Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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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Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded

Windows2011canceled4.1/5 first-person shooter
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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...
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Space Invaders

DOS1995remake4/5 shoot 'em up
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Ultimate Doom

DOS1995protected4.1/5 first-person shooter
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Magic Carpet

DOSMac1994protected3.8/5 first-person shooter
Magic Carpet is an action shooter game set in a fictional Middle East developed by Bullfrog and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS and Macintosh. Your goal is to fly around a magic carpet and collect mana to expand your castle. When you reach the required mana "equilibrium" you move on to the next world and so on.
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Blood

DOS1997protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
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Mega Man 3

DOS19924/5 run and gun, platform
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Powerslave

DOS19964/5 first-person shooter
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Witchaven

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
Witchaven is an abandoned fantasy first-person shooter (or "slasher", since you'll wield melee weapons) developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1995 for DOS and Windows. Witchaven includes RPG elements such as experience and leveling your character but it's primarily an action game with swords and spells.
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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.
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Catacomb Abyss

DOS1992protected3.7/5 first-person shooter
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If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS19893.3/5 shoot 'em up
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Defender

DOS19834.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Star Goose!

DOS19884/5 shoot 'em up
Star Goose is a classic video game developed by Logotron and released in 1988 for various home computer systems of that era, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. It is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter that combines elements of shoot 'em up gameplay with exploration and power-up mechanics.
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Halloween Harry

DOS1993freeware4.2/5 run and gun, platform
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.
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Zaxxon

DOS19843.8/5 shoot 'em up
Zaxxon is a classic arcade video game that was first released by Sega in 1982 for the arcades and later for a number of platforms. It is considered one of the pioneering titles in the shoot 'em up or scrolling shooter genre. Zaxxon was notable for its use of isometric graphics, which gave the game a unique 3D perspective.
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Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 shoot 'em up
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Alien Syndrome

DOS19894.3/5 run and gun
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Rambo 3

DOS19883.6/5 run and gun
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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

DOS19944.2/5 shoot 'em up
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Command Adventures: Starship

DOS19953.6/5 shoot 'em up
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007: License to Kill

DOS19894/5 shoot 'em up
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Outbound

Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.9/5 third-person shooter
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Virus

DOS19883.9/5 third-person shooter
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Alien Breed: Tower Assault

DOS1994protected4.2/5 run and gun
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Hexen: Beyond Heretic

DOS1995protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
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Alien Cabal

DOS1997freeware3.9/5 first-person shooter
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Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 first-person shooter
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Mega Man X

DOS1995protected4/5 run and gun, platform
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The Terminator: Rampage

DOS19934/5 first-person shooter