Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

bart-house-weirdness-01

The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness

DOS1991 action
The Simpsons: Bart’s House of Weirdness is what happens when a platform game decides to take a holiday inside a surreal cartoon fever dream. You control Bart through two wild...
alice-pascal-01

Alice: The Personal Pascal

DOS1985 application
robotron-2084-3

Robotron 2084

DOS1983 shooter
pcbert-02

PC*Bert

DOS1997freeware action
beethoven2-02

Beethoven 2

DOS1993 action
Yes, it’s that Beethoven—the slobbery St. Bernard, not the piano guy. In Beethoven 2, you control a surprisingly agile dog on a quest to rescue your kidnapped puppies. ...
dark-reign-2-06

Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected strategy
Released in 2000, Dark Reign 2 took the futuristic RTS series into full 3D territory. While other games were content with flashy visuals, this one focused on tactical depth and res...
battlestar-05

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware strategy
No, not that Battlestar. Battlestar (1996) is more obscure than a reboot that never happened. Set in deep space with a top-down view and UI only a Windows 3.x user could love, it m...
sleuth-splash

Sleuth: A Murder Mystery

DOS1983freeware simulation
england-football-01

England Championship Special

DOS1991 sports
England Championship Special (1991, DOS) is the kind of football game that doesn’t pretend to know what the Premier League will look like in 30 years—it just wants you ...
gateway2_home_000

Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected adventure
paratrooper-5

Paratrooper

DOS1982 shooter
american-conquest-01

American Conquest

Windows XP/98/952002protected strategy
American Conquest is the kind of game that throws hundreds of little soldiers at you and says, "Good luck, General!" Set during the early colonization of the Americas, this RTS ble...
redneck-rampage-02

Redneck Rampage

DOS1997protected shooter
alteregom-5

Alter Ego: Male Version

DOS1986 simulation
Welcome to Alter Ego: Male Version, where your life begins with a cry and a diaper and only goes downhill - or uphill, depending on your choices. This text-based simulation lets yo...
doom-roguelike-02

Doom: The Roguelike

DOS2005freeware rpg
Long before indie developers made “roguelike” a buzzword, someone decided to fuse Doom with permadeath and ASCII graphics. The result: Doom: The Roguelike (2005). On pa...
manhunter2-1

Manhunter 2: San Francisco

DOSMac OS1989 adventure
tasstimestonetown-splash

Tass Times in Tonetown

DOS1986 adventure
Welcome to Tass Times in Tonetown, where the ‘80s collided with science fiction and nobody cleaned up the mess. It’s a bizarre adventure full of punk hairdos, neon colo...
darksun1-4

Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

DOS1993protected rpg
Before Wake of the Ravager, there was Dark Sun: Shattered Lands, the first CRPG to bring Athas to life. It was a bold departure from the usual Gold Box formula, with more freedom i...
jeopardy-junior-03

Jeopardy! Junior Edition

DOS1989 puzzle
knightmare-2

Knightmare

DOS1986 shooter
Before the term “VR” existed, Knightmare (1986, DOS) gave you a taste of immersive peril. Inspired by the UK TV show, you guide a blindfolded knight through deadly dung...
operation-harrier-06

Operation Harrier

DOS1990 shooter
capman-01

Cap Man

Windows XP/98/951999 action
It’s Pac-Man, except it’s… not. Cap Man is a low-budget clone with just enough charm to avoid immediate deletion. You’ve got the dots, the ghosts, the powe...
handoffate-3

Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of fate

DOSMac OS1993protecteddemo adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate is the second installment in the Legend of Kyrandia point and click adventure game series developed by Westwood Studios. It was released in 199...
re-elect-jfk-06

Reelect JFK

Windows 3.x1994 simulation
the-president-is-missing-02

The President is Missing

DOS1988protected simulation
Part interactive thriller, part newsroom simulator, The President is Missing (1988, DOS) casts you as an investigative journalist trying to unravel a political conspiracy before ev...