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1981

You pilot a small fighter through space sectors in eight directions, hunting green stations whose six rotating cannons guard a central core. This 1981 arcade classic lets you fire forward and backward, and a semi-transparent mini-map helps you track down every base to clear each level.

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  • Sci-fi setting
  • Fast pace
  • Action-packed real-time combat
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Bosconian special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Sky Force Reloaded

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2016PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified92 % positive9.75 €

Brings what grabs you about Bosconian: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and a fast pace.

A vertical arcade shoot 'em up with frantic bullet-dodging action, where you upgrade your plane between missions and replay stages to hit every objective and earn all the stars.

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Shooting and gunplay

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Major Stryker

Sci-fi setting

A classic early-90s PC vertical-scrolling space shooter where you play Major Stryker fending off the alien Kreton invaders. Fast arcade action with power-ups and waves of enemies is the focus.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Action-packed real-time combat

A frantic twin-stick arcade shooter where you pilot a geometric ship through a glowing neon grid, fending off swarms of enemies in pursuit of a high score. Simple controls, short rounds and demanding reflexes make it highly addictive.

Really Big Sky

Shooting and gunplay

An arcade-style space shooter where you fend off waves of aliens, bosses and cosmic hazards like black holes and giant lasers. Twelve game modes keep the action varied.

Raiden

Shooting and gunplay

A classic vertical arcade shooter where you dodge enemy fire across eight missions, blast targets and collect power-ups. Built around score chasing and replays, with a steep challenge.

Waves

Gameplay comes before story

A fast arcade twin-stick shooter where you clear arenas of enemy waves by chaining combos and well-timed bombs. A time-slowing buffer and seven modes with online leaderboards add depth and replay value.

Xevious

Shooting and gunplay

A 1982 arcade classic in which you pilot the Solvalou fighter through vertically scrolling waves of alien enemies, shooting air targets and bombing ground ones at once. It was a pioneering title for the shoot-'em-up genre.

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