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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World Quest

Views: 9,5861993Full 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: 1,6781992SharewareSpace 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

Xatax

Views: 16,0751994SharewareSpace Shooting Pixel Painters
Xatax is a sidescrolling space shooting game from Pixel Painters, a mostly unknown but very talented group of shareware … VIEW

Xerix

Views: 10,7931992FreewareSpace Shooting Brendan Reville
Xerix is a shoot-em-up which looks a little like Xevious flipped 90 degrees. You pilot your mighty (tiny) spaceship as … VIEW

Xerix 2: The Caverns of Mars

Views: 7,2051994Full versionSpace Shooting Brendan Reville
Xerix II is the sequel to the original Xerix game. It contains the same impressive parallax scrolling as the first game, … VIEW

Xolo

Views: 11,4271993SharewareSpace Shooting Eric & Mark Riel
I like this game! It's quite similar to the classic Star Castle arcade game. You fly your little ship around the screen … VIEW

Zapshot

Views: 1,9091986SharewareSpace Shooting DB Micro Systems
Zapshot is an old CGA space shooting game with some questionable game mechanics. You use the F9 key to shoot and the … VIEW

Zeroth Zone

Views: 10,4891999FreewareSpace Shooting Binary Spells Industries
A rather slow paced shooting game which is similar to the classic arcade game Scramble. As you fly along, you have to … VIEW

Zone 66

Views: 14,8491993SharewareSpace Shooting RenaissanceEpic Megagames
Another classic game from Epic Megagames, this is a shooting game with smooth-scrolling graphics and a "driving techno … VIEW

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