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Gang Busters
1988
Gang Busters
1988
The evil Dagrus mob have just held up the bank on Main Street and got away with $1,000,000! With a sense of grim determination, officers Smith and Wesson set out to bring the dastardly gang to justice. Collect criminals while gunning down hundreds of others in this top-down shooter from Konami.Showdown
1988
Who Dunit
1988
River Raid II
1988
River Raid II
1988
River Raid II continues the fast-paced shooting action of the 1982 original while adding new features such as varying altitude (the original only featured left and right movement), flying over oceans and firing torpedoes. Now instead of shooting enemy helicopters and planes, you'll also get to bomb destroyers, tanks, buildings, landing strips and water towers in your mission to destroy the enemy bridge.Mechanized Attack
1988
Mechanized Attack
1988
A shooting game where players use Uzi machine guns to battle an army of enemies consisting of humans, cyborgs, androids and robots. Launch grenades to quickly eliminate the enemies.Chopper Commando
1988
Chopper Commando
1988
Chopper Commando is a 2D side-scrolling shooter developed by Marc Currie. In this game, the player assumes the role of a helicopter pilot who takes orders from their commanding officers for various missions.Insector X
1988
Insector X
1988
The player controls an insect-sized warrior named "Kai", who takes on a vast army of cyborg insects to free the insect world from the dark ruler queen. The game uses two buttons: an upgrade-able main shot and a seemingly random selection of secondary weapons.Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
1988
star 6Abadox is a video game for the NES, subtitled The Deadly Inner War. It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the vein of Gradius and R-Type. The game is notable for its unique visual design, as the game takes place inside the intestinal tract of a giant alien organism. Abadox is also known to be difficult, since it takes one hit from an enemy projectile to be killed. In Abadox, if a player is killed, one must restart from a checkpoint passed before death.Vs. Vulcan Venture
1988
Galactic Protector
1988
Galactic Protector
1988
Galactic Protector is a Sega Master System shoot-'em-up game developed and published by Sega. It stars Opa Opa of Fantasy Zone and Zillion fame, who must save various planets from enemies and debris hurtling towards them. The game is built specifically for the Paddle Control, and therefore cannot be played on a standard Master System Control Pad. This also makes emulating the game tricky. Like the Paddle Control itself, Galactic Protector was not released outside of Japan. It was released as part of the Fantasy Zone Complete Collection for the PlayStation 2, also Japan only.Vs. Freedom Force
1988
Vs. Freedom Force
1988
An anti-terrorist shooter where the player shoots at terrorists while freeing hostages.Task Force
1988
Task Force
1988
Negotiations have failed! So your anti-terrorist Task Force is the last hope for hostages held by deadly terrorists in a high-rise building. You have wire-guided missiles, but eh terrorists never miss when they shoot at you! You have to fire fast then they step into and open window. But look before you fire, they can shield themselves behind hostages.Heavy Unit
1988
Heavy Unit
1988
Heavy Unit is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game developed by Kaneko and published by Taito in 1988. It was ported to the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by Taito and was released on December 22, 1989. There was also a Mega Drive port by Toho entitled "Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special" released on December 26, 1990. The player takes control of a star ship that can transform in to a mecha by obtaining a specific type of power up. Set in 2013, mankind's first artificial star and planet, "Le Tau", is under attack from genetically modified alien monsters. The player must navigate a "Heavy Unit", a heavily armed, transforming mecha, in order to defeat the onslaught and protect the human colony. The player's ship had two forms: a space-ship and a giant robot. Players started controlling the Heavy Unit in its space-ship form as default. As they progressed, they could change the ship into its robot form, thus changing its firing mode and mobility. A checkpoint was active however and the Heavy Unit only had one hit. PowFamicle Parodic
1988
Syvalion
1988
Syvalion
1988
Syvalion is an arcade shooter video game released by Taito in 1988 and designed by Fukio Mitsuji, creator of Bubble Bobble. The player controls a golden metal dragon which flies around, breathing fire at its enemies while collecting power-ups to recharge its fire. The enemies are robots and tanks. At the end of each level, the player fights a boss.Freddy's Folly
1988
Freddy's Folly
1988
Sir Freddy is a sneaky and mean man who lives in a castle on an island. He turned green with envy when you built a better and stronger castle across the sea. He got a fleet of balloons so that he didn't get wet and then planned to bomb your castle with ease. What a cad to think of this wheeze! You in turn employed a gun crew to build a battlement with a good view to shoot down Sir Freddy in his balloon. To match your defensive intent, Sir Freddy phoned the Ship Shop and hired several Gun ships to shoot your cannon crew. You must defend your castle and shoot down the balloons and the invading ships.Gun.Smoke
1988
Gun.Smoke
1988
star 6.6Gun.Smoke is a top-down scrolling shooter that casts the gamer as a lone gunman, out to save the gold rush town of Hicksville from a fearsome group of bandits known as the Wingates. Each level has a particular target enemy, although his or her henchmen must also be taken out.Magnum Kiki Ippatsu: Empire City 1931
1988
In Empire City: 1931 which is set in 1931 you are a federal agent that has to eliminate all criminal activities in New York City. You must hunt the criminals down and shoot them one by one. To locate a criminal you just have to follow the arrow on the left or right of the screen. Killing criminals is done by moving the cross hair over them. A countdown timer will start counting down if a criminal starts shooting at you. You must kill the criminal before the timer reaches zero or you'll loose a life. New bullets can be collected by shooting at the bullet boxes that regularly appear in the game as other useful objects. The criminals sometimes take hostages for protection. Rescue these hostages for additional points.
