Abandonware DOS title

Fixed screen 2D, games with no scrolling sorted by release date

In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Stratego

DOS19903.8/5 Accolade
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Tank Wars

DOS19904.1/5
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Tetris 2.0

Windows XP/98/9519904.2/5 AcademySoft
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The Game of Harmony

DOS19904/5 The Assembly Line
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The Price is Right

DOS19903/5
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Tracon 2

DOS19903.3/5 Wesson International
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Trog

DOS19904.3/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Visual Star Trek

DOS19903.7/5
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Aldo's Assault

DOS19913/5
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Armada 2525

DOS19913.3/5
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Bananoid

DOS1991freewareremake3.7/5 Banana Development
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Bomb Run

DOS19913/5 PC Solutions
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Gobliiins

DOSMac OS1991protected4.2/5 Coktel Vision
Gobliiins is a peculiar adventure game designed by Pierre Gilhodes, developed by French company Coktel Vision and released by Sierra On-Line in 1991 for DOS, Mac, Amiga and Atari ST. In Gobliiins, you control multiple goblins and you must find a way to progress to the next area by solving typical adventure puzzles. The story is almost non-exis...
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Jumpman Lives!

DOS1991remake4/5 Apogee Software
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Lexi-Cross

DOS19914/5 Platinumware
Lexi-Cross is an abandoned science fiction tv show-styled puzzle game. Lexi-Cross was developed by Platinumware and released for DOS by Interplay Productions in 1991. The gameplay is a turn-based mix between Scrabble and Wheel of fortune with elements of Battleship.
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Paganitzu

DOS1991protected3.7/5 Apogee Software
Paganitzu is a classic puzzle-adventure game released in 1991 by Apogee Software. Set in an ancient pyramid, the game follows the exploits of its protagonist, Alabama Smith, who must navigate through a series of increasingly complex rooms filled with traps, puzzles, and enemies. The game is divided into three episodes, each one unraveling more of t...
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QBasic Gorillas

DOS1991freeware4/5 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

DOS1991freeware3.5/5 Microsoft
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Scorched Earth

DOS1991protected4/5
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Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software
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Super Tetris

DOS19914/5 Sphere
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Taito's Super Space Invaders

DOS19914.2/5 Taito
Super Space Invaders is a video game developed and published by Taito Corporation, released in 1991. It's a sequel to the classic arcade game Space Invaders, which was originally released in 1978 and is one of the most iconic video games of all time.In Super Space Invaders, the core gameplay mechanics remain similar to the original Space Invaders, ...
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Tristan Pinball

DOS19914/5 Littlewing
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Trump Castle 2

DOS19913/5 Brian A. Rice
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Volfied

DOS19914.3/5 Taito
Volfied is an arcade game developed and released by Taito Corporation in 1989. It's a puzzle game that gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The game is named after the fictional planet "Volfied", where the gameplay is set.In Volfied, players control a small spaceship called "Challenger" and must eliminate 80% or more of the playfiel...
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Wordtris

DOSMac OS19913.2/5
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3d World Boxing

DOS19923.8/5 Simulmondo
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4 Queens Computer Casino

DOS19923.2/5 Applications Plus
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Aquanoid

DOS1992remake3.8/5
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Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet

DOS19924/5 Riedel Software Productions
Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet is a video game based on the popular Beetlejuice franchise, which includes a 1988 film directed by Tim Burton and an animated television series that aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The game involves controlling Beetlejuice as he attempts to clear skeletons from various closets in a haunted house. T...