Abandonware DOS title

The best abandonware rpg games

In a Role-Playing Game (RPG), players control one or more characters in a fictional world, be it fantasy-oriented, contemporary, sci-fi, etc. RPGs follow up on traditional tabletop role-playing games features, including narrative threads full of obstacles and enigmas, character development, combat systems, or complex inventories.
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Conan: the Cimmerian

DOS19914.2/5 action RPG
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Rogue

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac19844.2/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor. Rogue became popular around 1980 on mainframes and later ported to various platforms, including DOS in 1984. Rogue is simply the father of all the roguelike games that c...
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Ultima 8: Pagan

DOSMac1994protected4.2/5 action RPG
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Ultima 3: Exodus

DOSMac19854.2/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ultima III: Exodus is a role-playing video game developed by Richard Garriott and published by Origin Systems. It was released in 1983 for the Apple II and later ported to various other platforms such as the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and NES.The game is set in the fantasy world of Sosaria, where the player controls a party of adventurers on a quest to ...
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Dungeon Master

DOS19924.2/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Dungeon Master, released in 1987 by FTL for Atari ST and later for Amiga and DOS, is a classic dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) that holds a special place in the hearts of many nostalgic gamers. Dungeon Master is considered the father of first-person, 3D, grid-based dungeon crawlers.
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Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

DOS1990protected4.2/5
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Crystals of Arborea

DOS19904.2/5 first-person party-based RPG
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

DOS1994freeware4.2/5 sandbox RPG, action RPG
The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first installment in the highly acclaimed Elder Scrolls series of fantasy ARPG (action role-playing games), developed and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was initially released in 1994. Arena is set in the continent of Tamriel, which later becomes the central location for all the Elder Scrolls games (Skyrim,...
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Legends of Valour

DOS19924.2/5 sandbox RPG, action RPG
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Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny

DOS19884.2/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
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Bad Blood

DOS19904.2/5
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Diablo

Windows XP/98/951996protecteddemo4.2/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG
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Nox

Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.1/5 action RPG
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Alternate Reality: The City

DOSMac19884.1/5
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...
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Anachronox

Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 action RPG
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Joyous Rebel

DOS1996freeware4.1/5
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Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

DOS1985freeware4.1/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima IV is remembered as one of the best Ultima games ever released, designed as usual by Richard Garriott. Garriott took the Ultima series to a whole new level by introducing the eight virtues: honesty, compassion, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, spirituality, humility. Ultima IV started the trilogy known as "Age of Enlightenment".
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Windows XP/98/952002protected4.1/5 action RPG, sandbox RPG
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is a critically acclaimed open-world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It was released in 2002 and is the third installment in the Elder Scrolls series. The game is set in the fantasy world of Tamriel, on the island of Vvardenfell in the province of Morrowind.The game offers a vast a...
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Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac1990protected4.1/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Secret of the Silver Blades

DOSMac1990protected4.1/5
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...
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Prophecy of the Shadow

DOS1992protected4.1/5
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Dark Queen of Krynn

DOS1992protected4.1/5
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Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware4.1/5 roguelike
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Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Slash'Em

Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike