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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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Memories from Populous: play god in your browser

11th August 2018retro game spotlight

I clearly remember the first time I heard about Populous. I was young and still living with my parents. It was a late sunday morning, the sun was high in the sky and the smell of roasted chicken was all around the house: lunch was almost ready, but I was hooked at the TV.I was in my room, watching ...
CODiE Awards 1990: SimCity, Carmen Sandiego, Space Quest 3

4th August 2018top games and awards

1990 was a seminal year in videogames. The last decade of the millennium saw the birth of two genres: city building simulations and god games.The first was represented by the first chapter in a long series of sims: SimCity. There are not many well known city building games around to this day, but the genre is well known by ...
Sequels to action games: Gauntlet, Rick Dangerous, Xenon and more

30th July 2018retro game spotlight

Back in the day, sequels were not always appreciated. That number "2" after the title for many meant lack of ideas. This wasn't just about video games, everything was subject to that kind of treatment "if it's good, why change it?".I don't see this kind of hate anymore. In fact, fans often demand a sequel, or the sequel to a ...
Jones in the Fast Lane: board game meets life simulation

28th July 2018retro game spotlight

Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best Sierra point & click adventures.
Manuals, walkthroughs and readme files

21st July 2018new content

Part of the updates to Abandonware DOS consists in adding every kind of document I can get without copyright notices. I already added lots of manuals, walkthroughs (expecially interactive fiction solutions) and a few maps.Recently, I started digging into the zip files of every games in search for useful readme files. Many of you may not know what a ...

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Featured keyword: Engine: ICOM MacVenture

The MacVenture adventure games is a series of games developed by ICOM Simulations. MacVenture games were notable for introducing a menu-based point-and-click interfacein which object are dragged and dropped directly from the environment to the inventory.
Get Engine: ICOM MacVenture games

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.