Abandonware DOS title

The best hotseat games

Games supporting hotseat multiplayer mode can be played by more than one player (usually two) on the same PC taking turns playing the game. Many strategy games offer an hotseat multiplayer mode.
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1869

DOS1992 Max Design
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Nectaris

DOS1995 Hudson soft
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Austerlitz 1805

DOS1989 Cornerstone Software
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Sierra Championship Boxing

DOSMac OS1985 Evryware
Sierra Championship Boxing is an abandoned sports boxing game, developed by Evryware and released by Sierra On-Line in 1985. You can issue instructions to the boxer between rounds, create custom boxers or choose from a list of predefined boxers.
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Bad Street Brawler

DOS1987 Beam Software
Bad Street Brawler is a beat 'em up video game developed by Beam Software and published by Mindscape. Originally released for the Commodore 64 in 1987 and later for other platforms. The game features Duke Davis, a former punk rocker turned vigilante, as the protagonist. In "Bad Street Brawler," players guide Duke through various urban environm...
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Summer Challenge

DOS1992 MindSpan
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Checkers for Windows

Windows 3.x1997
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Desert Rats

DOS1986 Cases Computer Simulations
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Alpha Waves

DOS1990 Infogrames
Alpha Waves (also known as Continuum) was the ultimate relaxing experience for PC. As a platform game, Alpha Waves it's an ok game; not bad, not very good, but if you consider the whole relaxing experience, it's worth a try. Alpha Waves stands the test of time, after all these years it's still fairly playable. Try it on a lazy evening and you might...
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MicroLeague Baseball 2

DOS1989 MicroLeague Multimedia
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Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 Big Time Software
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Bang! Bang!

Windows 3.x1990
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HeroQuest

DOSMac OS1991 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
HeroQuest is a classic video game adaptation of the popular board game HeroQuest, released in 1991 by Gremlin Interactive. HeroQuest faithfully recreates the turn-based, dungeon-crawling, and role-playing gameplay of the board game. Players take on the roles of different heroes, including a barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard, as they explo...
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Dig Dug

DOS1983 Namco
Dig Dug is a classic maze arcade action game that was first released by Namco in 1982 as a coin-op and later for a number of other systems. The gameplay of Dig Dug involves digging tunnels through the earth to reach and defeat the various creatures that inhabit the underground maze. The player has an air pump, which he can use to inflate the monste...
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Laser Squad

DOS1992 Target Games Limited
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.
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Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x1993 The Software Toolworks
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Subtrade: Return to Irata

DOS1993 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clone of the classic M.U.L.E., set underwater on an oceanic world.
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Uridium

DOS1988 Graftgold
Uridium is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was originally developed by Andrew Braybrook and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986 for various home computer platforms (including MS-DOS). In Uridium, players control a spaceship known as the Manta, and the objective is to destroy a series of enemy spacecraft, as well as ground-based inst...
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Empire: Wargame of the Century

DOS1987 Northwest Software
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Archer Maclean's Pool

DOS1992 Virgin Interactive
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Oil Barons

DOS1992 Starsoft Development
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Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace

DOS1989 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
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World Darts

DOS1987 Melbourne House
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Stellar Crusade

DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Adventure Construction Set

DOS1987 Electronic Arts
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
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Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected Silicon Knights
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Circus Attractions

DOS1989 Golden Goblins
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Acquire

DOS1989 IBM
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Q*Bert

DOS1984 Parker Brothers
Q*bert is a classic arcade game that was created by Warren Davis and Jeff Lee and was released by Gottlieb in 1982. The main goal of Qbert is to change the color of every cube in a pyramid by having the character, Qbert, hop on each cube. Once all cubes have changed to the target color, the player advances to the next level. Various ...
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Pinball World

DOS1995 Spidersoft Limited