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Rainbow Islands amiga

Rainbow Islands is the sequel to Bubble Bobble and was developed and published by Taito in 1987 for arcades only. It would remain a coin-op until 1990 when it was ported to the Amiga, Commodore 64, and other home platforms.

Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer

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Xenon 2: Megablast amiga

Xenon 2: Megablast is a vertical scrolling space shooter designed by Bitmap Brothers, originally produced for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1989. It was later converted to the PC, Sega Master System and other platforms.

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

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1943: The Battle of Midway amiganes

1943: The Battle of Midway is a shoot 'em up developed and published by Capcom for arcade machines in 1987. Later on, the title was ported to several computers and consoles such as...

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

2d arcade aviation coin-op conversion historical battle shooter top-down v-scrolling shoot-em up vertical-scrolling ww2

Banshee amiga

Banshee is an Amiga original shoot-em-up, inspired by classic vertical scrolling shooters such as 1942: The Pacific Air War and Xevious. It was developed by Core Design and rel...

Year: 1994 Genre: Shooter

2 players aga amiga original game aviation co-op shooter steampunk v-scrolling shoot-em up vertical-scrolling

Commando amigacommodore-64

Commando is a 2D action shooter arcade created by Capcom in 1985. It was ported first to the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum. After its release, it was ported to multiple platforms, incl...

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

arcade coin-op conversion shooter top-down vertical-scrolling walkabout war

Ikari Warriors amiga

Ikari Warriors is a vertical-scrolling shooter coin-op created by SNK and published in 1986. It was ported to many home platforms, including Commodore 64, Apple II, NES, and Amstrad CPC.

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

2 players arcade co-op coin-op conversion run and gun shooter tank vertical-scrolling walkabout war

Hybris amiga

Hybris is a vertical scrolling shoot-’em-up developed by Cope-com and published by Discovery Software International in 1988 for Amiga only. This sci-fi shooter, primarily created...

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

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Xenon amigaatari-st

Xenon is a vertical scrolling shooter created by The Bitmap Brothers in 1988 for the Atari ST. The same year, it was ported to the Amiga, ZX Spectrum, and MSX. The game is the prequel to the much more popular Xenon 2: Megablast.

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

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Battle Squadron: The Destruction Of The Barrax Empire amiga

Battle Squadron: The Destruction Of The Barrax Empire is the successor of one of the most popular vertical scrolling shooters for Amiga, Hybris. It was developed by Cope-com and pu...

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

2 players amiga original game co-op shooter v-scrolling shoot-em up vertical-scrolling

Blazing Lazers pc-engine

Blazing Lazers (also known as Gunhed) is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter created by Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx-16. The game, released in 1989, is considered one of the best...

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

arcade pc engine shooter space top-down turbografx-16 v-scrolling shoot-em up vertical-scrolling

MUSHA genesis

MUSHA, also known as Musha Aleste, is a vertically scrolling shooter created by Compile for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive and released in 1990. The full title is M.U.S.H.A.: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor.

Year: 1990 Genre: Shooter

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Pinball Mania amiga

Pinball Mania is an arcade pinball game developed by Spidersoft Limited and published by 21st Century Entertainment in 1995 for DOS and Amiga. This game is sort of a tie-in with th...

Year: 1995 Genre: Arcade

aga arcade bat and ball hotseat multiplayer pinball vertical-scrolling

Rainbow Islands Extra genesis

Rainbow Islands Extra is a vertical-scrolling arcade created by Taito in 1990. Rainbow Islands, also known as Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, is a sequel to Taito's hit title Bubble Bobble.

Year: 1990 Genre: Arcade

2d arcade coin-op conversion fantasy jumper platformer vertical-scrolling

Vaders amiga

Vaders (also know as Vader) is a vertical scrolling shooter developed by Softgang for the Amiga and released in 1987 by Anco. Sadly, it is known as one of the worst games ever created for this platform.

Year: 1987 Genre: Shooter

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