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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Alien Rampage

DOS19964.1/5 run and gun
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Powerslave

DOS19964.1/5 first-person shooter
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Corridor 7: Alien Invasion

DOS1994protected4.1/5 first-person shooter
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Radix: Beyond the Void

DOS19954.1/5 first-person shooter
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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 ...
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Blake Stone 1: Aliens of Gold

DOS1993protected4.1/5 first-person shooter
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Sopwith

DOS1984freeware4.1/5 shoot 'em up
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Marathon

Windows XP/98/95Linux1994freeware4.1/5 first-person shooter
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Lethal Tender

DOS19934.1/5 first-person shooter
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Space Invaders

DOS1995remake4/5 shoot 'em up
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Xatax

DOS19944/5 shoot 'em up
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Wings of Fury

DOS19894/5 shoot 'em up
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Super Star Wars

DOS19924/5 platform, run and gun
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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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Virus

DOS19884/5 third-person shooter
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Crusader: No Regret

DOS1996protected4/5
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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...
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The Terminator: Rampage

DOS19934/5 first-person shooter
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Redneck Rampage

DOS1997protected4/5 first-person shooter
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R-Type

DOS19894/5 shoot 'em up
R-Type is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Irem in 1987. The game quickly gained popularity for its challenging gameplay and impressive graphics at the time. R-Type is known for its tough and memorable enemy designs, as well as challenging boss battles. The game features various power-ups that enhance the player...
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Chasm: The Rift

DOS19974/5 first-person shooter
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007: License to Kill

DOS19894/5 shoot 'em up
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Dawn Raider

DOS19904/5 shoot 'em up
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Forgotten Worlds

DOS19914/5 shoot 'em up
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Galaxian

DOS19834/5 shoot 'em up
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Infestation

DOS19904/5 first-person action-adventure, first-person shooter
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Interphase

DOS19894/5 first-person shooter
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LineWars

DOS19904/5 shoot 'em up, space simulation
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LineWars 2

DOS19944/5 shoot 'em up, space simulation