Vertical scrolling 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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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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Ballistix
DOS1989 Reflections Interactive
Ballistix asks: “What if air hockey was controlled by futuristic cannons?” The answer: chaos. You frantically shoot pucks with directional blasts while the physics engine does whatever it wants. It’s fast, it&rsq...
Captain Dynamo
DOS1993 Codemasters
Dawn Raider
DOS1990 Softstar Entertainment
Donkey BAS
DOS1981 Microsoft
Fleet Sweep
DOS1983 Mirror Images Software
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.
Flying Tigers 2
DOS1994
Fury of the Furries
DOS1993 Kalisto Entertainment
Goal!
DOS1993 Dini & Dini Productions
Guerrilla War
DOS1987 SNK Corporation
Heavy Barrel
DOS1989 Data East
Highway Fighter
DOS1995 Safari Software
Highway Hunter
DOS1994 Safari Software
If It Moves, Shoot It!
DOS1989 Emerald Software
Ikari III: The Rescue
DOS1990 SNK Corporation
Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road
DOS1988 SNK Corporation
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
DOS1989 Atari
International Soccer
DOS1994 Zeppelin Games
Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom
DOS1995 Pop Software
Jackal
DOS1989 Konami
Knightmare
DOS1986 Konami
Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012
DOS1989 Capcom
Mad TV
DOS1991freeware Rainbow Arts
Major Stryker
DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware Apogee Software
Mystical
DOS1990protected Infogrames
Nebulus
DOS1988 Hewson Consultants
Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home comput...
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