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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Autobots

DOS1989 shoot 'em up

Dragonfly

DOS1986 shoot 'em up

Fleet Sweep

DOS1983 shoot 'em up

Westphaser

DOS1989 shooting gallery, shoot 'em up

X-Fighter

DOS1987 shoot 'em up

Aquaphobia

DOS1992freeware shoot 'em up

Despite the name, Aquaphobia (1992) doesn’t help you overcome your fear of water. In fact, it might just make it worse. This is an action-platformer where you try not to drown while battling mutated sea creatures and unintuitive controls. You’ll wonder if your true enemy is the terrifying undersea monsters or the game’s refusal to...

Crossbow: The Legend of William Tell

DOS1990 shooting gallery

Megapede

DOS1992 shoot 'em up

Sea Dragon

DOS1983 shoot 'em up

Transland

DOS1996 first-person shooter

Game Over

DOS1988 run and gun, platform

Game Over is an abandoned side scrolling shooter/platform game designed by Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor, Pedro Sudón Aguilar, developed and released by Dinamic Multimedia in 1988 for DOS. Game Over isn't exactly one of the best games ever made... be prepared for clunky controls and repetitive level design that may test your patience.