The most popular shoot 'em up games

Shoot 'em ups were extremely popular in the '80s and '90s. In a classic shoot 'em up, the player controls a vehicle, a spaceship or an aircraft with the only goal of destroying the largest number of enemies as possible while dodging bullets and staying alive. Through the years, shoot 'em ups evolved to include features like end level bosses, multiple weapons and power-ups. Some of the most popular DOS shoot 'em ups were: Raptor, Tyrian 2000, Xenon 2.

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Flying Tigers 2

DOS19943.3/5

007: License to Kill

DOS19894/5 Quixel

Blood Money

DOS19903.9/5 DMA Design

Blood Money is an abandoned classic sci-fi themed side-scrolling shoot'em up. Blood Money was designed by David Jones, developed by DMA Design and released by Psygnosis in 1990 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, C64. Blood Money features different vehicles for different levels, power ups and an energy bar that depletes when colliding with enemies or the env...

Knightmare

DOS19863.6/5 Konami

IBM Centipede

DOS19833.6/5 IBM

CHAMP Asteroids

DOS1997remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.

Airborne Ranger

DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software

Dalek Attack

DOS19923.9/5 Alternative Software

Xenon

DOS19883.9/5 Bitmap Brothers

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...

Silpheed

DOS19884/5 Game Arts

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom

Revenge of Defender

DOS19893.5/5 Epyx

Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom

DOS19953.8/5 Pop Software

X-Fighter

DOS19873.1/5 Wordworks Software

Project-X

DOS19943.8/5 Team 17

Galactic Battle

DOS19903.4/5 Softdisk Publishing

Star Control

DOS1990protected4/5 Toys for Bob

Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation

Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake3.8/5

Star Control 3

DOS1996protected4/5 Legend Entertainment

Tempest 2000

DOS1996remake4.2/5 Atari

Tempest 2000 is a video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation. It was released in 1994 for DOS, Mac, the Atari Jaguar console, etc. Tempest 2000 is an enhanced remake of the original Tempest, which was released in arcades in 1981.In Tempest 2000, players control a claw-shaped ship that moves around the edges of geometric sh...