Stargunner (1996): Apogee’s Last Word on the DOS Shooter
By 1996, Apogee had shipped enough shooters to know exactly what worked, and exactly how to end an era on […]
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Major Stryker (1993): Apogee’s First Triple-Parallax Shooter
Space shooters were a DOS staple, so by 1993 the bar for standing out was genuinely high. Major Stryker cleared
Tyrian 2000 (1995): The Free Shoot-‘Em-Up That Took Itself Seriously
Vertical scrolling shooters were everywhere on DOS, and most of them were content to be a joystick and a bullet
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994): Apogee’s Polished Shoot-‘Em-Up
Vertical scrolling shooters were an arcade staple throughout the 80s and early 90s, but DOS never had a huge number