Abandonware DOS title

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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Operation Bodycount

DOS1994 first-person shooter
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Operation Harrier

DOS1990 shoot 'em up, flight simulation
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Operation Wolf

DOS1989 rail shooter, shooting gallery
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Operation: Inner Space

Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo space combat, shoot 'em up
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Outbound

Windows XP/98/952001freeware third-person shooter
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OverKill

DOS1992freeware shoot 'em up
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P47 Thunderbolt

DOS1990 shoot 'em up
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Paratrooper

DOS1982 shoot 'em up
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Phantis

DOS1987 shoot 'em up
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Platoon

DOS1987 run and gun
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Postal

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected third-person shooter
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Postal 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2003protected first-person shooter
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Powerslave

DOS1996 first-person shooter
Known as Exhumed in some regions, Powerslave is a first-person shooter with a heavy dose of Egyptian flavor. Think mummies, scarabs, and plenty of mystical traps, all wrapped up in...
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Predator 2

DOS1991 shooting gallery, third-person shooter
Adapting movies into games is always tricky, but Predator 2 gives it a shot with mixed results. You play as a cop cleaning up the mean streets while occasionally being stalked by t...
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Prince of Evil

DOS1993
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Project-X

DOS1994 shoot 'em up
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Quake

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protecteddemo first-person shooter
Quake is a first-person shooter (FPS) video game developed by id Software and released in 1996. It is the successor to id Software's immensely popular "Doom" series and is known fo...
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Quake 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo first-person shooter
Quake II is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and released in 1997. It is the sequel to the original Quake and was a significant milestone in the evolution...
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R-Type

DOS1989 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 ...
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Radix: Beyond the Void

DOS1995 first-person shooter
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Raiden

DOS1994 shoot 'em up
Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden fol...
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Rambo 3

DOS1988 run and gun
Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed...
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Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo shoot 'em up
Back when PC shoot-’em-ups were still proving they could match arcades, Raptor: Call of the Shadows landed like a missile. Fast, crunchy, and blessed with explosions that fee...
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Redneck Rampage

DOS1997protected first-person shooter
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Revenge of Defender

DOS1988 shoot 'em up
Aka Starglider 2 with an attitude, Revenge of Defender (or Defender of the Crown’s evil twin in name only) is a 3D space shooter where your main enemy is not the aliens&mdash...
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Rise of the Triad: Dark War

DOS1994protected first-person shooter
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River Raid remake

DOS1995freewareremake shoot 'em up
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Robocop

DOS1989 run and gun, beat 'em up
Robocop is an abandoned beat 'em up / run and gun shooter game developed and released by Data East in 1989 for a number of platforms, including DOS. Robocop is a conversion fr...
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Robocop 3

DOS1992 first-person shooter, racing: car
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Robotron 2084

DOS1983 shoot 'em up