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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Thunder Strike

Views: 12,4911997SharewareSpace Shooting Marc Schneider Entertainment
Thunder Strike is a shoot-em-up ... in spaaaaaaaaace. Well sorta, I guess it's on a planet or giant starship or … VIEW

Thunder Zone

Views: 9,7601994FreewareSpace Shooting Ingenuity Software
Thunder Zone is a one-on-one spaceship battle simulator. You choose your weapons and then fight to the death against … VIEW

TIE Invaders Warp

Views: 9,2621995FreewareSpace 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: 12,4691996SharewareSpace 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

Tyrian

Views: 51,3711995Full versionSpace Shooting Eclipse SoftwareEpic Megagames
Tyrian is a shooting game that is somewhat similar to the Apogee offering "Raptor: Call of the Shadows". The object is, … VIEW

UFO Invasion

Views: 7,2461997SharewareSpace 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: 8,1581998DemoSpace 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

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: 8,1781986FreewareSpace 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

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