Multidirectional shooters

Blasteroids is the third official sequel to the 1979 shoot 'em up video game Asteroids.

Sub-Terrania is a multidirectional shooter developed by Zyrinx and published by Scavenger.

Gravitar is a color vector graphics arcade game released by Atari, Inc.

Time Pilot (夕イム・パイ口ツ卜) is a multi-directional scrolling shooter and free-roaming aerial combat arcade game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, released by Konami in 1982, and distributed in the United States by Centuri.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a video game made by Bizarre Creations.

(For the 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq, see Operation Desert Strike.) Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, commonly known as Desert Strike, is a shoot 'em up video game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in February 1992 for the Sega Genesis.

Tank Battalion (タンクバタリアン Tanku Batarian) is a multi-directional shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1980.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is a downloadable shooter/exploration/puzzle video game developed by Shadow Planet Productions (Fuelcell Games/Gagne International) and published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox Live Arcade and Games for Windows – Live.

Mega Apocalypse is a shoot 'em up video game for the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum.

MicroBot is a twin-stick shooter video game developed by Naked Sky Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts.

Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Volume IV (or just simply Star Control) is a science fiction video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade in 1990.

Asteroids is an arcade space shooter released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc.

Dead Nation is a top-down shoot 'em up video game for the PlayStation 3 developed by Finnish video game developer Housemarque.

PixelJunk Shooter 2 is a video game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3.

PowerUp Forever is a downloadable multi-directional shooter developed by Blitz Arcade and published by Namco Bandai for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network.

TerraFire is a multidirectional shooter for MS-DOS.

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team is a top down arcade shooter with twin-stick control, set in the Warhammer 40,000 future fantasy universe.

Metal Hawk (メタルホーク Metaru Hōku) is a multi-directional shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan; it runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and was the third game from the company to allow scores which did not end in "0" (the first two were Hopping Mappy and Bakutotsu Kijūtei, which were released in 1986 and earlier in 1988 respectively).

Mutant Storm Reloaded is a multi-directional shoot 'em up developed by PomPom Games.

Mutant Storm Empire is a multi-directional shoot 'em up by PomPom Games and sequel to Mutant Storm Reloaded for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service.

XPilot is a multiplayer video game.

Oids is a video game released in 1987 by FTL Games.

PixelJunk Shooter: The Depths of Disaster is a video game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3.

Demolition Man is a pair of action video games based on the film of the same name.

Ion Assault is a multidirectional shooter video game developed by Coreplay and published by Black Inc.

Alive 4-Ever is a video game for iOS developed by Meridian Digital Entertainment.

Smash TV is a 1990 arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams.

Biology Battle is a game for the Xbox 360 and PC written using C# and XNA.

Black Widow is a vector arcade game developed by Atari released in 1982.

Galactic Arms Race (GAR) is a space shooter video game first released in 2010 by Evolutionary Games in association with the Evolutionary Complexity Research Group at UCF (EPlex).

Gatling Gears is a shooter video game developed by Vanguard Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts.

Gauntlet is a shoot 'em up game written in 1984 by Donald R.

Gridrunner Revolution is an action game developed by Llamasoft for the PC.

Nucleus is a downloadable game on the PlayStation Store, also known as Bacterius on the Japanese PSN.

Nano Assault Neo is a twin-stick shoot 'em up video game developed by Shin'en Multimedia and released on the Nintendo eShop for the Wii U.

Geometry Wars: Galaxies is a multidirectional shooter video game created by Bizarre Creations and Kuju Entertainment, which was released on Nintendo's Wii and DS consoles in November 2007.

Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship is a multi-directional shooter video game developed by Zippo Games and Rare and published by Tradewest.

Loaded (known as Blood Factory in Japan) is a science fiction-themed top-down shoot 'em up video game that was developed by Gremlin Interactive and published by Interplay.

Shred Nebula is a multidirectional shooter video game developed by CrunchTime Games for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade service.

SubSpace is a two-dimensional space shooter computer game created in 1995 and finally released in 1997 by Virgin Interactive Entertainment (VIE) which was a finalist for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Online Game of the Year Award in 1998.

Super Stardust HD is a downloadable game for the PlayStation 3 video game console developed by the Finnish company Housemarque.

Zombie Apocalypse is a downloadable shoot 'em up video game developed by Nihilistic Software and published by Konami.

KiKi KaiKai (奇々怪界, lit. "Mysterious Ghost World") is a shoot 'em up developed and published by Taito Corporation originally for Japanese arcades in 1986.

Bosconian (ボスコニアン Bosukonian) is a multi-directional scrolling shooter arcade game which was developed and released by Namco in Japan in 1981.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is a multidirectional shooter video game created by Bizarre Creations, released on Xbox Live Arcade on July 30, 2008 as a sequel to Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved.

Geometry Wars: Touch is a port of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 on iOS.

Geometry Wars: Waves is a multidirectional shooter video game created by Stephen Cakebread of Bizarre Creations, released as a bonus mini-game as part of Project Gotham Racing 4 on Xbox 360 on October 2, 2007.

Project Overkill is a shoot 'em up game developed and published by Konami in 1996.

Steel Harbinger is a video game for the PlayStation, released on September 30, 1996.

Tank Force (タンクフォース Tanku Fōsu) is a multi-directional shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1991; it was the last game to run on their System 1 hardware (which had been in use for four years), is the sequel to Battle City, which was released six years earlier and is a sequel to Tank Battalion, which had been released five years before it (and eleven years before this title).

Total Carnage is multi-directional arcade shooter released by Midway in 1992.

Bangai-O, or Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh (爆裂無敵 バンガイオー Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaiō, Explosive, Invincible Bangaioh) in the Nintendo 64 and Japanese Dreamcast versions, is a multi-directional shooter video game developed by Treasure.

Solar Winds: The Escape and its sequel Solar Winds: Galaxy also known as Solar Winds II: Universe are top-down, space-themed action games developed by James Schmalz and published by Epic MegaGames in 1993.

Space Duel is an arcade game released in 1982 by Atari Inc.

Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters is a science fiction video game, the second game in the Star Control franchise.

Voltron: Defender of the Universe is a twin stick shooter adventure game based on the Voltron television series, developed by Behaviour Interactive and published by THQ.

Battle Tanks (or Tank Battles outside of North America) is a multidirectional shooter developed and published by Gameloft for the PlayStation 3.

Minotaur Rescue is an arcade game for the iOS platform developed by Jeff Minter and Ivan Zorzin of Llamasoft.

Berzerk is a multi-directional shooter video arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago.

Computer Space is a space combat arcade game developed in 1971 as one of the last games created in the early history of video games.

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is a 2014 multidirectional shooter video game developed by Lucid Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.

Cannon Spike, known as ガンスパイク (Gunspike) in Japanese arcades, is a multi-directional shooter arcade game released in 2000 by Psikyo and later in the same year for the Dreamcast by Capcom.

Gravity Crash is a multidirectional shooter released on the PlayStation Network.

Renegade Ops is a top-down vehicular combat game video game with role-playing elements developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Sega for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Everyday Shooter (known as Riff: Everyday Shooter in Europe) is an independent video game developed by Canadian programmer, visual artist, and guitarist Jonathan Mak.

Cash Guns Chaos DLX is a fast-paced arcade-style action game for the PlayStation 3 system that was released via download in the PlayStation Store.

Comet Busters! is an arcade game inspired by Asteroids created by Steven E.

Llamatron is a computer game written by Jeff Minter of Llamasoft, and released as shareware in 1991 for the Atari ST.

Transcendence is a sci-fi themed freeware adventure PC game designed and created by George Moromisato.

Zone 66 is a top down shooting video game released in 1993 for DOS as shareware.

Death By Cube is a twin-stick shoot 'em up video game, released on the Xbox Live Arcade service on January 20, 2010.

I Made a Game with Zombies in It! (officially stylized as I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1), is a zombie-themed action shoot 'em up game for the Xbox 360 video game console, available through the Xbox Live Indie Games service.

Sanvein (ザンファイン) is a top-down, multidirectional shooter developed by Success in 2000.

Stardust is a shoot 'em up computer game for the Amiga, released by the Finnish company Bloodhouse in 1993.