Mega Drive / Genesis shooter / shoot 'em up games

All the shooter / shoot 'em up games in the catalogue, by console. 126 games (73 Mega Drive / Genesis, 7 32X, 46 Master System). Pick one for its box art, screenshots, description and where to find it on the cartridge.

Best known

  1. Gunstar Heroes Mega Drive, 1993
  2. Contra - Hard Corps Mega Drive, 1994
  3. Desert Strike - Return to the Gulf Mega Drive
  4. Jungle Strike Mega Drive, 1993
  5. MUSHA - Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor Mega Drive, 1990
  6. Doom 32X, 1994
  7. Star Wars Arcade 32X, 1994

Mega Drive / Genesis (73)

GameYearDeveloperPlayers
Adventurous Boy - Mao Xian Xiao ZiGameTek1
After Burner II1990SEGA1
Air Buster1991Kaneko1–2
Alien Soldier1995Treasure1
Battle Mania DaiginjouVic Tokai Corporation1
BattleTech - A Game of Armored Combat1994Extreme Entertainment1–2
Bio Hazard Battle1992SEGA1–2
Bloodshot1995Domark1
Contra - Hard Corps1994Konami1–2
Corporation1992Virgin1
Crack DownSEGA1–2
Curse1989Micronet1
Darius2019Taito1
Darius II1991Taito1
Death Duel1992Punk Development1
Desert Strike - Return to the GulfVisual Concepts1
Duke Nukem 3DTec Toy1
Fire Mustang1991Taito1
FZ Senki Axis ~ Final ZoneWolf Team1
Gadget Twins1992Imagitec Design1–2
GaiaresTelenet1
Galaxy Force II1991AM R&D Dept. #21
Gleylancer1992Masaya Games1
Gunfight 3 in 11–2
Gunstar Heroes1993Treasure1–2
Hard WiredTime Warner Interactive1
Heavy Unit - Mega Drive Special1990Kaneko1
Hellfire1990Toaplan1
Insector X1990Sage's Creation1
Jungle Strike1993High Score Productions1
Lethal Enforcers II - Gun Fighters1994Konami1–2
Magic Girl featuring Ling Ling the Little Witch2015Gamtec1
Mega SWIV1995Sales Curve1
Menacer - 6-Game CartridgeWestern Technologies1
MUSHA - Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor1990Compile1
Papi Commando2015Studio Vetea1–2
Phelios1990Namco1
Predator 2Teeny Weeny Games1
Raiden Densetsu ~ Raiden TradMicronet1
Rambo III1989SEGA1–2
Ranger X1993GAU Entertainment1
Red ZoneTime Warner Interactive1
RoboCop versus The Terminator1993Virgin1
Rolling Thunder 21992Namco1–2
Rolling Thunder 31993Namco1
seaQuest DSV1995Black Pearl Software1
Senjou no Ookami II ~ MercsCapcom1
Skeleton Krew1995Front Street Publishing1–2
Sol-Deace1992Wolf Team1
Soldiers of Fortune1993The Bitmap Brothers1–2
Space Harrier II1988SEGA1
Space Invaders '911991Taito1
Steel Empire1992Flying Edge1
Sunset Riders1992Konami1–2
Super Smash T.V.Probe Entertainment1–2
Super Thunder Blade1988SEGA1
T2 - The Arcade Game1994Arena Entertainment1–2
The Chaos Engine1994The Bitmap Brothers1–2
The Earth Defense ~ Earth DefendAV Artisan1–2
The Lost World - Jurassic ParkAppaloosa1–2
Thunder Force II1989Technosoft1
Thunderbolt II1995
True LiesBeam Software1
Uchuu Senkan Gomora1991Aisystem Tokyo1–2
UltracoreDigital Illusions1
Urban StrikeElectronic Arts1
Uzu Keobukseon1992Samsung
XDR - X-Dazedly-Ray1990Affect1
Xenon 2 - Megablast1992The Bitmap Brothers1–2
Xiao Monv - Magic GirlGameTek
Zero ToleranceAccolade1
Zero Wing1992Toaplan1
Zombies Ate My Neighbors1993LucasArts1–2

32X (7)

GameYearDeveloperPlayers
After Burner Complete1995Rutubo Games1
Darxide1996Frontier Developments1
Doom1994id Software1
Space Harrier1995SEGA1
Star Wars Arcade1994LucasArts1–2
Stellar Assault1995SEGA1–2
T-MEKTime Warner Interactive1–2

Master System (46)

GameYearDeveloperPlayers
After BurnerSEGA1
Agigongnyong Dooly1991Daou Infosys1
Alien Syndrome1987SEGA1–2
Choplifter1985SEGA1–2
Comical Machine Gun Joe1986SEGA1
Cyborg Z1991Zemina
Dead AngleSEGA1
Desert StrikeThe Kremlin1
Double HawkOpera House1–2
E.I. - Exa InnovaCompile
Eagles 51990Zemina
Forgotten WorldsSEGA1
GalaxianNamco1
Galaxy Force1989AM R&D Dept. #21
Gun.Smoke1990Capcom1
Hong Kil Dong1991Clover1
King & BalloonNamco
Line of FireSanritsu Denki1
Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting & Safari HuntSEGA1–2
MercsTiertex1
Missile Defense 3-D1987SEGA1
Nemesis1987Konami
Nemesis 21987Konami
Ninja1986SEGA1–2
PooyanKonami
Power Strike II1993Compile1
Predator 21992Teeny Weeny Games1
Rambo - First Blood Part IISEGA1–2
SagaiaNatsume1
Sagak-ui BimilKonami1–2
Satellite 71985SEGA1–2
Scramble SpiritsSEGA1–2
Secret Command1986SEGA1–2
Shooting GallerySEGA1
Sky Fighter1990Clover Soft
Sky Jaguar1984Konami
Space HarrierSEGA1
Space Harrier 3-D1988SEGA1
Super Smash T.V.Probe Software1–2
Super Space InvadersThe Kremlin1–2
T2 - The Arcade Game1993Probe Software1
The Dinosaur Dooley1991Daou Infosys1
The NinjaSEGA1–2
Thunder Blade1988SEGA1
Xenon 2 - MegablastData Design1
Zaxxon 3-D1987SEGA1

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