Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware rpg games sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Ultima 2: Revenge of the Enchantress

DOS19834/5 top-down party-based RPG
The second chapter of the Ultima saga is much similar to the first one (same top down visual, same dungeon 3d visual, same gameplay), although there are many small improvements. The series begins to take the shape of the detailed, deep, rpg saga that gamers will always remember.
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Ultima 1: The First Age of Darkness

DOS19874/5 top-down party-based RPG
This is the first of the very popular RPG saga Ultima. The setting is the land of Sosaria, the enemy to defeat is Mondain. It's a classic cRPG. The wilderness and cities are represented from a top down perspective, while dungeons can be explored in a first person 3d view.
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Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan

DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Treasures of the Savage Frontier

DOS1992protected4.1/5
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TomeNET

Windows XP/98/95Linux2003freeware4.3/5 roguelike, dungeon crawl
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Times of Lore

DOS19894.1/5 action RPG
Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.
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The Temple of Elemental Evil

Windows XP/98/95Mac2003protected3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
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The Magic Candle 3

DOS19923.9/5 top-down party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
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The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
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The Magic Candle

DOS19894/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
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 Legacy: Realm of Terror

DOSLinuxMac1993protected3.9/5
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.
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The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I

DOS19873.8/5 action 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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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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The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall

DOS1996freeware4.3/5 action RPG, sandbox RPG
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall is an old school first-person 3D RPG developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1996 for DOS. Daggerfall is the second chapter in popular The Elder Scrolls series. The open world gameplay, the procedural generation of dungeons and the freedom of exploring and taking on the quests at your own pace are some of the...
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The Dark Heart of Uukrul

DOS19893.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
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The Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate

DOS19904.2/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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The Bard's Tale 2: The Destiny Knight

DOS19884/5 first-person party-based RPG
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The Bard's Tale

DOS19874/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
The Bard's Tale 1 is the first chapter of a popular first person RPG series by Interplay. You control a group of six adventurers with the task of defeating the evil wizard Mangar the Dark. You will fight monters, explore the city of Skara Brae, solve riddles and guide your party into earning levels, gold and glory.
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The Aethra Chronicles

DOS19943.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
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The Adventures of Robin Hood

DOS19923.7/5 action RPG
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Temple of Apshai Trilogy

DOS19853.5/5 dungeon crawl
Temple of Apshai Trilogy is a compilation of three remade abandoned (very) old school RPGs. Temple of Apshai Trilogy was developed by Epyx and released in 1985 for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Atari 8-bit, C64. All the games included in Temple of Apshai Trilogy are part of the Dunjonquest game series.
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Telengard

DOS1985freeware3.4/5 dungeon crawl
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Tangled Tales

DOS19893.5/5
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Stonekeep

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1995protected4/5 dungeon crawl
Stonekeep is a first-person role-playing game (RPG) developed by Interplay Entertainment. It was released for MS-DOS in 1995 and later for other platforms such as Windows and Macintosh.The game is set in the fantasy world of Britannia, where the player takes on the role of a hero named Drake. The story revolves around the protagonist's quest to def...