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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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Comics and superheroes in videogames

14th July 2018new content

When I think about superheroes and supervillains what comes to my mind are comics, big budget movies, cosplayers. And then, and only then, videogames. If you think about it, the superhero theme wasn't that popular in old videogames. Nonetheless, there are a few DOS games about super-men in tights.With this update, I'm adding more superhero themed games to the ...
CODiE Awards 1989: Tetris, Battle Chess, King's Quest 4

7th July 2018top games and awards

In 1989 Tetris was the single most awarded game. The fact that it was a puzzle game based on a very simple concept and made by a nice russian man has contributed to the Tetris myth. Thank you Alexey Pajitnov.1989 was a very important year in world history. Just think at the fall of the Berlin wall, the eastern Europe revolutions ...
Sports: hockey, golf, football and more

30th June 2018new content

Sports games are not the most sought after on abandonware sites. Nonetheless, a few of them are fondly remembered by fans. I wonder if any of you ever heard, or played, the games I uploaded in this update.Golf, hockey, football (or soccer... whatever) and wrestling; here they are: Tony La Russa Ultimate Baseball sports 1991Tag Team Wrestling sports 1986NHL ...
Hail Caesar! For the second time

23rd June 2018retro game spotlight

Caesar 2 can be defined in several ways: a simulation set in ancient roman times, a city builder, a strategy game. Caesar 2 is all of this and more: it's one of the early games developed by Impressions that set the gameplay and quality standards later implemented in both Zeus and Pharaoh.
Transport Tycoon: manage your empire with planes, trains, trucks

16th June 2018retro game spotlight

If you're a managerial simulation fan, you probably know about Transport Tycoon, a sim "tycoon" game where you're tasked with managing a transport company. Transport Tycoon became a cult and a few fans started their own projects to remake it: OpenTTD and Simutrans.

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Featured keyword: Engine: Gold Box SSI

The Gold Box engine was used in a series of role-playing video games, all of them produced by S.S.I. and based on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. The "Gold Box" name comes from the gold colored boxes in which the games of the series were sold.
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Featured developer: Dynamix

Based in:

U.S.A.
Established in: 1984
Closed in: 2001
See Dynamix games

Featured publisher: Infogrames

Based in:

France
Established in: 1983
Closed in: 2009
See Infogrames 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.