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U.N. Squadron

A side-scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom in 1989. It is based on the Area 88 manga.

Turbo Force

A vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up by Video System and a predecessor to the Aero Fighters series, with the choice of aircraft being super-powered flying sports cars.

3-D Thunder Ceptor II

The sequel to Thunder Ceptor

Deathstate

Deathstate is a bullet hell RPG with roguelike elements and procedurally generated dungeons.

Sky Kid Deluxe

Alternatively labeled Sky Kid DX, this is the sequel to Namco's seminal "birds-in-planes" shoot-'em-up.

Akka Arrh

Llamasoft's remake of a scrapped Atari game from the 80s.

Space Runaway

A shoot-em-up game that's playable in Wanted: Dead, also available as a free stand-alone promotional game released before Wanted: Dead itself.

Out Zone

A vertical shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan.

Twin Cobra

Twin Cobra is a vertical scrolling shoot-em-up and is the sequel to Tiger-Heli.

Truxton

An Arcade vertically scrolling shoot 'em up set in space. Its Japanese name, Tatsujin, means "Expert".

Pocky & Rocky: Reshrined

A requel to the KiKi KaiKai/Pocky & Rocky series for Switch and PlayStation 4.

Batsugun

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up game. Heralded by many as the first 'maniac shooter' this game could be called the Mother of games like Mushihimesama and DodonPachi.

Moon Patrol: The Milky Way Chronicles

Intellivision Amico-exclusive sequel to the classic arcade game.

Sector Sweep

A 2D roguelike shoot ’em up.

Cosmo Gang: The Video

Cosmo Gang: The Video, published by Namco for the Super Famicom, is a 16-bit take on Space Invaders. It was not released outside of Japan.

Phelios

A Namco-produced vertical shooter based on Greek mythology.

Pleiads

A 1981 shoot-'em-up arcade game by Tehkan. Defend the Earth from alien invaders, then blast off to blow up the mothership.

Galaga

Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.

Black Otaku - SOS

Black Otaku - SOS

Metal Hawk

A vertical shoot-'em-up from Namco where the player controls a helicopter

Air/Sea Attack

A nuclear submarine defends against countless droves of other attack vehicles from air and sea.

R-Type Final 2

The sixth main installment of, as well as a crowdfunded revival of, the R-Type series of sci-fi shoot-'em-ups. Led by some of the team behind the 2003 game R-Type Final, R-Type Final 2 brings the action into full HD while bringing back the ludicrous amount of playable ships and introducing new customization elements and post-release updates.

Cassiodora

Cassiodora is a fantasy themed, side-scrolling shoot 'em up.

Gunvein

Gunvein is a vertical bullet hell shoot 'em up developed by NGDEV.

Super Rebellion

Super Rebellion is a vertical shoot 'em up developed by Colossus Game Studio.

In Extremis

In Extremis is a shoot-em-up developed by LNDFRR.

Galaxian

Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technical breakthrough in 1979, featuring RGB color, multi-colored sprites, a tilemap playfield, vertical scrolling background, and enemies with individual AI routines.

Swordship

A Sci-Fi Shoot 'Em Up from Digital Kingdom and Thunderful Publishing.

CounterAttack

CounterAttack is a side scrolling space shooter with up to 4 player local coop or up to 8 player online coop. Tons of levels, ultimate abilities, unlockable upgrades and weapons, and a robust powerup system.

Sophstar

Sophstar is a vertical bullet hell shoot 'em up from Banana Bytes.

Akai Katana Shin

Akai Katana for Xbox 360 contains three different modes, including a port of the original arcade version of Akai Katana.

Ordyne

A horizontal side-scrolling Arcade shoot 'em up originally developed and released to Japanese Arcades by Namco in 1988, followed by a TurboGrafx-16 conversion. It is known for its bizarre comedic elements, reminiscent of Konami's Parodius or Masaya's Cho Aniki.

Darius

The first game in the Darius series, this game was released by Taito in 1986.

Asteroids Recharged

The second "Recharged" reimagining of an Atari classic focuses on 1979's Asteroids.

Gravitar: Recharged

A reimagining of Atari's 1982 shooter.

The Knight Witch

A Metroidvania Shoot 'Em Up game from Super Mega Team and Team17.

Samurai Aces

The first shoot-'em-up by arcade studio Psikyo, Samurai Aces is set in a bizarre science-fantasy Feudal Japan, as six pilots use their own unique aircraft (from old-fashioned gliders to stealth fighters) to take on an evil cult.

Samurai Aces III: Sengoku Cannon

Sengoku Blade: Sengoku Ace Episode III

Aniquilation

Aniquilation is a twin-stick shooter taking place on spherical levels for up to two players.

TWilight INSanity

TWilight INSanity is a doujin vertical shoot em' up game developed by Eikyuu Loop.