Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Stronghold

DOS1993protected strategy
Stronghold, released in 1993, is a strategy simulation game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). Players assume the role of a lo...
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Shogun

DOS1986 action-adventure
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Battleship

DOS1983 strategy
Released in 1983, this is your grandpa’s Battleship—minus the plastic pegs, but with all the tension of blind naval warfare. There are no fancy graphics, no Hollywood e...
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Wing Commander Academy

DOS1993protected vehicle simulation
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Armada 2525

DOS1991 strategy
Armada 2525 is what happens when a spreadsheet decides it wants to conquer the galaxy. This is classic 4X strategy with all the bells, whistles, and menus your early '90s heart cou...
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Millennia: Altered Destinies

DOS1995 vehicle simulation
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Rockstar!

DOS1989 simulation
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Bass Tour

DOS1992 sports
Think of Bass Tour (1992) as the road trip version of virtual fishing. More simulation than arcade, it lets you travel, pick locations, study conditions, and obsess over bait types...
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TomeNET

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware rpg
TomeNET (Troubles of Middle Earth, Net) is an online, multiplayer rogue-like game set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. It’s a persistent-world game inspired by ...
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Caves of Thor

DOS1989 action-adventure
If you thought Norse mythology needed more monochrome graphics, Caves of Thor (1989) has you covered. It’s an early Apogee game, meaning it’s tough, quirky, and uses le...
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Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror

Windows XP/98/951997protected adventure
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Revolution Software. Released in 1997. The game follows the continuing adventures of George...
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Hexxagon

DOS1993 puzzle
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Metal Gear

DOS1990 action-adventure
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The Final Battle

DOS1991 adventure
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Heroes of the 357th

DOS1992 vehicle simulation
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Blackstar: Agent of Justice

DOS1995 adventure
In Blackstar: Agent of Justice (1995), you play a noir-style detective in a trench coat so dramatic it probably has its own union. Set in a dark, crime-ridden city where everyone t...
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David Wolf: Secret Agent

DOS1989 action-adventure
Back in 1989, David Wolf: Secret Agent tried really hard to make you feel like James Bond. You get car chases, fistfights, and enough cheesy dialogue to fill an action movie marath...
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Football Glory

DOS1995freeware sports
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Autobots

DOS1989 shooter
Before Michael Bay got his hands on the franchise, Autobots (1989, DOS) offered a more... subtle approach to transforming robot mayhem. Well, not subtle exactly — more like c...
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Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space

DOS1993 vehicle simulation
Finally, a game where you don’t blast aliens—you launch real people into space, with all the white-knuckled tension of 1960s NASA. Buzz Aldrin’s Race into Space i...
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Hill Street Blues

DOS1991 simulation
Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you ar...
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Marathon

Windows XP/98/95Linux1994freeware shooter
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Extreme Assault

DOS1997 vehicle simulation
Released in 1997, Extreme Assault is a bold and ambitious hybrid that blends flight simulation with ground combat in a futuristic setting. You pilot advanced military hardware acro...
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Moraff's Revenge

DOS1988 rpg
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Shooting Gallery

DOS1990 shooter
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Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake shooter
If you've ever stared at a camel and thought, "What if it shot lasers and had a personal grudge against humanity?", Attack of the Mutant Camels is the fever dream you've been waiti...
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Reach for the Stars: The Conquest of the Galaxy

DOS1988 strategy
Reach for the Stars is a 4X strategy game from before the term “4X” even existed. It’s pure, stripped-down galactic conquest: research tech, colonize worlds, and ...
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Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 strategy
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Moraff's Morejongg

Windows XP/98/951992 puzzle
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Arachne WWW

DOS1996freeware application
Arachne is a graphical web browser for DOS. Arachne was developed by Michal Polák and released in the early 1990s as a text-mode web browser with limited graphical capabilit...