The best 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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Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
DOS1983 space combat
Star Wars: Rebel Assault
DOSMac OS1993protected rail shooter
XQuest
DOS1994remake shoot 'em up
Hostage: Rescue Mission
DOS1989
The Godfather
DOS1991 run and gun
Catacomb Armageddon
DOS1993protected first-person shooter
If Catacomb Abyss was “Doom for wizards,” then Catacomb Armageddon is “Doom with a Halloween costume budget.” Bigger levels, more enemies, and slightly more coherent level design make this sequel a fun, if ...
Guerrilla War
DOS1987 run and gun
Space Miner
DOS1983 shoot 'em up
Vaxine
DOS1991 first-person shooter
Encounter
DOS1984 shoot 'em up
Thunderblade
DOS1989 shoot 'em up
Narco Police
DOS1990 third-person shooter
Narco Police is a tactical action game developed by Dinamic Software and released in 1990. It was available on various platforms, including MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, and ZX Spectrum. The game is set in a dystopian near-future world...
Devastator
DOS1984 shooting gallery, shoot 'em up
Galactic Battle
DOS1990 shoot 'em up
Flying Tigers 2
DOS1994 shoot 'em up
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
DOS1990 run and gun
Striker
DOS1985 shoot 'em up
Ajax
DOS1989 shoot 'em up
Ajax (1989) is like an arcade fever dream: vertical shooter, transforming vehicles, lasers everywhere, and a soundtrack that yells “blast stuff!” every few seconds. One minute you’re flying a helicopter, the next...
Hoverforce
DOS1990 first-person shooter
Escape from Dr. Colosso
DOS1997freeware first-person shooter
Heavy Barrel
DOS1989 run and gun
Die Hard
DOS1989 third-person shooter
Dick Tracy
DOS1990 run and gun
Duck Hunt
DOS1995freewareremake shooting gallery, fishing and hunting
Duck Hunt is a faithful remake based on the original light gun game Duck Hunt published by Nintendo in 1984. Duck Hunt was a shooting gallery game with a straightforward gameplay: use your gun to shoot down ducks. If you...
Roller Coaster Rumbler
DOS1989 rail shooter
Sarge
DOS1989 shoot 'em up
Sirwood
DOS1990 run and gun
Space Commanders 2
DOS1985remake shoot 'em up
Xenopods
DOS1991 shoot 'em up
Unreal (Ordilogic)
DOS1991