Aero Fighters, known as Sonic Wings (ソニックウィングス, Sonikkū~ingusu?) in Japan, is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in 1992 by Video System, ported to the Super Famicom in 1993 and the Super Nintendo in 1994. An emulated version of the game was released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 only in Japan as part of the Oretachi Geasen Zoku Sono series.It spawned two sequels for the Neo-Geo, one for the arcades (with ports to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn) and one in 3-D for the Nintendo 64. Most of the creative team that worked on Aero Fighters created Strikers 1945 and other shmups for Psikyo.

Bazooka Blitzkrieg (Destructive in Japan) is a video game software released for the Super NES which makes use of the Super Scope light gun. It was developed by Tose and released in 1992 by Bandai. Bazooka Blitzkrieg is rail-shooter - the screen slowly moved from left to right, player only fires his weapon at the different robots to destroy them.

Caravan Shooting Collection is a collection of the first three shooters that were used as part of the "Hudson All-Japan Caravan Festival" video game tournament. Originally developed separately for the Famicom, this compilation releases them together for the Super Famicom. While the sound has been improved in many cases, the graphics were largely left alone with only minor cosmetic improvements.

Super Dimension Fortress Macross (超時空要塞マクロス Chō Jikū Yōsai Macross?) was released for the Japanese Family Computer console in 1985 by video game company Namco and is based on the popular anime TV series of the same name.[1] The game is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up in which the player controls a transformable VF-1 Valkyrie variable fighter in an unending battle against an invading race of giant humanoid aliens known as the Zentradi.

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, commonly known as Desert Strike, is a shoot 'em up video game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in February 1992 for Sega's Mega Drive.[1] The game was later released on several other formats such as the SNES, including a much upgraded version for the Amiga home computer. The game was inspired by the Gulf War and depicts a conflict between an insane Middle Eastern dictator, General Kilbaba, and the United States. The player controls a lone Apache helicopter and attempts to destroy enemy weapons and installations, rescue hostages and capture enemy personnel, while managing supplies of fuel and ammunition.The lead designer, Mike Posehn, had no video game experience prior to developing Desert Strike. Inspired by Choplifter, he aimed to create a nonlinear game with smoothly animated vehicles. Posehn, a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, developed a camera system with momentum to mimic realistic helicopter movements. Three-dimensional (3D) modeling was used to generate the vehicle sprites, which were later touched up on the pixel level with color.Desert Strike was a strong commercial success: it was a chart-topping best seller and at the time Electronics Arts' highest ever selling game. The game also received a favourable critical response, with several magazines awarding scores of over 90%. Reviewers praised the game's enjoyability, mix of action and strategy, graphics and sound. There was some controversy regarding the game's subject matter, with commentators criticising it as in poor taste due the proximity of its release to the recently ended Gulf War.

Super SWIV (Firepower 2000 in the US) is a top-down shoot 'em up released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. It was released as Mega SWIV on the Mega Drive in 1994. It is the third game in the series, following 1988's Silkworm and 1991's SWIV for home computers. It was followed by SWIV 3D in 1996.