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CODiE Awards 1994: Myst, SimCity 2000, IndyCar Racing

7th December 2019top games and awards

1994 was the year of Myst. To me, the huge success of Myst was a mystery. Myst was an ok game, different from many other titles, but I didn't see it as a groundbreaking innovative product. I know that many of you will frown reading this, but it really didn't ...
Play abandoned roguelike RPGs in your browser

30th November 2019play online

Roguelikes are peculiar kind of RPG that always intrigued me. Permadeath and procedurally generated dungeons means a very high replayability. The history of roguelikes has its roots in the early age of video gaming. The first roguelike dates back to the 70s!Abandonware DOS hosts a few good old roguelikes, ...
A niche genre: Metroidvania

23rd November 2019keywords and genres

Metroidvania is a made up word born from the merge of two game series titles: Metroid and Castlevania. Both games share gameplay and design elements that defines the genre. Metroidvania games are platform games featuring a game world that is freely explorable. Certain areas can be accessed only with player upgrades or equipment. Action is somewhat less intense than the usual platform game.
Hard Drivin' in vector graphics

16th November 2019retro game spotlight

"Hard Drivin', a fast moving, solid-filled vector graphic racing game, gave you the chance to compete against the clock on two separate tracks: a speed track and a stunt track. And for those skilled enough to get a good enough time on either of these, there was a championship lap against the computer controlled car - the Phantom Photon." - excerpt from a Zero Magazine review (1990).
Windows 3.1 classic games

8th November 2019top games and awards

Long before the first successful Windows operating systems, Microsoft developed Windows 3.1 (an "operating environtment"). Games that ran under Windows 3.1 weren't so many. In fact, most of them are little more than puzzle games, card games and simple strategy games. That doesn't mean Windows 3.1 lacked good games; in fact, a few of them are still very much enjoyable today.

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Ancient Rome: Rome: Pathway to Power

Released in 1993Ancient Rome

The mighty Roman Empire and the Roman Republic are known to everyone, even to people who aren't interested in ancient history. These games are all set at the time when the ancient Romans were known (almost) in every corner of Europe and beyond.
Multi-directional scroller: Sid Meier's SimGolf

Released in 2002Multi-directional scroller

A multi-directional scroller is a video game in which the action is shown in a top-down or isometric perspective and the player can scroll the screen in any direction (vertical, horizontal, diagonal).
Tetris clones: Tetris Classic

Released in 1992Tetris clones

I think I can safely say that Tetris is the single most popular computer puzzle game of all time. Countless variants were developed for every imaginable system year after year. Tetris was developed by a russian engineer called Alexey Pajitnov and published for the first time in 1984.

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Digital Image Design

Based in:

United Kingdom
Established in: 1989
Closed in: 1999
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Rainbow Arts

Based in:

Germany
Established in: 1984
Closed in: 1999
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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.