Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Icewind Dale

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected rpg
Icewind Dale arrived in 2000 as a frosty sibling to the Baldur's Gate formula, trading political intrigue for glorious dungeon crawling in the forgotten corners of the Forgotten Re...
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Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva

DOS1996protected rpg
Shadows Over Riva caps the trilogy with a confident stride. The graphics receive a welcome upgrade, the atmosphere takes a darker turn, and the narrative leans heavily into detecti...
nightbreed-02

Night Breed

DOS1990 action
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The 7th Guest

Windows XP/98/951993protecteddemo adventure
The 7th Guest is one of those games that defined the early CD-ROM era, proudly showing off its multimedia capabilities while quietly messing with your head. Set in a haunted mansio...
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Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS1988 shooter
Side Arms: Hyper Dyne is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up arcade game developed and published by Capcom in 1986 and later ported on various platforms. Players control a "mobilsui...
grandmonsterslam-2

Grand Monster Slam

DOS1989 sports
Grand Monster Slam takes tennis, removes anything resembling normal human athletes, and replaces them with creatures that look like they escaped a fever dream. In Grand Monster Sla...
mach3-03

Mach 3

DOS1987 shooter
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Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero

DOS1989protected adventure
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System Shock 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected action-adventure
If System Shock was a warning, System Shock 2 is the full-blown nightmare that follows. This time, the horror seeps into every corner of the experience, blending RPG mechanics with...
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Turbo Prolog 2.0

DOS1986protected application
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Clue Master Detective

DOS1989 strategy
It’s Colonel Mustard in the Study with the Lead Pipe—but on DOS. Clue Master Detective takes the classic board game and wraps it in moody music, pixelated crime scenes,...
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Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected adventure
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Dragon Wars

DOS1990protected rpg
In 1990, Dragon Wars tried to out-Bard’s Tale the Bard’s Tale series. With a gritty fantasy setting, brutal difficulty, and surprisingly deep lore, it succeeded in feel...
mind-mirror-04

Mind Mirror

DOS1986 simulation
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Advantage Tennis

DOS1991 sports
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 fe...
predator2-01

Predator 2

DOS1991 shooter
Adapting movies into games is always tricky, but Predator 2 gives it a shot with mixed results. You play as a cop cleaning up the mean streets while occasionally being stalked by t...
xcom3-09

X-COM: Apocalypse

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo strategy
X-COM: Apocalypse takes the familiar alien invasion formula and tosses it into a sprawling futuristic city, where things feel both more chaotic and oddly more personal. Instead of ...
Silpheed-02

Silpheed

DOS1988 shooter
star-wars-rebellion-05

Star Wars Rebellion

Windows XP/98/951998protected strategy
super-huey-ii-title

Super Huey II

DOS1988protected vehicle simulation
questprobe-hulk-01

Questprobe featuring The Hulk

DOS1984 adventure
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X-Fighter

DOS1987 shooter
X-Fighter feels like one of those early experiments where developers were still figuring out what “space combat” should even look like. It is simple, direct, and unapologetical...
trivial-pursuit-deluxe-01

Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 strategy
rotox-06

Rotox

DOS1991 shooter
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Flying Corps

DOSWindows 3.x1997protected vehicle simulation
Flying Corps (1997, DOS/Win3x) is what happens when someone decides that World War I dogfights need both historical accuracy and a gentle dose of existential dread. You climb into ...
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Word Perfect 5

DOS1989 application
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Breakers

DOS1986 adventure
In Breakers, you're a high-tech wrecking crew with a mission: break stuff. Computers, walls, enemy morale—whatever gets in your way. Released in 1986, it feels like a mutant ...
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Theatre of War

DOS1992protected strategy