coinop.org search

 
(e.g. bosconian, atari, wells gardner, vector, dig dug pinouts))

Search Results

  Game Year Summary
=>
Star Shooter
スターシューター
1979 No summary.
Cross Shooter
1987 Cross Shooter is the North American name of Air Raid.
Slap Shooter
スラップシューター
1986 No summary.
Heli Shooter
ヘリシューター
1978 No summary.
Top Shooter
トップシューター
1988 No summary.
Kingdom Grand Prix
1994 Kingdom Grand Prix is a scrolling shooter/racing hybrid arcade game developed by Raizing and published by Eighting. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn. It is the second entry in the Mahou Daisakusen series, but the first to be a shooter/racing hybrid.
Three Wonders
スリーワンダー
1991 Three different games from varying genres. Midnight Wanderers is a side-scrolling platform game, Chariot is a side-scrolling shooter, and Don't Pull is a maze/block game. All have very colorful graphics.
Ikaruga
斑鳩
2000 Ikaruga (Literal translation: Spotted Dove) is a vertically-scrolling shooter developed by Treasure Co. Ltd. It is a sequel to Radiant Silvergun, and the introduction says it is "Project RS2".
Gunbird
ガンバード
1994 A wacky cast ranging from a barrel riding senior citizen to a mini-witch on a broom provide silly foil in this vertical shooter game.
Star Castle
スターキャッスル
1980 Space - destroy the star castle
Star Force
スターフォース
1985 Space - fly over floating cities
Star Hawk
スターホーク
1981 Space - shoot ships over space station
Star Rider
スターライダー
1983 Race through alien landscapes
Star Trek
スタートレック
1983 Space battle simulator - destroy the Klingons while protecting the star bases.
Star Wars
スターウォーズ
1983 Space - Destroy the Death Star
Star Cruiser
スタークルーザー
1977 No summary.
Star Fire
スターファイア
1980 First-person shooter in which the enemy ships are TIE fighters (of Star Wars fame).
Battle Star
バトルスター
1979 No summary.
Get Star
1986 No summary.
Star Attack
1982 No summary.
Star Base Omega
1988 No summary.
Star Blazer
スターブレイザー
1983 No summary.
Star Fighter
0 No summary.
Star Forge
0 No summary.
Star Guards
1987 No summary.
Star Jacker
スタージャッカー
1983 Pretty standard scrolling shooter.
Star Jaguar
スタージャガー
1983 No summary.
Star Joker
0 No summary.
Star Raker
スターレイカー
1981 alien planet reskinned version of Borderline
Tin Star
ティンスター
1983 No summary.
Blazing Star
1998 Pulstar 2. Neo Geo shooter.
Blue Star
1995 No summary.
Dunk Star
ダンクスター
1991 Unreleased basketball game by American Sammy for the Neo Geo MVS.
Star Gladiator: Episode 1
スターグラディエイター
1996 No summary.
Twinkle Star Sprites
1996 No summary.
Star Trek (unlicensed)
1972 Pirated copy of Computer Space.
Grand Prix Star
F1グランプリスター
1991 Jaleco
Grand Prix Star 2
1993 Jaleco
Grand Prix Star 2 Jr.
1994 No summary.
Golden Star
1986 No summary.
Kirameki Star Road
1997 No summary.
Night Star
1983 No summary.
Star Blade
スターブレード
1991 No summary.
Star Gladiator 2: Nightmare of Bilstein
1998 No summary.
Star Soldier
0 No summary.
Star Wars Trilogy
1998 No summary.
Super Star
1982 No summary.
Star Gate - Defender 2
スターゲート
0 No summary.
Star audition
スタアオーディション
1999 No summary.
Star Force version 2
スターフォース
1984 No summary.
Vs. Star Luster
1985 No summary.
BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge
1992 R-Type-ish shooter where your ship can fire a projectile that freezes enemy vehiicles and take their form and power. Innovative idea.
Esprade
エスプレイド
1998 Sharp looking shooter in which your ship can equip itself with a large arsenal of power pick-ups and bolt-on weaponry.
Alien Syndrome
エイリアンシンドローム
1987 Third-person shooter where you get to blast all kinds of aliens and rescue people. You can also find power-ups for better blasting power!
Cobra Command
サンダーストーム
1984 Standard scrolling shooter. Fly your helicopter and wipe out round after round of bad guys while picking up powerups.
SD Gundam Neo Battling
0 Gundam and friends star in this shooter with a myriad of power-ups, mini-robot enemies and very smooth control and action.
Borderline
ボーダーライン, Bōdārain
1981 drive Jeep, destroy enemy refineries - four stages with different gameplay - vertical shooter, dig-dug like maze, etc
Parodius
パロディウスだ!
1990 A horizontal shooter. Full name: Parodius! From Myth to Laughter (Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai e)
Nebulas Ray
1994 A 2D vertical shooter, lots of detailed graphics, some prerendered 3d sprites, with that lush, crisp feeling...
Karnov's Revenge (Fighters History Dynamite)
1994 horizontal shooter - pick up and use special tools - each level reveals a piece of a map
Time Crisis
タイムクライシス
1996 Time Crisis is a first person shooter in which there is a pedal used for ducking/reloading.
Eliminator
エリミネーター
1981 A 2- or 4- Player battle frenzy to be the first to destroy the Killer Bagel (actually a Death Star of sorts).
Game Paradise
1995 Fun, whimsical shooter that contains some mesmerizing special effects and backgrounds.
'99 The Last War
1985 Fake-3d vertical shooter over a slightly-wider-than-the-screen background image.
Galaxy Force II
ギャラクシーフォースII
1989 Space shooter consisting of a large, black chair that swivels and banks as you play.
Cabal
カベール
1989 Third person (behind player). Use a trackball to control a soldier and his aiming crosshair, and conduct attacks on various enemies. This game has quite a few "pseudo-hidden" power-ups and suprises.
Ikari Warriors
1986 Jungle combat with guns and grenades against an army of evildoers. Lots of powerups and an eight-direction turning joystick/knob to control you fighter. Plus you get to jump into tanks! A classic two player reminiscent of Front Line.
Atomic Robo-Kid
アトミック・ロボキッド
1988 Horizontally scrolling shooter - avenge the desperate terran colonists
Super Spacefortress Macross
1992 A rather tough, action-packed vertical scrolling space sci-fi shooter.
China Gate
中華大仙?
1988 You (and optional teamate) choose 1 of 3 characters, battle many different enemies with different abilities, and beat various bosses. The goal is to retrieve a book which the enemies have stolen from your master (as you see in the attract screens).
Qix
クイックス
1981 Qix (pronounced "kicks") is a simple and elegant game in which you claim territory by drawing boxes to fill a rectangular space. You must avoid the Qix – sticklike objects that float and bounce through your space in unpredictable patterns. You can rack up more points for creating boxes more slowly, and besides the Qix, you must be careful of Sparx and Fuses which appear if your marker stops while you are drawing.
Defender
ディフェンダー
1980 Side-scrolling shooter. Defend your humanoids against abduction. Zen.
Rygar
アルゴスの戦士
1986 You play the Legendary Warrior "Rygar" in the side scrolling platform game. The aim is to make it though 27 levels picking up power ups and bonuses along the way.
Sauro
1987 Horizontal shooter, kinda like a simpler/older version of Gradius.
Psycho - Nics Oscar
サイコニクスオスカー
1987 Control a yellow robot named Oscar, collect shield and weapon power-ups, shoot bad guys until you get to a massive boss-monster at the end.
Pleiads
1981 The same play style as Phoenix. Move your ship left and right, and destroy the enemy characters. Several different waves, with the major difference from Phoenix being a wave where you have to land the ship.
Thunder Cross
サンダークロス
1988 Standard shooter: progress by levels, options and various weapon powerups.
Thunder Cross 2
サンダークロス2
1991 Standard shooter: progress by levels, options and various weapon powerups
Zero Point
1998 3D first person shooter, manufactured bu Unico, licensed by Game Vision.
Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail
空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail
1989 In 1999, a terrorist organization known only as DAGGER has occupied the city of New York where they have hacked into military defenses world-wide, established their own military command and gained access to nuclear missile silos. They hold the world hostage in this position and promise to cancel their threats of destroying the Earth only until the world's governments relinquish their power to DAGGER.
Blood Brothers
ブラッドブラザーズ
1990 Wild West themed crosshair shooter. Sequel to "Cabal."
Fire Bird
1980 Vertical space shooter - shoot robot eagles and robot falcons
Raiden Fighters II: Operation Hell Dive
1997 One of the best vertical scrolling shooters yet. Great music, spectacular sound effects, and tons of multi-layer parallax, bright, vivid colors, and huge detailed bosses make this game a keeper.
Pulsar
パルサー
1981 You drive through a maze while strange opponents fire at you. You must vanquish opponents before you move to the next maze. Watch for the maze to change, because as some walls disappear others materialize.
Metal Slug
メタルスラッグ
1996 A side-scrolling shooter with lush graphics and comical 2D animations.
Neo Bomber Man
1997 The arcade released Neo*Geo version of Bomberman. Similiar to the other versions. Also released for the Neo*Geo home cart system.
Meikyu Jima
1988 developed by NANAO CORP. (?) manufactured by IREM (?) distributed by IREM (?) Genre: Puzzle Display: 384x256@55 Screen orientation: horizontal
Alcon
1986 Another Xevious-like shooter. Released as Slap Fight outside of the US.
Formation Armed F
フォーメーション アームドF
1988 Vertically scrolling shoot 'em up - control the Vowger spaceship - shoots enemies, collect power-ups - defeat bosses to advance levels - Vowger can be changed to shoot in a multitude of formations and directions
Trog
1990 Trog is a 1 to 4 player Pacman style game. Each player controls a dinosaur who must move around the island collecting their colored eggs and then making it back home first. There are 51 different levels.
Atari Football
フットボール
1978 Black-and-white head-to-head football for two or four players. First arcade game to use a trackball as the controller.
Challenger
チャレンジャー
1981 Split and destroy "space bubbles" and enemy ships. Ship fires in three directions, and can "Warp" to the top or bottom of the screen. Dock with the Bonus Bug for bonus points.
Moon Alien-Part 2
1980 This game is very similar to Galaxian, except that there is now an energy meter at the bottom that decrements with time. If you do not destroy all the aliens before this meter empties, your ship is destroyed.
King of Fighters '95
1995 Sequel to The King of Fighters 94. This game once again uses characters from SNK's other fighters but this time you can edit you teams to your liking.
New Dragon Spirit
ニュードラゴンスピリット
1987 Vertical Scrolling shooter in the spirit of (and by the makers of) Xevious.
Xexex
ゼクセクス
1991 Xexex is one of the best shooters out there with really innovative power ups (the arms are cool) and engrossing action.
Gal's Panic
ギャルズ・パニック
1993 A simple Qix-like game (you draw areas that once completed fill the playfield locking the monsters away) with a cute girl appearing on the background after each level.
Dragon Breed
ドラゴンブリード
1989 Nicely extends the horizontal-shooter genre.
Space Invaders Part II
スペースインベーダーパート2
1980 Thump Thump Thump you shoot the aliens vertically to keep them from tromping down on to you. This was also the FIRST game to have a intermission between levels, ever!
Solar Warrior
1986 platform / shooter - pseudo-clone of Xain'D Sleena
Bank Panic
バンクパニック
1985 Shoot bad guys behind the doors, don't shoot the good guys. Try to collect stolen money back.
Print Club 2
1997 A classic photo booth that can be reconfigured to print stickers. Has two verified styles of printers and can print one, four or sixteen pictures to a page in beautiful photo-quality images. Has overlays that are applied to the frame of the image.
Ordyne
オーダイン
1988 A classic horizontal shooter with excellent graphics and sound.
Laser Base
1981 Asteroids-style shooter with a base instead of ship.
Galaga '88
ギャラガ’88
1988 The official sequel to Galaga gets updated with new graphics, in-game-music for bonus stages, and scrolling stages--not just stars.
Crime City
クライムシティー
1989 Classic-style walk-and-shoot, similar to E-Swat and Shinobi. Assume the role of two cops and go out stopping bank robberies, saving the kidnapped, and all that other good stuff cops do.
Nemesis
グラディウス
1985 Space - fly over strange worlds and get power-ups - A.K.A. Gradius.
Gun Force
ガンフォース
1991 Side scrolling platform game like Metal Slug with lots of power ups.
Canyon Bomber
キャニオンボンバー
1977 A very simple, classic game. Use a button to drop bombs into a canyon of numbered blocks. Your ship changes between a blimp and a biplane.
Megaman: The Power Battle
1994 A decent platformer to look at and has excellent novelty and collectable value but isn't the most fun to play.
Ataxx
アタックス
1990 A variation on the Othello boardgame. You control either the blue or red blobs (pieces). You can either jump over one space, or "multiply" to an adjacent space. Then, all blobs in adjacent spaces change to your color.
Outfoxies, The
1995 A one or two player game in which you choose from a wide variety of characters and battle to the death with your opponent.
Phantom II
ファントム2
1979 Vertical scrolling shooter in which you control a fighter jet.
Aqua Jack
アクアジャック
1989 Military hovercraft third-person shooter.
Tactician
タクティシャン
1981 Like Space Invaders except you get 30 seconds before a level to build up barricades, and the ships don't move in unison.
Sky Shark
飛翔鮫
1982 Vertical shoot 'em up. Original Hi Sho Zame in Japan, licensed to Electrocoin in Europe under the name Flying Shark, and Romstar in North America under the name Sky Shark.
Legendary Wings
アレスの翼
1986 Two Player game similar to Xevious. Unique combination of vertical scroller (main game) and side scroller (underground sequences).
Fire Trap
ファイアートラップ
1986 Climb burning buildings, avoid falling objects, put out fires, and rescue people and animals. All at the same time.
Daioh
1993 A vertical-scrolling space shooter with some unique features.
Twin Eagle
ツインイーグル
1988 2 plyer simultaneous helicoptor shooter.
Rockman 2 - The Power Fighters
ロックマン2
1996 One or two players fight their way through one of three scenarios.
Smash TV
1990 In the "distant" future of 1999, you are a contestant on the most violent game show of all – Smash TV. On this game show anything goes, as you attempt to collect prizes, cash, and keys by fighting off a host of enemies with your array of weapons. In some versions, if you collect enough keys, you are rewarded with a trip to the Pleasure Dome.
Violence Fight
バイオレンスファイト
1990 Primitive two player fighting game. Two players can duke it out in this 2d fighter similar to Pit Fighter.
Legionnaire
1992 A run through the city and beat up all the bad giys game in the same vein as games like Final Fight. Judy has been kidnapped by the crime syndicate and Frank, Chris, and Alfred must save her.
Space Ship
スペースシップ
1978 Star Fire clone. Konami, released by Leijac.
Darius
ダライアス
1986 Multiple-monitor game. Scrolls from Left to Right for most of the game, except when choosing the next level to go to, which scrolls Up and Down. Can gain power-ups along the way for stronger Bombs and (laser?) Shots..
Xain'D Sleena
ザインドスリーナ
1986 space shooter - see also Solar Warrior
Chinese Hero
チャイニーズヒーロー
1984 Chinese Hero (チャイニーズヒーロー, Chainīzu Hīrō), also known in Japan as Super Chinese (スーパーチャイニーズ, Sūpā Chainīzu), is an arcade action game developed by Nihon Game (now Culture Brain) and published by Taiyo System in October 1984.
Robocop
ロボコップ
1988 Side scrolling shoot 'em up movie tie-in, casting you as the murdered and resurrected supercop.
Space Phantoms
スペースファントム
1979 A version of Ozma Wars in which you shoot phantoms instead of space objects.
Banbam
1984 A one or two player maze game published and developed by Sun Electronics
Crystal Castles
クリスタルキャッスル
1983 The Brothers Grimm go 3-d. Pac-man style game in which you move Bentley Bear through a series of dazzling 3-d landscapes, collecting gems and avoiding balls, trees, and other bad guys.
Ozma Wars
1979 Black-and-white space shooter for one or two players.
Galaga Plus
ギャラガプラス
1984 Distributed game name: GAPLUS OR GALAGA 3... A sequel released by NAMCO of the original Galaga under two different names both released in 1984.
Vulgus
バルガス
1984 Shoot-em up with a spaceship against waves of grouped enemies, no powerups but shoot+torpedo-like bullet as alternate
Joust
ジャウスト
1982 Who would have thought a game with knights fighting on ostriches and storks could become such a classic? Many people attribute the enormous success of Joust to the fact that it could be played either competitively or collaboratively, making it almost two games in one.
Tron
トロン
1982 Tron is trapped inside a computer and forced to play games. Tron must destroy the evil MCP (Master Control Program). Based on the movie.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1991 Shooter based on the movie of the same title.
Soldier of Light
ザインドスリーナ
1987 See also Xain'd Sleena for additional info.
Wolf Fang
1991 You're the mech in this side scrolling platformer which its you against a host of enemy soldiers, bosses and harsh terrain.
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
1993 Sidescrolling shooter, but as a cow.
WWF Wrestlefest
WWFレッスルフェスト
1991 Wrestling, not that it's a sport really, just acting. WWF WrestleFest is a wrestling game that is a follow-up to WWF Superstars. One to four players can play in a Tag Team Challenge or the Battle Royal.
Twin Cobra II
1995 Twin Cobra II is a military-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game that plays similarly to the previous Twin Cobra.
Renegade
熱血硬派くにおくん
1986 It's 2am. You're in the subway. The wrong place to be unless you're looking for trouble. They've got sticks, chains and your girlfriend. It's up to you to fight your way through the thug infested city to save her.
STUN Runner
1989 Race along tunnels grabbing power boosts, stars and shockwaves while shooting all the bad guys.
Super Contra
スーパー魂斗羅
1987 Sequel to Gryzor/Contra. Featured horizontal scrolling and Gauntlet-style overhead view levels.
Bubble Bobble
バブルボブル
1986 As Bub and Bob, you try to capture enemies in bubbles and pop them to complete all 100 levels and rescue your girlfriends.
Elevator Action
エレベーターアクション
1984 Your mission as Secret Agent 17(code name "Otto") is to find the secret documents behind red doors and then escape in your getaway car. As you travel by elevator and stairs, avoid enemies or immobilize them by force if necessary.
Sunset Riders
サンセットライダーズ
1991 As a bounty hunter in the Wild West, you and your compadres shoot up the outlaws: everyone from Simon Greedwell to Sir Richard Rose.
Mortal Kombat 2
モータルコンバット2
1994 Considered the Best of Midway's Mortal Kombat Series, this is your basic vs. type fighting game. Game players fight each other or the computer.
Bloody Wolf
ブラッディウルフ
1988 Rescue captured soldiers in Southeast Asia and destroy the enemy's weapon base.
F-1 Dream
F-1ドリーム
1988 A difficult overhead racing game with fake ads like "Coco-Colo" and your choice of a normally-aspirated or turbocharged car.
Rampart
ランパート
1990 This is a simple strategy game that can be addicting. It involves fortifying a castle with walls and cannons, defending from cannon attacks, rebuilding, etc.

Ads were removed from the site on 2021-10-17. Updates to the site have commenced after a long hiatus. More to come.