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 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a marvelous Action Role-playing, Puzzle-Platform and Single-player video game developed and published by Konami. It is the direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and includes the son of Dracula named Alucard as the protagonist. The game focuses on side-scroll, exploration, and role-playing element. You play as the protagonist, and your main objective is to travel the Dracula’s castle and defeat the antagonist Dracula. It has non-linear gameplay, but most of the areas in Castle requires specific items to unlock. Earn points by uncovering the castles and unlock a map that shows you progress. There are a variety of levels and each level filled with different creatures and the boss Dracula. Use different weapons and items to kill the foes and reach at the end of each level to complete. The game becomes challenging as you progress through it and must face most dangerous foes and boss. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and addictive story, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the best puzzle platform game as compared to others platform games.
#2 Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 3 is an amazingly Addictive Action and Thrill packed Run and Gun video game by SNK. The game allows you to engage yourself into a truly immersive game-play ever. Following the mechanics and game-play style of the previous games in the series, Metal Slug 3 allows you to get into a world of chaos, kill waves of continuously coming enemies and make your way through the blasting environment, eliminate enemy bosses into epic combats and move to the next and challenging level of the game. With a full load of amazing weapons for long range encounters and knives to send enemies to hell while attacking from close vicinity in melee techniques, Metal Slug 3 offers you a chance to immerse yourself into epic action filled environment. With multiple environments, super addictive nature and a very engaging game-play, Metal Slug 3 is one of the best games of this specific genre.
#3 Cybernator
Cybernator is an Action, Side-scroll Shooter, Mecha and Single-player video game developed by Masaya and published by Konami of America. It is the second title in the series of Assault Suits and serves as the prequel to the first installment, Target Earth. The plot revolves around the protagonist named as Jake Brain, who must pilots a massive mecha to battle enemies in the war to save the day. The game takes place in the future when the fossil fuels of the planet Earth have begun to dwindle. The massive war appears all over the land for control of these resources between two massive forces such as the Federation and the Axis. Both governments have the ability to move into space and build space stations. The protagonist is a soldier set out on an epic mission to fend off enemies and drive the enemy forces out of the land. The player can explore the land from a side-scroll perspective, use mecha-equipped weapons to shoot down enemies and obtain power-ups to enhance the abilities. Cybernator includes prominent features such as multiple Levels, Power-ups, Shoot your way, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#4 Contra: Shattered Soldier
Contra: Shattered Soldier developed by KCET and published by Konami is Shoot ‘em up video game available to play on PlayStation. The game supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and main gameplay focuses on Run-and-Gun element. The title serves as the part of the Contra series, released by Konami. The entire gameplay is played in 2D form a side-scroll viewpoint, but with polygonal visuals. The abilities and controls are similar to Contra III: The Alien Wars. It offers an exciting story, in which the game takes place in futuristic year, when the planet Earth remain scarred from alien wars. There are various playable characters present from which the game enables the player to choose his favorite one to save the world from devastation. The player explores the environment from a side-scroll, battle against enemies using different weapons while earning as many points as possible. The ultimate task of the player is to reach the end of each stage by defeating minions and face the boss at the end of each stage. With engaging gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Contra: Shattered Soldier is the best game to enjoy.