The best abandonware shooter games
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Airborne Ranger
DOS19884.2/5 shoot 'em up
Invaders 78
DOS2000freewareremake4.2/5 shoot 'em up
Marathon 2: Durandal
Windows XP/98/95Linux19964.2/5 first-person shooter
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
Tempest 2000
DOS1996remake4.2/5 shoot 'em up
Tempest 2000 is a video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation. It was released in 1994 for DOS, Mac, the Atari Jaguar console, etc. Tempest 2000 is an enhanced remake of the original Tempest, which was released in arcades in 1981.In Tempest 2000, players control a claw-shaped ship that moves around the edges of geometric sh...
The Chaos Engine
DOS1994protected4.2/5 run and gun
Spear of Destiny
DOS19924.2/5 first-person shooter
Operation Bodycount
DOS19944.2/5 first-person shooter
Super 3-D Noah's Ark
DOS1995protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
House of the Dead
Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 rail shooter
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.
Virtua Cop
Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 rail shooter
Jackal
DOS19894.1/5 run and gun
Star Wars: Rebel Assault
DOSMac1993protected4.1/5 rail shooter
Xenon 2000: Project PCF
Windows XP/98/952000remake4.1/5 shoot 'em up
Xenon 2000: Project PCF is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up video game and originally released in 2000. It is a sequel to the earlier game "Xenon 2: Megablast," which was developed by The Bitmap Brothers and released in 1989.In Xenon 2000, players control a spaceship and engage in fast-paced shooting action as they face off against waves of enemy ...
Raiden
DOS19944.1/5 shoot 'em up
Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...
Mega Man X4
Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 run and gun, platform
Mega Man X4 is an abandoned side scrolling action-platform video game that was released for Windows, the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997 and 1998. Mega Man X4 is part of the Mega Man X series, which is a spin-off of the original Mega Man series, and it was developed by Capcom. Mega Man X4 is set in a dystopian future where h...
River Raid
DOS1995freewareremake4.1/5 shoot 'em up
Soviet
DOS19904.1/5 shoot 'em up, vehicular combat
Tyrian 2000
DOS1999freeware4.1/5 shoot 'em up
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.
The Terminator: Future Shock
DOS19954.1/5 first-person shooter
The Terminator: Future Shock is an abandoned science fiction first-person shooter game based on the popular Terminator movies franchise, set in a dystopian world where machines has taken over the Earth. The Terminator: Future Shock was developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1995 for DOS.
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1994protecteddemo4.1/5 shoot 'em up
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Raptor, players control a fighter jet through various levels filled with enemy aircraft, ground targets, power-ups and boss...
Star Wars 2
DOS19894.1/5 shoot 'em up
Flying Tigers
DOS19944.1/5 shoot 'em up
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
Alien Trilogy
DOS19964.1/5 first-person shooter
Blake Stone 2: Planet Strike
DOS1994protected4.1/5 first-person shooter
Wolfenstein 3D
DOSMac1992protecteddemo4.1/5 first-person shooter
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 ...
Ultimate Doom
DOS1995protected4.1/5 first-person shooter
Alien Rampage
DOS19964.1/5 run and gun
Wings of Fury
DOS19894.1/5 shoot 'em up
Cabal
DOS19894.1/5 shooting gallery
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.