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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Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper
DOS1989 run and gun
Xerix II: The Caverns of Mars
DOS1994 shoot 'em up
Autobots
DOS1989 shoot 'em up
Before Michael Bay got his hands on the franchise, Autobots (1989, DOS) offered a more... subtle approach to transforming robot mayhem. Well, not subtle exactly — more like confusing. You drive around a blocky city, fight va...
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 unintui...
Crossbow: The Legend of William Tell
DOS1990 shooting gallery
Megapede
DOS1992 shoot 'em up
NetWars
DOS1993freeware space combat
NetWars, developed by Novell, is a 3D space shooter video game originally released in 1993 for DOS. NetWars was designed primarily as a promotional tool to demonstrate the networking capabilities of Novell's NetWare, a network ope...
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 gam...
Baal
DOS1989 run and gun
Released in 1989 for DOS, Baal is what happens when demons invade and the only thing standing between Earth and eternal damnation is a guy with a really big gun and absolutely no concern for platforming physics. You’re dropp...
Obliterator
DOS1989 run and gun
Netherworld
DOS1990 shoot 'em up
Batalia
DOS1986 shoot 'em up
Batalia (1986) is what happens when war games and spreadsheet programs fall in love. This early DOS strategy title throws you into tactical battles with graphics that would struggle to impress a calculator. But don’t be fool...
If It Moves, Shoot It!
DOS1989 shoot 'em up
Round 42
DOS1986 shoot 'em up
Iskib
DOS1989 run and gun
Storm
DOS1987 run and gun