Abandonware DOS title

The most popular vertical-scroller games

A vertical-scroller is a video game in which the action is shown in a top down perspective and the environment scrolls from top to bottom. Characters usually don't have to move to scroll the screen (expecially in shoot'em ups).
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Airborne Ranger

DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software
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Captain Dynamo

DOS19934.1/5 Codemasters
international-soccer-06

International Soccer

DOS19944/5 Zeppelin Games
highwayfighter-2

Highway Fighter

DOS19954/5 Safari Software
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Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software
star-wars-2-04

Star Wars 2

DOS19894.1/5
ikari-warriors-3-04

Ikari III: The Rescue

DOS19903.5/5 SNK Corporation
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Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 Apogee Software
donkey-bas-02

Donkey BAS

DOS19813.8/5 Microsoft
toobin-2

Toobin

DOS19894.1/5 Domark Software
Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).
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Sink or Swim

DOS19933.5/5 Zeppelin Games
ballistix-05

Ballistix

DOS19893.8/5 Reflections Interactive
ajax-1

Ajax

DOS19893.4/5 Konami
goal-07

Goal!

DOS19933.9/5 Dini & Dini Productions
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Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS19893.5/5 Capcom
total-carnage-07

Total Carnage

DOS19943.8/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
dawn-raiders-02

Dawn Raider

DOS19903.6/5 Softstar Entertainment
heavy-barrel-02

Heavy Barrel

DOS19893.4/5 Data East
guerrilla-war-01

Guerrilla War

DOS19873.4/5 SNK Corporation
skyshark-04

Sky Shark

DOS19893.5/5 Toaplan
popeye2-02

Popeye 2

DOS19923.3/5 Bizarre Developments
space-miner-03

Space Miner

DOS19833.5/5
postman-pat-3-02

Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue

DOS19923.5/5 Alternative Software
mystical-04

Mystical

DOS1990protected3.5/5 Infogrames
jackal-03

Jackal

DOS19894.1/5 Konami