Games like Thunder Force II
Looking for games like Thunder Force II? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Space Harrier II, Streets of Rage or Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Classics.
1 45%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplay45% User Score 15 reviewsA call for help comes from deep in the universe. Fantasyland has been taken over by destructive forces. Quick on the scene is Space Harrier equipped with his laser, who must attempt to outwit and outmanoeuvre the hoards and prevent Fantasyland from being blown into oblivion!
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2 78%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, graphics97% User Score 31 reviewsStreets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega in 1991 for Mega Drive/Genesis. It is the first installment of the Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3. The game was converted to Game Gear, Sega CD and Master System. In 2007, the game was released for the Wii's Virtual Console in North America a…
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3 85%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplayoptimization, stability85% User Score 4,487 reviewsSega's collection of Mega Drive & Genesis Classics comes to a new generation, now updated with even more features: online multiplayer, achievements, mirror mode, rewind, save states, VR and more! Over 50 classic games in one great package. Get into the classics!
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4 97%Game Brain Scoregameplaymusic, graphics97% User Score 59 reviewsTruxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the player takes control of a small spaceship across several planets. The game is played with an eight-way joystick and two buttons (a shot and a bomb button) throu…
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5 71%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicstory, replayability71% User Score 150 reviewsSixteen levels (in four groups of four) await you in this long-developed Bitmap Brothers title. The basic gameplay is similar to Gauntlet, but in an open air setting, with bridges across rivers and such in the maps. The visuals are in the 'metallic and blue' style the Bitmaps appeared to favor.
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6 93%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplayreplayability, story97% User Score 290 reviewsCritic Score 87%7 reviewsEarthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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7 85%Game Brain Scoregraphics85% User Score 54 reviewsCritic Score 60%1 reviewsThe Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.
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8 65%Game Brain Scoremusic, storyreplayability, stability64% User Score 88 reviewsCritic Score 67%7 reviewsCoffee Crisis is an arcade-style beat 'em up full of caffeinated carnage! This is a full scale release for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, packed with classic gameplay and an extra espresso shot of action!
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9 40%Game Brain Scoremusicstability, story40% User Score 5 reviewsThe peaceful and prosperous solar system Junos was located at the end of the Milky Way. Those who called its five planets home had no idea what was about to happen... Halcyon, ruler of the Fourth Empire, had Junos marked as its final target in the galactic massacre, and had sent the bulk of his attacking force in with a single purpose – the elimination of all life forms in the system, and the cons…
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10 View Game66%Game Brain ScoreCritic Score 66%10 reviewsExperience one of the most influential horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up series of all time from the comfort of your home, on your TV screen or on the go in portable mode. Developed by the legendary TAITO Corporation and first released for arcade machines, the monumental Darius Cozmic Collection Console offers 6 of the best console entries in the long-running series in a total of 9 versions! T…
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