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Centipede Recharged

A vector graphics re-imagining of Atari's classic arcade title.

Zero Wing

A 1989 horizontal shoot 'em up, more notable today for its poorly translated intro movie than its gameplay.

Sol Divide

Sol Divide is a fantasy-themed shoot-'em-up from Psikyo.

Strikers 1945

A vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up taking place during an alternate version of World War II.

Battleship Godios

A game from TPM.CO Softworks for Playdate Season One.

Drainus

This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock 'n' Roll

Also known as "Cotton Fantasy", Cotton Rock 'n' Roll is the sixth installment and a revival of Success's cute-'em-up series.

Märchen Adventure Cotton 100%

The Super Famicom/PlayStation side-scrolling shoot 'em up sequel to Fantastic Nights Dream: Cotton featuring the eponymous witch Cotton in another quest for delicious candy.

Ultracore

Run and Gun for the Sega Genesis that was cancelled shortly before its release. The game will be released in 2019 by Strictly Limited Games and Analogue.

Soldier Girl Amazon

Soldier Girl Amazon is a shooter released by Nichibutsu in 1986. The soldier girl Amazon fights on a completely different Earth, dominated by strange beasts and crazy cyborgs.

Spidercide

Spidercide is an Asteroid-like game for the TRS-80 Color Computer in which you blast spiders while trying to avoid touching their webs.

Horgihugh and Friends

Spacewing War

Spacewing War is a retro-style shoot 'em up.

Magus in Mystic Geometries

Magus in Mystic Geometries is a Touhou fangame developed by D.N.A.Softwares. It is one of the few Touhou fangames to have been made with involvement from Touhou series creator ZUN.

Habroxia 2

The second game in the space shooter series.

Habroxia

A sci-fi scrolling shooter.

Star Sled

A 2D vector graphics-style space shooter released for Season One of the Playdate

Remote Life

Remote Life is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up with sixteen levels on an alien planet.

River Raid

First released by Activision for the Atari 2600, River Raid is one of the first scrolling shooters ever made. Controlling a rogue fighter jet, players must destroy bridges, sink civilian ships, and take out the defending military trying to stop their rampage.

Cotton Fantasy

Cotton Fantasy is a shoot 'em up featuring six playable characters.

Waifu Discovered 2: Medieval Fantasy

The sequel to Waifu Dicovered, a vertical shoot 'em up where players as miniaturized ninjas fight monsters in order to remove the infected clothes of 8 maidens.

Ultra Car: Obsticon Onslaught

A simplistic shoot-'em-up by cartoonist David Willis, featuring an early version of the character Ultra Car from his "Walkyverse" series of webcomics.

Gravitar: Recharged

A reimagining of Atari's 1982 shooter.

Galactic Attack

Vertically scrolling shoot 'em up released in 1993 as Rayforce in the Arcade. The subsequent home versions released in 1995 for Sega Saturn were titled 'Layer Section' in Japan, and 'Galactic Attack' in the US and Europe.

Z-Warp

Z-Warp is a retro-style vertical shooter from Panda Indie Studio.

The Day We Fought Space

The Day We Fought Space is an unconventional side-scrolling shoot 'em up.

Net Guardian: Dai Kyo Utage

A doujin top down shooter developed for the PC-98 in 1997 by Moguraya Soft.

Fighting Hawk

A vertical-scrolling military-themed shoot-'em-up by Taito.

Touhou 17.5 - Gouyoku Ibun

An upcoming spin-off to the Touhou Project franchise, focused on horizontal danmaku combat.

Rival Megagun

A PVP battle shmup

Aka to Blue

A "bullet hell" shoot-'em-up for mobile devices, created by ex-Cave developers.

Infinos Gaiden

The third entry in a series of throwback side-scrolling shoot-'em-ups reminiscent of early '90s series such as Gradius and R-Type.

Jetboard Joust

Jetboard Joust is a fast-paced reaction-based SHMUP that incorporates roguelike elements with gameplay heavily inspired by the 1980s arcade game 'Defender' and containing references to a number of other classic 1980s arcade games.

Asteroids Deluxe

The sequel to the hit arcade game, Asteroids, it was released in 1980 by Atari. Just as in its predecessor, players are tasked with destroying the dangerous space rocks in an asteroid field without crashing into any or being shot down by malevolent UFOs.

Missile Command

Missile Command is a classic arcade game in which players must delay their inevitable annihilation by destroying a barrage of incoming missiles.

Centipede

Centipede is a vertical shooter in which you must destroy centipedes and other bugs before they reach the bottom of the screen and destroy you.

The Knight Witch

A Metroidvania Shoot 'Em Up game from Super Mega Team and Team17.

Akai Katana

A horizontal shoot 'em up developed by Cave.

VRITRA

A side-scrolling shoot-'em-up for mobile devices, featuring simple touch-based controls and a fantasy theme based on Hindu mythology.

DoDonPachi Saidaioujou

The sixth entry in Cave's Donpachi series of sci-fi bullet hell shoot-'em-ups.