yeah Major Stryker really did have fantastic music. I tried playing it the other day, though, and damn, are EGA graphics hard to look at these days
if we're going into Apogee games, I'll also have to recommend "Hocus Pocus" for a fast-paced platformer/shooter
let's see, I also seem to remember "Zone 66" being a really awesome top-down bidirectional scroller shooter if you can figure out how the hell to run it (it has some wacky crap that you have to mess with)
Raptor: Call of the Shadows for another good vertical scroller:
Jazz Jackrabbit (was then touted as a Sonic killer for God knows what reason):
also the original Prince of Persia games are a must