List of Super Famicom and Super Nintendo shooter games
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The following is a list of shooter games developed for the Super Famicom System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...

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First-person shooter

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Doom Doom Doom Doom MG
Faceball 2000 Faceball 2000 MG
Super 3D Noah's Ark
Super 3D Noah's Ark
Super Noah's Ark 3D is an unlicensed video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and for DOS. It was released by the biblical video game producer Wisdom Tree in 1994, and was the only commercial SNES game that was not officially sanctioned by Nintendo...

Super 3D Noah's Ark MG
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D is a video game that is generally regarded by critics and gaming journalists as having both popularized the first-person shooter genre on the PC and created the basic archetype upon which all subsequent games of the same genre would be built. It was created by id Software and...

Wolfenstein 3D Wolfenstein 3D Wolfenstein 3D MG

Light gun shooter

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Battle Clash
Battle Clash
Battle Clash, known in Japan as , is a mecha-themed light gun shooting game produced by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in...

Battle Clash Battle Clash Space Bazooka MG
Bazooka Blitzkrieg
Bazooka Blitzkrieg
Bazooka Blitzkrieg is a video game software released for the Super NES which makes use of the Super Scope light gun. It was released in 1992 by Bandai....

Bazooka Blitzkrieg Destructive MG
Lethal Enforcers
Lethal Enforcers
Lethal Enforcers is a 1992 shooting game released for the arcades by Konami. It is best known for its revolver-shaped light gun known as the Konami Justifier, its digitized graphics, and the controversy over its content.Home versions were released for the Super NES, Sega Genesis and Sega CD during...

Lethal Enforcers Lethal Enforcers Lethal Enforcers MG
M.A.C.S. Basic Rifle Marksmanship M.A.C.S. Basic Rifle Marksmanship Other
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge is a mecha-themed light gun shooting game released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in produced by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems...

Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge MG
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Thunderbolt is a one- or two-player shooter arcade game by Taito made in 1988.-Description:Operation Thunderbolt is the sequel to Operation Wolf. Roy Adams and Hardy Jones, two green berets, must save American hostages from a hijacked airliner which was forced to land in the fictional...

Operation Thunderbolt GF
Revolution X
Revolution X
Revolution X is a arcade rail shooter game developed and published by Midway, featuring the rock band Aerosmith. The game features gameplay similar to Midway's earlier Terminator 2: Judgment Day...

Revolution X Revolution X Revolution X GF
Super Scope 6
Super Scope 6
, known as Nintendo Scope 6 in Europe and Australia, was the title Nintendo bundled with the Super Scope for the Super NES. As the name suggests, the cartridge contains six games that require the Super Scope to play.-Title screen and calibration:...

Super Scope 6 Nintendo Scope 6 Super NES Super Scope 6 MG
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (arcade game)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the name of an arcade game released by WMS Industries in 1991. The game is loosely based on the film of the same name...

T2: The Arcade Game T2: The Arcade Game T2: The Arcade Game GF
Tin Star Tin Star GF
X-Zone
X-Zone
X-Zone is a game released in 1992 by Kemco for the Super NES. It was one of the few games to support the Super Scope light gun. The players assume the role of a soldier in flying power-armor assigned to destroy an army of malfunctioning defense robots commanded by a sentient bio-computer in its...

X-Zone X-Zone MG
Yoshi's Safari
Yoshi's Safari
Yoshi's Safari, known in Japan as is a video game made for the Super NES in 1993.Yoshi's Safari takes advantage of the Super Nintendo's mode 7 capability, which allows backgrounds to be transformed by rotating or stretching it.-Gameplay:...

Yoshi's Safari Yoshi's Safari Yoshi no Road Hunting MG

Fixed shooters

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Cosmo Gang: The Video Cosmo Gang: The Video AG
Galaxy Wars
Galaxy Wars
Galaxy Wars is an arcade video game developed by Universal , and manufactured by Taito in 1979.-Gameplay:Depress the fire button for a missile. The missile speed increases when depressing the fire button continuously. Guide the missile from a stationary launch pad to the top of the screen to blow...

Galaxy Wars AG
Kidou Senshi Gundam F91: Formula Senki 0122 Kidou Senshi Gundam F91: Formula Senki 0122
Marchen Adventure Cotton 100% Marchen Adventure Cotton 100% AG
SD Kidou Senshi Gundam: V Sakusen Shidou SD Kidou Senshi Gundam: V Sakusen Shidou AG
Smash TV
Smash TV
Smash TV is a 1990 arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams. Home versions were developed for various platforms and most were published by Acclaim Entertainment.-Description:...

Super Smash TV Super Smash TV Super Smash TV AG
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to...

Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders: The Original Game AG
Spriggan Powered
Spriggan Powered
is a 1996 Japan-exclusive side-scrolling shooting game which was released for the Super Famicom and was also available for the Satellaview.It is the third Spriggan game released by Naxat Soft, after Seirei Senshi Spriggan and Spriggan Mark 2: Re Terraform Project, both from Turbo CD.-See also:*...

Spriggan Powered AG
Super Buster Bros. Super Buster Bros. Super Pang Super Pang
Wild Guns
Wild Guns
Wild Guns is a fixed-view third-person shooter by Natsume for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in in Japan and in in North America. The PAL version was released in and published by Titus Software...

Wild Guns Wild Guns Wild Guns

Multidirectional shooter

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Chaos Engine, The
The Chaos Engine
The Chaos Engine is a top-down run and gun computer game developed by the Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software in 1993. The game is set in a steampunk Victorian age in which one or two players must battle the hostile creations of the titular Chaos Engine across four landscapes and...

Soldiers of Fortune Chaos Engine, The AG
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf AG
Ghoul Patrol
Ghoul Patrol
Ghoul Patrol is a Super Nintendo/Super Famicom video game that is a sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors. It was released in September 1994 by LucasArts and later on the Wii Virtual Console in North America on January 25, 2010 and the PAL region on May 14, 2010...

Ghoul Patrol Ghoul Patrol Ghoul Patrol AG
Jungle Strike Jungle Strike Jungle Strike Jungle Strike AG
Operation Logic Bomb
Operation Logic Bomb
Operation Logic Bomb, known in Japan as is a overhead action video game developed and published by Jaleco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was first released in Japan on April 23, 1993, and later in North America in September of 1993. It is the second sequel to the Game Boy game...

Operation Logic Bomb Operation Logic Bomb Ikari no Yousai AG
Pocky & Rocky
Pocky & Rocky
Pocky & Rocky, known in Japan as , is a scrolling shooter video game with action elements licensed by Taito to Natsume, who developed and published the game for release in Japan in 1992 and the rest of the world in 1993...

Pocky & Rocky Pocky & Rocky KiKi KaiKai: Nazo no Kuro Manto AG
Pocky & Rocky 2
Pocky & Rocky 2
Pocky & Rocky 2 is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Natsume in Japan and North America, and published in PAL regions by Ocean Software for the Super NES video game console...

Pocky & Rocky 2 Pocky & Rocky 2 Kiki KaiKai: Tsukiyo Soushi AG
Total Carnage
Total Carnage
Total Carnage is an arcade shooter, developed by Mark Turmell for Midway in 1991. The game was released for the SNES in 1993 and the Amiga CD32, Amiga, and DOS in 1994. Later the game was re-released in 2004, as part of Midway Arcade Treasures 2 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube...

Total Carnage Total Carnage AG
Urban Strike Urban Strike Urban Strike AG
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Zombies Ate My Neighbors, released as Zombies in Europe and Australia, is a run and gun video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo consoles. The game was developed, distributed and produced by LucasArts and published by Konami.-Gameplay:The player chooses between two...

Zombies Ate My Neighbors Zombies WP
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Zombies Ate My Neighbors, released as Zombies in Europe and Australia, is a run and gun video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo consoles. The game was developed, distributed and produced by LucasArts and published by Konami.-Gameplay:The player chooses between two...


Run and gun

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Contra III: The Alien Wars
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Contra III: The Alien Wars, released in Japan as and in the PAL region as Super Probotector: Alien Rebels, is a run and gun game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System produced by Konami...

Contra III: The Alien Wars Super Probotector: Alien Rebels Contra Spirits WP
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Contra III: The Alien Wars, released in Japan as and in the PAL region as Super Probotector: Alien Rebels, is a run and gun game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System produced by Konami...

GunForce
GunForce
, or simply titled as GunForce, is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Irem for the arcades in . The game was later ported by Bits Studios and published by Irem to the Super Famicom exclusively in Japan in ....

GunForce GunForce Gunforce: Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island
Sunset Riders
Sunset Riders
is a side-scrolling run-and-gun style shoot-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in . The game is set during the American Old West, where the player takes control of a bounty hunter who is seeking the rewards offered for various criminals. The coin-op version was released in two...

Sunset Riders Sunset Riders WP
Sunset Riders
is a side-scrolling run-and-gun style shoot-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in . The game is set during the American Old West, where the player takes control of a bounty hunter who is seeking the rewards offered for various criminals. The coin-op version was released in two...


Scrolling shooters

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Acrobat Mission
Acrobat Mission
Acrobat Mission is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by UPL in 1991, licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution. It was ported to Nintendo Super Famicom in 1992.-Story:...

Acrobat Mission AG
Aero Fighters
Aero Fighters
Aero Fighters is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in 1992 by Video System, ported to the Super Famicom in 1993 and the Super Nintendo in 1994....

Aero Fighters Sonic Wings AG
Axelay
Axelay
Axelay is a scrolling shooter video game developed by Konami of Japan for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released on September 11, 1992 in Japan, later in that month in North America, and the following year in Europe...

Axelay Axelay Axelay AG
Biometal
BioMetal (video game)
BioMetal is a single-player horizontal scrolling shooter game released on June 1, 1993 for the Super NES . The game features six different weapons to combat the BioMetals, an extraterrestrial race determined to destroy the human race...

Biometal Biometal BioMetal AG
BlaZeon
BlaZeon
is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Atlus in 1992 and was ported to the Super NES in the same year. The game's most distinguishable feature is that players come equipped with a device that allows them to freeze and control certain robots....

BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge BlaZeon AG
Caravan Shooting Collection Caravan Shooting Collection AG
Choplifter III
Choplifter III
is a 1994 Shoot-'Em-Up video game for the Super NES.-Summary:It was released both in North America, Europe and Japan. In Europe, a remake of Choplifter II was released under the same name, and later ported to Game Gear. Despite the confusing name change, these are not conversions of the Super...

Choplifter III Choplifter III Choplifter III AG
Choujikuu Yousai Macross - Scrambled Valkyrie Choujikuu Yousai Macross - Scrambled Valkyrie AG
D-Force D-Force Dimensional Force AG
Darius Twin
Darius Twin
Darius Twin is a horizontal scrolling shooter for the Super Nintendo, released in 1991 and is part of the Darius series. It was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on April 13, 2010 and in North America on December 13, 2010.-Story:...

Darius Twin Darius Twin Darius Twin AG
Dezaemon Dezaemon: Kaite Tsukutte Asoberu
(Fan Translated)
AG
Firepower 2000 Firepower 2000 Super Swiv Super SWIV AG
Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken AG
Gokujō Parodius! ~Kako no Eikō o Motomete~ Gokujō Parodius! ~Kako no Eikō o Motomete~ MG
Gradius III
Gradius III
Gradius III, known in Japan as , is a side-scrolling shooting game originally released for the arcades in Japan and Asia in . It is the second sequel to the original Gradius for the arcades following Gradius II, and was followed by Gradius IV. Gradius III was rereleased for the Super Nintendo...

Gradius III Gradius III AG
Great Battle IV, The Great Battle IV, The AG
Great Battle V, The Great Battle V, The AG
Hunt for Red October, The Hunt for Red October, The Hunt for Red October, The Hunt for Red October, The AG
Imperium Imperium Kidou Soukou Dion AG
Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius AG
Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D
Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D
Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D is a platform game designed by French developer Loriciel and published by Electro Brain for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and PC MS-DOS in 1993. The game features several contrasting modes of gameplay, including side-view platforming, top-view, and...

Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D AG
Parodius Da! -Shinwa kara Owarai e- Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy Parodius Da! -Shinwa kara Owarai e- AG
Phalanx
Phalanx (video game)
Phalanx is a space shooter video game designed by ZOOM Inc. for the Sharp X68000, and Kemco for the Super Nintendo and Game Boy Advance.Phalanx is infamous for the incongruous box art in its American release: it displays a bearded elderly man dressed in overalls, wearing a fedora and playing a...

Phalanx Phalanx Phalanx: The Enforce Fighter A-144 AG
Pop'n TwinBee
Pop'n Twinbee
Pop'n Twinbee is a top-view shoot-'em-up game originally released in by Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan and Europe. It is the sixth game in the TwinBee and a direct follow-up to the arcade game Detana!! TwinBee...

Pop'n TwinBee Pop'n TwinBee MG
R-Type III: The Third Lightning
R-Type III: The Third Lightning
R-Type III: The Third Lightning is a 1993 horizontally-scrolling shooter video game developed by Irem.-Description:R-Type III was originally released only on the Super NES, but later ported to the Game Boy Advance. The SNES version has been recently released for download at Virtual Console. It was...

R-Type III: The Third Lightning R-Type III: The Third Lightning R-Type III: The Third Lightning AG
Raiden
Raiden (arcade game)
is a scrolling shooter arcade game that was developed by Seibu Kaihatsu. It was the first game in the popular Raiden series of scrolling shooter arcade games.Raiden first made its debut in September 1990...

Raiden Trad Raiden Densetsu AG
Rendering Ranger: R2
Rendering Ranger: R2
Rendering Ranger: R2 is a 1995 Super Famicom side scrolling action video game that is gun-oriented.-Summary:Players control the titular Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier tasked with defending the Earth and its remaining inhabitants from a devastating alien invasion...

Rendering Ranger: R2 AG
Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon
Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon
Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game that teaches players about the hazards of smoking tobacco cigarettes. The initial development of the game received support from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.-Story and Gameplay:Jake Westboro is...

Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon AG
SD Kidou Senshi Gundam 2 SD Kidou Senshi Gundam 2 AG
Sparkster Sparkster Sparkster Sparkster
Strike Gunner S.T.G.
Strike Gunner S.T.G.
is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up video game originally released on the arcades in 1991 by Athena, and Tecmo then later ported for the Super Nintendo...

Strike Gunner S.T.G. Strike Gunner S.T.G. Strike Gunner AG
Super Air Diver 2 Super Air Diver 2 AG
Super Aleste
Super Aleste
Super Aleste is a vertical-scrolling shooter video game, published by Toho and part of the Aleste series by Compile. In a traditional fashion, the player pilots a space ship through a variety of locales crawling with enemy squadrons to shoot down, though the story in the Japanese version is...

Space Megaforce Super Aleste Super Aleste AG
Super Dropzone Super Dropzone AG
Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force
Super Earth Defense Force
Earth Defense Force is a horizontal shooter game developed and published by Jaleco for the SNES. Originally an arcade game, it featured a two player cooperative gaming mode which was later removed during its port to the SNES...

Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force Super Earth Defense Force AG
Super Nova Super Nova Darius Force AG
Super R-Type
Super R-Type
Super R-Type is a shooter game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System , developed and published by Irem in 1991. It is an original game based on elements from both R-Type and R-Type II...

Super R-Type Super R-Type Super R-Type AG
Syvalion
Syvalion
is an arcade video game released by Taito in 1988. The player controls a metal dragon with shooter gameplay. This game was designed by Fukio Mitsuji, creator of Bubble Bobble.It was re-released for PC, PS2 and Xbox as a part of Taito Legends 2 in 2006.-Trivia:...

Syvalion Syvalion AG
Thunder Spirits
Thunder Spirits
Thunder Spirits is a scrolling shooter video game for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo released by Technosoft and Toshiba in 1991. The game is part of the Thunder Force series. It is a port of the dually copyrighted Technosoft/Sega arcade game Thunder Force AC, which itself is actually a modified...

Thunder Spirits Thunder Spirits AG
U.N. Squadron
U.N. Squadron
U.N. Squadron is a 1989 side scrolling shooting game released for the CPS arcade hardware by Capcom. The game was released in Japan as and is based on the manga series of the same name, featuring the same main characters. Here, their mission is to stop a terrorist group known as Project 4...

U.N. Squadron U.N. Squadron Area 88 AG
Uchū no Kishi: Tekkaman Blade Uchū no Kishi: Tekkaman Blade
(Fan Translated)
AG

Tube and rail shooters

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HyperZone
HyperZone
is a shooter video game developed by HAL Laboratory, Inc. for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was one of the first games to be released for the console and is notably one of the few "3D scrolling shooter" types available...

HyperZone HyperZone HyperZone WP
HyperZone
is a shooter video game developed by HAL Laboratory, Inc. for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was one of the first games to be released for the console and is notably one of the few "3D scrolling shooter" types available...

Vortex
Vortex (video game)
Vortex is a 3D shooter game developed by Argonaut Software and released by Electro Brain for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in September 1994...

Vortex Vortex Vortex
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