Abandonware DOS title

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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Quest for the Unicorn

DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware roguelike
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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 Questro...
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Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware roguelike
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Ravenloft: Stone Prophet

DOS1995protected first-person party-based RPG
Set in the D&D desert domain of Har’Akir, Ravenloft: Stone Prophet blends horror and ancient-Egypt vibes into a first-person RPG that still feels unusual today. You wande...
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Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession

DOS1994protected first-person party-based RPG
In Strahd’s Possession, you’re tossed into the mists of Barovia, where Count Strahd—smooth, sinister, and eternally well-groomed—looms over everything. The ...
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Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny

DOS1992protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Blade of Destiny is old-school RPGing at its most unapologetic. Based on the German tabletop system Das Schwarze Auge, it throws you into a world where character creation alone fee...
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Realms of Arkania 2: Star trail

DOS1994protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Often hailed as the best of the trilogy, Star Trail doubles down on everything its predecessor attempted—and somehow makes it all smoother. The world feels richer, the quests...
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Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva

DOS1996protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Shadows Over Riva caps the trilogy with a confident stride. The graphics receive a welcome upgrade, the atmosphere takes a darker turn, and the narrative leans heavily into detecti...
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Reaping The Dungeon

DOS1993 dungeon crawl, roguelike
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Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983
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Return to Krondor

Windows XP/98/951998protected
If you liked Betrayal at Krondor, Return to Krondor is that younger cousin who tries real hard to live up to the family name. It's got 3D graphics (for 1998), turn-based combat, an...
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Rings of Zilfin

DOS1987protected
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Rogue

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1984 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor....
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Ruins of Cawdor

DOS1995 first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
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Scavengers of the Mutant World

DOS1988 top-down party-based RPG
Scavengers of the Mutant World (1988) takes you to a post-apocalyptic wasteland where radiation has turned most life forms into something between a potato and a death machine. Your...
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Secret of the Silver Blades

DOSMac OS1990protected
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintos...
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Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Windows XP/98/951999protected JRPG
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Shadow of Yserbius

DOS1993 dungeon crawl
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ShadowCaster

DOS1993 action RPG
Shadowcaster is a first-person action role-playing game developed by Raven Software and published by Origin Systems. It was released in 1993 for MS-DOS computers.In Shadowcaster, p...
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Shadowlands

DOS1992
Shadowlands is a video game released in 1992 for MS-DOS and Amiga platforms. Developed by Teque London Ltd and published by Domark, it's an isometric action-adventure RPG with puzz...
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Shadoworlds

DOS1993protected
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Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected
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Slash'Em

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997freewareremake dungeon crawl, roguelike
SLASH'EM (Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic) is a roguelike game based on NetHack, one of the most famous dungeon-crawling games of all time. It expands upon NetHack 3....
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Sorcerian

DOS1990 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
If Sorcerer Lord was about controlling armies, Sorcerian (1990, DOS) zooms in to the party level — a side-scrolling RPG that’s as odd as it is ambitious. You build a te...
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Space 1889

DOS1990 top-down party-based RPG, board game
Space 1889 (1990, DOS) is steampunk before steampunk was cool. Based on the tabletop RPG, it sends you to an alternate Victorian era where the British Empire has expanded — t...
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Space Rogue

DOS1989 space simulation, sandbox RPG
Space Rogue is what happens when Elite and Ultima decide to have a baby… in space. You’re dumped into a universe of hostile aliens, smugglers, and zero-g dogfights, an...
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Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace

DOS1992protected top-down party-based RPG, space exploration
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Spirit of Adventure

DOS1991 first-person party-based RPG
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Spirit of Excalibur

DOS1990 action RPG
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Starflight

DOS1986 sandbox RPG
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, ...