Run and gun shooters sorted by release date

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.

Most popular run and gun games

Mega Man X4

shooterWindows XP/98/95

Duke Nukem

actionDOS

Mega Man

shooterDOS

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Arnie 2

DOS19933/5 Zeppelin Games
Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab

DOS1993freeware4/5 Apogee Software
Bio Menace Episode 2: The Hidden Lab

DOS1993freeware4.3/5 Apogee Software
Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain

DOS1993freeware4.3/5 Apogee Software
Duke Nukem 2

DOS19934.1/5 Apogee Software
Halloween Harry

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Interactive Binary Illusions

Halloween Harry is a DOS science fiction multi-directional scroller shooter game. Halloween Harry - later renamed Alien Carnage - was published by Apogee, developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and designed by John Passfield and Robert Crane.
Xargon

DOS1993freeware3.9/5 Epic MegaGames
Alien Breed: Tower Assault

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Team 17
The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Bitmap Brothers
Abuse

DOSLinuxMac1995freeware3.9/5 Crack dot Com
Earthworm Jim

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Shiny Entertainment
Mega Man X

DOS1995protected3.9/5 Capcom
Alien Rampage

DOS19964/5
Earthworm Jim 2

DOS1996protected4.4/5 Shiny Entertainment
Mega Man X3

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Capcom
Mega Man X4

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Capcom
Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5