Abandonware DOS title

Rail shooters

Rail shooters (as in... railroad) are shooter games in which the player movement is limited in some way to a specific route. In rail shooters you don't experience the freedom of walking/running/driving anywhere you like on the screen.

Rail shooter: most popular games

Virtua Cop 2
Virtua Cop 2
shooterWindows XP/98/95
House of the Dead
House of the Dead
shooterWindows XP/98/95
The Typing of the Dead
The Typing of the Dead
actionWindows XP/98/95
Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf
shooterDOS
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After Burner

DOS1989 Sega
If you’ve ever wanted to fly a jet fighter at Mach “Oh no, I crashed again,” After Burner is the game for you. This 1989 DOS classic straps you into an F-14 and l...
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House of the Dead

Windows XP/98/951998 Sega
House of the Dead is an old horror-themed rail shooter game, developed and released by Sega in 1998. The whole gameplay can be summarized in a single sentence "a first-person ...
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Operation Wolf

DOS1989 Taito
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Roller Coaster Rumbler

DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software
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Safari Guns

DOS1989
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Space Harrier

DOS1989 Sega
Space Harrier is a 3rd-person view rail-shooter developed by Sega in 1985. Space Harrier was a hit in the arcades, and later it was converted for a number of platforms, including D...
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Star Wars

DOS1988 Atari
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Star Wars: Rebel Assault

DOSMac OS1993protected LucasArts
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The Typing of the Dead

Windows XP/98/951999 Smilebit
The Typing of the Dead is a distinctive video game, essentially a typing adaptation of the classic rail shooter arcade game, The House of the Dead. Initially debuting in 1999 as an...
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Virtua Cop

Windows XP/98/951997 Sega
Virtua Cop is a light-gun arcade game released by Sega in 1994, developed by the Sega AM2 division (also known for games like Virtua Fighter). It was a pioneering title in the genr...
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Virtua Cop 2

Windows XP/98/951997 Sega
Virtua Cop 2 is an abandoned light gun first-person rail shooter game designed by Yu Suzuki, developed and released by Sega in 1997 for Windows, and also published for Saturn, Drea...
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Zeitgeist

Windows XP/98/951996 Taito
Zeitgeist — also known as Jupiter Strike in some markets — is a PlayStation-era space shooter that boldly says: "Let’s do Star Fox, but with less personality and ...
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