトミック・ロボキッド
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1988 |
Horizontally scrolling shooter - avenge the desperate terran colonists |
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Super Spacefortress Macross
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1992 |
A rather tough, action-packed vertical scrolling space sci-fi shooter.
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Qix クイックス
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1981 |
Qix (pronounced "kicks") is a simple and elegant game in which you claim territory by drawing boxes to fill a rectangular space. You must avoid the Qix – sticklike objects that float and bounce through your space in unpredictable patterns. You can rack up more points for creating boxes more slowly, and besides the Qix, you must be careful of Sparx and Fuses which appear if your marker stops while you are drawing. |
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Defender ディフェンダー
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1980 |
Side-scrolling shooter. Defend your humanoids against abduction. Zen. |
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Rygar アルゴスの戦士
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1986 |
You play the Legendary Warrior "Rygar" in the side scrolling platform game. The aim is to make it though 27 levels picking up power ups and bonuses along the way.
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Sauro
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1987 |
Horizontal shooter, kinda like a simpler/older version of Gradius. |
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Psycho - Nics Oscar サイコニクスオスカー
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1987 |
Control a yellow robot named Oscar, collect shield and weapon power-ups, shoot bad guys until you get to a massive boss-monster at the end. |
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Pleiads
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1981 |
The same play style as Phoenix. Move your ship left and right, and destroy the enemy characters. Several different waves, with the major difference from Phoenix being a wave where you have to land the ship. |
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China Gate 中華大仙?
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1988 |
You (and optional teamate) choose 1 of 3 characters, battle many different enemies with different abilities, and beat various bosses. The goal is to retrieve a book which the enemies have stolen from your master (as you see in the attract screens). |
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Zero Point
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1998 |
3D first person shooter, manufactured bu Unico, licensed by Game Vision. |
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Blood Brothers ブラッドブラザーズ
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1990 |
Wild West themed crosshair shooter. Sequel to "Cabal." |
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Meikyu Jima
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1988 |
developed by NANAO CORP. (?)
manufactured by IREM (?)
distributed by IREM (?)
Genre: Puzzle
Display: 384x256@55
Screen orientation: horizontal |
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Fire Bird
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1980 |
Vertical space shooter - shoot robot eagles and robot falcons |
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Raiden Fighters II: Operation Hell Dive
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1997 |
One of the best vertical scrolling shooters yet. Great music, spectacular sound effects, and tons of multi-layer parallax, bright, vivid colors, and huge detailed bosses make this game a keeper. |
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Pulsar パルサー
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1981 |
You drive through a maze while strange opponents fire at you. You must vanquish opponents before you move to the next maze. Watch for the maze to change, because as some walls disappear others materialize. |
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Metal Slug メタルスラッグ
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1996 |
A side-scrolling shooter with lush graphics and comical 2D animations. |
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Neo Bomber Man
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1997 |
The arcade released Neo*Geo version of Bomberman. Similiar to the other
versions. Also released for the Neo*Geo home cart system. |
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Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail 空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail
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1989 |
In 1999, a terrorist organization known only as DAGGER has occupied the city of New York where they have hacked into military defenses world-wide, established their own military command and gained access to nuclear missile silos. They hold the world hostage in this position and promise to cancel their threats of destroying the Earth only until the world's governments relinquish their power to DAGGER. |
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Alcon
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1986 |
Another Xevious-like shooter. Released as Slap Fight outside of the US. |
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Formation Armed F フォーメーション アームドF
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1988 |
Vertically scrolling shoot 'em up - control the Vowger spaceship - shoots enemies, collect power-ups - defeat bosses to advance levels - Vowger can be changed to shoot in a multitude of formations and directions |
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Trog
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1990 |
Trog is a 1 to 4 player Pacman style game. Each player controls a
dinosaur who must move around the island collecting their colored eggs and then making it back home first. There are 51 different levels.
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Atari Football フットボール
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1978 |
Black-and-white head-to-head football for two or four players. First arcade game to use a trackball as the controller. |
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Challenger チャレンジャー
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1981 |
Split and destroy "space bubbles" and enemy ships. Ship fires in three directions, and can "Warp" to the top or bottom of the screen. Dock with the Bonus Bug for bonus points.
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Moon Alien-Part 2
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1980 |
This game is very similar to Galaxian, except that there is now an energy meter at the bottom that decrements with time. If you do not destroy all the aliens before this meter empties, your ship is destroyed.
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King of Fighters '95
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1995 |
Sequel to The King of Fighters 94. This game once again uses characters from SNK's other fighters but this time you can edit you teams to your liking.
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New Dragon Spirit ニュードラゴンスピリット
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1987 |
Vertical Scrolling shooter in the spirit of (and by the makers of) Xevious. |
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Xexex ゼクセクス
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1991 |
Xexex is one of the best shooters out there with really innovative power ups (the arms are cool) and engrossing action. |
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Legionnaire
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1992 |
A run through the city and beat up all the bad giys game in the same vein as games like Final Fight. Judy has been kidnapped by the crime syndicate and Frank, Chris, and Alfred must save her. |
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Gal's Panic ギャルズ・パニック
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1993 |
A simple Qix-like game (you draw areas that once completed fill the playfield locking the monsters away) with a cute girl appearing on the background after each level.
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Dragon Breed ドラゴンブリード
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1989 |
Nicely extends the horizontal-shooter genre. |
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Space Invaders Part II スペースインベーダーパート2
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1980 |
Thump Thump Thump you shoot the aliens vertically to keep them from tromping down on to you. This was also the FIRST game to have a intermission between levels, ever! |
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Solar Warrior
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1986 |
platform / shooter - pseudo-clone of Xain'D Sleena |
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Bank Panic バンクパニック
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1985 |
Shoot bad guys behind the doors, don't shoot the good guys. Try
to collect stolen money back. |
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Print Club 2
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1997 |
A classic photo booth that can be reconfigured to print stickers. Has two verified styles of printers and can print one, four or sixteen pictures to a page in beautiful photo-quality images. Has overlays that are applied to the frame of the image. |
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Ordyne オーダイン
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1988 |
A classic horizontal shooter with excellent graphics and sound. |
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Laser Base
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1981 |
Asteroids-style shooter with a base instead of ship. |
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Crime City クライムシティー
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1989 |
Classic-style walk-and-shoot, similar to E-Swat and Shinobi. Assume the role of two cops and go out stopping bank robberies, saving the kidnapped, and all that other good stuff cops do.
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Nemesis グラディウス
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1985 |
Space - fly over strange worlds and get power-ups - A.K.A. Gradius. |
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Gun Force ガンフォース
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1991 |
Side scrolling platform game like Metal Slug with lots of power ups. |
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Canyon Bomber キャニオンボンバー
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1977 |
A very simple, classic game. Use a button to drop bombs into a canyon of numbered blocks. Your ship changes between a blimp and a biplane. |
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Megaman: The Power Battle
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1994 |
A decent platformer to look at and has
excellent novelty and collectable value but isn't the most fun to play. |
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Ataxx アタックス
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1990 |
A variation on the Othello boardgame. You control either the blue or red
blobs (pieces). You can either jump over one space, or "multiply" to an
adjacent space. Then, all blobs in adjacent spaces change to your color. |
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Excitebike エキサイトバイク
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1985 |
side-scrolling moto-cross game, one player |
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Phantom II ファントム2
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1979 |
Vertical scrolling shooter in which you control a fighter jet. |
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Aqua Jack アクアジャック
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1989 |
Military hovercraft third-person shooter. |
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Tactician タクティシャン
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1981 |
Like Space Invaders except you get 30 seconds before a level to build up barricades, and the ships don't move in unison. |
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Sky Shark 飛翔鮫
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1982 |
Vertical shoot 'em up. Original Hi Sho Zame in Japan, licensed to Electrocoin in Europe under the name Flying Shark, and Romstar in North America under the name Sky Shark. |
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Legendary Wings アレスの翼
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1986 |
Two Player game similar to Xevious. Unique combination of vertical scroller (main game) and side scroller (underground sequences). |
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Fire Trap ファイアートラップ
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1986 |
Climb burning buildings, avoid falling objects, put out fires, and rescue people and animals. All at the same time. |
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Daioh
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1993 |
A vertical-scrolling space shooter with some unique features. |
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Twin Eagle ツインイーグル
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1988 |
2 plyer simultaneous helicoptor shooter. |
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Rockman 2 - The Power Fighters ロックマン2
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1996 |
One or two players fight their way through one of three scenarios. |
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Smash TV
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1990 |
In the "distant" future of 1999, you are a contestant on the most violent game show of all – Smash TV. On this game show anything goes, as you attempt to collect prizes, cash, and keys by fighting off a host of enemies with your array of weapons. In some versions, if you collect enough keys, you are rewarded with a trip to the Pleasure Dome. |
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Violence Fight バイオレンスファイト
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1990 |
Primitive two player fighting game. Two players can duke it out in this 2d fighter similar to Pit Fighter. |
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Aquarium
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1996 |
Puzzle Game in the Crazy Cross vein. |
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Darius ダライアス
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1986 |
Multiple-monitor game. Scrolls from Left to Right for most of the game,
except when choosing the next level to go to, which scrolls Up and Down.
Can gain power-ups along the way for stronger Bombs and (laser?) Shots.. |
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Xain'D Sleena ザインドスリーナ
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1986 |
space shooter - see also Solar Warrior |
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Chinese Hero チャイニーズヒーロー
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1984 |
Chinese Hero (チャイニーズヒーロー, Chainīzu Hīrō), also known in Japan as Super Chinese (スーパーチャイニーズ, Sūpā Chainīzu), is an arcade action game developed by Nihon Game (now Culture Brain) and published by Taiyo System in October 1984. |
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Robocop ロボコップ
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1988 |
Side scrolling shoot 'em up movie tie-in, casting you as the murdered and resurrected supercop. |
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Galaga '88 ギャラガ’88
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1988 |
The official sequel to Galaga gets updated with new graphics, in-game-music for bonus stages, and scrolling stages--not just stars.
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Space Phantoms スペースファントム
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1979 |
A version of Ozma Wars in which you shoot phantoms instead of space objects. |
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Banbam
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1984 |
A one or two player maze game published and developed by Sun Electronics |
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Crystal Castles クリスタルキャッスル
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1983 |
The Brothers Grimm go 3-d. Pac-man style game in which you move Bentley Bear through a series of dazzling 3-d landscapes, collecting gems and avoiding balls, trees, and other bad guys. |
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Ozma Wars
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1979 |
Black-and-white space shooter for one or two players. |
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Galaga Plus ギャラガプラス
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1984 |
Distributed game name: GAPLUS OR GALAGA 3... A sequel released by NAMCO of the original Galaga under two different names both released in 1984. |
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Vulgus バルガス
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1984 |
Shoot-em up with a spaceship against waves of grouped enemies, no powerups but shoot+torpedo-like bullet as alternate |
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Joust ジャウスト
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1982 |
Who would have thought a game with knights fighting on ostriches and storks could become such a classic? Many people attribute the enormous success of Joust to the fact that it could be played either competitively or collaboratively, making it almost two games in one. |
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Tron トロン
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1982 |
Tron is trapped inside a computer and forced to play games. Tron must destroy the evil MCP (Master Control Program). Based on the movie.
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day
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1991 |
Shooter based on the movie of the same title. |
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Soldier of Light ザインドスリーナ
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1987 |
See also Xain'd Sleena for additional info. |
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Wolf Fang
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1991 |
You're the mech in this side scrolling platformer which its you against a host of enemy soldiers, bosses and harsh terrain. |
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Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
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1993 |
Sidescrolling shooter, but as a cow. |
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Twin Cobra II
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1995 |
Twin Cobra II is a military-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game that plays similarly to the previous Twin Cobra. |
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Renegade 熱血硬派くにおくん
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1986 |
It's 2am. You're in the subway. The wrong place to be unless you're
looking for trouble. They've got sticks, chains and your girlfriend. It's
up to you to fight your way through the thug infested city to save her.
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STUN Runner
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1989 |
Race along tunnels grabbing power boosts, stars and shockwaves while
shooting all the bad guys. |
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Super Contra スーパー魂斗羅
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1987 |
Sequel to Gryzor/Contra. Featured horizontal scrolling and Gauntlet-style overhead view levels. |
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Bubble Bobble バブルボブル
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1986 |
As Bub and Bob, you try to capture enemies in bubbles and pop them to complete all 100 levels and rescue your girlfriends. |
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Elevator Action エレベーターアクション
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1984 |
Your mission as Secret Agent 17(code name "Otto") is to find the secret documents behind red doors and then escape in your getaway car. As you travel by elevator and stairs, avoid enemies or immobilize them by force if necessary. |
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Sunset Riders サンセットライダーズ
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1991 |
As a bounty hunter in the Wild West, you and your compadres shoot up the outlaws: everyone from Simon Greedwell to Sir Richard Rose. |
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Mortal Kombat 2 モータルコンバット2
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1994 |
Considered the Best of Midway's Mortal Kombat Series, this is your basic vs. type fighting game. Game players fight each other or the computer. |
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Bloody Wolf ブラッディウルフ
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1988 |
Rescue captured soldiers in Southeast Asia and destroy the enemy's weapon base. |
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F-1 Dream F-1ドリーム
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1988 |
A difficult overhead racing game with fake ads like "Coco-Colo" and your choice of a normally-aspirated or turbocharged car. |