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The object of this game – a basic “shoot-’em-up” style game for one or two players – is to travel through space and destroy Klingon and Romulan ships.

Imagine the wildest, wackiest place in the Universe and you’ve got Fantasy Zone! As Opa-Opa, a living spaceship, you’ll marvel at the incredible landscapes filled with the strangest creatures. Watch out! They may look cute and innocent, but they’re Menons, nasty aliens that have overrun the eight planets that make up Fantasy Zone. Your job … Read more

At the beginning of the 21st century, a mad scientist by the name of Mr. K has created an army of artificial soldiers. He conquered the industrial city of Atlantis, and is now preparing to take over the world. The United Nations decided to retaliate by sending two of their top class Special Forces officers, … Read more

Demons to Diamonds is a video game produced by Atari, Inc. and released in 1982 for its Atari 2600 video game system. The game was programmed by Nick Turner with graphics designed by Alan Murphy.[2] In the game, players attempt to shoot demons in a “cosmic carnival” and then pick up the diamonds left behind … Read more

The player controls a small blue spacecraft. The game starts in a fictional solar system with several planets to explore. If the player moves his ship into a planet, he will be taken to a side-view landscape. Unlike many other shooting games, gravity plays a fair part in Gravitar: the ship will be pulled slowly … Read more

Black Widow is a vector arcade game developed by Atari released in 1982. The player takes the role of a Black widow spider defending a web from invading bugs. The player must move the spider around the web while simultaneously shooting/avoiding various bugs and collecting the bonuses that appear after the enemies are eliminated. The … Read more

Cosmic Avenger is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Universal and released in 1981. Like Universal’s Lady Bug, Cosmic Avenger was not a hit in arcades, but found success and a larger audience as a launch title for the ColecoVision console. It was not ported to other systems.

The player controls an airplane in a top-down view over a river and gets points for shooting down enemy planes, helicopters, ships and balloons (for versions after the Atari 2600). By flying over fuel-stations, the plane’s tank can be refilled. The player can shift side to side and change the speed of the plane. Sections … Read more

A beam matrix of iridescent blue engulfs the distant blackness of Earth-Space. You stand watching. First mesmerized, you now realize the beams carry weapons. Frightening creations in endless configurations. Intriguing to watch, but will you–yes you, dear reader–take action? You will??!! Then roll up your sleeves, mount these beams and…ride!!

Phoenix is an outer space-themed, fixed shooter video game similar to Taito’s Space Invaders. It was developed by Amstar Electronics (which was located in Phoenix, Arizona) in 1980,[1] and released by Centuri in the United States and by Taito in Japan.[2][3] The Phoenix mothership is one of the first video arcade game bosses to be … Read more