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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Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design

DOS1990 Sculptured Software
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 Electronic Arts
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Nectaris

DOS1995 Hudson soft
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Theatre of War

DOS1992protected Artech Studios
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Ugh!

DOS1992 Egosoft
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Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS1983 Windmill Software
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Advantage Tennis

DOS1991 Infogrames
Ah, Advantage Tennis—where the graphics are flat, the physics are questionable, and the grunts are blessedly absent. This DOS-era sports sim serves up matches that somehow feel like both a relaxing afternoon and a fierce Wim...
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Wizball

DOS1987 Sensible Software
Wizball is a  shoot 'em up video game developed by Sensible Software and originally released for various home computer platforms in 1987. The game was published by Ocean Software.In Wizball, players control a wizard who ...
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Oil Barons

DOS1992 Starsoft Development
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Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected Silicon Knights
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Links 386 Pro

DOS1992 Access Software
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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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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII battle where everything went spectacularly sidewa...
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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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Subbuteo

DOS1990 Goliath Games
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Eight Ball Deluxe

DOSMac OS1993 Littlewing
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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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MicroLeague Baseball 2

DOS1989 MicroLeague Multimedia
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Grand Prix Wizard

DOS1996 Wizard Games
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Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS1987 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
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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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Jumpman Lives!

DOS1991remake Apogee Software
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Traders

DOS1992 Linel
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Action in the North Atlantic

DOS1989 General Quarters Software
If you’ve ever dreamed of commanding a WWII convoy while cold, stressed, and staring at a pixelated radar screen, Action in the North Atlantic (1989, DOS) has you covered. It’s part strategy, part simulation, and all t...
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Global Conquest

DOS1992 Ozark Softscape
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Jetstrike

DOS1994 Shadow Software
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 Activision
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Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations