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The best run and gun games

Run and gun games - sometimes called scrolling shooters - are a mix of platform games and shoot 'em ups. The player is in control of a character - usually a soldier loaded with guns - who walks and shoots in real gravity environments. Contra, Rambo 3, Alien Breed are three of the most popular run and gun games.
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Rambo 3

DOS1988 Ocean Software
Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed and published by various companies for different ...
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Platoon

DOS1987 Ocean Software
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Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS1988 SNK Corporation
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Mystical

DOS1990protected Infogrames
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Guerrilla War

DOS1987 SNK Corporation
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Electroman

DOS1992freeware xLand Games
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch

DOS1990 Elite Systems
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Heavy Barrel

DOS1989 Data East
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Dick Tracy

DOS1990 Titus Interactive
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The Godfather

DOS1991 Creative Materials
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Sirwood

DOS1990 Opera Soft
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Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

DOS1989 Probe Entertainment
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Bionic Commando

DOS1988 Capcom
In Bionic Commando, you're a soldier with no jumping ability—because who needs knees when you have a grappling arm? Swing through 1988 DOS architecture like a pixelated Tarzan, blasting bad guys and trying not to fall to you...
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Game Over

DOS1988 Dinamic Multimedia
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...
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Baal

DOS1989 Psygnosis
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...
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Obliterator

DOS1989 Psygnosis
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Iskib

DOS1989
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Storm

DOS1987 Mastertronic