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Abandonware DOS is an ever growing database of old PC computer games developed for MS-DOS and, in a small part, for Windows systems. Some of the games are available for download, some are not.
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Classic Arcades: clones and remakes

8th December 2018new content, remakes and sequels

When I talk about abandoned games I usually think about games published at the end of the eighies and through the nineties. There are some "ancient" games that deserve the definition of "classic". Everyone knows them: Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Defender, Donkey Kong.To be honest, I don't think they can be defined as abandoned games in the strict sense. In ...
The Aethra Chronicles Volume One: Celystra's Bane

1st December 2018retro game spotlight

The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intented to be the first volume of a saga. Unforunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who played it back in the 90s (me included).
Cars: racing and building vehicles on wheels

24th November 2018new content

I just added a bunch of car-racing games, including a couple of top-down fixed-screen ones that I always liked. It seems there were a lot of racing games being published back in the nineties that I couldn't remember, but I've never been interested in cars anyway. Actually, one of them is not really a car racing game, but more of ...

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JRPG: Cobra Mission

Released in 1992Get JRPG games

JRPG is a common name for Japanese (or, generally speaking, far Eastern) RPGs. JRPGs have distinguishing features which tell them apart from traditional Western role-playing games: anime visuals, characters of a very young age (small children, teenagers), faster gameplays, streamlined plots and minimal characterizations. Among the most popular JRPG series are Final Fantasy, Ys, and Dragon Slayer.
Roguelike: Hack

Released in 1984Get Roguelike games

Roguelike games are role-playing games (RPGs) in which randomness has a major role (first and foremost in the creation of the RPG world). They are usually defined by a turn-based gameplay and, quite often, by the permanent death of the character controlled by the player. These factors together greatly raise the game's replayability. Traditional roguelikes are dungeon crawl games in ASCII display. Legendary roguelikes are Rogue, ADOM, Nethack, and Angband.
Arcade classics: Stargate

Released in 1983Get Arcade classics games

Back in the day, when going to the "arcades" was a thing, before the first video game crash, a few games made history. Titles like Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong are known both to video game fans and people who never touched a joystick in their lives. These games spawned official conversions, sequels, fangames and clones.

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Featured retro companies

Titus Interactive

Based in:

France
Established in: 1985
Closed in: 2005
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Sir-tech Software

Based in:

Canada
Established in: 1979
Closed in: 2003
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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 passion and remembering.

The games listed here are no longer supported by their respective developers (as far as I know). 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.