15 Shoot Em Ups

Shooters, Shoot ‘em ups, Shmups..

Whatever you like to call them, here are 15 that you owe it to yourself to play if you’re a fan of the genre.

  1. Galaxian - Namco’s Improvement on Space Invaders.
  2. Warning Forever - Abstract & freeware Japanese shooter.
  3. Llamatron - Jeff Minter’s insane Robotron style shooter.
  4. Xenon 2 - Stylish vertical scroller from The Bitmap Brothers.
  5. SWIV - Evolution of Silkworm. (Silkworm IV = SWIV) Vertical scroller.
  6. DUO - Abstract and original shooter.
  7. Thunderforce III - Fantastic vertical scroller from Tecmosoft.
  8. Ikaruga - Insanely hard & frantic vertical shooter.
  9. Gradius V - Vertical scroller, the pinnacle of the series.
  10. Rrootage - Ikaruga-alike abstract freeware shooter.
  11. DoDonPachi - Arcade vertical scroller from Atlas & Cave.
  12. R-Type - One of the original and best, from Irem.
  13. R-Type Final - The pinnacle of the R-Type series.
  14. Geometry Wars - Abstract and insanely hard shooter from Bizarre Creations.
  15. Psyvariar 2 - Another Ikaruga-alike vertical shooter.

The Red Star should be on this list, but it’s a hybrid shooter/beat-em-up (Ikaruga meets Streets of Rage).

Any other good ones I’ve missed?

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