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.
Ravage
Views: 2,1981996SharewareSpace Shooting
Alpha Helix Productions
Ravage is a game that is seemingly heavily influenced by Raptor and Tyrian which appeared in 1994 and 1995, … VIEW
Round 42
Views: 2,1521986FreewareSpace Shooting
Elven Software Company
Round 42 is a cult-classic shooting game, which is unique mainly for its fast-paced gameplay and its unique graphical … VIEW
Seek and Destroy
Seek and Destroy is an entertaining and well polished shooting game. Using superb VGA graphics and SB sound effects, the … VIEW
Smashteroid
Views: 1,1962001FreewareSpace Shooting
NewCreature Design
Smasteroids is an unabashed clone of the classic Intellivision game Astrosmash. As a clone, it recreates the original … VIEW
Solar Winds: The Escape
I had a bit of a problem putting this game in a category, since it includes quite a bit of adventure elements along with … VIEW
Space Nightmare
Views: 1,8201994SharewareSpace Shooting
Microdem
A generall unknown EGA shoot-em-up game, Space Nightmare is pretty well made, including multiple ships you can select, … VIEW
Space Pilot
Views: 1,8501993SharewareSpace Shooting
Yosemite Software
Space Pilot is a decent space dogfighting game. The concept is simple: shoot the other ships! The controls are a bit … VIEW
Spaced-Out Invaders
Views: 2,1091995FreewareSpace Shooting
PLBM Games
The original Space Invaders was released by Taito in Japan and North America in 1978. Eighteen years later, Spaced-Out … VIEW
Spacejab
Views: 1,4442004FreewareSpace Shooting
Upr00ted Tree Software
This fanmade space shooting game definitely has the look and feel of an early QuickBasic project (those of you who … VIEW
Spiffy Spaceguy
Views: 1,4891997FreewareSpace Shooting
Tom Darby & Chuck Lantz
A simplistic, yet very playable shooting game. You fly your ship (your 'spiffy' spaceship?) through space shooting at … VIEW
