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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Soviet

DOS19904.1/5 Opera Soft

LineWars

DOS19904/5 Safari Software

Astro Dodge

DOS19823.6/5 Digital Marketing Corporation

Ack-Ack Attack!

DOS1995remake4.2/5 PLBM Games

Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 Creative Materials

Williams Arcade Classics

DOS19953.8/5 Digital Eclipse Software

Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

DOS19843.5/5 Sega

Armor Alley

DOSMac OS19913.9/5

Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS19893.5/5 Capcom

Forgotten Worlds

DOS19914/5 Capcom

Superman: The Man of Steel

DOS19892.7/5 Tynesoft Computer Software

In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 Irem Software Engineering

CHAMP Centipede

DOS1993remake3.7/5 ChamProgramming corp.

The Last Mission

DOS19873.7/5 Opera Soft

Paratrooper

DOS19824/5 Orion Software

Crossfire

DOS19823.7/5 Sierra On-Line

Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment

OverKill

DOS1992freeware3.9/5 Tech-Noir

If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS19893.3/5 Emerald Software

Stargate

DOS19833.6/5 Williams Entertainment

Invaders 78

DOS2000freewareremake4.2/5

Stargunner

DOS19964/5 GT Interactive Software

Fox Ranger

DOS19923.6/5 Soft Action

Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software

Shooting Gallery

DOS19903.7/5 Arcanum Computing

Netherworld

DOS19902.9/5 Hewson Consultants

Galactix

DOS19923.3/5 Cygnus Studios

Wizball

DOS19873.6/5 Sensible Software

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...

Menace

DOS19882.8/5 DMA Design

Menace is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was developed by DMA Design, a company later known as Rockstar North, and initially released in 1988. The game was originally released for the Amiga and Atari ST home computer systems and for DOS. The player's objective is to navigate their spacecraft through various levels filled with enemy ships, o...