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is a vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game released by Taito in 1983. The player controls a miniaturized ship moving through a human's body while shooting viruses. It was licensed by Fox Video Games, as it is based on the 20th Century Fox film Fantastic Voyage. It is based on the Taito SJ System arcade machine.

1998 vertical-scrolling shooter arcade video game developed by Cave

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Nanostray is a vertically scrolling shooter for the Nintendo DS. The user takes control of a futuristic spacecraft against a horde of enemies. A sequel, Nanostray 2, was released in 2008.

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is a 1996 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and published by Taito. It has been ported to several consoles, including the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and Xbox 360. Players control a starship, the R-Gray, in its mission to destroy the Secilia Federation before it destroys Earth.

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is a 1998 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and published by Taito. A PlayStation home release was published in 2000 as RayCrisis: Series Termination. It is the third in the Ray series of games, serving as a prequel to RayForce.

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is a 1995 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Taito in Japan, America and Europe. Set in the year 3195, where a robot known as "Huge Boss" stole a newly developed time machine to travel back in time and rewrite human history, players assume the role of one of the six fighter pilots taking control of their own space fighter craft in an effort to overthrow the evil entity from altering history.

is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and originally published by T&E Soft for the MSX2 home computers. It was later ported to the X68000 and Mega Drive, published by Palsoft, followed by digital re-releases for Microsoft Windows. Both the MSX2 and X68000 versions also received physical re-releases by Japanese retailer BEEP. It follows a group of characters in rescue of queen Althea from Zidane, a kingdom surrounded by barriers connected with the demon world, whose monsters have overflowed it. Controlling either a fighter, wizard, or ninja, the player can choose from six

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Karous (カラス, karasu, "crows") is a vertical-scrolling shooter video game developed by MileStone Inc. for the Sega NAOMI platform and released in Japanese arcades on November 15, 2006. The game was later ported to the Sega Dreamcast, becoming the system's last officially licensed title when it was released in Japan on March 8, 2007.

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is a 1999 vertical scrolling shooter developed by Cave and published by Atlus.

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Dimahoo is a medieval-themed manic shooter video game developed by 8ing/Raizing and published by Capcom on the arcade cabinets in 2000. It was released in Japan as . It is a sequel to 1993's Sorcer Striker and 1994's Kingdom Grand Prix. The game's soundtrack was published by Suleputer.

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is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter developed by Crux and released in arcades by Taito in 1984. Ports to the Famicom and MSX followed. The player flies a helicopter that can shoot air and ground targets.

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