Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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Quake 2

Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/11Mac OS1997protecteddemo first-person shooter
Quake II is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and released in 1997. It is the sequel to the original Quake and was a significant milestone in the evolution of 3D graphics in video games. Quake II maintained the fast-paced, frenetic gameplay of its predecessor. It is a first-person shooter that emphasizes multiplayer ac...
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The Untouchables

DOS1989 run and gun
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Marathon 2: Durandal

Windows XP/98/95Linux1996 first-person shooter
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Interphase

DOS1989 first-person shooter
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Operation Bodycount

DOS1994 first-person shooter
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Star Goose!

DOS1988 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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Cabal

DOS1989 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.
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Super Star Wars

DOS1992 platform, run and gun
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Alien Rampage

DOS1996 run and gun
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Sopwith

DOS1984freeware shoot 'em up
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Crusader: No Regret

DOS1996protecteddemo
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Blake Stone 2: Planet Strike

DOS1994protected first-person shooter
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Xatax

DOS1994 shoot 'em up
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Corridor 7: Alien Invasion

DOS1994protected first-person shooter
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Robocop

DOS1989 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...
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Mega Man X

DOS1995protected run and gun, platform
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Spacewar

DOS1985 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 ...
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Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS1993 shoot 'em up
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Redneck Rampage

DOS1997protected first-person shooter
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Forgotten Worlds

DOS1991 shoot 'em up
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Wings of Fury

DOS1989 shoot 'em up
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Blake Stone 1: Aliens of Gold

DOS1993protected first-person shooter
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007: License to Kill

DOS1989 shoot 'em up
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Arnie 2

DOS1993 run and gun
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Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake shoot 'em up
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Galaxian

DOS1983 shoot 'em up
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Infestation

DOS1990 first-person action-adventure, first-person shooter
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LineWars 2

DOS1994 shoot 'em up, space simulation
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Operation Harrier

DOS1990 shoot 'em up, flight simulation