"KING & BALLOON" is a shooter released by NAMCO (Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1980.
Shoot down the swarms of balloons that are coming to steal the king!
The game will continue so long as the king isn't fully taken away into the sky, no matter how many times your cannon is destroyed.
You can also rescue the king as the balloons take him by shooting them down and rescuing him before he goes away.

The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.
Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

A complete reprint of the two major "horizontal" shooters from "M2 Shot Triggers", which has been well received by players for its high degree of portability and "Toa Plan", the leading arcade shooter.
Pre-sonar beam that can capture enemies and items, "Zero Wing (1989 work)" featuring realistic graphics, 4 types of shots are the key to clearing, and "Hell" is attractive with a strategy like a puzzle game. Fire (1989 work)” is included.

[Both first-timers and those who have been playing at arcades]
In addition to the "arcade mode" that is a complete reprint of the arcade version, both titles are equipped with a "SUPER EASY" mode that has been adjusted so that even beginners can enjoy it!
Even those who have never touched the original can play casually!
In addition, both titles have different versions with different game systems, and overseas versions are also recorded by switching regions.

[Understand all hidden items and hidden elements! ]
The "M2 gadgets" displayed on the left and right of the game screen are
full of functions that support strategy, such as displaying the current progress, alerts for enemies appearing from the player's blind spots, and detailed information on the appearance of hidden items! We will deliver new discoveries to those who played at the game center at that time!

[Conquer difficult spots with repeated practice! ]
The popular "Arcade Challenge" mode from the "M2-Shot Triggers" series is now available! Each stage is divided into small areas, so you can easily enjoy any scene. The rewind function enables efficient repetition practice! Once you've gained confidence, challenge Arcade Mode No Continue Clear!

Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde is a rogue-lite, action game in which you fight huge waves of monsters using passive attacks and abilities. Slay thousands and thousands of endlessly encroaching monsters to stay alive! Collect souls to level up and to increase your power and abilities both in the field and in the Oracle’s vast, permanent upgrade system.

Become a god in minutes by learning the abilities you can obtain when you level up and how they grow in power. Combine many different powerful attacks to take down the hordes!

Death is just a state, The oracle will bring you back to fight another day.

Gameplay in Squadron 51 does not differ too much from the standards of the genre and, to a large extent, resembles games such as Sine Mora or Sky Force. We observe the action from the side, guiding the plane through the constantly moving scenery. Various enemies stand in our way. Some are small and fast, some larger but slow, others cover half of the screen and shoot with a huge laser, and so on. Therefore, we have to be on the move at all times, avoiding incoming missiles and enemies themselves, at the same time trying to shoot them down. Every defeated enemy gives us points - they are all added up in the final score.

REMEDIUM: Sentinels is a roguelite fast-paced auto-shooter that is set in the same world as REMEDIUM game. It has been more than a hundred years since the Grey Plague has won turning most humans into vicious mutant freaks, and only a handful of cities still stand amidst the death and chaos that consumed the land.

You control a Sentinel created by alchemists with only one goal - defend the cities against the endless hordes of mutants until your reactor dies. Combine items and alchemical elements to acquire more and more weapons and create unique builds!

UltraGoodness is a bloody mess, dynamic and fun twin-stick shooter involving the struggle between Good and Evil in the world, where the Dark Forces turned all creatures into possessed monsters.

Tear your enemies to pieces; leave behind oceans of blood and mountains of corpses! Kill beasts, terrorists, and ghoulish-like creatures. Fight the Evil using its methods, show 'em what you got, show 'em your RAGE!

But remember — it's all in the name of Goodness, of course!

"STRATO FIGHTER" is a shooter released by TECMO in 1991.
In the year 2135 AD, the Earth Military mobilizes Codename "RAIGA" after an attack by an unknown enemy. The future is in the hands of the two MB-OG fighters, and they depart for the enemy colony.
Use the turn button and a variety of weapons to take down enemies that come at you from all sides - vertically and horizontally.

The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.
Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

Aliens Attack is an arcade shooter that lets the user defend cities from an alien armada. Collect powerful weapons to destroy the invading ships in the sky. Survive the alien assault and save the world!

Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation! Inspired by genre classics, Feeble Light is a vertical bullet hell where you’ll fire at enemies with starlight, dodge asteroids, evade incoming projectiles and build up bomb energy for devastating counterattacks! In a tight spot?

Slow down your little star for extra precision to navigate through bullet swarms or narrow passages. Master 5 thoughtfully crafted stages, randomized with each playthrough to keep you on your toes as you chase the high score, then take down big bosses to free the cosmos and earn new color palettes to customize your experience in future runs!

Blast your way through 3 legendary arcade Shoot 'em ups of the 90s!

Pilot the RVA-818 X-LAY in RayForce with its revolutionary ""dual-layer attack"" system and face the AI Con-Human's defenses.

RayStorm has you fight the rebellious Secilian Federation with the R-Gray.

In RayCrisis, survive the antivirus systems with your Waverider and take down Con-Human while keeping your ""Encroachment"" level low

Enjoy the new HD versions of RayStorm and RayCrisis on Nintendo Switch with crisp polygonal graphics.

R-Gear is not included in the Download Version of Ray'z Arcade Chronology.

Set in a parallel universe to the original RayForce, the Earth and humanity have prospered enough to expand space colonies all the way into the arm of Orion in RayStorm. To maintain security, Earth imposes martial law, but a federation of colonies led by the colony of Secilia overthrows the Earth’s government and plans to obliterate the planet and all the people on it. To counter this, Earth sends out a covertly-developed fighter codenamed the R-Gray in hopes of penetrating the Secilian atmosphere and obliterating Secilia’s base of operations, the Juda Central System.

RayCrisis is set in a cyberspace environment and marked a style departure from the rest of the series. As a prequel to RayForce, it details the events during which the supercomputer called Con-Human gained sentience and rebelled against its human creators. While the Earth is demolished to be remade as Con-Human’s new corporeal form, a mecha-neurologist launches a desperate assault to jack into the supercomputer’s virtual core and cease its insanity. It is up to you to pilot the Waverider viruses and keep the malicious AI from causing any more chaos - even if it could be too late, you must ensure that no more lives are lost in the real world by stopping Con-Human in the digital realm.

"Your mission: blast out of this galaxy and find an exotic new planet and new possibilities for all of humanity. We have reports there are hostile forces gathering from all corners of the universe. The alien scum will stop at nothing to destroy you!

Story:
Your mission briefing, Captain Dorin Fischer, is to save the future of humanity by finding a place for us to live. Your training has prepared you to drop into a combat trance as you mow down endless aliens hostiles, but to succeed you'll need expert combat reflexes and piloting skills.

Enemies will come in waves. Stay alive as long as possible to collect salvage to upgrade your ship. But your enemies are improving too, each wave they will get stronger. The only path to the promised new world is to travel through space-time: a gateway between galaxies. Be warned, touching a crystal inside the gate could have dire consequences.

Good luck, Captain!

Toadomination is a rogulite, bullethell, looter shooter game that takes you into an ancient confrontation that lasts more than a decade, in a battle between a toad and a viper. Equip yourself with the most powerful weapon, collect capital and meet face to face with the sworn enemy.

It is now the Taisho era in a world similar to olden Japan during a period of rapid economic growth.
Fighter jets, tanks, and battleships have entered the war, and giants known as Guardians and Mugen are tearing their way through the battlefield.
This is the exciting stage of Akai Katana Shin, a horizontal shoot 'em up game.

This game that brings back all the charm of shmup games from the 80s/90s. X-Force Genesis is a frantic and chaotic space shooter created from big and beautiful graphics with insane boss battles. Embark on epic battles and stop enemies from establishing a military base in orbit around X-planet

Donuts in Space is an arcade shooter where the player destroys donut meteors and alien ships. Survive and collect powerups as you blast your way through a tasty galactic assault.

" MEGABLAST " is a shooting game released by TAITO in 1989.
At the end of the 21st century, while humanity prospers, with war and famine vanquished from the earth, a spate of kidnaps in which women from all over the world are taken to the dark nebula planet Zancs.
Operate the Megablast, a space fighter that represents the best of Earth's scientific capabilities, and rescue the women of your planet!

The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.
Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter in which you guide legendary heroes on a quest to defeat the Armies of Evil.

Countless Foes

Get hold of a deadly arsenal capable of slaying hundreds of enemies in seconds, and you may have a shot at defeating the fearsome Army Generals!

Power in your own hands

Use the unique skills of each hero to turn the tides when they least expect it. Enhance your trinkets and equipment and find powerful combinations that will evolve your weapons beyond their limits!

Upgrade your arsenal

Level up your skills between missions and test new combinations as you keep earning rewards, unlock new equipment to become even more powerful and face the hardest quests. Hundreds of challenges await you!

Quick and thrilling experience

Army of Ruin has been designed to offer a quick and thrilling game experience, while also focusing on simplicity and fun. Get ready to enjoy the game for hours!

Take to the skies once again as the last defender of humanity against overwhelming odds! Lovingly built to be enjoyed by newcomers and genre veterans alike, Danmaku Unlimited 3 is a perfect medley of the best aspects of classic bullet hell shooters wrapped up in a modern and approachable package.

Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!

Strap in and take off as Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX soars onto the scene! This enhanced version of Raiden III brings the action to PS4™ and PS5™, complete with a fresh, high-resolution coat of paint. Choose your game mode, wallpaper, background music,
and more before setting your sights on the World Rankings. With an arsenal of customization options and features, this title continues Raiden’s exhilarating push into the present!

In 2357, leaders of the galaxy S-08G signed a peace and cooperation treaty. In order to optimize the management of goods, the control of military forces and the well-being of the population, the computer program EVA was created on the artificial planet HELOS. A few years later, the EVA program’s governance caused social unrest across the galaxy. Military forces, now fully automated, directly attacked any attempt at rebellion.

Now a group of resistance fighters aims to restore freedom to the planets. Their mission is to attack EVA’s military bases and annihilate HELOS. LASERPITIUM is a side-scrolling 2D shoot’em up with multi-directional scrolling and parallax presented in hand-drawn HD graphics. Take control of one of three ships, each with a unique playstyle, and blast through enemy swarms across 10 cosmic stages of arcade-inspired action!

REPLIKATOR is a top-down shooter with roguelike elements, set in an abandoned space science complex.

In the role of a galactic mercenary, you will have to fight against hordes of crazed robots and ectoplasmic monsters. Explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.

Get ready for dynamic battles where you will constantly have to move and aim well to survive. The locations of rooms, enemies, and traps are procedurally generated, to insure a new challenge with every game!

BATSUGUN: a shoot-em-up!
Level up by defeating enemies and become stronger with experience!
Wipe out enemies with a storm of shots and bombers!
Aggressive bullet barrage shooter!

BATSUGUN: a dramatic shoot-em-up!
Experience a story with 6 unique pilots.
Depending on the character and teams you play with, dialogues and endings change!
Witness the war drama of the BATSUGUN crew!

BATSUGUN: a mechanical shoot-em-up!
The Revolutionary Army's battle tanks, fighter planes, and bipedal robots are approaching on land, at sea, and in the air!　
The moment these massive mecha are engulfed in explosions and reduced to scrap sure is satisfying.
Don't take your eyes off the screen to see what enemy will appear next.

BATSUGUN: a score attack shoot-em-up!
Destroy all the enemies and find the hidden bonuses.
The online ranking has been increased from the arcade version.
Aim for a high score of over 100 million!

More BATSUGUN options for a more BATSUGUN experience!
The original mode brings back the excitement of the arcade version, while the special mode has been revised with balance adjustments. Assist functions and customization will help you in the battlefields that await you!
[Assist functions for everything from redo to training]
Rewind to redo mistakes, save & load, choose your favorite stage and power-ups to start, retry with a remaining aircraft... those features that were not available in the original home version have now been added! The score has also been extended for more challenge.
[Customize your gameplay with extra settings!]
The Boost Up HUD displays the experience gauge, the hidden bonus scores, the name of the currently playing BGM, and a playlist function that allows you to play with your favorite version of BGM. Choose your favorite screen size from three screen modes: Home, Arcade, or Portrait screen.
[Newly Arranged Music Added!]
Newly arranged music by fantastic game music composers such as Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, Hagane, Daisuke Matsumoto, and WASi303 has been added! Enjoy the unique music of this title with the playlist function!

What is BATSUGUN?
BATSUGUN is an arcade shooting game by Toaplan released in 1993, and a pioneer of the bullet hell genre. Revisit a classic of a game with its large number of bullets covering the screen, its easy concept, even for beginners, and its unique balance.

"MAZINGER Z" is a shooter released by BANPRESTO (Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1994.
Take control of Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, and Grendizer, and use shooting, punches, and super weapons to take on Dr. Hell's Underground Empire! Supports up to two players at once.

The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.
Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

Play alone, together with friends or against your friends, and show your navigation and reaction skills in 6 different game modes and countless levels.

It’s fast. It’s fun. It’s addicting.
Deafest the enemy tanks while dodging their deadly bullets.
Improve your aim and maneuver skill while war itself is trying to end your adventure.
Level by level the enemy's tanks get faster, smarter, and deadlier.
Can you make it to the end and defeat their leader?

Play alone. Play with your friends. Play against your friends.
- Play the single-player campaign to practice your skills and beat the game by yourself.
- Finish the campaign with 2 players in the co-op mode.

Best PS4 Shoot Em Up Games

Arcade Archives KING & BALLOON

Zero Fire - Toaplan Arcade Garage -

Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers

REMEDIUM: Sentinels

UltraGoodness

Arcade Archives STRATO FIGHTER

Aliens Attack

Feeble Light

Ray’z Arcade Chronology

RayStorm x RayCrisis HD Collection

Shootvaders: The Beginning

Toadomination

Akai Katana Shin

X-Force Genesis

Donuts in Space

Arcade Archives MEGABLAST

Army of Ruin

Danmaku Unlimited 3

Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX

LASERPITIUM

REPLIKATOR

BATSUGUN Saturn Tribute Boosted

Arcade Archives MAZINGER Z

Tanky Tanks 2

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