In the vast cosmos of retro video games, certain titles stand out for their innovation, challenge, and enduring appeal. One such game is DropZone.

On November 27, 1984, DropZone, the legendary Defender-style game from Archer Maclean, first took flight, captivating players worldwide. DropZone was widely regarded as the best Defender-style game on home computers and consoles, leaving a lasting mark on gaming history, inspiring generations, and setting a standard for its genre. As we celebrate its 40th anniversary, we honour its remarkable legacy. Reimagined for fans both old and new and crafted from Archer’s original source code, Archer Maclean's DropZone: 40th Anniversary Edition officially celebrates four decades of this iconic classic.

Archer Maclean’s DropZone - 40th Anniversary Edition celebrates the game's storied history by introducing upgraded graphics that retain the retro aesthetic—a careful balance of old and new.

In recent years, retro video games have experienced a dramatic resurgence, captivating audiences with a blend of nostalgia, accessibility, and straightforward, engaging gameplay. System 3, founded in 1982, has played a pivotal role in this revival.

What to Expect from the Anniversary Edition

The anniversary edition brings updated visuals and refined controls while staying true to the original’s essence. DropZone’s high-definition graphics retain the pixel art charm of the 1980s, now adapted for modern displays. Players can seamlessly switch between classic 8-bit and updated visuals in real time, a unique feature for a retro remake.

Controls have been optimized for precision on today’s hardware. The "Full Original Retro Mode" allows players to instantly switch back to the authentic graphics and sound of 1984. For true retro fans only – if you're not into classic retro games, this isn’t for you!

Arenas Of Tanks is a fun and imaginative experience of being a toy tank. In each level, you'll face off against opposing toy vehicles in a challenge emphasizing movement and accuracy. Find cover, use the radar, shoot and ricochet projectiles, and find scraps to replenish your health and gain bonus points. Trade in points to recruit friendly tanks to join the battle and enhance your team. Arenas Of Tanks offers the choice between multiple colorful arenas, varied game objectives, and devastating bosses to battle against. Features * Toy tank tactical action * Choose from 5 different arenas * Choose from 5 different gameplay goals * Earn tanks for your team * Epic boss combat

Wired from the ashes of twin stick Shooters, Arksync evolves the genre with breakneck player movement and lethal enemy AI. Kill for energy to buy weapons, utilities, and upgrades; risk it all as you enter the depths of the evacuation facility. It's the only way to take this robot teddy bear home.

Armed and Gelatinous: Couch Edition pits you against friends and family in fast-paced games of blob warfare in the far reaches of space. Absorb a variety of weapons, trading agility for firepower, dodging waves of bullets and deadly dash attacks! Team up and throw down in Soccer, Blitz or Dodgeball!

Raze the road less traveled with your Vulvehicle, the ultimate all-purpose armored combat machine! Whether flying through the sky, or burrowing deep underground, these gals stop at nothing to blast through terrain and enemies alike in this comical action STG!

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!

<p>You are Roy Becket, a young pilot with dreams of becoming as skilled as his adoptive father. When a galactic war with an ancient mechanical alien race reaches its boiling point, Roy is forced to spring into action and take control of an otherworldly bipedal war machine in hopes of saving what's left of humanity. Joining Roy is a young girl who claims to have escaped the clutches of the nefarious aliens. Forever altered through horrible experimentation, she now possesses the very abilities humanity will need to push back the doomsday clock.</p>

Astro Flame Starfighter is a classic scrolling shooter with modern 3D graphics. Upgrade the systems of your spaceship, upgrade your weapons and sweep away hordes of enemies on your way.

Features:
- Stunning visual effects
- Upgrade spaceship and weapons between missions
- Epic battles with formidable bosses
- 15 levels

Astroblaze is a side-scrolling shoot'em'up game where you have to defend your planet against an alien invasion. Fight your way through hordes of aliens to rescue abducted civilians and increase your score. Upgrade your weapons system, collect dockable satellites for your ship, activate shields, and drop bombs to defeat the enemy. Escape seemingly hopeless situations with the dash attack. All this is accompanied by a gripping, psychedelic ethno-trance soundtrack that barely leaves you time to catch your breath.

Astronite is a metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.

ASTROSMASH® was originally designed by John Sohl for the Intellivision® console in 1981 and quickly became one of the most popular games of its time. It sold more than a million copies and earned its spot in the top-5 best-selling Intellivision® games ever. In this space-themed game, players use a laser cannon to destroy incoming meteors, bombs, and other targets.

In ASTROSMASH® you control a laser cannon that scrolls left or right along a flat plane to target falling objects, such as large or small meteors, spinning bombs, guided missiles, or an UFO that crosses the screen from time to time at higher levels. Low hills and stars are seen in the background.

There are many types of targets, each of which may move at various speeds. As the game advances, the range of speed increases.

The game has ten levels, each of which features different objects. Each level is represented by a different beautiful background and amazing background music. Sounds and background music are perfectly synchronized with the gameplay. This is a masterpiece compiled by famous composer Tommy Tallarico. He has won over 35 industry awards and has worked on more than 300 game titles.

Players have the option to fire single shots by pressing the fire button or to switch to automatic fire with multiple shots per second. The hyperspace option moves the laser cannon to a random location, which may or may not be safer than the starting point.

This ASTROSMASH® reincarnation is much more exciting, more visually appealing, and somewhat more challenging without straying from the game’s original theme and gameplay. The new graphics are phenomenal and the amazing background music – compiled by the famous game music composer Tommy Tallarico – adds incredible excitement to this video game classic. Plus, ASTROSMASH® now enables players to co-operate or play against each other; locally or online – even across platforms - for up to four players.

• Single player mode
• Co-op and versus mode
• Local and online multiplayer modes up to 4 players (cross platform)
• 10 different levels
• Different kind of enemies like spaceships, asteroids, UFOs
• Fantastic graphics
• Superb sounds compiled and designed by famous game music composer Tommy Tallarico
• Keyboard and Joystick support

The new style of "Shoot 'em up" that you've been looking for.  This game brings you the thrill, urgency and fantastic experience of an authentic arcade shooting game. Evade enemy bullets and take them down. Unleash your competitive spirit by going up against their deadly shooting.
You must survive this Bullet Hell across 22 different universes. Diverse and delicate enemy attack patterns lead to intense skirmishes! The aircraft can shoot while rotating (180 degrees). Use this function to gain a tactical advantage over your enemies. Identify their patterns and upgrade weapons to clear threats from the treacherous Space Stages

Atomic Heist is a sci-fi roguelike twin-stick shooter. Control your combat ship and fight your way out of the overrun space station. The nuclear core you have to steal is leaking radiation, so you need to hurry and escape! Manage your ammo carefully and collect power-ups to enhance your ship. Discover the secrets of the space station and pull off the <strong>Atomic Heist</strong>.

Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.

Save the world from entitlement.

Defend your city to your last breath in this zany, rambunctious roguelite shoot 'em up. An evil alien pathogen has mutated four spoiled women and turned them into cyborgs with massive robot armies. It's up to you to cancel them forever!

Defeat the four Karens in challenging boss battles.

Fight hordes of evil Karen minions, from expired coupon launchers to angry coffee cups across six different environments.
Grow more powerful every run by spending your hard earned modules on stat and weapon upgrades.

The player pilots Avenger, the latest helicopter equipped with a main weapon, sub weapon, and special weapon.
A fun and satisfyingly difficult strategic shooter game featuring a helicopter with directional attacks, selectable missions, and a diverging storyline.

SOUND AND VISUAL MODES INCLUDED
Experience the iconic cutscenes and music that are synonymous with Telenet titles, whenever you want! This collection includes convenient features like save/load anywhere, rewind, and other quality of life upgrades.

Azure Reflections is an insane, side-scrolling bullet hell fangame based on one of the hottest shooting game series to come out of Japan, the Touhou Project! Enemies come at you from all directions with a relentless hail of bullets! Fight back with a well-timed Danmaku Rush to tear your way through bullets and enemies alike!

STORY

The inhabitants of planet Terraferus have detected a hostile alien force at the edge of the Ferus system. Terraferus military forces had been sent to confront it, but have returned as brainwashed puppets of the aliens. With the initial forces brainwashed it is up to the Bad Chicken mercenary team to protect the Ferus system and take down the hostile menace.

DESCRIPTION

Bad Chicken is a retro styled sideway scrolling shoot-em-up inspired by the retro classics. It takes place in 8 locations in the Ferus system, each one with different challenges, and dangers. The difficulty has been carefully handcrafted to provide a fair challenge, and each location is deadlier than the last.

A girl named Herb who claims to be a great witch lives in a poisonous swamp on the outskirts of a faraway country. One day, a red jewel is stolen from a shrine under her control. Herb escapes the swamp for the first time in order to recover her jewels.

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.

A modern warfare FPS game powered by a next-generation engine, featuring stunning, realistic graphics! Become a member of the world's most elite special forces!

Battle Planet - Judgement Day is a planetary rogue-lite top-down shooter. You are one of the universe's 3 most wanted criminals on the run, fighting your way through hordes of aliens, military and police units. There is only one way to reclaim your freedom - destroy them all...

Take command of a gunboat on an urgent mission to intercept stolen military intelligence and destroy the enemy’s advanced weapon systems! Battle Stations Blockade is an intense 3D rail shooter presented in voxel style. Receive orders and then set out on treacherous waters as you control a pair of gun turrets, shooting down aircraft, destroying boats and battleships, clearing mines, taking out paratroopers and more.

But watch your health! Each turret has a damage meter that will need to be replenished by eliminating targets, or you’ll fail the mission. Complete your assignments to climb in rank and unlock better weapons for your gunboat turrets, enabling you to shoot for even higher scores. Man both turrets in solo play or team up with a friend in local co-op!

BDSM is the first satirical action RPG where you get to play Lou, Satan’s son! Get some booze, kill the traitors, save Hell and rescue the hottest demoness from the clutches of those nasty people and mega-corporations!

Experience shoot'em up like you have never before. 'Beekyr Reloaded' is a 2D Arcade Shmup that alternates vertical and horizontal gameplay through enjoyable up to 28 stages.

Best Switch Shoot Em Up Games

Archer Maclean's DropZone: 40th Anniversary Edition

Arenas Of Tanks

Arksync

Armed and Gelatinous: Couch Edition

Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES

Army of Ruin

Astebreed

Astro Flame Starfighter

Astroblaze DX

Astronite

Astrosmash

AstroWings: Space War

Atomic Heist

ATOMINE

Attack of the Karens

AVENGER

Azure Reflections

Bad Chicken

Barrage Fantasia

BATSUGUN Saturn Tribute Boosted

Battle Force

Battle Planet - Judgement Day

Battle Stations Blockade

BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre

Beekyr Reloaded

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