Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware shooter games sorted by year, newest first

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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Silpheed

DOS19884/5 shoot 'em up
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Star Goose!

DOS19884/5 shoot 'em up
Star Goose is a classic video game developed by Logotron and released in 1988 for various home computer systems of that era, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. It is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter that combines elements of shoot 'em up gameplay with exploration and power-up mechanics.
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Star Wars

DOS19884.2/5 space simulation, rail shooter, space combat
uridium-2

Uridium

DOS19883.9/5 shoot 'em up
Uridium is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was originally developed by Andrew Braybrook and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986 for various home computer platforms (including MS-DOS). In Uridium, players control a spaceship known as the Manta, and the objective is to destroy a series of enemy spacecraft, as well as ground-based inst...
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Virus

DOS19883.9/5 third-person shooter
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Xenon

DOS19883.9/5 shoot 'em up
Xenon, released in 1988, was a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers. Xenon was initially released for the Commodore 64, and later, it was ported to other platforms, including DOS, the ZX Spectrum and Amiga.In Xenon, players control a futuristic tank-like craft and navigate through levels filled with enemy ve...
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Astrotit

DOS1987NSFW3.5/5 shoot 'em up
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Blort!

DOS19873.7/5 shoot 'em up
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Guerrilla War

DOS19873.4/5 run and gun
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Into the Eagle's Nest

DOS19873.9/5 shoot 'em up
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Mach 3

DOS19873/5 third-person shooter
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Phantis

DOS19873.5/5 shoot 'em up
platoon-1

Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 run and gun
storm-1

Storm

DOS19872.5/5 run and gun
wizball-02

Wizball

DOS19873.5/5 shoot 'em up
Wizball is a  shoot 'em up video game developed by Sensible Software and originally released for various home computer platforms in 1987. The game was published by Ocean Software.In Wizball, players control a wizard who rides a magical green ball. The wizard's mission is to restore color to the world, which has been drained of its vibrant...
xfighter-1

X-Fighter

DOS19873.1/5 shoot 'em up
batalia-4

Batalia

DOS19862.8/5 shoot 'em up
dragonfly-1

Dragonfly

DOS19863.2/5 shoot 'em up
egaroids-2

EGA-Roids

DOS1986freewareremake3.7/5 shoot 'em up
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Knightmare

DOS19863.6/5 shoot 'em up
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Round 42

DOS19862.7/5 shoot 'em up
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Space Commanders 2

DOS1985remake3.3/5 shoot 'em up
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Spacewar

DOS19854.1/5 shoot 'em up
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer games and is often considered the first interactive video game. It was created in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen at the MIT. The game was developed on the PDP-1 minicomputer; this is a DOS port, released in 1985.Spacewar! features two spaceships, controlled by players, that ...
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Striker

DOS19853.4/5 shoot 'em up
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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

DOS19843.5/5 shoot 'em up
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Devastator

DOS19843.4/5 shooting gallery, shoot 'em up
encounter-1

Encounter

DOS19843.5/5 shoot 'em up
flightmare-04

Flightmare

DOS1984freeware3.6/5 shoot 'em up
sopwith-2

Sopwith

DOS1984freeware4.1/5 shoot 'em up
zaxxon-1

Zaxxon

DOS19843.8/5 shoot 'em up
Zaxxon is a classic arcade video game that was first released by Sega in 1982 for the arcades and later for a number of platforms. It is considered one of the pioneering titles in the shoot 'em up or scrolling shooter genre. Zaxxon was notable for its use of isometric graphics, which gave the game a unique 3D perspective.