The most popular vertical-scroller games
A vertical-scroller is a video game in which the action is shown in a top down perspective and the environment scrolls from top to bottom. Characters usually don't have to move to scroll the screen (expecially in shoot'em ups).
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Mad TV
DOS1991freeware Rainbow Arts
Tyrian 2000
DOS1999freeware Eclipse Software
Tyrian 2000 is an old DOS science fiction classic shoot'em up, developed by Eclipse Software and designed by Alexander Brandon, Jason Emery, Daniel Cook. Tyrian 2000 is one of the most popular shoot'em ups ever published for ...
Night Shift
DOS1990 LucasArts
Star Goose!
DOS1988 Logotron
Star Goose is a classic video game developed by Logotron and released in 1988 for various home computer systems of that era, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. It is a top-down, vertically scrolling shoo...
Ajax
DOS1989 Konami
Ajax (1989) is like an arcade fever dream: vertical shooter, transforming vehicles, lasers everywhere, and a soundtrack that yells “blast stuff!” every few seconds. One minute you’re flying a helicopter, the next...
Action Fighter
DOS1989 Sega
Action Fighter (1989, DOS) is Sega’s way of saying, “Why choose between car chases and aerial dogfights when you can have both?” You start in a motorcycle, grab some power-ups, and suddenly you’re flying a ...
Fury of the Furries
DOS1993 Kalisto Entertainment
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo Cygnus Studios
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Rap...
Total Carnage
DOS1994 Midway Manufacturing Company
Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom
DOS1995 Pop Software
Airborne Ranger
DOS1988 MicroProse Software
Strap in and crawl through the mud - Airborne Ranger (1988) is here to chew bubblegum and infiltrate enemy lines. And it's all out of bubblegum. This tactical action game lets you drop behind enemy territory, blow things up, and l...
Spy Hunter
DOS1984 Midway Manufacturing Company
International Soccer
DOS1994 Zeppelin Games
007: License to Kill
DOS1989 Quixel
Before James Bond was saving the world with cinematic flair, he was crashing pixelated helicopters in 007: License to Kill. This top-down action game takes the movie and crams it into six bite-sized missions of explosions, awkward...
Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road
DOS1988 SNK Corporation
Knightmare
DOS1986 Konami
Highway Fighter
DOS1995 Safari Software
Heavy Barrel
DOS1989 Data East
Silpheed
DOS1988 Game Arts
Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012
DOS1989 Capcom
Major Stryker
DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware Apogee Software
Jackal
DOS1989 Konami
Goal!
DOS1993 Dini & Dini Productions
Highway Hunter
DOS1994 Safari Software
Ikari III: The Rescue
DOS1990 SNK Corporation
Sink or Swim
DOS1993 Zeppelin Games
Flying Tigers 2
DOS1994
Star Wars 2
DOS1989
Flying Tigers
DOS1994 Ticsoft
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
River Raid remake
DOS1995freewareremake
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