Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware shooter games sorted by title, from Z to A

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.
spacewar-splash

Spacewar

DOS19854.1/5 shoot 'em up
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer games and is often considered the first interactive video game. It was created in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen at the MIT. The game was developed on the PDP-1 minicomputer; this is a DOS port, released in 1985.Spacewar! features two spaceships, controlled by players, that ...
space-miner-03

Space Miner

DOS19833.5/5 shoot 'em up
space-invaders-2001-02

Space Invaders 2001

Windows XP/98/952001remake3.5/5 shoot 'em up
space-invaders-clone-1

Space Invaders

DOS1995remake4/5 shoot 'em up
space_harrier-1

Space Harrier

DOS19893.7/5 rail shooter, third-person shooter
Space Harrier is a 3rd-person view rail-shooter developed by Sega in 1985. Space Harrier was a hit in the arcades, and later it was converted for a number of platforms, including DOS (4 years later!). The sequels - Space Harrier 3D and Space Harrier II - were never ported to DOS.
space-commanders-2-1

Space Commanders 2

DOS1985remake3.3/5 shoot 'em up
spacecommanders-1

Space Commanders

DOS1983remake3.8/5 shoot 'em up
soviet-04

Soviet

DOS19904.1/5 shoot 'em up, vehicular combat
sopwith-2

Sopwith

DOS1984freeware4.1/5 shoot 'em up
solar-winds-1-2

Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS19934.1/5 shoot 'em up
solar-winds-2-02

Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 shoot 'em up
skyshark-04

Sky Shark

DOS19893.5/5 shoot 'em up
sirwood-1

Sirwood

DOS19903.3/5 run and gun
Silpheed-02

Silpheed

DOS19884/5 shoot 'em up
side-arms-02

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 shoot 'em up
shootinggallery-1

Shooting Gallery

DOS19903.7/5 shooting gallery, shoot 'em up
shadow-warrior-1

Shadow Warrior

DOS1997protected3.9/5 first-person shooter
seek-and-destroy-06

Seek and Destroy

DOS19964.2/5 shoot 'em up
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...
secret-agent-escape-02

Secret Agent: The Escape

DOS19963.8/5 first-person shooter
sea-dragon-02

Sea Dragon

DOS19833/5 shoot 'em up
sarge-02

Sarge

DOS19893.3/5 shoot 'em up
safari-guns-03

Safari Guns

DOS19893.5/5 shooting gallery, rail shooter
rushattack-3

Rush'n Attack

DOS19894/5 run and gun
round-42-03

Round 42

DOS19862.7/5 shoot 'em up
rotox-06

Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 shoot 'em up
roller-coaster-rumbler-03

Roller Coaster Rumbler

DOS19893.5/5 rail shooter
robotron-2084-3

Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 shoot 'em up
robocop-3-07

Robocop 3

DOS19923.9/5 first-person shooter, racing: car
robocop-2

Robocop

DOS19894/5 run and gun, beat 'em up
Robocop is an abandoned beat 'em up / run and gun shooter game developed and released by Data East in 1989 for a number of platforms, including DOS. Robocop is a conversion from an arcade game released by Data East in 1988 and it was based on the movie of the same name, Robocop, by Paul Verhoeven. Your goal is to get to the final boss by shoot...
river-raid-remake-01

River Raid

DOS1995freewareremake4.1/5 shoot 'em up