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The best 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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Shooter games

  • seek-and-destroy-06
    DOS19964.2/5 Safari Software

    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...

  • defender-4
    DOS19834.2/5 Williams Entertainment
  • starwars-4
    DOS19884.2/5 Atari
  • hexen-5
    DOS1995protected4.2/5 Raven Software
  • total-carnage-07
    DOS19944.2/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • descent-1
    DOS1995protected4.2/5 Parallax Software

    Descent is a first person shooter with a unique six degree of freedom gameplay developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Productions in 1995.. You control a spaceship and must pilot it in a mine, through a series of 3d levels. The goal of the game is to find a series of keys, shoot down enemy ships and find your way to the next level.

  • xenon2-4
    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...

  • alien-syndrome-07
    DOS19894.2/5 Sega
  • raiden-05
    DOS19944.2/5 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
  • virtua-cop-04
    Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 Sega
  • jackal-03
    DOS19894.2/5 Konami
  • tower-assault-03
    DOS1994protected4.2/5 Team 17
  • house-of-the-dead-2
    Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Sega

    House of the Dead is an old horror-themed rail shooter game, developed and released by Sega in 1998. The whole gameplay can be summarized in a single sentence "a first-person 3D shooting gallery with zombies". House of the Dead runs on older version of Windows, so you may need a virtual machine to play it properly.

  • megaman-x4-05
    Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Capcom
  • marathon-03
    Windows XP/98/95Linux1994freeware4.1/5 Bungie
  • radix-beyond-the-void-03
    DOS19954.1/5
  • super-star-wars-01
    DOS19924.1/5 LucasArts
  • superspaceinvaders-1
    DOS19914.1/5 Taito
  • wolfenstein3d-2
    DOSMac1992protected4.1/5 id software

    Wolfenstein 3D is the first-person shooter that popularized the whole genre in the early 90s and is considered one of the greatest games ever made. Wolfenstein 3D was designed by John Romero and Tom Hall (id Software) and released as shareware by Apogee Software in 1992 for DOS. Wolfenstein 3D is based on the Wolf3D engine, programmed by John ...

  • tyrian2000-02
    DOS1999freeware4.1/5 Eclipse Software

    Tyrian 2000 is an old DOS science fiction classic shoot'em up, developed by Eclipse Software and designed by Alexander Brandon, Jason Emery, Daniel Cook. Tyrian 2000 is one of the most popular shoot'em ups ever published for DOS and it's still remembered by retro gaming fans to this day.

  • blake-stone-aliens-of-gold-06
    DOS1993protected4.1/5 JAM Productions
  • marathon2-03
    Windows XP/98/95Linux19964.1/5 Bungie
  • ultimatedoom-1
    DOS1995protected4.1/5 id software
  • chasmrift-2
    DOS19974.1/5 Action Forms
  • 3d-noah-ark-01
    DOS1995protected4.1/5 Wisdom Tree
  • ackack-attack-03
    DOS1995remake4.1/5 PLBM Games
  • halloween-harry-06
    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.

  • megaman3-08
    DOS19924.1/5 Hi-Tech Expressions
  • solar-winds-1-2
    DOS19934.1/5 Stone Interactive Media
  • cabal-02
    DOS19894.1/5 TAD Corporation

    Cabal is an abandoned arcade conversion of a popular shooter game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Cabal was developed by TAD Corporation and released by Capcom in 1989 for DOS.