Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

hardball-1-03

Hardball!

DOS1987 sports
Hardball! is where the series begins, and it carries the slightly rough charm of a pioneer finding its footing. The mechanics are simple, but they establish a foundation that futur...
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Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine

DOS1991protected action
In Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine, Keen infiltrates a massive space station engineered to obliterate planets like it’s swatting flies. This is Keen at his most tech...
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Winter Olympiad 88

DOS1988 sports
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Operation Bodycount

DOS1994 shooter
Operation Bodycount sounds subtle, doesn’t it? Released in 1994, this shooter wastes no time letting you know exactly what it’s about: running around and, well, increas...
sherlockholmesbow-splash

Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS1985 adventure
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Telengard

DOS1985freeware rpg
Telengard is one of the earliest computer role-playing games, released in 1982 for various home computers like the Commodore 64, Apple II, and TRS-80 and later for PC. It was devel...
corporate-raider-1

Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street

DOS1988protected simulation
In Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street, you’re not sailing the high seas—you’re sinking companies from the comfort of an office chair. This business simul...
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Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games

DOS1996protected strategy
pharaos-tomb-03

Pharaoh's Tomb

DOS1990 action
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Alien Nations

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected strategy
the-witness-01

The Witness

DOS1983 adventure
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Kingdom of Kroz

DOS1988freeware action
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Donald's Alphabet Chase

DOS1988 puzzle
Donald’s Alphabet Chase is the video game equivalent of hiding fridge magnets and watching a duck hunt them down. In this 1988 edutainment title, the mischievous alphabet let...
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Conqueror

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Conqueror is what happens when a tank simulator and an arcade game go on a date and forget their purpose. You drive a tank in a pseudo-3D landscape, blow up stuff, and command squa...
alice-wonderland-if-01

Alice in Wonderland

DOS1989 adventure
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Desert Rats

DOS1986 strategy
Released in 1986, Desert Rats is a strategy game that puts you in charge of the North African campaign of World War II. Don’t let the cute title fool you—there are no a...
wizard-of-oz-01

The Wizard of Oz

DOS1985 adventure
shadow-of-yserbius-06

Shadow of Yserbius

DOS1993 rpg
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The mist

DOS1985 adventure
taipan-for-windows-01

Taipan for Windows

Windows XP/98/952002freeware simulation
In Taipan for Windows, you’re not a hero, you’re a 19th-century capitalist trying to get rich trading tea, silk, and the occasional bit of opium in the South China Sea....
night-hunter-06

Night Hunter

DOS1988 action
moonwalker-03

Moonwalker

DOS1989 action
Before rhythm games took over, there was Moonwalker (1989), where you play as none other than Michael Jackson himself, saving kidnapped kids by dancing enemies into submission. Yes...
sokoban-win-01

Sokoban

Windows XP/98/951999 puzzle
genocide-06

Genocide

DOS1996freeware strategy
With a name like Genocide (1996), you know you’re not in for a lighthearted romp. This DOS platformer is dark, moody, and filled with enemies that seem genetically engineered...
thunderhawk-4

Thunderhawk AH-73M

DOS1992 vehicle simulation
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Amazon

DOS1984 adventure
From the mind of Michael Crichton comes Amazon, a game that lets you live out your jungle explorer fantasies—without the bugs or dysentery. You’re off to the Amazon to ...
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Hacker

DOSMac OS1986 simulation
In 1986, Hacker arrived with a premise that felt thrillingly dangerous at the time: you, alone, tapping into secret computer systems and uncovering conspiracies. No explosions, no ...
mario-time-machine-01

Mario's Time Machine

DOS1993 puzzle