Abandonware DOS title

The most popular hotseat games

Games supporting hotseat multiplayer mode can be played by more than one player (usually two) on the same PC taking turns playing the game. Many strategy games offer an hotseat multiplayer mode.
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Gemfire

DOS1992 KOEI
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Black Friday

DOS1983
Black Friday (1983) isn’t about shopping mayhem—though you might wish it were after trying to figure out what’s going on. This early DOS title is part stock market simulator, part existential crisis. You play as ...
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Archer Maclean's Pool

DOS1992 Virgin Interactive
For those who think snooker is too posh and billiards too French, there's Archer Maclean's Pool, the most ‘90s way to simulate the timeless art of arguing over whether that shot was really legal. It’s pool in DOS &mdas...
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Aquanoid

DOS1992remake
Aquanoid (1992) takes the classic Breakout formula and throws it underwater, because bricks are apparently much more intimidating when they're wet. You control a paddle, you bounce a ball, you try to pretend you're not just playin...
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Oil Barons

DOS1992 Starsoft Development
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS1989 KOEI
Based on a classic Chinese novel, Bandit Kings of Ancient China combines strategy, RPG elements, and about 800 names you’ll never remember. You play one of 108 outlaws trying to overthrow a corrupt regime — think Roman...
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TwinBlok

DOS1996 Webfoot Technologies
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Reach for the Stars

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Computer Diplomacy

DOS1984 Avalon Hill
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
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World Darts

DOS1987 Melbourne House
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John Madden Football

DOS1989 Electronic Arts
John Madden Football was the first of a series of american football sports games sponsored by the coach of the same name. The first John Madden Football is an abandoned game developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for Ap...
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Heirs to the Throne

DOS1992 German Design Group
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Manhole

DOS1992
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Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected Interplay Productions
Set in the far-off future of 1992, Battle Chess 4000 brings space-age flair to intergalactic checkmate. Now your queen is a laser-wielding dominatrix and your pawns might be robots with trust issues. It’s chess... with ray g...
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Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf

DOS1995 Pixel Painters Corporation
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Boot Camp

DOS1989 Konami
Boot Camp (1989, DOS) is the game that turns military training into a button-mashing festival of pain. Ever dreamed of surviving basic training without breaking a sweat? This is it—if your definition of “not sweating&r...
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Acquire

DOS1989 IBM
Acquire (1989, DOS) brings boardroom drama to your DOS screen, turning you into a hotel tycoon in a game where the real enemy is... math. It's a faithful adaptation of the classic board game, complete with mergers, hostile takeove...
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MicroLeague Baseball 2

DOS1989 MicroLeague Multimedia
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Loopz

DOS1990 Audiogenic
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The Games: Summer Edition

DOS1988 Epyx
The Games: Summer Edition is a sports simulation video game developed and published by Epyx, originally released in 1988. The Games: Summer Edition simulates various summer Olympic events. Players can compete in these events eithe...
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Gengis Khan

DOS1989 KOEI
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Felony!

DOS1984 BrainBank
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Subtrade: Return to Irata

DOS1993 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clo...
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 Electronic Arts
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Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS1983 Windmill Software
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Mychess

DOS1984 The Software Toolworks
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Earl Weaver Baseball

DOS1987 Mirage Graphics