Tokyo-based Toaplan carved its name into arcade history with blistering vertical shooters. Hits such as Tiger-Heli, Twin Cobra, Truxton and Fire Shark helped define the genre’s 1980s golden age. While most titles stayed in arcades, a select few were ported to IBM PCs: the MS-DOS version of the biplane shmup Sky Shark (a.k.a. Flying Shark) and the DOS release of fantasy platformer Wardner (Pyros). You can launch both originals right here on bestDOSgames—no downloads or plug-ins, just instant, free browser play that preserves Toaplan’s signature bomb-flinging intensity.
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Sky Shark
Action gameSky Shark is a high-energy vertical scrolling shooter crafted by Toaplan and published by Taito. Guiding a nimble biplane through relentless waves of tanks, planes, and battleships, the game couples razor-sharp controls with ...