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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CHAMP Asteroids

DOS1997remake shoot 'em up
A remake of the arcade classic, CHAMP Asteroids lets you relive the joy of spinning wildly in space and smashing rocks with a tiny triangle-shaped ship. It’s like cosmic road...
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Striker

DOS1985 shoot 'em up
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X-COM: Alliance

Windows XP/98/952002canceled first-person shooter
X-COM: Alliance is one of those legendary “what could have been” titles, a fascinating ghost in gaming history rather than a fully realized experience. Originally envisioned as...
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Phantis

DOS1987 shoot 'em up
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Mach 3

DOS1987 third-person shooter
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Colosso Secret

DOS1997freeware first-person shooter
Colosso Secret (1997, DOS) is the moody prequel/sequel/parallel universe to Colosso Revenge, where secrets abound and subtlety is tossed out the window. Imagine Indiana Jones in a ...
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Postal

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected third-person shooter
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Hoverforce

DOS1990 first-person shooter
Hoverforce takes flight combat and wraps it in a futuristic package that feels both ambitious and slightly experimental. Released in 1990, it lets you pilot a hovercraft through mi...
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Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS1988 shoot 'em up
Side Arms: Hyper Dyne is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up arcade game developed and published by Capcom in 1986 and later ported on various platforms. Players control a "mobilsui...
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In Extremis

DOS1993 first-person shooter
In Extremis from 1993 is one of those lesser-known titles that surprises players with its ambition. Mixing action and strategy, it places you in dangerous situations where quick th...
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Cosmic Crusader

DOS1982 shoot 'em up
Cosmic Crusader is proof that sometimes simple is perfect. You’re a lone pilot defending space against endless waves of enemies, in a game that’s basically a love lette...
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Round 42

DOS1986 shoot 'em up
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Westphaser

DOS1989 shooting gallery, shoot 'em up
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Kaeon

DOS1992 shoot 'em up
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The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected run and gun
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Star Trek Combat Arena

DOS1989 shoot 'em up
If Star Trek Combat Arena had a motto, it would be “talk diplomacy later.” Released in 1989 for DOS, this game tossed Starfleet’s peaceful ideals right out the ai...
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Netherworld

DOS1990 shoot 'em up
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Infestation

DOS1990 first-person action-adventure, first-person shooter
Infestation drops you onto a hostile alien world where the welcome committee consists mostly of things with too many legs and way too many teeth. The game mixes exploration and act...
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X-Fighter

DOS1987 shoot 'em up
X-Fighter feels like one of those early experiments where developers were still figuring out what “space combat” should even look like. It is simple, direct, and unapologetical...
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Arnie 2

DOS1993 run and gun
Arnie 2 is the unofficial Schwarzenegger sim where you run around shirtless with guns bigger than your torso, blowing up helicopters, bunkers, and bad guys in increasingly ridiculo...
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Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

DOS1989 run and gun
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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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Operation Harrier

DOS1990 shoot 'em up, flight simulation
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CHAMP Invaders

DOS1997remake shoot 'em up
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OverKill

DOS1992freeware shoot 'em up
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Chopper Duel

DOS1993freeware shoot 'em up
Think Top Gun but with less Tom Cruise and more pixelated explosions. Chopper Duel pits you against a friend (or the AI) in one-on-one rotorcraft carnage. It’s fast, twitchy,...
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Crossbow: The Legend of William Tell

DOS1990 shooting gallery
In Crossbow: The Legend of William Tell, you’re not just a heroic archer—you’re a babysitter for an entire group of reckless companions who have an uncanny talent...
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Interphase

DOS1989 first-person shooter
Interphase from 1989 blends action and puzzle-solving into a futuristic arcade experience that feels distinctly experimental. Players navigate abstract environments, collecting obj...
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Jackal

DOS1989 run and gun
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The Invaders

DOSWindows XP/98/951989remake shoot 'em up