Category description: Now referred to as "shoot-em-ups" or the short form "shmups", these often sci-fi based games can be the ultimate test of a player's reflexes. "Bullet hell" games fill the screen with projectiles and other obstacles, as the player attempts to navigate their ship among them, blasting everything on screen.
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Interpose

Interpose is a well designed horizontal shooting game with good graphics and sound effects. There's not much story, but … VIEW

Interpose Xmas Greetings

Interpose X-mas Greetings is a special Christmas-themed demo of the full Interpose space shoot-em-up game. It features … VIEW

Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom

Views: 22,6441994SharewareSpace Shooting Pop Software
Nice name, eh? It certainly caught your attention! This space shooting game has pretty VGA graphics and smooth gameplay. … VIEW

Island Hopper

Views: 12,4591996SharewareSpace Shooting PLBM Games
Island Hopper is a mostly generic shooting game in which you fly a plane over various terrain and blast your enemies in … VIEW

Katharsis

Katharsis (aka Blaster!) is a shooting game similar to the arcade classic Defender. Like Defender, your ship travels … VIEW

Kiloblaster

Views: 12,1391992Full versionSpace Shooting Epic Megagames
If you're a fan of Galaxian (or its sequel Galaga) you may want to check out Kiloblaster. This simple shooter seems … VIEW

KRaptor

Views: 12,8182004FreewareSpace Shooting Kronoman
KRaptor is a freeware clone/homage of the popular Apogee Software game Raptor. The basic design and gameplay is the … VIEW

Lacewing

Views: 9,5312003FreewareSpace Shooting Linley Henzell
Lacewing is a space shooting game inspired by many past arcade classics, which according to the game's author(s) include … VIEW

Last of the Free

Views: 10,6251993SharewareSpace Shooting Adrian Page
Although it never mentions the name of the game that it unabashedly copies, Last of the Free is a Defender clone. If … VIEW

Machine Nation

Views: 4,6671996SharewareSpace Shooting Stephen N. Curtis
Machine Nation is a vertically scrolling shmup which is superficially similar to the often-pirated game Star Goose. … VIEW

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