Abandonware DOS title

Vertical scrolling games

A vertical-scroller is a video game in which the action is shown in a top down perspective and the environment scrolls from top to bottom. Characters usually don't have to move to scroll the screen (expecially in shoot'em ups).

Most popular vertical-scroller games

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Raiden
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007: License to Kill

DOS19894/5 Quixel
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Action Fighter

DOS19893.9/5 Sega
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Airborne Ranger

DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software
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Ajax

DOS19893.4/5 Konami
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Ballistix

DOS19893.8/5 Reflections Interactive
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Captain Dynamo

DOS19934.1/5 Codemasters
dawn-raiders-02

Dawn Raider

DOS19903.6/5 Softstar Entertainment
donkey-bas-02

Donkey BAS

DOS19813.7/5 Microsoft
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Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software
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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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Fury of the Furries

DOS19934.1/5 Kalisto Entertainment
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Goal!

DOS19933.9/5 Dini & Dini Productions
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Guerrilla War

DOS19873.5/5 SNK Corporation
heavy-barrel-02

Heavy Barrel

DOS19893.4/5 Data East
highwayfighter-2

Highway Fighter

DOS19954/5 Safari Software
highway-hunter-03

Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software
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If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS19893.3/5 Emerald Software
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Ikari III: The Rescue

DOS19903.4/5 SNK Corporation
ikari-warriors-2-03

Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation
international-soccer-06

International Soccer

DOS19944/5 Zeppelin Games
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Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom

DOS19953.8/5 Pop Software
jackal-03

Jackal

DOS19894.3/5 Konami
knightmare-2

Knightmare

DOS19863.6/5 Konami
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Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS19893.5/5 Capcom
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Mad TV

DOS1991freeware3.8/5 Rainbow Arts
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Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 Apogee Software
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Mystical

DOS1990protected3.5/5 Infogrames
nebulus-1

Nebulus

DOS19884.1/5 Hewson Consultants
Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home computer systems, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and others. It later saw ports to different platforms. Neb...