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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 remember 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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Amberstar: an old school RPG

21st September 2019retro game spotlight

Amberstar is an old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows.
Classic game spotlight: Laser Squad

20th September 2019retro game spotlight

"I think half the attraction of the game is the suspense element and the intellectual ego-massage you can give yourself when you do finally defeat the computer. Laser Squad has that elusive blend of excitement, challenge and addictiveness all mashed into one. Definitely on the short list for all time classics and deifinitely the best strategy game you'll find in the shops today" - Zero Magazine (1989)
Retro underdog: Quarantine

16th September 2019retro game spotlight

Quarantine is a first-person shooter / driving game hybrid set in a dark dystopian futuristic city where the player drives around in a taxi cab, picking up passengers and killing everyone else. If you loved Carmageddon, you will also like Quarantine. Stay away if you don't like gratuitious violence, gore and blood on the windshield.
Sports: American Football games

13th September 2019new content

American Football is a sport that received much attention from developers in the past decades, expecially from american ones. There are american football games of every kind: realistic sports simulations, management strategic games and of course action games.
Updated strategy games: Battle Bugs, Beyond Columns, Roadwar Europa and more

10th September 2019new content

Lately I'm taking some time to update the info of some of the less popular games on Abandonware DOS. Here's a few:Beyond ColumnsFalling block puzzle - Released in 1989 for DOS. This blatant Columns clone is not much in terms of graphics, but it fills an empty spot in the ...

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Based on a TV series: Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity

Released in 1995Based on a TV series

The 70s and the 80's were the silver age of TV series. It was inevitable that the early game companies decided to make games out of them. Let's forget a moment about Star Trek, which received a huge amount of adaptations and think about other TV series: Mission Impossible, Miami Vice, Hill Street Blues. Even Beavis and Butthead got their own videogame.
Racing: off-road: Big Red Racing

Released in 1995Racing: off-road

Racing games of any kind (action packed, simulation-focused, shooters) involving any kind of vehicle racing on off-road tracks. If you enjoy racing on dirt, sand, water, etc, these are the games you want to download.
Engine: AGI: Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

Released in 1987Engine: AGI

The AGI (an acronym for Adventure Game Interpreter) engine was an adventure game engine developed by Sierra, used for their earlier games.

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Featured retro companies

Westwood Studios

Based in:

U.S.A.
Established in: 1985
Closed in: 2003
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MicroProse Software

Based in:

U.S.A.
Established in: 1982
Closed in: 2003
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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.