Abandonware DOS title

The most popular science fiction games

Time travel, space wars, alien empires, alternate universe, cyberpunk anti-heroes, space invaders, post-apocalyptic worlds, dystopian societies, mad scientists, galaxies far far away, strange new worlds, mech battles, deep space exploration, evil robots... should I go on?
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1994protected4/5 Access Software
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Marathon 2: Durandal

Windows XP/98/95Linux19964.2/5 Bungie
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Ultimate Doom

DOS1995protected4.1/5 id software
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Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries

DOSWindows XP/98/9519964/5 Activision
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One Must Fall 2097

DOS1994freeware4.1/5 Diversions Entertainment
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Interplay Productions
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Flashback: The Quest for Identity

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Delphine software
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It Came from the Desert

DOS1990freeware4.1/5 Cinemaware
It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, in the USA, and it's based on those old monster movies like Them! (also involving killer ants).
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System Shock

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Looking Glass Studios
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I have no Mouth and I Must Scream

DOS1995protected4.1/5 The Dreamers Guild
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Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 Stone Interactive Media
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Alien Syndrome

DOS19894.3/5 Sega
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Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

DOSWindows 3.x1991protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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Crusader: No Regret

DOS1996protected4/5 Origin Systems
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Star Control 2

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob
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Powerslave

DOS19964/5 Playmates Interactive Entertainment
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Impossible Mission 2

DOS19884.3/5 Novotrade Software
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Fade to Black

DOS19954.1/5 Delphine software
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Outpost

Windows 3.x19943.9/5 Sierra On-Line
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Arrakis

DOS20003.9/5
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Zaxxon

DOS19843.8/5 Sega
Zaxxon is a classic arcade video game that was first released by Sega in 1982 for the arcades and later for a number of platforms. It is considered one of the pioneering titles in the shoot 'em up or scrolling shooter genre. Zaxxon was notable for its use of isometric graphics, which gave the game a unique 3D perspective.
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Guilty

DOS19954.2/5 Divide by zero
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Hired Guns

DOS19934.1/5 DMA Design
Hired Guns is an abandoned game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms. Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG in which you control four mercenaries in four individual simultaneous first person sub-screens tasked with destroying all the bad guys from a single planet.
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B.A.T.

DOS19903.9/5 Computer's dream
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Nectaris

DOS19954/5 Hudson soft
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The Terminator: Future Shock

DOS19954.1/5 Bethesda Softworks
The Terminator: Future Shock is an abandoned science fiction first-person shooter game based on the popular Terminator movies franchise, set in a dystopian world where machines has taken over the Earth. The Terminator: Future Shock was developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1995 for DOS.
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...
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The Dig

DOSMac1995protecteddemo4.1/5 LucasArts
The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was originally released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for other platforms, including Mac OS and Windows. The game is known for its atmospheric storytelling, puzzle-solving gameplay, and collaboration with renowned science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. The Dig inv...
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Mega Man X

DOS1995protected4/5 Capcom
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Alien Cabal

DOS1997freeware3.9/5 QASoft