Abandonware DOS title

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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Westphaser

DOS19893.2/5 shooting gallery, shoot 'em up
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Meteors

DOS19893.6/5 shoot 'em up
side-arms-02

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 shoot 'em up
sea-dragon-02

Sea Dragon

DOS19833/5 shoot 'em up
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Safari Guns

DOS19893.5/5 shooting gallery, rail shooter
xquest-03

XQuest

DOS1994remake3.5/5 shoot 'em up
blort-03

Blort!

DOS19873.7/5 shoot 'em up
llamatron-01

Llamatron 2112

DOS19923.8/5 shoot 'em up
capone-1

Capone

DOS19883.8/5 shooting gallery
rotox-06

Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 shoot 'em up
kaeon-02

Kaeon

DOS19923.5/5 shoot 'em up
iskib-03

Iskib

DOS19892.7/5 run and gun
crossfire-2

Crossfire

DOS19823.7/5 shoot 'em up
cabal-02

Cabal

DOS19894.1/5 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.
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Dragon Force - Day 3

DOS19933.7/5 shoot 'em up
space-commanders-2-1

Space Commanders 2

DOS1985remake3.3/5 shoot 'em up
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The Untouchables

DOS19894/5 run and gun
encounter-1

Encounter

DOS19843.5/5 shoot 'em up
invasionbatsdoom-1

Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom

DOS19953.8/5 shoot 'em up
escape-colosso-03

Escape from Dr. Colosso

DOS1997freeware3.4/5 first-person shooter
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IBM Centipede

DOS19833.6/5 shoot 'em up
stargunner-03

Stargunner

DOS19964/5 shoot 'em up
platoon-1

Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 run and gun
magic-carpet-2-05

Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected3.8/5 first-person shooter
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Seek and Destroy

DOS19964.2/5 shoot 'em up
Seek and Destroy was a shoot'em up published by the well known Epic Megagames in 1996 that tried to change the usual shoot'em up gameplay for the better. Instead of wave after wave of enemies to shoot down, you are given short missions to accomplish with your helicopter or your tank (yes, you can choose). At first, missions could seem a bit repetit...
p47-03

P47 Thunderbolt

DOS19903.7/5 shoot 'em up
storm-1

Storm

DOS19872.5/5 run and gun
infestation-02

Infestation

DOS19904/5 first-person action-adventure, first-person shooter
megapede-02

Megapede

DOS19923/5 shoot 'em up