# Freeware shoot 'em up game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809 "2004-11-03T18:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/1 "2004-11-03T18:33:32Z")
I’m in the mood for something really basic tonight, so could anyone recommend me a freeware (downloadable, Java applet or whatever) old-school shoot 'em up game? Lots of shooting to get to the next level, that’s all I ask. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/2 "2004-11-03T19:54:43Z")
[Go here](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/) and shmup until your freaking brains explode. I recommend Tumiki Fighters or PARSEC47. Particularly PARSEC47. Hooboy, that’s a good one. There’s a few things the Japanese are really good at, and you’re looking at one when you load up that page. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/3 "2004-11-03T21:07:57Z")
Mostly Shockwave Flash games: [www.littlefluffy.com](http://www.littlefluffy.com) You can do search to norrow the list. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/4 "2004-11-04T06:12:49Z")
I discovered this site a couple nights ago and have wasted much time since. [Home of the Underdogs](http://www.the-underdogs.org/) ---
**Author:** ![CurlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CurlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurlyD)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/5 "2004-11-04T17:18:57Z")
A good place to go for freeware games is [http://www.dosgames.com](http://www.dosgames.com). Yep, they really are DOS games, but most will run OK under Windows XP. Apogee put some games out as shareware in the early '90s, and the shareware versions are pretty extensive. Go to [http://www.3drealms.com/downloads.html](http://www.3drealms.com/downloads.html) and check out Commander Keen Goodbye Galaxy, Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure, and Duke Nukem I, II, and 3D. These are some of the best computer games ever made! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/6 "2004-11-04T17:41:54Z")
It’s not free but [Call of Duty](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/callofduty/index.html?q=call+of+duty) is loads of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/7 "2004-11-04T17:47:26Z")
**TAMARIN!!!** You’re my new hero! I found that site once and always meant to go back to it, but couldn’t find it again. Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/8 "2004-11-05T02:24:46Z")
😃😃 I’ve been playing a bunch of my old favorites from that site since I found it. I need sleep. Glad to help **Dante**. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/9 "2004-11-05T07:40:12Z")
[America’s Army](http://www.americasarmy.com/) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/10 "2004-11-05T16:20:40Z")
I’m surprised no one here’s yet mentioned that the original **DOOM** was a shareware game. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-shoot-em-up-game/272809/11 "2004-11-05T16:25:36Z")
I thought Wolfenstein was but Doom wasn’t.