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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Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software

Paratrooper

DOS19824/5 Orion Software

Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake3.8/5

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom

Space Federation

DOS19944.2/5 Interplay Productions

Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment

The Last Mission

DOS19873.7/5 Opera Soft

Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software

IBM Centipede

DOS19833.6/5 IBM

OverKill

DOS1992freeware3.9/5 Tech-Noir

CHAMP Centipede

DOS1993remake3.7/5 ChamProgramming corp.

Encounter

DOS19843.5/5

In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 Irem Software Engineering

Williams Arcade Classics

DOS19953.8/5 Digital Eclipse Software

Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 Creative Materials

Xenopods

DOS19913.3/5 Softdisk Publishing

Star Wars 2

DOS19894.1/5

X-Fighter

DOS19873.1/5 Wordworks Software

Fox Ranger

DOS19923.6/5 Soft Action

Super Stardust

DOS19964.2/5 Housemarque

Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware3.9/5 Apogee Software

Sopwith

DOS1984freeware4.1/5 BMB Compuscience

Night Raid

DOS1992remake3.8/5 Argo Games

Galactic Battle

DOS19903.4/5 Softdisk Publishing

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...