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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In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 Irem Software Engineering
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Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware3.9/5 Apogee Software
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Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 Stone Interactive Media
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Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS19934.1/5 Stone Interactive Media
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Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 ORT Software
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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

DOS19944.2/5 Electronic Arts
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Flying Tigers

DOS19944.1/5 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

DOS19943.3/5
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Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software
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LineWars 2

DOS19944/5 Safari Software
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Operation: Inner Space

Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo3.7/5 Software Dynamics
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Project-X

DOS19943.8/5 Team 17
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Raiden

DOS19944.1/5 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 format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...
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Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1994protecteddemo4.1/5 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 Raptor, players control a fighter jet through various levels filled with enemy aircraft, ground targets, power-ups and boss...
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Space Federation

DOS19944.2/5 Interplay Productions
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Total Carnage

DOS19943.8/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware3.7/5 P Squared
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Tubular Worlds

DOS19943.5/5
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Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation
xquest-03

XQuest

DOS1994remake3.5/5
ackack-attack-03

Ack-Ack Attack!

DOS1995remake4.2/5 PLBM Games
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Command Adventures: Starship

DOS19953.6/5 Future Vision
invasionbatsdoom-1

Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom

DOS19953.8/5 Pop Software
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Jungle Strike

DOS19954.2/5 Electronic Arts
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River Raid

DOS1995freewareremake4.1/5
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Space Invaders

DOS1995remake4/5
williams-arcade-01

Williams Arcade Classics

DOS19953.3/5 Digital Eclipse Software
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Interpose

DOS19963.5/5 Twilight Zone Software
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Seek and Destroy

DOS19964.2/5 Safari Software
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...