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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DOS1994freeware3.7/5 P Squared

Airborne Ranger

DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software

Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software

Jungle Strike

DOS19954.2/5 Electronic Arts

Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment

CHAMP Centipede

DOS1993remake3.7/5 ChamProgramming corp.

18th Airborne

DOS19933.9/5

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom

The Last Mission

DOS19873.7/5 Opera Soft

Eagle's Rider

DOS19913.9/5 Microids

In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 Irem Software Engineering

Galactix

DOS19923.3/5 Cygnus Studios

Fox Ranger

DOS19923.6/5 Soft Action

Star Wars 2

DOS19894.1/5

X-Fighter

DOS19873.1/5 Wordworks Software

Armor Alley

DOSMac19913.9/5

Blasteroids

DOS19893.8/5 Atari

Encounter

DOS19843.5/5

Williams Arcade Classics

DOS19953.8/5 Digital Eclipse Software

Superman: The Man of Steel

DOS19892.7/5 Tynesoft Computer Software

Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 Creative Materials

Wizball

DOS19873.5/5 Sensible Software

Wizball is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Sensible Software and originally released for various home computer platforms in 1987. The game was published by Ocean Software.In Wizball, players control a wizard who rides a magical green ball. The wizard's mission is to restore color to the world, which has been drained of its vibrant...