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.
Alien Alley
Views: 3,1431994FreewareSpace Shooting
Dave Roberts
Alien Alley is not a great game, but it wasn't really intended to be. It's a demo to show off what programmers could … VIEW
Alien Attack
Views: 9,9081996FreewareSpace Shooting
Eldon D Martin
Alien Attack is a simple text-mode game (except for its CGA title screen) that plays like a very simple version of Space … VIEW
Alien Attack
Views: 10,4151997SharewareSpace Shooting
Po-Shen Loh
Alien Attack is a decently impressive game, especially when you see that it was coded from scratch (except for the sound … VIEW
ANIMAC
Views: 18,9921991FreewareSpace Shooting
Craig Pell
ANIMAC (or "American Neutral Investigators' Mapierian Anticomplex") is an interesting game which, according to its … VIEW
Argon
Views: 17,2461995FreewareSpace Shooting
Lewis Collins
Argon is a variation of Asteroids. It is a space shooting game with CGA graphics, but yet it includes SoundBlaster sound … VIEW
Asteroid Mayhem
Views: 2,2591994Full versionSpace Shooting
Necrobones
Asteroid Mayhem is an Asteroids-style space action game where the object is to destroy all of the asteroids on each … VIEW
Astrofire
Views: 27,8281994Full versionSpace Shooting
ORT Software
Astrofire is a well-made Asteroids inspired space shooting game. It features great pre-rendered graphics, powerful sound … VIEW
Attack of Green Slimey Space Scum
Views: 10,0992007FreewareSpace Shooting
Don Christie
The most exciting part about "Attack of Green Slimey Space Scum" may be its name, misspelled as it is. Okay that's a bit … VIEW
Avenger
Views: 10,6591997SharewareSpace Shooting
Deadline
Avenger is a single-screen-per-level shmup that takes place in spaaaaaace. Similar to Space Invaders or Galaga. Unlike a … VIEW
Axia
Views: 8,8051998DemoSpace Shooting
Dungeon Dwellers Design
Axia is an Asteroids-type game where the screen rotates along with your ship. This demo version of the … VIEW