Abandonware DOS title

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
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In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Ken's Labyrinth

DOS1993freeware3.5/5 first-person shooter
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Lethal Tender

DOS19934.1/5 first-person shooter
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Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 shoot 'em up
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Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 shoot 'em up
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Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS19934.1/5 shoot 'em up
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Star Wars: Rebel Assault

DOSMac1993protected4.1/5 rail shooter
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The Terminator: Rampage

DOS19934/5 first-person shooter
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Alien Breed: Tower Assault

DOS1994protected4.2/5 run and gun
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Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 shoot 'em up
blake-stone-planet-strike-05

Blake Stone 2: Planet Strike

DOS1994protected4.1/5 first-person shooter
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Corridor 7: Alien Invasion

DOS1994protected4.1/5 first-person shooter
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CyClones

DOS1994protected3.9/5 first-person shooter
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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

DOS19944.2/5 shoot 'em up
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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.
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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.
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Flying Tigers 2

DOS19943.3/5 shoot 'em up
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Heretic

DOS1994protecteddemo4.3/5 first-person shooter
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LineWars 2

DOS19944/5 shoot 'em up, space simulation
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Magic Carpet

DOSMac1994protected3.8/5 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.
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Marathon

Windows XP/98/95Linux1994freeware4.1/5 first-person shooter
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Operation Bodycount

DOS19944.2/5 first-person shooter
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Operation: Inner Space

Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo3.7/5 space combat, shoot 'em up
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Project-X

DOS19943.8/5 shoot 'em up
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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...
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Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1994protecteddemo4.1/5 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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Rise of the Triad: Dark War

DOS1994protected3.9/5 first-person shooter
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Terminal Terror

DOS19943.8/5 first-person shooter
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The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected4.2/5 run and gun