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	Game	Year	Summary
=>	V-Shoot	1994	No summary.
	Kuuga – Operation Code Vapor Trail 空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail	1989	Vapor Trail: Hyper Offense Formation, known in Japan as Kuuga – Operation Code Vapor Trail (空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail) and usually simply referred to as Vapor Trail, is a 1989 shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. Vapor Trail was followed by Rohga: Armor Force and Skull Fang.
	Vapor Trail 空牙	1989	Vapor Trail: Hyper Offense Formation, known in Japan as Kuuga – Operation Code Vapor Trail (空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail) and usually simply referred to as Vapor Trail, is a 1989 shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. Vapor Trail was followed by Rohga: Armor Force and Skull Fang.
	Turkey Shoot	1984	Shoot the turkeys - save the world
	Duck Shoot ダックシュート?	1975	No summary.
	Shoot Out シュートアウト	1985	No summary.
	Shoot The Bull	1985	No summary.
	J-League Soccer V-Shoot ＪリーグサッカーＶシュート	1994	No summary.
	Shoot Away シュータウェイ	1993	No summary.
	Shoot Out at Old Tucson	1993	Laserdisc game by American Laser Games
	Clay Shoot	1979	Skeet shooting.
	Skeet Shoot	1991	No summary.
	Submarine サブマリン	1979	This is a mechanically controlled game, possibly built before pong. Produced by Namco (as marked on case). The object of the game is to aim through the periscope and shoot torpedoes at ships moving back and forth in the ocean.
	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.
	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.
	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
	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.
	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.
	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!
	Block Hole	1989	A puzzle game where a spaceship tries to shoot blocks by shooting the top of each block until they match. The game ends when the blocks reach the bottom.
	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.
	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.
	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
	X-Multiply Ｘマルチプライ	1989	Strange IREM shoot-em-up with arms! And we don't mean weapons, we mean actual ARMS.
	Freedom Fighter	1986	Help free the world from robot tyrany! Grab your laser and shoot anything mechanical.
	Robocop ロボコップ	1988	Side scrolling shoot 'em up movie tie-in, casting you as the murdered and resurrected supercop.
	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.
	Cloud 9	1983	Shoot raining clouds before water level gets too high.
	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.
	Chase H.Q. 2	1990	police chasing baddies and running them off the road. Just like C-HQ1 except you had a man jump out of the sun roof and fired a machine gun when you pressed a button.
	Kong	1976	Shoot King Kong off the top Empire State Building with your biplane.
	Road Blasters	1987	Finish each course and shoot enemies en route before running out of fuel.
	Pooyan プーヤン	1983	Shoot arrows to pop wolves' balloons. Licensed from Konami by Stern for USA
	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.
	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.
	Jungler ジャングラー	1981	You're a centipede trying to shoot other centipedes while navigating through a maze.
	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.
	Galaxian ギャラクシアン	1979	Space - shoot the fleets of aliens. Sold in the United States by Midway.
	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.
	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.
	WhoDunit	1988	Shoot at things with a gun and "solve" a murder mystery, of sorts.
	Deep Scan ディープスキャン	1980	Shoot at subs from your battleship. Sometimes packaged in a multigame with Invinco.
	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.
	Super Locomotive スーパーロコモティブ	1982	Super Locomotive is a split screen scrolling game. The aim is to reach the end of each section without being run into by the opposition and without running red lights.
	Heavy Barrel ヘビーバレル	1987	Ikari Warriors clone. Shoot-em-up platform scroller, with a war theme.
	Golly! Ghost! ゴーリーゴースト	1991	Shoot ghosts with light guns named Zip and Zap
	Rabbit Punch	1987	As space rabbits, shoot, box and collect carrots, in space. yikes.
	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).
	Final Starforce ファイナルスターフォース	1992	Pilot your spaceship, shooting enemy spacecraft and ground targets. Grab the pulsator capsules for extra fire power.
	Super Contra スーパー魂斗羅	1987	Sequel to Gryzor/Contra. Featured horizontal scrolling and Gauntlet-style overhead view levels.
	Black Hole	1981	shoot splitting "neutron mines" and flying saucers
	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!
	Fire Bird	1980	Vertical space shooter - shoot robot eagles and robot falcons
	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..
	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.
	Head On 2 ヘッドオン２	1979	Pick up all the dots while avoiding head-on collisions with other cars. Sometimes packaged in a multigame with Invinco.
	Shinobi 忍	1987	You play a ninja on a one man mission out to destroy a evil force and save kidnapped hostages.
	Altered Beast 獣王記	1988	You are risen from the dead to save Zeus' Daughter. Fight your way through five levels collecting power ups to defeat the Evil Magician.
	Contra	1987	Run, jump and shoot your way to the alien base. A.K.A. "Gryzor."
	Born To Fight	1989	Gun game, shoot on-screen enemies with optical machine guns
	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.
	Lazer Command	1976	Shoot your opponent's tanks before he shoots yours.
	Gryzor	1987	Run, jump and shoot your way to the alien base. A.K.A. "Contra."
	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.
	Rip Off リップオフ	1979	A cooperative two-player game in which you and your teammate try to protect fuel pods from the enemy tanks.
	Pop Flamer ポップフレーマー	1982	Pop Flamer - a mouse with a flame-thrower flames anything that moves and is not a balloon. Pop all the balloons on each level to move to the next.
	Invinco インビンコ	1979	Invinco is a space invaders clone. Sometimes packaged in a multigame with Head On 2 or Deep Scan.
	Klax クラックス	1989	Catch colored blocks rolling down a conveyer belt and stack them by color in vertical columns or, in higher levels, horizontal and diagonal rows.
	Gauntlet Dark Legacy ガントレットダークレガシー	1999	Gauntlet Dark Legacy, as an expansion to Gauntlet Legends, plays similarly, but with new levels, items, characters, and combat capabilities.
	Centipede センティピード	1980	Gardening - shoot the insects in the mushroom patch
	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.
	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.
	Carnival カーニパル	1980	Shoot ducks, pipes etc. at the funfair
	Operation Wolf オペレーションウルフ	1987	Pick off enemy soldiers while trying to rescue hostages. Seques are Operation Thunderbolt and Operation Wolf 3.
	New Zealand Story, The	1990	Basic horizontal platform game - help a little kiwi save his friends from an evil walrus who intends to have them for dinner.
	Cheyenne	1984	Protect cowboys from outlaws, indians, and ghosts and capture the criminals featured in WANTED posters before each level.
	Ponpoko ポンポコ	1982	Collect food while dodging creatures that walk back and forth across the platforms. Avoid apple cores.
	Slap Fight スラップファイト	1986	First space shoot'em-up created by Toaplan. Released as Alcon in the US.
	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.
	King & Balloon キング＆バルーン	1981	Shoot attacking ballons to guard king.
	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.
	Mugger	1980	Shoot and kill muggers, don't shoot the innocent
	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.
	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.
	New York Captor	1986	Light gun shooting fun; nail the gangsters before they get you or your loved ones.
	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.
	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.
	Speed Rumbler ラッシュ＆クラッシュ	1986	Save your family from terrorists by running and shooting, or driving and shooting. Earn bonus as you save each person. Somewhat graphic.
	Meikyu Jima	1988	developed by NANAO CORP. (?) manufactured by IREM (?) distributed by IREM (?) Genre: Puzzle Display: 384x256@55 Screen orientation: horizontal
	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.
	Mortal Kombat モータルコンバット	1992	Gore-fest head to head fighting. Seven awesome warriors go head to defeat the evil Shang Sung to win back control over the earth and restore peace.
	Metro Cross	1985	You control a runner in a series of timed races. You must run to the end of the hall before time runs out.
	Kamikaze 神風	1979	Shoot the aliens that come from the mothership and fill up the columns.
	Twin Hawk ツインホーク	1989	Flying Shark-like WW2 airplane shoot'em-up.
	Future Spy フューチャースパイ	1984	Flying - destroy planes, helicopters, ships etc. Rare - this game existed only as a conversion from Zaxxon.
	Bounty Hunter	2002	Bounty Hunter is a game similar to Konami's Boxing Mania created by the Korean company, GCTech.
	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).
	Avenger アベンジャー	1975	Pilot a jet fighter - shoot enemies for points
	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.
	Super Mario Bros. スーパーマリオブラザーズ	1986	Mario and Luigi stamp out the evil Koopas through 8 levels to kill the Koopa King and save the Princess.
	Lunar Lander ルナーランダー	1979	Check it out: Atari’s first vector graphics game. Using a throttle lever and rotation buttons, you attempt to land a manned spacecraft on the moon. Readouts show fuel usage and speed readings which must be coordinated for a successful landing.
	Banbam	1984	A one or two player maze game published and developed by Sun Electronics
	Jackal	1984	2 Players in 2 Jeeps, collect hostages, shoot tanks.
	Phantom II ファントム２	1979	Vertical scrolling shooter in which you control a fighter jet.
	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.
	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.
	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).
	Tokio / Scramble Formation スクランブルフォーメーション	1986	You can change between 3 shadow formations flying over Tokyo city.
	Eightman エイトマン	1991	Fast paced platform game where you assume the role of a superhero, 8 Man, and take down the villians.
	Bonanza Bros. ボナンザブラザーズ	1990	One or two bank robbers move up and down floors collecting treasures and avoiding the cops.
	Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder	1993	A walk-around-and-kill-everything-that-moves game with the exact same gameplay as the first Golden Axe.
	Zoo Keeper ズーキーパー	1983	As a zookeeper, try to keep the runaway animals at bay by building a cage. Two stage game.
	Run & Gun	1993	Run and gun is a life-like basketball game with high flying dunks, in your face rejections and much much more.
	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.
	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.
	Crossbow クロスボウ	1983	Shoot beasties - protect your adventurers
	Bionic Commando トップシークレット	1988	A side scrolliing action game. As the hero you have a bionic grappling hook and try to defeat an evil army of soldiers.
	M-79 Ambush Ｍ－７９アンブッシュ	1977	Shoot at vehicles as they go across the screen.
	Samurai Showdown 2 真サムライスピリッツ-覇王丸地獄変-	1994	One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan.
	Samurai Showdown 3: Blades of Blood	1995	One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan.
	Samurai Showdown 4: Amakusa's Revenge	1996	One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan.
	End, The ジ・エンド	1981	Konami, released by Leijac (JP) and Stern (NA). Take-off of Space Invaders
	Mega Force スターフォース	1985	Outer space shoot-em-up. Similar to 1942.
	Space Firebird スペースファイアーバード	1980	Space - shoot swarming flocks of aliens
	STUN Runner	1989	Race along tunnels grabbing power boosts, stars and shockwaves while shooting all the bad guys.
	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.
	Turpin ターピン	1981	Maze collection game (Pac-man style) based around collecting items(turtle eggs) hidden in Question Mark '?' boxes around the screen and returning them home. A.K.A. "Turtles."
	Pleiades プレアデス	1980	Space - Shoot the martians over 4 sectors
	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.
	Gaplus ギャプラス	1984	Space - Shoot hordes of alien bugs
	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.
	M.A.C.H. 3	1983	Flying - Destroy ground and air targets. Has a fighter game and a bomber game. AKA Mach 3, M.A.C.H. III
	Nemesis グラディウス	1985	Space - fly over strange worlds and get power-ups - A.K.A. Gradius.
	Do! Run Run	1989	Continuing the Mr. Do! Series, Do! Run Run is the final incarnation of Mr. Do! and his bout with the baddies and letter-munchies. Played on a multi-level playfield.
	Samurai Showdown サムライスピリッツ	1993	The first in a popular line of fighters in which the combatants wield various weapons. Known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan.
	Battlezone バトルゾーン	1980	Tank combat - destroy tanks, missiles & saucers. Sometimes written "Battle Zone"
	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.
	Two Tigers	1984	Flying - shoot planes & sink ships
	Flying Shark 飛翔鮫	1987	Airplane shooting game - ground, sea, and air targets
	Goonies, The	1988	Slow moving platformer; "run" and jump through creepy stages, with ineffectual weapons at the ready.
	Beast Busters ビーストバスターズ	1990	3 Gun Game where players try to destroy the mutants that have taken over the city.
	Progress	1984	Chuo Co. Ltd - scrolling tank shoot-em-up
	Space Panic スペースパニック	1980	Dig holes to trap aliens. Fill holes back up to kill them.
	Top Skater トップスケーター	1997	Pull off the craziest tricks ever to score major points and become the best Top Skater in town.
	Firefox ファイアーフォックス	1983	Flying - shoot planes and ground targets
	Time Pilot タイムパイロット	1982	Flying - Shoot planes through the ages
	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.
	Stunt Cycle スタントサイクル	1976	Jump a motorcycle over school busses. Each time you succeed, another bus is added.
	Kyukyoku Tiger	1987	"Ultimate Tiger", the original version of Twin Cobra, sequel of Tiger Heli.
	Eggs	1983	Free your chicks contained in Eggs while avoiding the Bad Guys.
	Scrambled Egg	1983	Free your chicks contained in Eggs while avoiding the Bad Guys.
	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.
	Tailgunner テイルガンナー	1979	Vector space game - shoot attacking ships
	Armor Attack アーマーアタック	1980	Shoot tanks & helicopters from jeeps
	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
	Killer Instinct 2	1996	Ten fighters duke it out in one-on-one battles, in order to reach the boss, Gargos, and win the Ultratech Tournament.
	Galaxy Game	1971	Early Space War coin operated video game, released two months before Computer Space at Stanford.
	Neo Bomber Man	1997	The arcade released NeoGeo version of Bomberman. Similiar to the other versions. Also released for the NeoGeo home cart system.
	Safari サファリ	1977	Shoot the animals as they approach.
	Gun Force ガンフォース	1991	Side scrolling platform game like Metal Slug with lots of power ups.
	Operation Thunder Hurricane	1997	High Caliber Machine Gun War Simulation
	Red Baron レッドバロン	1981	fly around arena shooting down enemy planes and airships etc..
	Blood Brothers ブラッドブラザーズ	1990	Wild West themed crosshair shooter. Sequel to "Cabal."
	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.
	Peek a Boo	1993	By Jaleco. This game plays similar to Arkanoid, but at a seemingly smaller resolution. It runs on an 68000 chip. It should be noted that this is an "adult" game.

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