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.
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Smashteroid

Smashteroid

Views: 9,3912001FreewareSpace 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

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

Space

Views: 10,7121985FreewareSpace Shooting Bill Pogue
Space is an unambitiously named shoot-em-up game made in 1985. (It's also called "Space Adventure" at the top of the … VIEW

Space Assault

Space Assault

Views: 2,6322017FreewareSpace Shooting Roman Hocke
Endless waves of ASCII aliens! That's what you get with this text-mode shoot-em-up in space, created in 2017 for a … VIEW

Space Blaster

Space Blaster

Views: 3351992SharewareSpace Shooting John Wagner
Space Blaster is an odd Space Invaders type game where the goal is to clear the screen of the lines of invading aliens. … VIEW


Space Commanders II

Space Commanders II

Views: 5,6371985FreewareSpace Shooting ajf
Space Commanders II is just a Space Invaders clone, but it's interesting for a couple of reasons. First, it is itself a … VIEW

Space Fortress

Space Fortress

Views: 6,1001999FreewareSpace Shooting Kris Asick
Space Fortress is a fun little game where you take command of the aforementioned fortress, and must defend it, as per … VIEW

Space Intruders

Space Intruders

Views: 6,8421993SharewareSpace Shooting Softlair Computer Products
Space Intruders is a clone of Space Invaders. The basic gameplay is identical: Blast the slowly descending invaders ... … VIEW

Space Investors

Space Investors

Views: 7,9451989FreewareSpace Shooting Pinnacle Software
This textmode / ASCII space invaders type game is pretty basic. You move left and right and shoot down UFOs while … VIEW

Space Miner!

Space Miner!

Views: 12,9791990FreewareSpace Shooting Sights UnScene
"No one has finished level 3!" With that quote from the game's documentation giving you an idea of the level of … VIEW



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