The searing hiss of metal breaks the silence of dawn. As I step through the fleshy remains of my previous opponent, I realize the metal behemoth I am about to face is more fiercely equipped with deadly roto-bore proton rockets.
I know I represent our final hope as I mount the Federation's newest war machine... the A-7 Trinity Rote Cyborg.
The signal is given... I must proceed to the dueling ground. Today, death is in the air, and mercy in my guns... so LET 'EM BEG FOR MERCY. - Barrett Jade
IT BRINGS ...A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO DISARM YOUR ENEMY.
Granada is a free-roaming scrolling shooter. You control the titular maneuver cepter Granada as you make your way through each stage, destroying the enemy's weapons. You have a map that tells you where your targets are on the stage, and once all the targets have been destroyed a large boss enemy appears which must also be destroyed. You are equipped with a standard cannon, as well as a more powerful blaster that will actually push your machine backwards with the recoil. There are also assist pickups which will follow you and reflect any shots you fire at it toward the nearest enemies.
The U.S.S. Enterprise races an evil Romulan force for control of the ultimate law and order device. The future of the Federation... and the universe... rests in your hands! Command the Starship Enterprise! Probe hundreds of strange new worlds and alien vessels with the ship's sensors. Space battle rages when you encounter Romulans in the Neutral Zone and disable their ships with well-placed phaser and photon torpedo attacks. Join forces with Jean Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to solve the mysterious "Trinity Test." Solve it and the Federation is safe. Fail... and the universe will never be the same.
Darwin 4078 (ダーウィン4078 dāwin yon zero nana hachi) is an arcade game released by Data East in 1986. The game is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up like Xevious.
In the beginning, the world was inhabited by gods and giants who fought over which race would rule. To win, the giants created four "living weapons" who were so fearsome and effective, both sides lost. The day of the monsters's creations would come to be called Ragnarök. Ages later, Count Brahzen, a leader of demons, invaded the Gitane Kingdom, who were able to defend themselves solely by tactical decisions made by their King Fahrenheit II... only to discover Count Brahzen is seeking the Spirit of Roshufa in order to revive one of the four legendary monsters. You are Leon, a fighter chosen by the King to obtain the Spirit before Count Brahzen does.
Eliminate Down is a 1993 scrolling shooter video game developed by Aprinet and published by Soft Vision International for the Sega Mega Drive. The game was released in Japan on June 25, 1993, and in South Korea in 1993. Eliminate Down gives players immediate access to three directional-based weapons that could all be powered up as they fought strange alien enemies through eight enormous levels.
Verytex is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan. Taking place on the colonized fictional planet of Syracuse in a futuristic sci-fi setting, where its military force initiated a violent coup d'état against the inhabitants for unknown reasons, players take control of the titular space fighter craft in an attempt to overthrow the enemies, protect civilization and discover the true cause for the rebellion.
Robots Go Berserk! Dateline: Assault City, 2092. It's a robot mutiny! Central Computer Control is in chaos. Armed KillerBots are running amok, blasting loyal Bots into metal junk and piles of whining servomotors!
Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka is a side-scrolling 2D shooter that ties into the Macross franchise. In the game, the player takes the control of main protagonist Hikaru Ichijyo, as he battles Zentradi units on each stage. The player has two basic attacks: Gun Pod and missiles. In addition, the VF-1 Valkyrie unit controlled by the player can transform into Fighter, Gerwalk and Battroid modes during battle.
In the far future, on an alien planet dominated by seven elf-like or catgirl princesses that have fallen under the spell of a unique virus that has driven them mad and threatens to destroy the planet if all the rulers declare all-out war.
Only Blondia Varady and his sister Fallandia have been spared from the disease and must pilot their fighter ships in order to penetrate deep into the domain of each princess, destroy their war machines, and administer the antidote. Fortunately for Blow, the antidote has been synthesized into his reproductive organ, so that means there is only one way to inoculate the girls....
Choujin Heiki Zeroigar is an action shooter. The player controls Zeroigar as a plane and as a robot. The player is awarded experience points, depending on his performance during a stage.
The Galactic Emperor Zemu is conquering one planet after the other, planning to expand his empire to the known limits of the galaxy. The reason for his success are huge robots who fight in his armies, developed with the technology invented by the genius scientist Dr. Lulu. But the doctor understands herself that her inventions have caused misery and destruction to other nations. She runs away, taking design plans for the giant robots with her. She arrives on the Earth (Japan, to be exact) shortly after World War II, and with the help of local scientists, develops a powerful robot, that alone can protect Earth from Zemu's attacks: Super God Trooper Zeroigar!
Zeroigar is the only shooter for the PC-FX system, continuing the legacy of vertically scrolling shooters from the PC Engine (TurboGrafx) era. The player controls Zeroigar as
The parole officer has just made you an offer you cannot refuse... "Shut down the reactor at the heart of the Atlantis resort and you can have your freedom". Your reply... "Where's my rocket launcher?" 20 levels of mindless blasting!!
One of the last 32X games released (and exclusively in Europe), DarXide is a 3-D space shooter, inspired in part by the arcade gameplay of Asteroids. It is one of the few 32X games to used texture-mapped polygons.
Players control a lone starship rushing to destroy oncoming asteroids and alien vessels before they annihilate defenseless human miners and colonies. Asteroids break apart into smaller rocks, which much also be hunted down and destroyed. Aliens likewise arrive in larger, more dangerous vessels.