The most popular shoot 'em up games

Shoot 'em ups were extremely popular in the '80s and '90s. In a classic shoot 'em up, the player controls a vehicle, a spaceship or an aircraft with the only goal of destroying the largest number of enemies as possible while dodging bullets and staying alive. Through the years, shoot 'em ups evolved to include features like end level bosses, multiple weapons and power-ups. Some of the most popular DOS shoot 'em ups were: Raptor, Tyrian 2000, Xenon 2.

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Invaders 78

DOS2000freewareremake4.2/5

Chopper Duel

DOS1993freeware3.8/5

Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware3.7/5 P Squared

Williams Arcade Classics

DOS19953.8/5 Digital Eclipse Software

Llamatron 2112

DOS19923.8/5 Llamasoft

Flying Tigers 2

DOS19943.3/5

Space Invaders

DOS1995remake4/5

Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software

Il Grande Gioco di Tangentopoli

DOS19933.6/5

Wings of Fury

DOS19894.1/5 Broderbund

P47 Thunderbolt

DOS19903.7/5 NMK Co.

Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 Apogee Software

Xenopods

DOS19913.3/5 Softdisk Publishing

Revenge of Defender

DOS19893.5/5 Epyx

007: License to Kill

DOS19894/5 Quixel

Into the Eagle's Nest

DOS19873.9/5 Pandora

LineWars 2

DOS19944/5 Safari Software

Sky Shark

DOS19893.6/5 Toaplan

Encounter

DOS19843.5/5

Armor Alley

DOSMac OS19913.9/5

IBM Centipede

DOS19833.6/5 IBM

Eagle's Rider

DOS19913.9/5 Microids

Operation: Inner Space

Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo3.7/5 Software Dynamics

Project-X

DOS19943.8/5 Team 17

EGA-Roids

DOS1986freewareremake3.7/5 Designer Software

Batalia

DOS19862.8/5 The Right Brothers

Phantis

DOS19873.5/5 Dinamic Multimedia

X-Fighter

DOS19873.1/5 Wordworks Software

Dalek Attack

DOS19923.9/5 Alternative Software

Xenon 2: Megablast

DOS19904.2/5 Bitmap Brothers

Xenon 2: Megablast is a classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released by Image Works in 1990 for DOS and for a plethora of other systems. Xenon was good, Xenon 2 was far better. Compared to today standards Xenon 2 is perhaps a mediocre shoot 'em up, but at the time every shooter fan loved it. Plus, it was developed by Bitmap Brother...