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8-Bit

In the style of games made the 8-bit generation of game consoles & computers, or sometimes authentically created to run on original hardware. Common 8-Bit consoles include the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, and the Commodore 64

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Shoot 'Em Up

Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enemies enter the screen. Both shooting and dodging are critical to advancing. See also Bullet Hell.

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Skyward Battles (Playdate) + free demo
$6.50
Arcade air combat game, 20 missions with different targets
CrankWorkGames
Shooter
EXO-TICAL
Space Adventure for ZX Spectrum
Roolandoo
Action
Apocryph: an old-school shooter
Apocryph is an old-school fantasy shooter inspired by Hexen, Heretic, Painkiller and Strife.
Bigzur
Shooter
Steel Ranger (C64)
$4.99
Awesome run & gun action adventure for the C64 from the author of Hessian!
Psytronik Software
Action
GIF
PRAXIS FIGHTER X
$5
Dodge bullets and fight the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline.
SPARSE//GameDev
Shooter
Play in browser
Zeta Wing 2 (C64)
$4.99
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
Alien Girl - ZX Spectrum
5€
ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Javier Fopiani
Action
Hunter's Moon Remastered (C64)
$4.99
The classic C64 shoot 'em up - remastered.
Thalamus Digital Publishing Ltd.Verified Account
Shooter
Zeta Wing (C64)
$3.99
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
GIF
Riftwalker
An explosive fast-paced arcade space shooter.
Plan B
Shooter
Galactic Wars
2€
a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Volcano Bytes
Shooter
Play in browser
Exolon: REDUX
Combat action remake
Ben James
Action
Play in browser
Arengius
8-bit arcade chaos!
Yal
Shooter
Neutron (C64)
$2.99
A challenging 16k SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
Blazing Rangers / 炎のレンジャーマン
$12.99
An original one-screen action game for NES&FC-compatible hardware, realized in the style of '80s arcade games.
First Press Games
Action
Lester (C64)
A brand new C64 metroidvania platform game set in a space station where security drones have gone rogue.
knifegrinder
Platformer
Galencia for the C64
$4.99
A brand new SHMUP for the C64!
Jason Aldred
Shooter
Galactic Wars EX
7.99€
Arcade co-op old-school retro shmup
Volcano Bytes
Shooter
Snow Force (C64)
$3.99
An Xmas SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
GIF
BuzzKill
Try your hand against a different type of invader
Brian Vaughn / Morning Toast
Shooter
Play in browser
Vallation (ZX Spectrum)
Slick shoot 'em up action for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Psytronik Software
Shooter
Rabbit's Quest
Explore, Engage and Upgrade in this retro metroidvania.
directshift
Adventure
Strikeback (C64)
$3.99
A horizontal SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
GIF
4 GIGA BOSS FIGHTS
Fight your way through an onslaught of more than 4 billion boss fights in top-down arcade action
GuerraGames
Shooter
Play in browser
One Finger Doom
Doom in one finger!
Marvin Advergames
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Moonflight Classic
A Halloween sidescroller - fly across the night sky as Bel the witch!
sparrowhousegames
Action
GIF
Don't Dig Up the Dead
A horror shmup adventure. Can you find all the relics and defeat evil?
Brian Vaughn / Morning Toast
Adventure
Play in browser
Kiwii: A New Adventure
Cedric Stoquer
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Death Strike
Old school SHMUP
darkbits
Shooter
Project Home
A hack-n-slash/bullet-hell shooter
AnukeVerified Account
Shooter
Play in browser
Moonspire
$2.99
A sprawling flip-screen exploratory sci-fi shmup developed for the 1983 Commodore 64 home computer!
RGCD.DEVVerified Account
Action
Santron (C64)
A Christmas version of Neutron, a challenging SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
GIF
Twinkle Witch ~save the sweets!!~
A retro-inspired cute-em-up
shinji
Shooter
MAGE and the Grimoire of BEAST
A slightly naughty GBC-style SHMUP (STG)!
Circle Yousu ga Okashii.
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Invader Overload
A tribute to Space Invaders Extreme
Brian Vaughn / Morning Toast
Shooter
Play in browser
Laserbirds (ZX Spectrum)
2.99€
Embrace your fear!
Teknamic Software
Shooter
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