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.
Stardust
Views: 11,6921995DemoSpace Shooting
Bloodhouse Ltd.
Stardust is an Asteroids-inspired game which also may have been influenced by Astrofire, or the other way around? Not … VIEW
Starfire
Views: 14,9671992Full versionSpace Shooting
Silver Lightning Software
An average shooting game. The screen scrolls vertically, and you blast stuff. It also includes bombs that you can drop … VIEW
Starfire
Views: 4,9611998FreewareSpace Shooting
David Karlov
Starfire (not to be confused with the other DOS game named Starfire) is a single-screen space shooter ala Space Invaders … VIEW
Stargunner
Views: 20,7561996Full versionSpace Shooting
Apogee Software
Stargunner is a little known shooting game (shoot em up) from Apogee, publishers of other great games like Commander … VIEW
Stellar Defense II
Stellar Defense II is an Asteroids type game where you must blast the large rocks, enemy ships, and other obstacles that … VIEW
Super Stardust
Super Stardust is a sequel to a SHMUP game which features great graphics and sound effects. It was released for DOS in … VIEW
Super Stupid Space Invaders
Views: 13,5401997FreewareSpace Shooting
PLBM Games
For a game that describes itself as "stupid", Super Stupid Space Invaders is actually a very well made game. It uses … VIEW
TerraFire
Views: 14,9071997Full versionSpace Shooting
ORT Software
TerraFire is an interesting variant on the Gravitar/Thrust type of gravity-based flying and shooting game. The follow-up … VIEW
Terror, The
Views: 6,3902002FreewareSpace Shooting
Stars Dev Company
The Terror is not a great game. It's a vertically scrolling shooting game with some interesting ideas and clearly a lot … VIEW
