Run and gun shooters sorted by release date

Run and gun games - sometimes called scrolling shooters - are a mix of platform games and shoot 'em ups. The player is in control of a character - usually a soldier loaded with guns - who walks and shoots in real gravity environments. Contra, Rambo 3, Alien Breed are three of the most popular run and gun games.

Most popular run and gun games

Mega Man X4

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Mega Man

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Guerrilla War

DOS19873.4/5 SNK Corporation

Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 Ocean Software

Storm

DOS19872.6/5 Mastertronic

Bionic Commando

DOS19883.3/5 Capcom

Game Over

DOS19882.9/5 Dinamic Multimedia

Game Over is an abandoned side scrolling shooter/platform game designed by Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor, Pedro Sudón Aguilar, developed and released by Dinamic Multimedia in 1988 for DOS. Game Over isn't exactly one of the best games ever made... be prepared for clunky controls and repetitive level design that may test your patience.

Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation

Rambo 3

DOS19883.6/5 Ocean Software

Alien Syndrome

DOS19894.3/5 Sega

Baal

DOS19892.9/5 Psygnosis

Heavy Barrel

DOS19893.4/5 Data East

Iskib

DOS19892.7/5

Jackal

DOS19894.1/5 Konami

Obliterator

DOS19892.9/5 Psygnosis

Robocop

DOS19894/5 Data East

Robocop is an abandoned beat 'em up / run and gun shooter game developed and released by Data East in 1989 for a number of platforms, including DOS. Robocop is a conversion from an arcade game released by Data East in 1988 and it was based on the movie of the same name, Robocop, by Paul Verhoeven. Your goal is to get to the final boss by shoot...

Rush'n Attack

DOS19894/5 Konami

The Untouchables

DOS19894/5 Ocean Software

Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

DOS19893.1/5 Probe Entertainment

Dick Tracy

DOS19903.3/5 Titus Interactive

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

DOS19903.4/5 Elite Systems

Mega Man

DOS19903.9/5 Capcom

Mystical

DOS1990protected3.5/5 Infogrames

Sirwood

DOS19903.3/5 Opera Soft

Thexder 2: Firehawk

DOS19903.9/5 Game Arts

Duke Nukem

DOS19914.1/5 Apogee Software

Duke Nukem 1 was released in 1991 by Apogee Software for MS-DOS, and it marked the beginning of the Duke Nukem franchise. Duke Nukem is a side-scrolling action platformer game with a sci-fi theme. In this original game, players control Duke Nukem, a muscular action hero tasked with saving the world from the evil Dr. Proton. Dr. Proton has taken con...