|A VERY big thank you to RLLMUK forumite Troublegum for typing this lot back up after we were spammed.|

**1941/2 -** THE vertical shooter, in a P38 Lightning (1941.zip, 1942.zip)
**20/20 Baseball -** A nice futuristic Neo Geo baseball game the gives the genre a good shunt up the arse. (2020bb.zip)


**Air Buster -** Fabulous 2-player horizontal shooter. Great set-pieces and bosses. (airbustr.zip)
**Air Gallet -** Really nice vertical shooter with smooth visuals and great music. (agallet.zip)
**Alien Syndrome -** 2-player Gauntlet-style shooter with a great atmosphere. ÒThe Bomb is SetÓÉ (aliensyn.zip)
**Alien vs. Predator -** Capcom scrolling beat/shoot-em-up, supporting two players with a choice of 4 characters, human and predator. (avsp.zip)
**APB (All Points Bulletin) -** Top down cop simulator, like the original GTA games. Lots of fun. (apb.zip)
**Arch Rivals -** A superb (and addictive) basketball game with great teamplay elements. (archrivl.zip)
**Armed Formation -** A v-scrolling shootÕem up with a novel option to flip your guns to and from behingd your craft. (armef.zip)
**Asteroids -** Blow them up. (asteroi1 .zip)
**Akkenvader -** Comical version of Space Invaders, and V. Good to boot. (akkanvdr.zip)+(spcinvd95.zip)



**Bank Panic -** Simple but addictive reaction-based point and shoot game. (bankp.zip)
**Battlantis -** Ace, if obscure, Space Invaders style shooter. Defend your castle walls from marauding little fellas. Power ups, bosses etc. (battlnts.zip)
**Battle Bakraid -** A fantastic hori shooter, converted to Dreamcast. (bbakraid.zip)
**Biomechanical Toy -** Vibrant and satisfying Run & Gun action in a fantasy cartoon setting. Like Metal Slug on acid. With kiler clowns. (biomtoy.zip)
**Bionic Commando -** plat forming shooter with no jump button, mad but it works. (bionicc.zip)
**Blazing star -** Great horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up, very japanesy snd reminds me of Thunderforce in some ways. (blazstar.zip)
**Bomberman -** The beast multiplayer game in existence. Essential. (bomrman.zip)
**Bomb Jack -** Bomb-collecting-single-screen-platforming-excellence. Yes. (bomb jack.zip)
**Bonanza Bros. -** A typically stylish Sega romp with stealthy platform action. (bnzabros.zip)
**Boxy Boy -** One of the most simple, yet addictive, puzzle games MAME has to offer. (boxyboy.zip)
**Bubble Bobble -** Cute but deep plat former with simultaneous 2-player action. (bublbobl.zip)
**Butasan -** Came to 8 Bit computers as ÒPsycho Pigs UXBÓ Play a bomb chucking pig, trying to kill other bomb chucking pigs. (butasan.zip)


**Cameltry -** A curious mix of Super Monkeyball and those spinning bonus stages from the first Sonic on the Megadrive. (cameltry.zip)
**Championship Sprint -** Classic overhead racing from Atari. 1986. (csprint.zip)
**Change Air Blade -** A vertical shooter with a twist, mainly one-on-one action. (cairblad.zip)
**Chase HQ -** LETS GO MR. DRIVER!!! (chasehq.zip)
**Chelnov -** Ludicrously difficult scrolling platform shooter. If you think youÕre 1337, try this. (chelnov.zip)
**Congo Bongo -** SegaÕs hilarious 3D isometric jungle romp. (congo.zip)
**Contra -** Wonderfully crafted platform shooter. (contra.zip)
**Cosmo Gang the Video -** NamcoÕs take on Arrkenvader (cosmagng.zip)
**Cyvern -** Vertical shmup with pin-sharp graphics. Superbly structured. (cyvern.zip)


**Dangun Feveron -** Disco-crazy vertical shooter, very fast and frantic with funky tunes. (dfeveron.zip)
**Dancing Eyes -** 3D Amidar game by Namco where the aim is to undress girlies. (danceyes.zip)
**Dead Connection -** Take on the mob in this single screen shooter. (deadconx.zip)
**Desert War -** A good update of Jackal, but with helicopters. Shame the sound doesnÕt work yet. (desertwr.zip)
**D&D: Shadow over Mystera -** Excellent fantasy-themed Final Fight style beat Ôem up with RPG elements. (ddsom.zip)
**Defender -** Defend huans from alien abduction by thrusting, scrolling and shooting. Loverly minimal sound and visuals. (defender.zip)
**DoDonPachi -** Extremely noisy vertical shooter with nice but not too flashy visuals. Just tuen up the sound on this one. (dodonach.zip)
**Double Dragon -** Classic 2-player side-scrolling beatÕem up. Great music and bone-crunching sound effects. (ddragon.zip)
**Dig Dug -** Great Namco gameplay, blow up the monsters or drop rocks on them. (digdug.zip)
**Dragon Blaze -** The usual Psikyo stuff, but this one is extraordinarily pretty. (dragonblz.zip)



**Elevator Action -** See below, but this is first and is working on MAMEox. (elevator.zip)
**Elevator Action Returns -** Stupidly fast platform shmup with brilliantly animated tiny characters, and lots of Ôem. (elvactr.zip)
**Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters -** Frantic isometricshoot/save Ôem up with overly cartoon visuals. (eprom.zip)
**ESP Ra. De -** Probably one of the best vertical shooters available on MAME. (esprade.zip)



**Flying Shark -** Solid vertical shooter in the style of 1942. (fshark.zip)
**Final Fight -** Kill hordes of people named mainly after people from Guns & Roses. One of the best of the genre. (ffight.zip)
**Finalizer -** Super Transformation - Charming shoot Ôem up with a neat Transformers-esgue morphing gimmick. (finalizr.zip)


**Gals Panic S -** Like Qix/vilified but with girlies! (galspanic.zip)
**Garou: The Mark Of The Wolves -** Beautiful SNK 2D beat Ôem up which is complex and strategic without being daunting. (garou.zip)
**Gauntlet -** 1-4 player, from above action/adventure game. (gaunlet.zip)
**Ghosts ÔnÕ Goblins -** A classic plat former. Kill the demons but donÕt get hit, unless you like running around in your pants. (gngt.zip)
**Ghouls ÔnÕ Ghosts -** Superior (and tougher) update to the above. (ghouls.zip)
**Giga Wing -** Superb vertical blaster that plays like a modern shoot Ôem up. (gigawing.zip)
**Great 1000 Miles Rally -** Isometric racer with great attention to detail and an unbeatable sense of speed. (gtmr.zip)
**Green Beret -** Side scrolling army thuggery, simple and fiendishly addictive. (gberet.zip)
**Gunforce 2 -** Nutso Metal Slug-esque action, loads of vehicles and rock hard! (gunforc2.zip)
**Gunlock -** Vertical shmup with real depth. Ho ho. (gunlock.zip)



**Hellfire -** The definitive horizontal shooter, although the MD port was an improvement. (hellfire.zip)
**Hotdog Storm -** Another unknown vertical shooter, worth a try! (hotdogst.zip)
**Hyper Sports -** Seems to be the most immediately playable of the Track and Field type games. (hyperspt.zip)



**In The Hunt -** Challenging horizontal shooter with superb visuals and animation. A nice change from spaceships, too (inthunt.zip)
**Irritating Maze -** ÔOperationÕ on a grand scale. Loads of fun, and only a little bit irritating. (irrmaze.zip)


**Jackal -** A really fun shoot and rescue game from Konami. (jackal.zip)


**King of Fighters (series) -** SNK (2D) Fighting game heroes rough it up with each other. Recommended: KOFÕ98. (kof98.zip)
**Klax -** Flip coloured tiles from the conveyer belt for points. A classic puzzle game. (klax.zip)
**Knights of The Round -** Side scrolling medieval beat Õem up. Great graphics and fun gameplay. (knights.zip)


**Last Blade 1 & 2 -** SNK fighter with weapons and ultra stylish graphics. (last lad.zip/lastbld2.zip)
**Layer Section -** One of TaitoÕs best shmups. Prequel to Raystorm.
**Lost Worlds -** AKA Forgotten Worlds, this is an ace pseudo-sequel to Side arms with rotational controls and shiny blue pennies to spend in the shop on upgrades. (lostwrd.zip)
**Liquid Kids -** A really nice platform game that uses similar themes (i.e. water) to Bubble bobble. (liquidk.zip)
**Lucky ÔnÕ Wild -** Perhaps the greatest light gun/driving game ever. (luckywld.zip)


**Mad Gear (aka LED Storm) -** Fun top-down futuristic racer from Capcom. Get to  the finish line before you run out of energy or crash. And you can jump! (madgear.zip)
**Magical Drop 3 -** Genius Neo Geo based puzzler. Possibly best on MVS system. (magdrop3.zip)
**Mars Matrix -** Very hard vertical shooter with two distinct ship types. (mmatrix.zip)
**Marvel Super Heroes -** Some of the most astonishing 2D graphics ever seen in this most excellent Capcom fighter. (msh.zip)
**Metal Slug (all) -** classic 2D side-scrolling platform shooter. (mslug.zip)
**Metal Slug 3 -** The best one out of them all, tough but fun. (mslug3.zip)
**Midnight Resistance -** Cracking sideways scrolling shooter similar to Contra Spirits on SNES/SFC (midres.zip)
**Money Puzzle Exchanger -** Much overlooked frantic 2P puzzler, similar to Magical Drop, with money, only better.
**Moon Patrol -** Dive a little buggy along, leaping gaps and taking out aliens as you go. Fantastic fun.
**Mr. Do! -** Best described as Did Dug mixed with Pac Man, but can you get the diamond? (mrdo.zip)


**Neo Turf Masters -** Neo Geo golfing game. Great fun and a throwback to simpler golfing pleasures. (turfmast.zip)
**New Zealand Story -** Taito plat forming Kiwi Ôem up. Hidden warps and excellent design make this a must. (tnzs.zip)


**Ordyne -** Cute horizontal shmup. Love the animation on the main character. (ordyne.zip)
**Outfoxes -** One on one Super Smash brothers with guns. (outfxies.zip)
**Outrun -** Definitely the best racing game of all time. The music is still stunning! (outrun.zip)
**Out Zone -** Addictive Commando-alike with lovely graphics. So colourful it almost glows. (outzone.zip)


**Pang -** Superlative, bubble bursting madness for all the family. (pang.zip)
**Pacland -** NamcoÕs classic platform game with some interesting ideas. (pacland.zip)
**Pac-Mania -** Pac-Man but in isometric 3D. How good? Very. (pacmania.zip)
**Paperboy -** Really cool suburban paper delivering game. Real nostalgic buzz. (paperboy.zip)
**Parodius -** Wonderfully quirky Gradius spin-off which betters its inspiration in many ways. (parodies.zip)
**Phantasm -** Platform shooter featuring the ability to possess enemies. (phantasm.zip)
**Phoenix -** Variation on the Space Invaders/Galaxians theme. (phoenix.zip)
**Pnickies -** Charming 2 player ÔmatchingÕ puzzler with nice manga visuals. Great music. (pnickies.zip)
**Pop and Twinbee HA, HA -** Really cute hori shooter (aka Bells & Whistles 2)
**Pulstar -** Rock hard horizontal shooter from an IREM splinter group. Like R-Type. (pulstar.zip)
**Puyo Puyo -** The best puzzle game Sega have ever made. (puyopuyo.zip)
**Puzzle Bobble -** Top class puzzle game with awesome multiplayer. Also known in the west as Bust-A-Move. (pbobble.zip)
**Puzznic -** A puzzler that will have you cursing its devious levels for ages. (puzznic.zip)


**Qix -** (Pronounced ÒKicksÓ) Use some lines to box in some, er, lines. Gain that percentage, baby. (qix.zip)


**R-Type -** Needs no introduction. The original and best. Sequels are also good. (rtype.zip)
**R-Type II -** Harder than the original with improved visuals and audio. (rtype2.zip)
**R-Type Leo -** A variant on the R-Type theme with different force and weapon structure. (rtypeleo.zip)
**Raiden -** Beautiful and frantic vertical shooter. Sequel doesnÕt work, though. (raiden.zip)
**Raiga/Strato Fighter -** An unknown but fun shooter. (raiga.zip)
**Rainbow Islands -** One of the best plat formers ever. (rainbow.zip)
**Rampart -** Superb multiplayer puzzle/battle game. (rampart.zip)
**Rip Off -** Vector arcade game from 1979. Good fun for short blasts. (ripoff.zip)
**Robotron -** YouÕre surrounded. Twin-stick moving and shooting will only be a temporary reprieve. (robotron.zip)
**Rodland -** One of the most ÔpureÕ fun games ever, with a genuinely interesting gimmick. Utterly bonkers, too - always a plus. (rodland.zip)
**Rolling Thunder -** Cool as fcuk platform/shooting game, with hooded baddies,Õ60s spy music, acool machine gun, and nice machine. (rthunder.zip)
**Reactor -** Cool down the Core! Press ÕAÕ for instructions, youÕll need them. (reactor.zip)
**Red Baron -** Aerial dogfights during WW1. Battlezone in the air! Superb. (red baron.zip)


**Scramble -** Classic horizontal shooter that makes cunning use of bombs and fuel. (scramble.zip)
**Shock Troopers -** Lovely 8-way scrolling shooter. (shocktro.zip)
**Shocking -** A crazy little game that parodies lots of arcade classics. (shocking.zip)
**Shinobi -** Sublime ninja scrolling platform/shuriken Ôem up. A true classic. (shinobi.zip)
**Side Arms -** Addictive and difficult side scroller from Capcom. (sidearms.zip)
**Smash TV -** Insane and comedic multi-directional shooter. Like a game show version of Robotron. (smashtv.zip)
**Snow Bros. Nick & Tom -** Bubble Bobble clone with snowballs instead, natch. (snowbros.zip)
**Space Harrier -** ÒWelcome to the Fantasy Zone, GET READY!Ó (sharrier.zip)
**Space Invaders -** Space Invaders! This will never age. (invaders.zip)
**Sparkz -** Pipemania-style puzzler which drives you insane but keeps you hooked. (sparkz.zip)
**Special Criminal Investigation -** Sequel to Chase HQ. Top driving-while-shooting-bazookas action. (sci.zip)
**Speed Rumbler -** Essential vehicular combat games. Get in your car and wreak havoc, or get out and shoot them. (srumbler.zip)
**Star Trek -** Battlezone in space, can get quite tense. (startrek.zip)
**Street Fighter Alpha 3 -** Probably the series pinnacle. (sfa3.zip)
**Strider -** Fantastic visuals, coupled with excellent level design. Superb! (strider.zip)
**Strikers 1945 -** Tough vertical shooter. A Õ90s version of 1943 if you will, but in 1945. Obviously. (s1945.zip)
**Sunset Riders -** Side scrolling cowboy shooter. (ssriders.zip)
**Super Pang -** Bubble bursting mayhem. (spang.zip)
**Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo -** One of the finest and most addictive vs. puzzle games ever made. (spf2t.zip)
**Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (Grand Master Challenge)[/b] -** Available on MAME and Final Burn. The greatest game to ever bear the Street Fighter name.
**Susume! Taisen Puzzle Drama -** Nice puzzle game, watch those animations! (gogomilj.zip)



**Tapper -** The best Budweiser licensed game ever. True. (tapper.zip)
**Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -** Scrolling beat-em up, supporting up to 4 players. (tmnt.zip)
**Tempest -** Skirt around a vector tunnel dishing out laser-death to anything that moves. (tempest.zip)
**Tengai (Sengoku Blade: Sengoku Ace Episode II) -** Horizontal scrolling shoot Ôem up, very JPN! Mad as a bucket of spiders and just as much fun!
**The Togyu -** Surreal Japanese bullfighting simulation. Enormous fun once mastered, and great music for high score. (thetogyu.zip)
**Thief -** GTA Pacman with actual police band radio banter as the soundtrack! (thief.zip)
**Three Wonders -** A platfomer, shoot Ôem up and puzzle game on one ROM. (3wonders.zip)
**Time Pilot -** Take your looping/shooting plane through 5 eras. If you die, itÕs your fault. (timeplt.zip)
**Total Carnage -** Sequel to Smash TV, set in a war. Even more insane. (totcarn.zip)
**Track & Field -** The game that ushered in an era of button bashing and joystick waggling sports games. (trackfld.zip)
**Truxton II -** Completely insane 1992 Toaplan vertical shooter. (truxton2.zip)
**Twinkle Star Sprites -** Shooter that has you versus another player kinda like Bust a Move only no balls. (twinspri.zip


**Uo Poko -** Japanese puzzler, like an underwater verson of Puzzle Bobble. Fun stuff. (uopoko.zip)
**UN Squadron -** Excellent fun cartoon Japanese shoot Ôem up made by Capcom. (unsquad.zip)



**Vasara -** Fun vertical shooter from Visco, go on, give it a try!
**Vendetta -** Side scrolling beat Ôem up with some brilliant little touches and great weapons. Up to 4 players. Also look for ÔCrime Fighters 2Õ Japanese version with hilarious mincing gay stereotypes and fighting style cut from US and UK versions. (vendetta.zip)


**Wardner -** 1 player wizard romp, with some tricky levels (wardner.zip)
**Willow -** Side-scrolling midget goodness. (willow.zip)
**Wizard of Wor -** 2 player co-operative or compter at he same time. (wow.zip)
**Wonerboy -** The classic caveman skateboard side scroller. (wboy.zip)
**Wonderboy III - Monster Lair -** Wonderboy becomes a scrolling plat former/shooter hybrid with power-ups. (wb3.zip)
**Wild West Cowboys of Moomesa -** Classic Konami plat former a bit like Sunset Riders. (moo/zip)


**X-Multiply -** Like R-type, but with bizarre tentacles attached to your ship instead of the force. Sterling stuf. (multiply.zip)
**Xybots -** Bind some keys to turn left and right in this pseudo-3D maze shooter. (xybots.zip)