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The best 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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Command Adventures: Starship

DOS19953.6/5 Future Vision
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Meteors

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
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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...
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Astrotit

DOS1987NSFW3.5/5 Rudeware
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Interpose

DOS19963.5/5 Twilight Zone Software
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Space Invaders 2001

Windows XP/98/952001remake3.5/5
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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

DOS19843.5/5 Sega
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Kaeon

DOS19923.5/5
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Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS19893.5/5 Capcom
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Phantis

DOS19873.5/5 Dinamic Multimedia
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Revenge of Defender

DOS19893.5/5 Epyx
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Sky Shark

DOS19893.5/5 Toaplan
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Tubular Worlds

DOS19943.5/5
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Space Miner

DOS19833.5/5
xquest-03

XQuest

DOS1994remake3.5/5
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Encounter

DOS19843.5/5
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Thunderblade

DOS19893.4/5 Sega
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Devastator

DOS19843.4/5 COMPUTE! Publications
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Galactic Battle

DOS19903.4/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Striker

DOS19853.4/5
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Ajax

DOS19893.4/5 Konami
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Galactix

DOS19923.3/5 Cygnus Studios
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If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS19893.3/5 Emerald Software
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Sarge

DOS19893.3/5
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Space Commanders 2

DOS1985remake3.3/5
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Xenopods

DOS19913.3/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Flying Tigers 2

DOS19943.3/5
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Autobots

DOS19893.2/5
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Dragonfly

DOS19863.2/5
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Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software