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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. Find here that favourite game from the past that you remeber so fondly; search by genre, keyword or year of release. For a full list of features see the Want to help? page.

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Cards, tabletop and board games

19th July 2019new content

Card games and board games are not the most popular games available on Abandonware DOS. After all, there are countless versions of Poker, Clue, Scarbble, Monopoly and many other board/card games you can play for free online or buy on Steam or GOG. That's not an excuse for not ...
Free Enterprise: build your small business from the ground up

17th July 2019retro game spotlight

Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great enterpreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.
Retro game spotlight: Bloodwych

13th July 2019retro game spotlight

"I can foresee Dungeon Master purists turning their 'oh-so-disdainful' noses up at this apparently inferior attempt. But it's not. The interaction elemant and two-player option add something news to what could become a stale genre. If you can forgive yhe jerky graphics, fairly poor animation, and slightly unwieldly controls, then Bloodwych will put a big grin on your face and a big dent in your social life." - Zero Magazine
CODiE Awards 1992: Lemmings, Civilization, SimAnt

10th July 2019top games and awards

In 1992 two major hits saw the light: Lemmings and Civilization. Both spawned countless sequels, still published to this day.If you were a fan of combat flight simulations, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (by LucasGames) was the obvious choice.And let's not forget SimAnt, one of the weirdest (in a ...

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Third person 3D: Empire Earth

Released in 2001Get Third person 3D games

Games with third person 3D perspective represent environment in a full three dimensional way, from a third-person point of view, usually from behind.
Physics puzzle: The Incredible Machine 2

Released in 1994Get Physics puzzle games

Physics puzzle games are a type of puzzle games wherein the player must use the game's somewhat realistic physics to complete each puzzle. One of the most popular physics puzzle games series ever published is The Incredible Machine.

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Featured retro companies

ICOM Simulations

Based in:

U.S.A.
Established in: 1981
Closed in: 1998
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New World Computing

Based in:

U.S.A.
Established in: 1984
Closed in: 2003
See New World Computing games

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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.