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.
TIE Invaders Warp
Views: 8,3851995FreewareSpace Shooting
The Obsessed Maniacs
TIE Invaders (Warp?) is, as you might surmise from its title, a Space Invaders inspired game where instead of blasting … VIEW
Traffic Department 2192
Views: 11,1221996SharewareSpace Shooting
Safari Software
This solidly built mission-based action shooting game is well made, features good graphics and sound effects, and an … VIEW
Tubular Worlds
Tubular Worlds is a pretty good space shooting game, where the screen scrolls left and you shoot wave after wave of … VIEW
UFO Invasion
Views: 6,2791997SharewareSpace Shooting
Megablast
UFO Invasion is a simple Space Invaders style shooting game. You move your space ship around near the bottom of the … VIEW
Ultra Violent Worlds
Views: 7,1491998DemoSpace Shooting
Vorlon Software
Ultra Violent Worlds is not as violent as it sounds. It's a vertically scrolling shooting in a similar vein to Raptor … VIEW
Vanguard Ace
Views: 11,3551997DemoSpace 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: 7,3061986FreewareSpace 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: 8,7301993Full 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: 1,0331992SharewareSpace 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
