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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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CODiE Awards 1991: SimEarth, Carmen Sandiego and fairy tales

10th November 2018top games and awards

1991 was the year of a few peculiar games.SimEarth was an unusual new addition to the Sim brand (thank you Maxis). I loved SimCity and SimAnts but I could never get into SimEarth.King's Quest V was the last chapter of the popular King's Quest series. I have to admit that I never played a King's Quest game... shame ...
Police Quest: 1, 2, 3 and "4"

3rd November 2018retro game spotlight

Sierra On-Line published lots of games back in the 80s and the 90s and was famous for the various "Quest" series. Think about King's Quest, Quest for Glory, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry ("Love Quest"?). I'm sure you remember a few.Police Quest wasn't perhaps one of the most popular Sierra franchises, but many fans remember those point & click ...
Free Games Utopia has been updated

30th October 2018retro gaming sites

It's been a while since I created and nurtured my other project: Free Games Utopia. What is it? As the name suggests, Free Game Utopia is all about free games: free-to-play, fully free and liberated games.After a couple of years, Free Games Utopia changed, but the purpose of it is still the same: a database of free games. ...
Solving murders and simulating detectives

27th October 2018new content

Pure and simple detective stories are hard to find in video gaming today. Everyone goes for fantasy, sci-fi, horror, but the good old murder to solve is not so popular. Back in the 90s (or the 80s) you could play some adventure games based on a detective story. There was also a strange kind of video game that we can ...

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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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Featured keywords

western

Surprisingly, western is not a common theme in video games. Sure, there are good games set in the old west of the United States, but not as many as fantasy games, horror, sci fi, even cyberpunk games. The first "wild west" game that comes to mind is Gun Smoke, but it never developed for a PC.
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artillery

Artillery is a specific subgenre of strategy games. Artillery games involve aiming and shooting at other players in a turn based static environment. To better understand what I'm talking about just think at Worms: that's an artillery game.
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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.