Category description: Now referred to as "shoot-em-ups" or the short form "shmups", these often sci-fi based games can be the ultimate test of a player's reflexes. "Bullet hell" games fill the screen with projectiles and other obstacles, as the player attempts to navigate their ship among them, blasting everything on screen.
Vanguard Ace
Views: 13,4541997DemoSpace Shooting
Imaginative Illusions
Vanguard Ace certainly is impressive on a technical level! It's a vertical shoot-em-up with lots of fancy planes, tanks, … VIEW
Viper
Views: 8,7461986FreewareSpace Shooting
Robert Kemmetmueller
Viper is a very simple text-mode shmup from 1986. You face wave after wave of enemy ships, and you blast 'em while … VIEW
World Quest
Views: 10,1861993Full versionSpace Shooting
WordUp Software Productions
World Quest is not an RPG or strategy game as you might expect from its name; rather it's a shoot-em-up. I think today … VIEW
World Waker
Views: 2,1891992SharewareSpace Shooting
Chris Scaffidi
Shoot stuff in space! Yes, in this game, you get to do that, if you hit the enemies right in the center. Some hit … VIEW
Xatax
Views: 17,1831994SharewareSpace Shooting
Pixel Painters
Xatax is a sidescrolling space shooting game from Pixel Painters, a mostly unknown but very talented group of shareware … VIEW
Xerix
Views: 11,4301992FreewareSpace Shooting
Brendan Reville
Xerix is a shoot-em-up which looks a little like Xevious flipped 90 degrees. You pilot your mighty (tiny) spaceship as … VIEW
Xerix 2: The Caverns of Mars
Views: 7,7821994Full versionSpace Shooting
Brendan Reville
Xerix II is the sequel to the original Xerix game. It contains the same impressive parallax scrolling as the first game, … VIEW
Xolo
Views: 12,1271993SharewareSpace Shooting
Eric & Mark Riel
I like this game! It's quite similar to the classic Star Castle arcade game. You fly your little ship around the screen … VIEW
Zapshot
Views: 2,4541986SharewareSpace Shooting
DB Micro Systems
Zapshot is an old CGA space shooting game with some questionable game mechanics. You use the F9 key to shoot and the … VIEW
Zeroth Zone
Views: 11,0971999FreewareSpace Shooting
Binary Spells Industries
A rather slow paced shooting game which is similar to the classic arcade game Scramble. As you fly along, you have to … VIEW
