Vertical scrolling games sorted by release date

Vertical-scroller games

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  Donkey BAS

  DOS19813.6/5 Microsoft
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  Fleet Sweep

  DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software
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  Space Miner

  DOS19833.5/5
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  Spy Hunter

  DOS19843.6/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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  Knightmare

  DOS19863.5/5 Konami
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  Guerrilla War

  DOS19873.6/5 SNK Corporation
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  Airborne Ranger

  DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software
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  Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

  DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation
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  Nebulus

  DOS19884.1/5 Hewson Consultants
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  Silpheed

  DOS19884/5 Game Arts
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  Star Goose!

  DOS19884/5 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 shooter that combines elements of shoot 'em up gameplay with exploration and power-up mechanics.

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  Xenon

  DOS19883.9/5 Bitmap Brothers

  Xenon is an abandoned vertical scrolling classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released in 1988 for DOS. It was also published for ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, C64. Xenon was followed by the much acclaimed Xenon 2: Megablast.

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  007: License to Kill

  DOS19894/5 Quixel
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  Action Fighter

  DOS19893.9/5 Sega
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  Ajax

  DOS19893.4/5 Konami
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  Ballistix

  DOS19893.8/5 Reflections Interactive
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  Heavy Barrel

  DOS19893.6/5 Data East
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  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  DOS19893.7/5 Atari
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  Jackal

  DOS19894.2/5 Konami
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  Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

  DOS19893.4/5 Capcom
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  Sky Shark

  DOS19893.5/5 Toaplan
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  Star Wars 2

  DOS19894/5
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  Toobin

  DOS19894.2/5 Domark Software

  Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).

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  Dawn Raider

  DOS19904/5 Softstar Entertainment
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  Ikari III: The Rescue

  DOS19903.5/5 SNK Corporation
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  Mystical

  DOS1990protected3.5/5 Infogrames
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  Night Shift

  DOS19904.3/5 LucasArts
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  Xenon 2: Megablast

  DOS19904.2/5 Bitmap Brothers

  Xenon 2: Megablast is a classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released by Image Works in 1990 for DOS and for a plethora of other systems. Xenon was good, Xenon 2 was far better. Compared to today standards Xenon 2 is perhaps a mediocre shoot 'em up, but at the time every shooter fan loved it. Plus, it was developed by Bitmap Brother...

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  Mad TV

  DOS1991freeware4/5 Rainbow Arts
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  OverKill

  DOS1992freeware3.9/5 Tech-Noir