Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware puzzle games

Puzzle games are about solving logical or strategic puzzles, jigsaws, mathematical brain teasers, and quizzes. The player can control one or more characters (as in Lemmings) or interact with static or moving objects (as in Tetris).
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Family Feud

DOS1987 trivia / quiz
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15x15 Picture Puzzle

DOS1996freeware tile-matching, reveal the picture
This game is either a delightful brain teaser or a slow descent into madness, depending on how patient you are. 15x15 Picture Puzzle gives you a scrambled mess of tiny square tiles...
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Oxyd Extra

DOS1994 action puzzle
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Weird Dreams

DOS1988 action puzzle
Weird Dreams is an abandoned action - puzzle game developed and released by Rainbird Software in 1988 for DOS, but also published for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64. Weird Dreams is...
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FlixMix

DOS1993 tile-matching, reveal the picture
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Nanotank

Windows 3.x1993 action puzzle
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Color Balls

DOS1996 falling blocks
Ever wondered what it would feel like to be trapped in a neon nightmare where physics and color coordination decide your fate? Color Balls (1996, DOS) is like a Rubik’s Cube ...
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Tetris (Academysoft)

DOS1996 falling blocks
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Stone Age

DOS1992 sokoban
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The Price is Right

DOS1990 trivia / quiz
Ready to guess wildly about the cost of household objects from the comfort of a DOS screen? The Price is Right (1990, DOS) brings the TV game show to your keyboard with a mixture o...
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Gearheads

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1996 action puzzle
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Frac

DOS1990 falling blocks
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Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware physics puzzle
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M Labyrinth

DOS1993 tile-matching
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Boulder Dash Construction Kit

DOS1987 action puzzle
Boulder Dash Construction Kit is both a full game and a level editor, built around the gameplay mechanics of the original Boulder Dash (1984). You still play as Rockford, the pixel...
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Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware tile-matching
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Columbus Discovery

DOS1992 tile-matching, reveal the picture
Columbus Discovery (1992, DOS) is a history-flavored point-and-click adventure where you, as a pixelated Christopher Columbus, set sail to "discover" lands that are already very mu...
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 tile-matching, board game
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Math Circus

DOS1993 math puzzle
Math Circus (1993) is proof that educational games in the DOS era were either unbearably boring or secretly brilliant — and this one leans heavily toward the second category....
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Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS1986 trivia / quiz
Back in 1986, when most PC users were still figuring out floppy disks, along came Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex, a title that promised to educate while entertaining. Imagine t...
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Classic Hangman

DOS1983 word puzzle
ASCII art has never been so morbid. Classic Hangman is exactly what it says on the tin: guess the word or watch your little stick figure meet a tragic end. Letters become lifelines...
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Troika

DOS1991
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Shanghai

Windows 3.xMac OS1986 tile-matching, board game
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Faces Tris 3

DOS1990 falling blocks
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Pick 'n Pile

DOS1990 tile-matching
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Mario's Time Machine

DOS1993 action puzzle
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Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science

DOS1992 trivia / quiz
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Jeopardy! Second Edition

DOS1988 word puzzle
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Gapper

DOS1986 action puzzle
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Hotshot

DOS1988 action puzzle