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Stargunner - (1996 game) box art

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(on Wikipedia)
(on Steam)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/922/stargunner/
was https://3drealms.com/catalog/stargunner_45/

A side-scrolling ship-shooter with upgrades.

While pretty neat, it's unforgiving and a bit annoying.

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X-COM꞉ UFO Defense image

Entertainment > Games >

(XCOM > on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/XCOM_UFO_Defense/
was on microprose.com
was on mythosgames.com

Aliens drop by Earth and evil Humans shoot them down and mug them.

Nothing about the interface makes enough sense, and there are no hints as to how things work. It could have been made much better, even back in the day. I'm not going to forgive how bad it is, especially since there was zero effort by Steam to actually fix basic things like aspect ratio.

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