Metal Slug
Metal Slug or also known as Super Vehicle 001: Metal Slug is a 2006 Action, Side Scroller Run and Gun video game by Nazca Corporation. With a super cool sense of humor, amazing hand drawn visuals, hardcore side scrolling action, adventure and a blasting nature, Metal Slug is one of the mega Hits of the time. The game allows you to enjoy fast-paced two player action by simply engaging yourself into epic war-based gameplay. Your task is to keep on forwarding into the enemy territory and shoot down continuously storming enemies, blast their vehicles, choppers and mechanical robots, use a number of fantastic aids (tanks and others) throughout the gameplay and eventually reach down to the end of the game level. Confront the mighty and tough bosses, pick up a number of blazing weapon upgrades as you proceed in the game and unleash hell on your enemies. You can also melee attack any of the enemy soldiers, slit their throats or stab them with your sharp edged knife and enjoy the heavily destructible environment of the game. POWs or Prisoners of War freeing is another cool task of the game that lets you free some of the war prisoners and get amazing power ups such as different types of guns, pipe bombs etc. and enhance your fire power. With all the fun things combined, Metal Slug is one of the best ever Action and Run and Gun games ever developed.
#1 Super Time Force
Super Time Force is a brilliant Action, Side-Scrolling, 2D Retro Shooter and Run and Gun video game. The game takes you on an Action and Thrill filled journey where your task is to be part of a team of Elite Soldiers who are destined to manipulate the Space and Time in order to eliminate the enemies. After Discovering the Time Travel, Professor Repeatski build up a team of Elite Soldiers named as The Super Team Force, makes you the team lead and tasks you to travel in time, eliminate the enemies using heavy firepower, and rewrite the history as the Professor Repeatski likes. Unsink the famous and long lost city of Atlantis, Stop Dinosaur Extinction, and explore the world in order to find out the lost artifacts. With a brilliant game setting, cool visuals and a blasting game-play, Super Time Force is a fun game to play.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 Velocity 2X
Velocity 2X focuses on Shoot ‘em up, Side-scroll and Puzzle gameplay developed and published by FuturLab. The game supports Single-player mode only and available to play on multiple platforms. The story follows the female protagonist, who is abducted by a race of hostile alien, LT. You as the protagonist must use your quick reflexes and the power of teleport to free your friend prison and make an escape. The game mixes the platform, puzzle, top-down and vertical shooting elements and offers fast-paced gameplay. You can explore the world from a side-scroll perspective, use high-tech weapons and encounter enemies to kill. During the gameplay, you must pilot the Quarp Jet through challenging territories using a huge arsenal of weaponry and teleporting technology. There are a series of levels and each level offers brain-teasing puzzles to solve. You can run, jump and shoot your way to fulfill the objectives and earn as many XP points as possible. Velocity 2X includes prominent features such as 50 Dynamic Levels, high Re-playability, High-energy Adventure, Daily Challenges, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#5 Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims in HD!
Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims in HD! is an Action, Side-scroll, Shooting and Single-player video game developed by TBC and published by Dakko Dakko Ltd for PlayStation platform. The game serves as the remake of the famous PSP video game and comes with improved graphics and exclusive features with new controls. The player takes on the role of the character, who must float and shoot his way through a series of levels to destroy enemies and rescue his followers from the certain doom. The game comes with addictive gameplay and lets the player experience the action and shoot gameplay. The ultimate task of the player is to defend the followers at any cost and explore seven beautiful hand-drawn worlds while encountering an amazing cast of characters inspired by Japanese folklore. The player can explores each world from a side-scroll perspective and can shoot enemies to reach the end of each level. Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims in HD! includes prominent features such as Side-scroll Gameplay, Japanese inspired Characters, Seven Worlds, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#6 Unepic
Unepic is the mixture of Role-playing, Platform, and Metroidvania elements developed by Francisco Tellez De Meneses and published by Ninagamers. The game introduces the number of role-playing elements like skill points, levels, and equipment. It offers non-linear gameplay inspired by the Maze of a Galiious video game. During the gameplay, the player can use the number of ranged and melee weapons to kill the enemies. The player explores the world from the side-scroll perspective, use crafting elements to build weapons and use to take down enemies to score the skill points. The game rewards the player with prizes for completion of difficult and long challenges and lets the player purchase the combat equipment like a flamethrower, laser guns, and rocket launchers. The game comes with an addictive storyline revolves around the protagonist named as Daniel, who was an average guy. According to the storyline, the player acts as the great video gamer, a huge fan of science-fiction movies and the Role-playing games. The player was teleported to the strange castle in the midst of a Role-playing game. Now, the player must struggle to find a way out to his real life. With addictive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Unepic is the best game to play.
#7 Super Time Force Ultra
Super Time Force Ultra is a Pixel Graphics, Action, Platform, and Side-scroll video game developed and published by Capybara for multiple platforms. The game comes with action-packed gameplay with a time-traveling twist. It takes place in the sci-fi world where the player is in control of the time, and can bend and stretch it to his advantage on the battleground. During the gameplay, the player can rewind the time and select when to jump back into the action. He can team up with his selves in the Single-player or Co-op modes. There are nineteen unique characters available and each character has its unique abilities and weapons. The player can battle in six different time periods, from the past to future. The player explores the sci-fi world from a side-scroll perspective, run, jump, and shoot his way through numerous levels to kill enemies while using his special abilities to overcome challenging obstacles. Super Time Force Ultra includes prominent features such as 19 Playable Characters, Extra Modes, Collectibles, Mess up the Time-space Continuum, and more. Try it out, if you love playing Platform games.