Abandonware shooter games sorted by release date
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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In Extremis
DOS19933.5/5 first-person shooter
In The Hunt
Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 shoot 'em up
Ken's Labyrinth
DOS1993freeware3.5/5 first-person shooter
Lethal Tender
DOS19934.1/5 first-person shooter
Major Stryker
DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 shoot 'em up
NetWars
DOS1993freeware3.3/5 space combat
NetWars, developed by Novell, is a 3D space shooter video game originally released in 1993 for DOS. NetWars was designed primarily as a promotional tool to demonstrate the networking capabilities of Novell's NetWare, a network operating system that was popular in the 1990s. The game showcased the ability to play multiplayer games over a network, hi...
Prince of Evil
DOS19933/5
Solar Winds 2: Galaxy
DOS19933.9/5 shoot 'em up
Solar Winds: The Escape
DOS19934.1/5 shoot 'em up
Star Wars: Rebel Assault
DOSMac OS1993protected3.9/5 rail shooter
The Terminator: Rampage
DOS19934/5 first-person shooter
Alien Breed: Tower Assault
DOS1994protected4.2/5 run and gun
Astro Fire
DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 shoot 'em up
Blake Stone 2: Planet Strike
DOS1994protected4/5 first-person shooter
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
DOS1994protected4/5 first-person shooter
CyClones
DOS1994protected3.9/5 first-person shooter
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
DOS19944.2/5 shoot 'em up
Doom 2: Hell on Earth
DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.3/5 first-person shooter
Doom 2 is the sequel to the much acclaimed FPS Doom. Doom 2: Hell on Earth is a horror sci-fi first-person shooter created by id Software, (John Carmack, Sandy Petersen, John Romero) set on a hellish Earth invaded by demons. The player must find his way in 32 levels, shooting down monsters and picking up keys in order to unlock new areas.
Flying Tigers
DOS19944.1/5 shoot 'em up
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
Flying Tigers 2
DOS19943.3/5 shoot 'em up
Heretic
DOS1994protecteddemo4.2/5 first-person shooter
LineWars 2
DOS19944/5 shoot 'em up, space simulation
Magic Carpet
DOSMac OS1994protected3.8/5 first-person shooter
Magic Carpet is an action shooter game set in a fictional Middle East developed by Bullfrog and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS and Macintosh. Your goal is to fly around a magic carpet and collect mana to expand your castle. When you reach the required mana "equilibrium" you move on to the next world and so on.
Marathon
Windows XP/98/95Linux1994freeware4.1/5 first-person shooter
Nitemare 3D
DOSWindows 3.x1994protected3.3/5 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...
Operation Bodycount
DOS19944.2/5 first-person shooter
Operation: Inner Space
Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo3.8/5 space combat, shoot 'em up
Project-X
DOS19943.8/5 shoot 'em up
Raiden
DOS19944.1/5 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 follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...
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...