Abandonware rpg games
In a Role-Playing Game (RPG), players control one or more characters in a fictional world, be it fantasy-oriented, contemporary, sci-fi, etc. RPGs follow up on traditional tabletop role-playing games features, including narrative threads full of obstacles and enigmas, character development, combat systems, or complex inventories.
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DOS1987 action RPG
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight
DOS1992 action RPG
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action-RPG and strategy game developed by Rob Anderson and published by Mindscape in 1991 for the Amiga and later for MS-DOS. The game is famous for its combination of strategic, RPG elements with fast-paced, brutal action combat, as well as its dark medieval fantasy setting. Up to four players can take turn...
Moraff's Dungeon of the Unforgiven
DOS1993 dungeon crawl
Moraff's Revenge
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Moraff's World
DOS1991 dungeon crawl
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol
Windows 3.x1995protected dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is fantasy RPG game released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, but it runs flawlessy even Windows XP (see this faq if you want to play Mordor in a virtual machine). Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is a mix of first-person and top-down perspective dungeon crawler; the game shows the dungeon in by both perspectives at onc...
Moria
DOS1992freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, treasures, and various items. The goal is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, located deep within the dungeon's lowest leve...
NetHack - Falcon's Eye
Windows XP/98/952001freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
Neverwinter Nights
DOS1991protected
Nox
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected action RPG
Obitus
DOS1991 dungeon crawl
Obitus is a role-playing video game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1991 for various platforms including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It combines elements of role-playing games (RPGs) and action-adventure games and is set in a fantasy world.In the game, players control the protagonist who finds themselves transported to the realm of Obitus ...
Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware roguelike
Oubliette
DOS1983 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Phantasie 1
DOS1987protected top-down party-based RPG
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS1987 top-down party-based RPG
Planet's Edge
DOS1991protected top-down party-based RPG
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected
Pools of Darkness
DOSMac OS1991protected
Pools of Darkness is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It is the fourth entry in the "Gold Box" series of Dungeons & Dragons games, which are based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) ruleset. The game was released in 1991 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platform...
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS1989 action RPG
Quest for the Unicorn
DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware roguelike
Questron 2
DOS1988protected
Questron II is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) in 1988. It serves as the sequel to the original Questron (1984) and builds upon its predecessor’s formula, offering more expansive gameplay, refined mechanics, and a richer world to explore. The player embarks on a...
Ragnarok
DOS1993freeware roguelike
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
DOS1995protected first-person party-based RPG
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet is a fantasy RPG set in the egyptian Ravenloft campaign that uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragon ruleset. It's the sequel to Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession and uses the same first person real-time 3d engine. Stone Prophet was developed by DreamForge Entertainment and published by SSI in 1995.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
DOS1994protected first-person party-based RPG
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 1994. It is set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Ravenloft, which is known for its gothic horror themes. The game was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI).The gameplay is based on the Advanced Dungeo...
Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny
DOS1992protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Realms of Arkania 2: Star trail
DOS1994protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva
DOS1996protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Reaping The Dungeon
DOS1993 dungeon crawl, roguelike