Abandonware DOS title

The most popular party-based games

A party based system allows the player to create, customize and play with a party of adventurers at the beginning or during the game. The vast majority of old RPGs were party based: Ultima, Eye of the Beholder, The Magic Candle are just a few.
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Gateway to the Savage Frontier

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
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Blades of Exile

Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware4.1/5 Spiderweb Software
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Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Disciples of Steel

DOS19943.9/5
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Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Shadoworlds

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Teque
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Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra

DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
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Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor

DOS1991protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom

DOS19883.5/5 Sir-tech Software
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Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
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Legend of Faerghail

DOS19903.9/5 Electronic Design Hannover
Legend of Faerghail is a role-playing video game developed by Electronic Design Hannover and published by Rainbow Arts. It was released in 1990 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is set in the fantasy world of Faerghail, where the player controls a party of adventurers on a quest to defeat the evil sorcerer Daldras.The game...
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Icewind Dale 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected3.9/5 Black Isle Studios
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Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
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Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn

DOS19833.8/5 Sir-tech Software
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Ancients 1: Deathwatch

DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software
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Icewind Dale

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions
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X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
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The Magic Candle

DOS19894/5 Mindcraft Software
The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...
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The Temple of Elemental Evil

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected3.9/5 Troika Games
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Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected3.7/5 MicroProse Software
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Dungeons of Kairn

DOS19893.6/5
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Keys to Maramon

DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software
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Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.9/5
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Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor

DOS1999protected4.2/5 New World Computing
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) developed by New World Computing and released in 1999. It is the seventh installment in the long-running Might and Magic series. The game is set in the fictional world of Enroth and takes place in the same universe as the previous Might and Magic games. Might and Mag...
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Le Maitre Des Ames

DOS19873/5 UBI Soft
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Space 1889

DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.
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Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.