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What were your favourite shoot'em ups?

4th April 2020keywords and genres

Shoot 'em ups were extremely popular in the '80s and '90s, even among PC owners.In a shoot 'em up, players control some sort of vehicle (or an aircraft) with the only goal of destroying the largest number of enemies while dodging their bullets as long as they ...
The worst games based on movies

28th March 2020retro game spotlight

Movies have always been a source of inspiration for video games. Almost every successful movie has its video game (and sometimes even unsucessful ones). The results in the gaming world weren't always so good. I remember lots and lots of mediocre games that tried to patch together different moments of ...
Puzzle games based on TV game shows

21st March 2020keywords and genres

Games based on TV game shows were popular in the early days of DOS video gaming on older PCs. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that every major game show of the eighties was translated into a video game: Family Feud, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and more.Here's ...
What does coronavirus have to do with Abandonware DOS?

16th March 2020Abandonware DOS updates, new content

As you probably know, Abandonware DOS is run by one person only: here I am. I'm Italian and - lucky me! - I live in Lombardy, the Italian region where the Coronavirus is most present: almost 15000 cases so far, and rising.It's like living under curfew. I can go out ...
Games set during the cold war period

14th March 2020keywords and genres

There was a time when the two major political superpowers were at war, but nobody knew. U.S.A. and the former U.S.S.R. used spies, subterfuge, blockades, political and military influence all over the world. The so called "Cold War" era lasted decades and ended in 1989 with ...

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JRPG: Knights of Xentar

Released in 1994JRPG

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.
Beat 'em up: Bushido

Released in 1983Beat 'em up

Beat 'em ups are fighing games where you have to fight hordes of enemies, usually in an horizontal scrolling levels populated by progressively stronger enemies. The most common and defining features for this kind of games are boss fights at the end of each level, temporary weapons, and power-ups. Some of the most popular beat 'em up games are: Double Dragon, Golden Axe, Renegade.
For kids: Donald Duck's Playground

Released in 1986For kids

Video games in the 80s and the 90s were mainly aimed at teens (or a young audience anyway). Educational games were sometimes designed with a younger audience in mind: kids. Those games were simpler, often involved some kind of educational purpose and were specifically marketed for kids.

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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 on Abandonware DOS are no longer supported by their respective developers (as far as I know: I check often 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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