Abandonware DOS title

Games featuring PvP multiplayer mode

Of all the multiplayer modes available for a game, PvP (Player VS Player) is one of the most appreciated. The thrill of competing in some way against a human opponent is something that changes the way you're playing and is often completely different than fighting a computer opponent. In fact, the first games in history lacked a computer opponent (it needed more resources, more code, etc.), there was PvP before everything else.
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Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods

DOSMac OS1993protected Bullfrog
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is an old sandbox strategy god-game. As the title suggests, the setting is more of less ancient Greek mythology and you're a god (hence the god-game label). Populous 2 is the sequel of the much acclaimed Populous, designed by Peter Molineaux. Populous 2 was developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Ar...
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Powermonger

DOS1992 Bullfrog
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating enough resources (such as food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.
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Powerslave

DOS1996 Playmates Interactive Entertainment
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Pray for Death

DOS1996protected Light Shock Software
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Primal Rage

DOS1995 Atari
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Pro Tennis Tour

DOS1989 Blue Byte Software
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QBasic Gorillas

DOS1991freeware Microsoft
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 BASIC programming language. QBasic was commonly bundled with MS-DOS and early versions of Windows during the early 1990s. The goal of "Gorillas" is to hit the ...
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QBasic Nibbles

DOS1991freeware Microsoft
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Quake

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protecteddemo id software
Quake is a first-person shooter (FPS) video game developed by id Software and released in 1996. It is the successor to id Software's immensely popular "Doom" series and is known for its groundbreaking 3D graphics, fast-paced gameplay, and multiplayer capabilities. The game was created by a team led by John Carmack and John Romero, two of the co-fou...
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Quake 2

Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/11Mac OS1997protecteddemo Activision
Quake II is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and released in 1997. It is the sequel to the original Quake and was a significant milestone in the evolution of 3D graphics in video games. Quake II maintained the fast-paced, frenetic gameplay of its predecessor. It is a first-person shooter that emphasizes multiplayer ac...
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Rise of the Robots

DOS1994 Mirage Technologies
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Risk

Windows 3.x1991 Azeroth
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Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS1989 Mastertronic
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Road Rash

Windows XP/98/951996 Papyrus Design Group
Road Rash is an abandoned motorcycle racing game developed by Papyrus Design Group and released by Electronic Arts in 1996. Road Rash runs on Windows XP/98/95 but was also published for Amiga, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, 3DO, Game Gear, PlayStation, Saturn, Game Boy. In Road Rash you're a motorcycle racer that needs to win against other racer...
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Road Runner

DOS1989 Atari
Road Runner is a video game based on the popular Looney Tunes cartoon series featuring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. The game was originally developed by Atari Games and released in arcades in 1985. It was later ported to various home gaming platforms, such as the Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS and others. Yo...
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Sango Fighter

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993freeware Panda Entertainment Technology Co.
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Sango Fighter 2

DOS1995freeware Panda Entertainment Technology Co.
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Savage Warriors

DOS1995 Kalisto Entertainment
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Scorched 3D

Windows XP/98/95Linux2001freeware
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Scorched Earth

DOS1991protected
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Scrabble

DOS1992 U.S. Gold
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Scrabble

DOS1989
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Sensible World of Soccer 96/97

DOS1996protected Sensible Software
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Serve & Volley

DOS1988 Artech Studios
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 Activision
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Space Federation

DOS1994 Interplay Productions
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Spacewar

DOS1985
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer games and is often considered the first interactive video game. It was created in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen at the MIT. The game was developed on the PDP-1 minicomputer; this is a DOS port, released in 1985.Spacewar! features two spaceships, controlled by players, that ...
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Speedball

DOS1988 Bitmap Brothers