Abandonware DOS title

The best abandonware puzzle games

Puzzle games are about solving logical or strategic puzzles, jigsaws, mathematical brain teasers, and quizzes. The player can control one or more characters (as in Lemmings) or interact with static or moving objects (as in Tetris).
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Mickey's Runaway Zoo

DOS1991 math puzzle
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Remote Control

DOS1989 trivia / quiz
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Magnetic Crane

DOS1989 tile-matching
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 tile-matching, board game
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Never mind

DOS1989 action puzzle
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Math Circus

DOS1993 math puzzle
Math Circus (1993) is proof that educational games in the DOS era were either unbearably boring or secretly brilliant — and this one leans heavily toward the second category....