Appleseed

Appleseed: Prometheus no Shintaku is a side-scrolling shooter. It's based on Masamune Shirow's cyberpunk sci-fi manga and anime Appleseed, and Shirow worked on it before creating Ghost in the Shell. Two members of ESWAT, Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires, must defend the fledgling utopian country of Olympus: one of humanity's last bastions on a world devastated by the catastrophic World War III. The game is a regular side-scrolling shooter. The characters have a usual side-arm pistol and a special sub-weapon with limited ammunition, which is different for both. They have a range of grenades that they can throw at any time as well. The player has to make his way through various missions, getting briefed each time.