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Ikari Warriors
Ikari Warriors is a 1986 Arcade, Run and Gun Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game played from a top-down perspective developed by SNK and published by Tradewest. In the game, the player controls the characters named as 2nd Lieutenant Clark and Colonel Ralf throughout the game. At the beginning of the game, the player assumes the role of the commando-like warrior, who must struggle to reach the beautiful village of Ikari. During the mission, enemy units struggling to take down the player including enemy soldiers, tanks, and helicopters. There are lots of unique power-ups available along the way assists the player to victory. The player explores the land from a top-down perspective, move in vertical position and kill hordes of enemies to score points. The weapon of the player has been updated after collecting power-ups. It has multiple levels, and the player must avoid enemy attacks in each level while killing them all to save the world from devastation. Ikari Warriors includes core features such as Play as a Commander, Score the highest Points, Collect Power-ups, and more.
#1 Mercenary Kings
Mercenary Kings is another great title that offers aesthetics similar to Contra series games and provides with a brillian Action filled Shooting and Run and Gun experience. This addictive Action, Side-Scrolling, Run and Gun video game offers fantastic Crafting options and allows you to loot whatever you want. Mercenary Kings features beautiful old school combat system similar to the one in award winning Metal Slug, Contra and Monster Hunter series and offers action-packed encounters with enemies and bosses. Interaction with NPCs, Crafting weapons and other items, multiple challenging game missions, Multiplayer Co-op support, brilliant visuals and an immersive game-play, Mercenary Kings is a fun game to play.
#2 Rochard
Rochard is an engaging Action-Adventure, Puzzle-Platform and Sci-Fi Run and Gun video game by Recoil Games. The story of the game focuses on the main character of the game John Rochard leader of astro-miners who gets hired by the Skyring Corporation to explore and gather resources from an asteroid. While on the Asteroid, the whole team of Rochard vanishes suddenly and he finds himself tied to a strange ancient structure hidden beneath the surface of the asteroid. John frees himself and starts the search of his team when he comes to know about the attack of space bandits. This is where you get into the character of John Rochard and you must start your journey of freeing your team mates from the space bandits. You must also defeat an army of droids and turrets to reach to the command center of the bandits, defeat their boss, free the team mates and evade the asteroid for good. Rochard provides with an astonishingly action-packed, platform oriented game-play, great graphic details and a super engaging game story. Rochard offers an amazing expansion pack Rochard: Hard times for some more thrill, challenging puzzle levels and more downloadable content.
#3 Outland
Outland, created by Housemarque is an Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform Gun and Gun video game. Along with a similar game-play and mechanics to a lot of big names of the genre, Outland provides with a unique Polarity System. The story of the game revolves around an unnamed character of the protagonist who is trapped in a bizarre medical condition and keeps on seeing dreams and visions from the far past. After failure of recovering by medicines, the protagonist decides to meet a Shaman. The Shaman tells him about an ancient battle between two witches and a hero and he is the last one from the bloodline of that hero. The witches have resurfaced and the protagonist must stop them from devastating the cities. The responsibility now falls on your shoulders and it becomes your primary objective to stand up and defeat the witches by using your unique skills and sword fighting techniques. All of this happens on Physics-Based platforms and allows you to enjoy the super exciting and thrilling nature of the game. Outland is one of the best Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video games and it will definitely provide you with tons of entertainment. Do give it a try.
#4 Mark of the Ninja
Mark of the Ninja by Klei Entertainment is an Action-Adventure, Side Scrolling Puzzle-Platform, Run and Gun Style Stealth video game. The story of the game kicks off with an attack on a DOJO by a strange force that leaves the protagonist half dead. A female character of the game (Ora) wakes him up and the protagonist starts his journey to avenge the attacking power and all of its allies. Mark of the Ninja lets you be the Ninja and allows you to focus on stealth and platform characteristics. Your objective is to sneak through a series of platforms by staying out of sights of the guards and assassinate your targets silently. The game focuses on your stealth and your sword fighting skills and lets you assassinate your targets by a single slashing blow to their bodies. If a guard sees you, all the lights will immediately turn on and the guards will capture you so you must remain in the dark till the target is executed. Mark of the Ninja allows you to experience an amazing blend of Action-Adventure, Stealth, Platform-Puzzle and Hack and Slash elements. Do try this game out.
#5 Aztez
Aztez is a wonderful Upcoming side-scrolling, Turn-based Strategy and hardcore Brawler video game that lets you engage yourself into an amazing game-play in which your duty is to save Aztez Empire. With the use of your Strategy and Turn-based skills, you’ll have to repel the violent enemy outbreaks by showing off your amazing Beat ‘em’ up skills along with the use of firearms and other conventional weaponry (swords, spears, knives, clubs etc.). Aztez offers a totally unique setting, amazing challenges, and a lot to discover and enjoy. For an amazing Action and Side-Scrolling Run and Gun type Brawler type of game-play experience, you should totally try this game out. You’ll definitely love it.
#6 Bleed
Bleed is a cool Side-scrolling Action and Run and Gun MMORPG game similar to the popular Metal Gear video game that lets you be a girl named Wyrn who has a big arsenal of weapons and she wants to be a true hero. Your task is to help her take down some great heroes of the time and be an ultimate hero who doesn’t know what defeat is. Bleed provides with a fast-paced and action filled game-play, a great story, some amazing quests/adventures, cool upgrades, great visuals and much more. With all the beautiful 2D graphics, an addictive and immersive gameplay and fantastic game mechanics, Bleed is a really good Side-Scrolling Action and MMORPG video game to play and enjoy..
#7 Intrusion 2
Intrusion 2 is a cool MMORPG game like “Hero Siege” that lets you be a true soldier in a Sci-Fi environment. Your task is to travel to a hostile planet, conduct a military operation and destroy an illegal weapon manufacturing facility, kill the hostiles and capture the heroes, tame them and bring them back to your planet to train them. “Intrusion 2” is basically inspired by a 16-bit sidescroller that provides with a hardcore action-packed game-play and amalgamates Physics in it to make it more exciting. “Intrusion 2” is a bit different but is a great alternative to “hero Siege”.
#8 Out of This World
Out of This World (also known as Another World) is an Action-Adventure, Platform and Single-player video game developed by Delphine Software. The story centers on the protagonist named as Lester, a scientist who finds himself in a strange world filled with brutal aliens when his experiment goes wrong. The ultimate task of the protagonist is to fight against different forces for his survival and find a way to come out. Take on the role of the protagonist and run, jump and attack through your way and perform specific actions like rocking a cage forth and back. In the beginning, your character is unarmed and can kick at tiny creatures. You can get a pistol from foe after killing him and can use it against enemies. There are a variety of levels, and each level is challenging than previous. Progress through the game and survive as long as possible to score the highest points and find a way to flee. With the best mechanics, addictive mechanics and superb visuals, Out of This World is the best game to play and enjoy.
#9 Not A Hero
Not A Hero is an Action, Side-scroll Shooting, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Stealth elements developed by Roll7 and published by Devolver Digital. The game comes with a thrilling story, in which the purple rabbit bunnylord has traversed back in time from 2048 to be elected as Mayor to rescue the land. It takes place in the fictional setting, and the story focuses on the protagonist, who struggle the world from devastation and alien invasion. During the gameplay, the player needs to show the inhabitants why he is the best to be elected and recruit a team of anti-heroes to clean up crime in the city. It revolves around 2D side-scroll shooting gameplay offered in Pixel art-style. There are nine protagonists available from which the player needs to select his favourite one at the beginning of each level. Each hero has its unique attributes in the game. In the game, the player is armed with primary weapons that can be upgraded with a series of upgrades found on the map. Not A Hero includes prominent features such as Dynamic Missions, Next Level Shootouts, Roster of Not Heroes, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#10 Abuse
Abuse is a Side-scroll, Run and Gun, and Action video game developed by Crack Dot Corn and published by Electronic Arts. The game lets the player step into the shoes of the protagonist named as Nick Vienna, who has been unjustly sent to a prison where the staff are doing unethical medical experiments upon the prisoners. During gameplay, a prison riot appears, and the experiment goes terribly wrong. The inmates inside the prison except for Protagonist get infected with a deadly virus known as Abuse that turns them into monsters. The protagonist arms himself and get ready to battle against monsters through a variety of stages to prevent himself from being infected, and then struggle to escape from the prison complex. The player explores the environment from a side-scroll perspective, run, jump and shoot his way through various levels to take down enemies while collecting points. The basic gameplay comprises fighting against enemies and solving the tricky but simple puzzles, usually involving switches. With addictive gameplay, superb graphics, and smooth controls, Abuse is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.