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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Westphaser

DOS1989 shooting gallery, shoot 'em up

X-Fighter

DOS1987 shoot 'em up

Aquaphobia

DOS1992freeware shoot 'em up

Crossbow: The Legend of William Tell

DOS1990 shooting gallery

Mach 3

DOS1987 third-person shooter

Megapede

DOS1992 shoot 'em up

Prince of Evil

DOS1993

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.

Baal

DOS1989 run and gun

Obliterator

DOS1989 run and gun

Netherworld

DOS1990 shoot 'em up

Batalia

DOS1986 shoot 'em up

Menace

DOS1988 shoot 'em up

Menace is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was developed by DMA Design, a company later known as Rockstar North, and initially released in 1988. The game was originally released for the Amiga and Atari ST home computer systems and for DOS. The player's objective is to navigate their spacecraft through various levels filled with enemy ships, o...