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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Astrotit

DOS1987NSFW3.5/5 shoot 'em up
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Virtua Cop

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 rail shooter
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Mega Man X

DOS1995protected4/5 run and gun, platform
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Halloween Harry

DOS1993freeware4.2/5 run and gun, platform
Halloween Harry is a DOS science fiction multi-directional scroller shooter game. Halloween Harry - later renamed Alien Carnage - was published by Apogee, developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and designed by John Passfield and Robert Crane.
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Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 shoot 'em up
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Star Wars: Rebel Assault

DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 rail shooter
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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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007: License to Kill

DOS19894/5 shoot 'em up
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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

DOS19843.5/5 shoot 'em up
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The Terminator: Rampage

DOS19934/5 first-person shooter
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Alien Cabal

DOS1997freeware3.9/5 first-person shooter
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Blood Money

DOS19903.9/5 shoot 'em up
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...
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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

DOS19944.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Star Wars: Dark Forces

DOS1995protected4.3/5 first-person shooter
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R-Type

DOS19894/5 shoot 'em up
R-Type is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Irem in 1987. The game quickly gained popularity for its challenging gameplay and impressive graphics at the time. R-Type is known for its tough and memorable enemy designs, as well as challenging boss battles. The game features various power-ups that enhance the player...
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Star Wars

DOS19884.2/5 space simulation, rail shooter, space combat
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Abuse

DOSLinuxMac OS1995freeware3.9/5 run and gun, platform
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Blood

DOS1997protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
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Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 shoot 'em up
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Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo4.1/5 shoot 'em up
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Raptor, players control a fighter jet through various levels filled with enemy aircraft, ground targets, power-ups and boss...
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Baal

DOS19892.9/5 run and gun
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Krazy Ivan

Windows XP/98/9519963.7/5 first-person shooter, mech simulation
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Hexen: Beyond Heretic

DOS1995protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
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If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS19893.3/5 shoot 'em up
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In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Bram Stoker's Dracula

DOS19934/5 first-person shooter
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Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 run and gun
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Descent

DOS1995protecteddemo4.2/5 first-person shooter
Descent is a first person shooter with a unique six degree of freedom gameplay developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Productions in 1995.. You control a spaceship and must pilot it in a mine, through a series of 3d levels. The goal of the game is to find a series of keys, shoot down enemy ships and find your way to the next level.
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Witchaven

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
Witchaven is an abandoned fantasy first-person shooter (or "slasher", since you'll wield melee weapons) developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1995 for DOS and Windows. Witchaven includes RPG elements such as experience and leveling your character but it's primarily an action game with swords and spells.
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Mega Man 3

DOS19924/5 run and gun, platform