Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

vaxine-splash

Vaxine

DOS1991 shooter
pacific-general-03

Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
under-a-killing-moon-02

Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected adventure
wishbringer-splash

Wishbringer

DOS1985 adventure
magcrane-2

Magnetic Crane

DOS1989 puzzle
totaleclipse-1

Total Eclipse

DOS1988 action-adventure
scrooge-04

Scrooge

DOS1991 adventure
In Scrooge (1991), you play everyone’s favorite miser in a faithful retelling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol—if Dickens had access to VGA graphics and MIDI carols....
rotox-06

Rotox

DOS1991 shooter
number-munchers-04

Number Munchers

DOS1990 puzzle
Math was never supposed to be this exciting. In Number Munchers, you’re a green blob with an appetite for multiplication tables, gobbling up correct answers while dodging &ld...
dr-ruth-game-02

Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS1986 puzzle
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...
gorilla-bas-01

QBasic Gorillas

DOS1991freeware strategy
Gorillas, also known as "Gorillas.bas," is a turn-based artillery game that was included as a sample program with Microsoft QBasic, an IDE and interpreter for a variant of the...
afterburner-1

After Burner

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
If you’ve ever wanted to fly a jet fighter at Mach “Oh no, I crashed again,” After Burner is the game for you. This 1989 DOS classic straps you into an F-14 and l...
lha-1

LHA

DOS1988 application
fifa96-2

FIFA Soccer 96

DOS1995 sports
There was a time when digitized sprites and surprisingly loud crowd noise felt like cutting-edge sports science, and FIFA Soccer 96 proudly lived in that moment. The big selling po...
kingsquest5-4

King's Quest 5: Absence makes the heart go yonder

DOSWindows 3.x1990protected adventure
great-courts-01

Pro Tennis Tour

DOS1989 sports
netwars-01

NetWars

DOS1993freeware shooter
NetWars, developed by Novell, is a 3D space shooter video game originally released in 1993 for DOS. NetWars was designed primarily as a promotional tool to demonstrate the networki...
willow-03

Willow

DOS1988 action
broken-sword-1-01

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Windows Vista/7/8DOSLinuxMac OS2009protected adventure
Templars, assassins, and a clueless American tourist named George. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 2D point-and-click masterpiece with more intrigue than a Vatican ba...
ardentryst-02

Ardentryst

Windows Vista/7/8Linux2009 rpg
Ardentryst is the indie platformer that tried really hard to be a Metroidvania and kinda pulled it off. With anime-style art, RPG elements, and two playable characters, it’s ...
heavy-barrel-02

Heavy Barrel

DOS1989 shooter
Heavy Barrel is an action game that embraces chaos with enthusiasm, throwing enemies at you in a way that feels both overwhelming and oddly satisfying. The gameplay is straightforw...
bio-menace-3-06

Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain

DOS1993freeware action
The trilogy concludes in Master Cain, where Snake Logan faces the ultimate evil: a villain with a name that sounds like a Bond bad guy and a plan straight from Saturday morning car...
marathon2-03

Marathon 2: Durandal

Windows XP/98/95Linux1996 shooter
dragon-strike-07

Dragon Strike

DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
Released in 1990, Dragon Strike dared to combine the wonder of Dungeons & Dragons with the thrill of first-person flight simulation. Yes, instead of piloting jets, you piloted ...
kings-table-01

King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected strategy
machiavelli-1

Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected simulation
abramsbattletank-3

Abrams Battle Tank

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Get ready to drive a tank very slowly while also being very stressed. Abrams Battle Tank (1989, DOS) puts you in the commander’s seat of America’s steel behemoth, and s...
black-hole-02

Black Hole

DOS1993 puzzle
Black Hole (1993) is a space shooter where you're thrown into the gravitational madness of, you guessed it, a black hole. The physics are wild, the enemies are relentless, and you&...
pong-kombat-03

Pong Kombat

DOS1994freeware action
jackal-03

Jackal

DOS1989 shooter