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Solo Flight, by Sid Meier

9th August 2020retro game spotlight

Not many people know that the first games created by Sid Meier were flight simulations. Solo Flight was published by MicroProse in 1983 for Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari, and a year later, in 1984, for PC. The game takes place in the United States. As a fliying mailmain, the goal of the game is to deliver mail across the U.S.A.
What is your favourite dungeon crawler?

31st July 2020retro game spotlight

Dungeon crawlers are RPGs in which the player has to explore one or more dungeons (or similar non-open world environments), fight hordes of cunning monsters, looting treasure, gain experience and levels and so on. Usually, dungeon crawlers have simple storylines and a linear progression. A lot of rogue-likes can be ...
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2: the perfect sim?

25th July 2020retro game spotlight

This is one of the favourite games of my childhood. Scrap that, it's one of my favourite games at all. There's something in the micromanagement of an amusement park, in the designing of a new roller coaster, that glued me for hours on my chair in front of the computer. The sound effects, the pixellated graphics, everything is perfect. I don't think I completed every scenario available, but I can say with pride that I was able to manage the most difficult ones and create some awesome roller coasters.
Batman in retro gaming

18th July 2020keywords and genres

DC Comics is one of the most successful comics publishers in the world. Some of the most iconic superheroes popularized by DC Comics are: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman. A few of these DC heroes were popular enough in the 80s and the 90s that they were featured in more than one video game. Batman was by far the superhero that got the most video games.
Duke Nukem 3D: the duke is back

11th July 2020retro game spotlight

I have to admit something to you all. I liked Duke Nukem 3D more than Doom. There, I said it. I know some of your consider this an heresy, but that's the truth. Doom was a wonderful game, but Duke Nukem 3D had a strange appeal on me. I wasn't ...

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Star Trek: WinTrek

Released in 1992Star Trek

The first Star Trek game probably dates back to the early 80s. After that, the beloved sci-fi series spawned a good number of different games, mainly space simulations and point & click adventures. The Interplay adventures are among the finest Star Trek games ever released. The Starfleet Command series is a must for every fan wishing to pilot one of the many ships of the Star Trek universe.
Shoot 'em up: Traffic department 2192

Released in 1994Shoot 'em up

Shoot 'em ups were extremely popular in the '80s and '90s. Players control a vehicle or an aircraft with the only goal of destroying the largest number of enemies while dodging their bullets as long as they can. Through the years, shoot 'em ups evolved to include features like end level bosses, multiple weapons and power-ups. Some of the most popular DOS shoot 'em ups were: Raptor, Tyrian 2000, Xenon 2.

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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.

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Batman in retro gaming

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