Abandonware DOS title

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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Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets

DOSMac OS1993 physics puzzle
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets is what happens when someone decides that learning physics and mechanics should feel like a cartoon treasure hunt inside an abandoned warehouse....
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Super Solvers: Operation Neptune

DOS1991 math puzzle
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Super Solvers: OutNumbered!

DOS1990 math puzzle
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Super Solvers: Spellbound!

DOS1991 word puzzle
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Super Solvers: Treasure Cove

DOS1992 math puzzle
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Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!

DOS1990 word puzzle
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Super Tetris

DOS1991 falling blocks
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Swap

DOS1992 tile-matching
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Tetris

DOS1987 falling blocks
Tetris is the kind of game that looks harmless until you realize you’ve been staring at falling blocks for three hours straight. Released in 1987, this deceptively simple puzzle ...
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Tetris (Academysoft)

DOS1996 falling blocks
Tetris (Academysoft) from 1996 feels like the classic puzzle formula got a slightly more polished suit but kept the same addictive soul. The gameplay is instantly familiar: blocks ...
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Tetris 2.0

Windows XP/98/951990 falling blocks
Tetris 2.0 attempts to spice up the classic formula with a few twists, like a chef adding unexpected ingredients to a beloved recipe. Sometimes it works, sometimes you miss the ori...
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Tetris Classic

DOSWindows 3.x1992 falling blocks
Tetris Classic is exactly what it promises: a faithful, no-nonsense version of the puzzle titan that defined a generation. It doesn’t try to be flashy or revolutionary; instead, ...
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The $100,000 pyramid

DOS1988 trivia / quiz
Ever wanted to be on a game show without leaving your CRT-lit basement? The $100,000 Pyramid brings you that chance. You guess words. Your partner gives clues. Sometimes you wonder...
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The all new Family Feud

DOS1989 word puzzle
The all new Family Feud brings the classic TV game show into your home, complete with survey questions and the eternal struggle to guess what other people are thinking. It’s simp...
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The Astronomy Quiz

DOS1988 trivia / quiz
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The Fool's Errand

DOS1989freeware word puzzle
The Fool's Errand is a puzzle-adventure computer game created by Cliff Johnson and released in 1987 for Macintosh and later for MS-DOS. The game follows the journey of a namel...
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The Game of Harmony

DOS1990 action puzzle, physics puzzle
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The Humans

DOS1993protected action puzzle, platform
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The Incredible Machine

DOS1993 physics puzzle
The Incredible Machine (part of The Incredible Machine series) is a single-player peculiar DOS physics-puzzle game developed by Jeff Tunnell Productions and published by Sierr...
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The Incredible Machine 2

DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951994 physics puzzle
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The Incredible Toon Machine

Windows 3.x1994 physics puzzle
The Incredible Toon Machine is a puzzle video game developed by Jeff Tunnell Productions and published by Sierra On-Line in 1994. It serves as the successor to the game Sid & A...
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The Light Corridor

DOS1990 action puzzle
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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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The Sentinel

DOS1989
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Tiny Skweeks

DOS1992 action puzzle
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Troika

DOS1991
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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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Welltris

DOS1989 falling blocks
Welltris is a puzzle video game designed by Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris. Released in 1989, Welltris offers a fresh take on the block-dropping mechanics of Tetris, expand...
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Wheel of Fortune

DOS1987 word puzzle