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.
Emergency Mission
Views: 3,2071985SharewareSpace Shooting
Richard Brown
Emergency Mission is a strange game; what at first appears to be a decent but somewhat repetitive shooter game suddenly … VIEW
Evasive Maneuvers
Views: 13,8541994Full versionSpace Shooting
Exaggerated Software
A more laid-back shooting game, Evasive Maneuvers has you in control of your space ship, plowing through various … VIEW
Final Impact
Views: 9,9961998DemoSpace Shooting
BrainBug Productions
Final Impact is a game that possesses most of the qualities necessary for a hit game, with great production values, … VIEW
Fire and Ice
Views: 3,5581989FreewareSpace Shooting
Troy Conly
Fire and Ice (no relation to the 1995 platformer game named Fire & Ice) is a Scramble-inspired space shooting game. You … VIEW
Fleet Sweep
Views: 9,2101985SharewareSpace Shooting
Morse Associates
Fleet Sweep is a Galaga-style single-screen shooting game, where enemy ships attack you in waves, and after you destroy … VIEW
Flightmare
Views: 11,7051984SharewareSpace Shooting
Peter Adams
Flightmare is a CGA action/strategy game where the goal is to shoot down your opponents in 3D. Now the 3D here is rather … VIEW
Flying Tigers
Flying Tigers is a vertically scrolling shooter game, in the style of 1942 or Raiden. The documentation describes the … VIEW
Fourth Generation, The
The Fourth Generation (aka 4th Generation or 4th Gen) is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up with pre-rendered … VIEW
Galacta: The Battle for Saturn
Views: 35,3271996SharewareSpace Shooting
Albino Frog Software
Galacta: The Battle for Saturn (the game's full name) is a well-done remake of the Galaga or Galaxian type space … VIEW
Galactic Battle
This was an early favorite of mine. Its not very complicated, but this game is a fun, simple space shooting game that … VIEW