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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Space Commanders
DOS1983remake shoot 'em up
Virus
DOS1988 third-person shooter
Game Over
DOS1988 run and gun, platform
Game Over is an abandoned side scrolling shooter/platform game designed by Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor, Pedro Sudón Aguilar, developed and released by Dinamic Multimedia in 1988 for DOS. Game Over isn't exactly one of the best games ever made... be prepared for clunky controls and repetitive level design that may test your patience.
Catacomb Armageddon
DOS1993protected first-person shooter
Ken's Labyrinth
DOS1993freeware first-person shooter
In Extremis
DOS1993 first-person shooter
Storm
DOS1987 run and gun
Secret Agent: The Escape
DOS1996 first-person shooter
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected first-person shooter
Blasteroids
DOS1989 shoot 'em up
Blasteroids is a video game developed and released by Atari, Inc. in 1987. It's a sequel to the classic arcade game Asteroids, which was released in 1979. In Blasteroids, players control a spaceship tasked with destroying asteroids and enemy ships while avoiding collisions and enemy fire. The game features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics co...
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
DOS1994protected first-person shooter
Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon
DOS1991 first-person shooter, tank simulation
Nitemare 3D
DOSWindows 3.x1994protected first-person shooter
Nitemare 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by David P. Gray under the Gray Design Associates label. It was released in 1994 as a follow-up to the earlier adventure games in the "Hugo" series. The protagonist, Hugo, embarks on a mission to rescue his girlfriend, Penelope, who has been kidnapped by the evil Dr. Hame...
Baal
DOS1989 run and gun
Cabal
DOS1989 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.
William Shatner's TekWar
DOS1995 first-person shooter
Shadow Warrior
DOS1997protected first-person shooter
Uridium
DOS1988 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...
Strife
DOS1996protecteddemo first-person shooter
Strife from 1996 is a first-person shooter game developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Velocity, based on the Doom engine. It's often remembered for being one of the earlier games to blend first-person shooter gameplay with RPG elements, such as dialogue with NPCs, quests, and an overarching storyline.In Strife, players assume the role o...
Traffic department 2192
DOS1994freeware shoot 'em up
Alien Syndrome
DOS1989 run and gun
Revenge of Defender
DOS1989 shoot 'em up
MDK
DOSMac OSWindows XP/98/951997protected third-person shooter
Galactic Battle
DOS1990 shoot 'em up
Wizball
DOS1987 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...
CHAMP Asteroids
DOS1997remake shoot 'em up
XQuest
DOS1994remake shoot 'em up
Transland
DOS1996 first-person shooter
The Chaos Engine
DOS1994protected run and gun
Forgotten Worlds
DOS1991 shoot 'em up