Abandonware DOS title

Shoot 'em up sorted by release date

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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Chopper Duel

DOS1993freeware
dragon-force-02

Dragon Force - Day 3

DOS1993 Mirinae Software
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In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/951993 Irem Software Engineering
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Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware Apogee Software
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Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS1993 Stone Interactive Media
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Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS1993 Stone Interactive Media
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Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake ORT Software
Astro Fire (1994) is the illegitimate love child of Asteroids and a particularly angry fireworks show. You pilot a tiny ship with a death wish through an endless barrage of asteroids, enemies, and power-ups that may or may not be ...
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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

DOS1994 Electronic Arts
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Flying Tigers

DOS1994 Ticsoft
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
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Flying Tigers 2

DOS1994
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Highway Hunter

DOS1994 Safari Software
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LineWars 2

DOS1994 Safari Software
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Operation: Inner Space

Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo Software Dynamics
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Project-X

DOS1994 Team 17
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Raiden

DOS1994 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up f...
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Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo Cygnus Studios
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Rap...
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Space Federation

DOS1994 Interplay Productions
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Total Carnage

DOS1994 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware P Squared
tubular-worlds-04

Tubular Worlds

DOS1994
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Xatax

DOS1994 Pixel Painters Corporation
xquest-03

XQuest

DOS1994remake
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Ack-Ack Attack!

DOS1995remake PLBM Games
In Ack-Ack Attack! (1995, DOS), you operate an anti-aircraft gun and do your best to shoot down waves of enemy planes with what appears to be a potato cannon. The game is loud, frantic, and wonderfully simple — a throwback t...
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Command Adventures: Starship

DOS1995 Future Vision
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Jungle Strike

DOS1995 Electronic Arts
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River Raid remake

DOS1995freewareremake
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Space Invaders

DOS1995remake