"Aurikon" pictured above.

1 Hit Wing Commander

Head to head World War II battle. Similar in gameplay to the classic Atari Combat.

Requires accurate timing skills and fairly rapid button presses.

(c) 2005 Evil Entities

Alien Abduction

Abduct all the aliens within a time limit. Requires moderate to highly accurate timing skills.

Special Effect review for Alien Abduction.

(C) 2005 HavSoft.co.uk

Archaist

Highly adjustable and accessible treasure hunt/shoot-em-up game. Features a wealth of difficulty, graphics and control method adjustment. 2006 Retro Remakes prize winner.

(C) 2006 Michi.nu (PC and Mac)

Atom Cruncher

Shoot the red circles, don't shoot the blue crosses. Requires moderate timing skills and fairly rapid button presses.

(C) 2005 Trevor 'Smila' Storey

Aurikon

Flee from or destroy an onslaught of baddies. Highly accessible shoot-em-up. Requires accurate timing skills as the game progresses.

Special Effect review for Aurikon.

(C) 2005 Aggressive Game Designs

Cheat 7

Shoot incoming planes. Game ends when 20 planes escape. Game suits a wide variety of abilities.

(C) 2005 Step 5 written by Patrick Becker

Dr. Who

Shoot the Daleks. Requires fast reactions and button presses.

(C) 2005 Trevor 'Smila' Storey

The Dragon's Crystal

Shoot-em-up similar in some ways to Atari's Dragon Spirit. Requires moderate timing skills.

(C) 2005 Black Rat Studios written by D. Eugene Perry

Flossy Siege

Drop various objects on top of attacking crocodiles to repel their attacks. Requires very accurate timing skills.

(C) 2005 ovinebydesign

Gunslinger

Simple shoot-em-up. When the Gunslinger twitches - press your button to fire.

(C) 2005 Joel Blackwell

Ketchup Factory

Defend yourself by shooting at incoming tomatoes. Requires accurate timing skills.

(C) 2005 Georg Rottensteiner (Endurion).

Mission Control

Shoot the green ships, avoid the blues, and get the power ups. Requires accurate timing skills.

(C) 2005 Bedroom Coder written by Dan Evans (Deadmaster).

The Pyramid

Retro Remakes 2006 Competition Winner. One of the most accessible games to date, and great fun to boot. Highly recommended.

(C) 2006 PugFugly Games written by Chris Roper.

Save the Satellite

Defend yourself against incoming baddies. Requires moderate to very accurate timing skills and rapid button presses.

(C) 2005 Cali.

Scorch Went Bonkers

Highly accessible competitive shoot-em-up for one to five players. Requires good judgement (or luck!).

(C) 2005 Jakub Wasilewski

Sentinella

Save the Human Race. Tense game with similarities to Robotron: 2084. Requires a quick memory, good anticipation and moderate to fast reactions.

(C) 2005 Leonardo 'Saleo' Sala

Space Charge

Space themed shoot-em-up. Requires moderately quick reactions.

(C) 2005 Normo

Spotty Storm

Abstract shoot-em-up. Requires a powerful PC to run correctly.

(C) 2005 Firelight Multimedia (Astu)

The Life In Matter

Dodge and collect game where you try to spiral to the centre of the screen. Requires increasingly fast reactions as the game progresses.

(C) 2005 Iteration Games