Retro games and abandonware spotlight
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Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures
13th April 2024RPGAfter publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create its own adventures. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA) is the ultimate Gold Box RPG and received praise from everyone who played it. It's included in the compilation "The Forgotten Realm Archives - Collection Two". -
CODiE Awards 1995: Doom 2, Nascar, Under a Killing Moon
6th April 2024top games and awardsIn 1995 America Online granted access to the internet. The Oklahoma City bombing and the nervine gas attack in Japan happened. In 1995 Microsoft presented its own operating system Windows 1995 to the world.Some CODiE Awards winners made the history of video gaming. Doom 2 was an excellent sequel to one of the greatest FPS of all time. NASCAR racing smooth gameplay made it one of the best racing games of the decade. ... -
Jagged Alliance 2: squad tactics at its best
Jagged Alliance 2 is a turn-based tactical role-playing strategy game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1999 for Windows. It is the sequel to the original Jagged Alliance and has earned a reputation as one of the best games in the turn-based strategy genre. Set in the fictional country of Arulco, Jagged Alliance 2 presents players with the task of liberating Arulco from the oppressive rule of a dictator named Deidranna. -
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
23rd March 2024adventureKing's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the popular series of King's Quest. Developed by Sierra On-line, King's Quest is an early adventure game (one of the first animated adventures), a step up from the classic graphical interactive fiction of the time. The player can use the keyword both to move the character around the game world AND to perform actions in text adventure style, by ... -
Block breakers: the Breakout legacy
Block breaker is a term often used to describe a type of video game that involves breaking or destroying blocks or bricks within the game environment. These games are typically characterized by a paddle or platform at the bottom of the screen that the player controls, and a wall of blocks at the top of the screen that the player must eliminate. One of the most iconic block breaker ...
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Life simulation: Pirates! Gold
Life simulation video games are a genre of video games that simulate various aspects of human life or other forms of existence. These games often allow players to control characters or entities and guide them through virtual lives, making decisions that affect their relationships, careers, and overall well-being. Life simulation games can vary widely in terms of gameplay mechanics and themes, but they typically focus on activities such as socializing, managing resources, and pursuing goals. -
Engine: Synergistic Software's World Builder: The Beverly Hillbillies
Synergistic Software's World Builder engine provided game designers with a platform for creating rich and immersive worlds, enabling the creation of complex environments and interactive experiences.
The World Builder engine was known for its versatility and user-friendly interface, allowing developers to easily design and manipulate terrain, place objects and characters, and script events and interactions. It provided a range of tools for terrain generation, including the ability to sculpt landscapes, paint textures, and add vegetation and structures.
Synergistic Software used the World Builder engine to develop several notable games, including "War in Middle-earth"....
To abandonware or not?
Where does the love for old abandoned games comes from? Our childhood, perhaps. What's left of that age? What do we miss so much? The long afternoons spent walking in the worlds of Ultima or the hours passed impersonating Duke Nukem. Here we are now, slightly aged, eager to pay homage to all those wonderful DOS games.
After all, it's about the passion for old games and a little bit of nostalgia.
The games listed on Abandonware DOS are no longer supported by their respective developers (as far as I know... I often check sites like Steam and GOG). If you find out that a game is still on sale or "protected", please let me know and I'll remove it from Abandonware DOS as soon as possible.
How to run DOS games on Windows?What does abandonware mean?
Abandonware is a word that describes a software (game or application) no longer supported by its developers or its publishers and is no longer available for sale in any form (digital or retail).
When we talk about abandonware we usually refer to old games for systems no longer available to the public such as DOS, Commodore 64, Amiga, Spectrum, etc.
Some "abandoned" games are still on sale, that's why you will find games tagged as "protected" on Abandonware DOS.
How to run old Windows games on Windows 10?Is abandonware safe?
There's a misconception about abandonware: since it's about old games, there's no security involved. It's not like that, al least not on Abandonware DOS. Every single Windows and DOS game on this site was personally tested. Every game was played on a computer with all kinds of tools: antivirus, antispam, etc.
That said, there's the possibility of a false positive: your software tells you there's a virus but there's no such thing. I can't speak for other abandonware sites, but I can assure you that I take all the necessary measures to keep the games on Abandonware DOS safe.