Abandonware DOS title

Fixed screen 2D, games with no scrolling

In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Grand Slam Bridge

DOS1986 Cybron corporation
Grand Slam Bridge is exactly what it says on the tin, which is both comforting and slightly intimidating if you are not already fluent in the mysterious language of card games. In ...
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Gremlins

DOS1984 Atari
Gremlins is what happens when someone decides that cute, chaotic movie creatures should be turned into a game that is slightly less cute and a lot more confusing. In Gremlins, you ...
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Guardians

DOS1991 Loriciel
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Guns 'R' Us

DOS1993 Future Vision
Guns 'R' Us feels like someone looked at the early ’90s and decided subtlety was overrated. This side-scrolling shooter piles on enemies, explosions, and weapon upgrades with...
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Hamburger Hell

DOS1986remake
Hamburger Hell from 1986 is one of those titles that practically dares you to ask, “What were they thinking?” The premise is gloriously absurd, and the execution doesn&...
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HanaFuda

Windows XP/98/951999
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Hard Hat Mack

DOS1984
Hard Hat Mack is the kind of game that proves construction work can be more dangerous in pixels than in real life, provided real life had ladders that seem determined to betray you...
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Hat Trick

DOS1984 Bally Sente
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Helter Skelter

DOS1989 The Assembly Line
Helter Skelter feels like a delightful experiment in chaos, the kind of game that throws ideas at the wall just to see which ones stick. With its quirky mechanics and slightly unhi...
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Hole-In-One Miniature Golf

DOS1989
Hole in One is golf distilled into its purest, slightly pixelated essence, where patience is key and frustration lurks behind every poorly judged swing. Released in 1995, it captur...
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Hotshot

DOS1988 Maxwell Technology
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Hoyle Book of Games

DOS1989 Sierra On-Line
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Hoyle Classic Card Games

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993 Sierra On-Line
Hoyle Classic Card Games is the digital equivalent of a well-stocked card table, offering a variety of games to suit different tastes. Released in 1993, it combines accessibility w...
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IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1983 SoftSide Magazine
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IBM Centipede

DOS1983 IBM
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Invaders 78

DOS2000freewareremake
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Inve$t

DOS1990 Starbyte Software
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Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road

DOS1990 Leland
Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road is an abandoned diagonal-down off-road racing game developed by Leland and released by Virgin Interactive in 1990 for DOS, but also publish...
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J-Bird

DOS1983remake Orion Software
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Janitor Joe

DOS1984
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Jet Set Willy remake

DOS1999freewareremake RetroSpec
Jet Set Willy is a classic platform video game released for various home computers in the 1980s. It was developed by Matthew Smith and published by Software Projects for the ZX Spe...
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Jetpack

DOS1993freeware Software Creations
Jetpack is a classic 2D platformer video game developed by Adept Software and released for MS-DOS computers in 1993. Created by Adam Pedersen, it became popular for its addictive g...
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Joust VGA

DOS1990remake
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Jump 'n Bump

DOS1998freeware Brainchild Design
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Jumpman

DOS1984 Epyx
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Jumpman Lives!

DOS1991remake Apogee Software
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Kangaroo

DOS1982
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected Imagitec Design