Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware shooter games

Shooter video games are all about shooting targets and avoiding being shot down. The kind of game is often defined by the player perspective (FPS stands for First Person Shooter, TPS stands for Third Person Shooter), or by gameplay: shoot'em up, run and gun, shooting gallery.
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LineWars 2

DOS19944/5 shoot 'em up, space simulation
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Knightmare

DOS19863.6/5 shoot 'em up
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Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 shoot 'em up
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Narco Police

DOS19903.5/5 third-person shooter
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Die Hard

DOS19893.4/5 third-person shooter
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Stargate

DOS19833.6/5 shoot 'em up
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Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake3.8/5 shoot 'em up
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Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Flying Tigers

DOS19944.1/5 shoot 'em up
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
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Ken's Labyrinth

DOS1993freeware3.5/5 first-person shooter
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Super 3-D Noah's Ark

DOS1995protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
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Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS19883.6/5 run and gun
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Space Harrier

DOS19893.7/5 rail shooter, third-person shooter
Space Harrier is a 3rd-person view rail-shooter developed by Sega in 1985. Space Harrier was a hit in the arcades, and later it was converted for a number of platforms, including DOS (4 years later!). The sequels - Space Harrier 3D and Space Harrier II - were never ported to DOS.
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In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected3.9/5 first-person shooter
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Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom

DOS19953.8/5 shoot 'em up
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Star Wars 2

DOS19894.1/5 shoot 'em up
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Ajax

DOS19893.4/5 shoot 'em up
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Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware3.7/5 shoot 'em up
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Super Stardust

DOS19964.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Armor Alley

DOSMac OS19913.9/5 shoot 'em up
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Ack-Ack Attack!

DOS1995remake4.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Die Hard 2: Die Harder

DOS19923.6/5 shooting gallery
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Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 shoot 'em up
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Cabal

DOS19894.1/5 shooting gallery
Cabal is an abandoned arcade conversion of a popular shooter game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Cabal was developed by TAD Corporation and released by Capcom in 1989 for DOS.
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Hoverforce

DOS19903.3/5 first-person shooter
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Powerslave

DOS19964/5 first-person shooter
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Prince of Evil

DOS19933/5
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Radix: Beyond the Void

DOS19954.1/5 first-person shooter
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Vaxine

DOS19913.5/5 first-person shooter