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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Safari Guns

DOS19893.5/5 shooting gallery, rail shooter
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Flying Tigers 2

DOS19943.3/5 shoot 'em up
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Escape from Dr. Colosso

DOS1997freeware3.4/5 first-person shooter
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IBM Centipede

DOS19833.6/5 shoot 'em up
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Striker

DOS19853.4/5 shoot 'em up
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Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected3.8/5 first-person shooter
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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

DOS19843.5/5 shoot 'em up
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Iskib

DOS19892.7/5 run and gun
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Lethal Tender

DOS19934.1/5 first-person shooter
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Westphaser

DOS19893.2/5 shooting gallery, shoot 'em up
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Dragon Force - Day 3

DOS19933.7/5 shoot 'em up
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Super 3-D Noah's Ark

DOS1995protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
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Sarge

DOS19893.3/5 shoot 'em up
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Catacomb Armageddon

DOS1993protected3.3/5 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...
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Xerix II: The Caverns of Mars

DOS19943/5 shoot 'em up
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Game Over

DOS19882.9/5 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.