A scrolling space shoot 'em up game similar to Alien Syndrome.
Rescue your comrades from the clutches of the evil Alien hordes!

A scrolling Alien shoot - em - up.
Your comrades have been captured by Aliens.
Destroy the enemy and rescue them.

Aliens: Thanatos Encounter is a top-down action game taking its main inspiration from the second film in the Alien franchise.

Story:
A platoon of Colonial Marines, en route to Earth from a training mission, are awakened from hypersleep by a distress signal from the space freighter Thanatos. Ordered to board the massive ship and investigate the situation, they find themselves inside a nightmare: a massive infestation of xenomorphs.

Gameplay:
Before each level, the player can choose from five different characters, all with unique stats such as health and stamina. If a character runs out of health, they don't actually die. Instead, they are captured for egg insemination. Like in TMNT for the NES, you can rescue your captured team mates. However you only have 200 seconds to do so before they are permanently taken off your roster.
Weapons include a standard-issue pistol, there are shotguns, pulse rifles, flame throwers, grenade launchers and smartguns to be found in the levels. Available from the start is the motion tracker radar, displaying both human survivors as well as hostile aliens.

Each player has two tanks per battle. You'll fight one at a time, but you can switch command from tank to tank. Battlefields keep changing. Tanks move fast on roads, slower through trees, slowest through water. Simulated battle sounds and visuals - "cannon" fire, tanks "explode" after three direct hits, and more!

Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. is a top-down 2D shooter. You have two Armorines to chose from, each with their own selection of weapons, to do battle against alien monsters and gigantic bosses.

Army Men is an Action game, developed by Digital Eclipse and published by 3DO, which was released in 2000. It is the first game of the series originally released for PC, then was later ported to Game Boy Color.

Two features that make this game almost unique in the series are its storytelling (Black and white spoofs of World War II-style newsreels), and the fact that it often depicts fighting that doesn't involve the main characters. Many fans of the series as well as reviewers rate this game the highest.

This game is a direct sequel to the first game. The enemies in this game are diverse, ranging from suicide bombers, to zombies, cult user or cockroaches. Sarge lead his troops back into battle, with more weapons and plenty of hard core, plastic melting action.

Sarge and the Green Army are at it again with the Tan Army. This time, General Plastro of the Tan Army has teamed up with user from the Blue side to wipe out the Green Army. Fight your way through numerous missions with assorted weaponry such as crossbows and rocket launchers.

A top scrolling shooter similar to Smash TV, using a 2 - joystick control system.

Disney/Pixar Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an Action game, developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Activision, which was released in 2000.

The gameplay revolves around Buzz chasing down the various villains from the show, and defeating them using different color coded weapons.

It's twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to venture forth once again on the Ho Chi Minh trail and try to rescue some of the downed American airmen left behind.

Okay, so it's an Ikari Warriors clone. At least it's a good one, and in some ways betters its inspiration.

Caliber .50 is a 1991 scrolling shooter video game.

The player controls Captain Addis of the United States Army, twenty years after he failed to retrieve his men during the Vietnam War. His men are still held hostage there after all these years. Armed with only a .50 caliber machine gun and grenades, Cap. Addis must now re-navigate through the Ho Chi Minh trail in order to liberate his captured comrades-in-arms.

Cannon Fodder had previously been a hit on the Amiga platform before being ported to Dos by Virgin Interactive, who licensed it from Sensible Software. This cute little real-time wargame involves the player trying to complete a series of missions using a squad of hapless recruits. In order to finish each mission, you have to complete several objectives, most often the destruction of key enemy objects.

Rather than opt for a traditional wargaming approach, Cannon Fodder included action elements, as the player actually controls the firing of his/her troops. The general premise of the game involved you directly controlling a platoon of four soldiers, commanding them to walk around and blasting at any enemies that got in your way. In addition to standard gunfire, your troops can also make use of rockets, missiles, etc to clear out enemy forces.

The game was released to the European public at full price, and finally made it to the USA a few years later as a budget title. Thus American gamers didn't pay the product much attention, which is a shame since it's one of the best action/strategy hybrids of the early 90s.

Several levels await your super-tough Commando in this arcade conversion. Armed with only a standard rifle and a few grenades you must take on hordes of Nazis. Some are wandering around in the open, while others have picked out hiding places, which you must approach from certain angles. Trees, rivers and bridges create a varied combat-like terrain and must be incorporated into your thinking. Extra grenades can be collected, and will definitely be required, as they allow you to kill form distance and thus avoid some enemy shots.

As a one man army, you face the impossible. Locate and destroy the enemy stronghold. An entire battalion stands in your way. Fire off machine gun bursts at point blank range. Toss grenades as you sprint past hostile trenches. When you reach the target, you'll understand why no one volunteered. Weaponry includes M16 Assault Rifle and DM 51 Hand Grenades. Pick up ammo packs for extra grenades. Battleground landscapes feature enemy convoys, foxholes, bombed-out buildings and more.

As the crack shot COMMANDO, you have been given the ultimate mission. You alone must battle overwhelming odds to defend the free world from being taken over by advancing rebel forces.
To make matters worse, much of the Allies' heavy artillery has already been destroyed. You must carry out your solor crusade through hostile territory armed with only a rifle, hand grenades, and raw courage!
The odds for success seem hopelessly slim as enemy fire flies toward you from all directions and hidden rebel forces appear from caves, trenches, and strongholds to bar your progress. But the Allies are depending on your framous ingenuity, accuracy, and speed to help you break through the enemy lines. You must reach the fortress while collecting supplies from defeated outposts along the way.

Battling through enemy lines, armed only with a machine gun and grenades, and rescuing prisoners as you go, make this coin-op conversion one of the most addictive games available! Fantastic game features include frantic arcade action, superbly detailed backgrounds, and totally addictive gameplay!

Using a top-down perspective (akin to Gauntlet), the player controls either Ben or Andy, a pair of agents charged with stopping mad scientist Mr. X from taking over the world, as they make their way through several timed levels, planting bombs and destroying cyborg enemies using guns (the "machine gun" and the "cannon" can be swapped back and forth) and smart bombs (which wipe out all enemies on screen.) The goal of each stage is to plant all of the bombs before their collective timer goes off.

Select one of 3 available characters in this vertically-scrolling, futuristic, military-themed shoot'em up. A variety of power-ups can be picked up along the way to aid the player in his or her battle against the many hundreds of troops and tanks that populate the levels.

Based on the movie, a group of terrorists has taken control of a high rise tower in an attempt to take $600 million. Your job is to rescue your wife who is trapped in the building and stop the terrorists. The game is played with a 3-D point of view allowing you to search the building for useful items and fight terrorists with a variety of weapons or by hand. Cut scenes keep you informed of the plot as it progresses.

A cross between Berzerk and Smash T.V.

Dracula: Crazy Vampire is an Action game, developed by Planet Interactive and published by DreamCatcher Interactive, which was released in 2001.


Sporting an overhead perspective, the game involves exploring in and around a castle, looking for vampires and using "bat power" to paralyze dogs, monsters, and other enemies. Once a creature has been stunned, the little vampire can drain its energy by sucking its blood. In addition to battling standard enemies, players will go up against the likes of Wolf Man, Swamp Thing, and the Mummy.

Overhead tank fighting game.

An abstract arcade game in which a single player takes on the role of a firefighter, who must climb a burning building rescuing the people and animals who are trapped inside. As well as the fires, the firefighter must also avoid or deflect (the latter with his extinguisher) a number of falling objects and debris, including cars, couches, hammers, chairs, lamps, stoves and refrigerators.

Fire Trap is very similar, gameplay-wise, to Nichibutsu's 1980 classic, ''Crazy Climber''. As the firefighter climbs the building, he must use his fire extinguisher to put out the fires which include burning papers, flame-gushing windows and moving fireballs. The fire extinguisher contains only a limited amount of water, so must be used it wisely. Certain extinguished fires, however, reveal cannisters of extinguisher fuel to be collected. Other extinguished fires reveal bonuses and, very occasionally, springboards; which shoot the player higher up the skyscraper.

The firefighter's ultimate aim is to reach the roof of the skyscraper and rescue a young woman who is trapped there. As the firefighter reaches the roof, a giant fireball appears and circles the tower; this must be either avoided or extinguished. After the firefighter has rescued the woman, he must fly down the building with his jet pack and extinguish any fires remaining on the building; before finally landing safely on the ground. The firefighter will then move on to another burning building to make another rescue attempt.

The Firemen is a game where the player controls Pete, the fire fighter. Your equipment consists of a limited number of very powerful "water bombs" and a fire extinguisher with unlimited ammo. You have two settings for your extinguisher; a steady stream to extinguish fires from a safe distance and a more powerful but extremely short ranged spray a few steps in front of Pete.
Together with your axe wielding partner, your mission is to rescue the people inside a burning building and also put out as much of the fire as you can. Each time you rescue a person, they tell you about any people that may be trapped nearby. Also, be sure to listen to every word your squadmate tells you, or you may be toast.