Category description: Now referred to as "shoot-em-ups" or the short form "shmups", these often sci-fi based games can be the ultimate test of a player's reflexes. "Bullet hell" games fill the screen with projectiles and other obstacles, as the player attempts to navigate their ship among them, blasting everything on screen.
Ray Wars
Views: 2,8381992SharewareSpace Shooting
Huntley Enterprises
Ray Wars is a vertical shooting game, sort of like Space Invaders, but a lot more pointless. You control a ship, and … VIEW
Roketz
Views: 5,2991996FreewareSpace Shooting
BlueMoon Interactive
Roketz is a two-player deathmatch in space, using a momentum-based physics engine. Your goal is to destroy your opponent … VIEW
Round 42
Views: 13,9511986FreewareSpace Shooting
Elven Software Company
Round 42 is a cult-classic shooting game, which is unique mainly for its fast-paced gameplay and its unique graphical … VIEW
Sci-Fly
Views: 4,7831986FreewareSpace Shooting
Andrew Ellis & Bob Berg
Sci-Fly is a Space Invaders-ish game in textmode. Enemy ships fly across the top of the screen, and you move your ship … VIEW
Sea Dragon
Views: 6,5611997SharewareSpace Shooting
PLBM Games
Sea Dragon, a game the author claims was "written out of extreme boredom", is actually decently fun to play. Your goal … VIEW
Seek and Destroy
Seek and Destroy is an entertaining and well polished shooting game. Using superb VGA graphics and SB sound effects, the … VIEW
Side Line
Views: 9,5391996DemoSpace Shooting
Electronic Music and Animated Graphics (EMAG)Kingsformation CO., LTD
Side Line (or Side-Line or Sideline ...) is a Taiwanese-developed game which unfortunately only saw a very limited … VIEW
Skunny: Desert Raid
Views: 3,5131996SharewareSpace Shooting
Copysoft
The Skunny series by Copysoft is not regarded as particularly great examples of shareware DOS games, not due to their … VIEW
Smashteroid
Views: 8,1252001FreewareSpace Shooting
NewCreature Design
Smasteroids is an unabashed clone of the classic Intellivision game Astrosmash. As a clone, it recreates the original … VIEW
Solar Winds: The Escape
I had a bit of a problem putting this game in a category, since it includes quite a bit of adventure elements along with … VIEW
