The best vertical-scroller games

Vertical-scroller games

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  Flying Tigers

  DOS19944.3/5
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  Night Shift

  DOS19904.3/5 LucasArts
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  Airborne Ranger

  DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software
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  Total Carnage

  DOS19944.2/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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  Xenon 2: Megablast

  DOS19904.2/5 Bitmap Brothers

  Xenon 2: Megablast is a classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released by Image Works in 1990 for DOS and for a plethora of other systems. Xenon was good, Xenon 2 was far better. Compared to today standards Xenon 2 is perhaps a mediocre shoot 'em up, but at the time every shooter fan loved it. Plus, it was developed by Bitmap Brother...

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  Raiden

  DOS19944.2/5 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
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  Jackal

  DOS19894.2/5 Konami
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  Toobin

  DOS19894.2/5 Domark Software

  Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).

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  Fury of the Furries

  DOS19934.2/5 Kalisto Entertainment
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  Tyrian 2000

  DOS1999freeware4.1/5 Eclipse Software

  Tyrian 2000 is an old DOS science fiction classic shoot'em up, developed by Eclipse Software and designed by Alexander Brandon, Jason Emery, Daniel Cook. Tyrian 2000 is one of the most popular shoot'em ups ever published for DOS and it's still remembered by retro gaming fans to this day.

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  Nebulus

  DOS19884.1/5 Hewson Consultants
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  Raptor: Call of the Shadows

  DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.1/5 Mountain King Studios
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  007: License to Kill

  DOS19894/5 Quixel
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  Star Wars 2

  DOS19894/5
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  Captain Dynamo

  DOS19934/5 Codemasters
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  Dawn Raider

  DOS19904/5 Softstar Entertainment
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  Star Goose!

  DOS19884/5 Logotron

  Star Goose is a classic video game developed by Logotron and released in 1988 for various home computer systems of that era, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. It is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter that combines elements of shoot 'em up gameplay with exploration and power-up mechanics.

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  Silpheed

  DOS19884/5 Game Arts
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  Highway Fighter

  DOS19954/5 Safari Software
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  Mad TV

  DOS1991freeware4/5 Rainbow Arts
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  OverKill

  DOS1992freeware3.9/5 Tech-Noir
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  Major Stryker

  DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware3.9/5 Apogee Software
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  Action Fighter

  DOS19893.9/5 Sega
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  International Soccer

  DOS19943.9/5 Zeppelin Games
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  Xenon

  DOS19883.9/5 Bitmap Brothers

  Xenon is an abandoned vertical scrolling classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released in 1988 for DOS. It was also published for ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, C64. Xenon was followed by the much acclaimed Xenon 2: Megablast.

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  Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom

  DOS19953.8/5 Pop Software
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  Ballistix

  DOS19893.8/5 Reflections Interactive
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  Goal!

  DOS19933.8/5 Dini & Dini Productions
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  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  DOS19893.7/5 Atari
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  Spy Hunter

  DOS19843.6/5 Midway Manufacturing Company