Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Xmas Lemmings

DOS1992freeware puzzle
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Ocean Ranger

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
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Prisoner of Ice

DOS1995protected adventure
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Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

DOS1990 rpg
In Dark Designs 1: Grelminar’s Staff, you’re thrust into a classic fantasy dungeon crawler with an emphasis on text-driven menus and turn-based combat. It’s like ...
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Double Dragon II: The Revenge

DOS1988 action
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (1988) takes everything that made the first game fun and cranks it up a notch. The story begins with tragedy—Marian, the damsel from the first g...
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Advantage Tennis

DOS1991 sports
Ah, Advantage Tennis—where the graphics are flat, the physics are questionable, and the grunts are blessedly absent. This DOS-era sports sim serves up matches that somehow fe...
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Igor Objective Uuklaonia

DOS1995 adventure
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Hacker

DOSMac OS1986 simulation
In 1986, Hacker arrived with a premise that felt thrillingly dangerous at the time: you, alone, tapping into secret computer systems and uncovering conspiracies. No explosions, no ...
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Ace of Aces

DOS1987 vehicle simulation
Ace of Aces (1987, DOS) is a game where you pilot a WWII plane via a series of still-image panels that suggest action more than deliver it. It’s like a flipbook with ambition...
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Temple of Kroz

DOS1990freeware action
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected rpg
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is an action role-playing game released in 2000 by Nihilistic Software and published by Activision. It is based on the "Vampire: The Masquerade...
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Cossacks: European Wars

Windows XP/98/952000protected strategy
Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy epic that lets you command armies so big you’ll lose track of half your soldiers. Set in the 17th and 18th centuries, it&rsquo...
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Club Football: The Manager

DOS1994 sports
Before Football Manager consumed the souls of soccer nerds everywhere, there was Club Football: The Manager. It’s all spreadsheets, transfers, and managing egos with egos. Th...
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Dragon World

DOS1984 adventure
Dragon World (1984) might sound like the precursor to a sprawling epic RPG, but it’s actually more of a board-game-style fantasy experience. Less “slay the dragon with ...
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Master of Orion

DOS1993protected strategy
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Cosmic Spacehead

DOS1993 action-adventure
Cosmic Spacehead is a cheerful point-and-click adventure wrapped in platformer segments, starring a purple alien who’s equal parts explorer and goofball. You’ll travel ...
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Dino Crisis

Windows XP/98/951999 action-adventure
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Pole Position II

DOS1988 racing
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Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS1987 puzzle
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ShadowForce

DOS1994 adventure
ShadowForce (1994, DOS) is what happens when someone decides subtlety is overrated and replaces it with explosions. This tactical action romp drops you into a near-future mess of m...
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Ford simulator 3

DOS1992freeware racing
Ford Simulator 3 (1992, DOS) pushes the formula further, polishing visuals and adding enough variety to feel like a modest evolution rather than a simple update. The driving segmen...
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Sensible World of Soccer 96/97

DOS1996protected sports
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Boxer Rebellion

DOS1982 action
Before realistic fighting games, there was Boxer Rebellion—a 1982 title so primitive, it makes Pong look flashy. It’s boxing with fewer rules and more pixels per punch....
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Street Rod

DOS1989protected racing
Street Rod (1989, DOS) isn’t just a racing game—it’s a love letter to greasy hands, loud engines, and California sunsets. You start with a beat-up car and a pocke...
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Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected simulation
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Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected action
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Bureaucracy

DOSMac OS1987 adventure
Douglas Adams, the twisted genius behind Hitchhiker’s Guide, brings you the most terrifying adventure of all: paperwork. Bureaucracy turns mundane modern life into a text-bas...