Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Decker

Windows XP/98/952002freeware rpg
In the neon-lit corridors of cyberspace, you're a "decker," infiltrating corporate mainframes like a digital ninja. Released in 2002, this roguelike RPG offers a tile-based cyberpu...
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Atomic Bomberman

Windows XP/98/951997 action
Atomic Bomberman (1997) takes the classic formula of blowing up your friends in adorable mayhem and gives it a 90s makeover — complete with voice quips, flashy graphics, and ...
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Football Manager 3

DOS1993 sports
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Fooblitzsky

DOS1986 strategy
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Demon Blue

DOS1992 action
In this 1992 platformer, you control a small, shaggy blue demon navigating a dungeon filled with enemies. Jump, dodge, and collect items as you progress through levels. It's like p...
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Hired Guns

DOS1993 rpg
Hired Guns is an abandoned game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms. Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG in which you control four mercena...
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F-22 Lightning 2

DOS1996 vehicle simulation
F-22 Lightning II brings the flight sim genre into the late ’90s with faster action, flashier visuals, and a jet that feels like it came straight out of a sci-fi movie. The F...
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At the Carnival

DOS1990freeware puzzle
Step right up to At the Carnival (1990), a puzzle game that mixes traditional brain-teasers with the kind of carnival theming that makes you question whether the developers had eve...
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Dark Queen of Krynn

DOS1992protected rpg
Fans of Dragonlance novels rejoiced at Dark Queen of Krynn, a Gold Box RPG where you battle alongside iconic heroes in a desperate fight against Takhisis, the dark goddess herself....
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Xenocide

DOS1990 action
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Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Windows XP/98/952002protected simulation
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 is a simulation game developed by Chris Sawyer Productions and published by Infogrames. It was released in 2002 as the sequel to the original  classic ...
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Ultimate Soccer Manager

DOS1995 sports
Ultimate Soccer Manager taps into the irresistible fantasy of running a football club without ever leaving your chair. Instead of flashy graphics, it offers spreadsheets, statistic...
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Ooze: Creepy Nites

DOS1989 adventure
With a title like Ooze: Creepy Nites (1989, DOS), you’d expect something slimy and unsettling—and the game absolutely delivers. A hybrid of action and puzzle elements, ...
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Thunderblade

DOS1989 shooter
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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...
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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...
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Mighty Bomb Jack

DOS1990 action
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Rambo First Blood Part 2

DOS1985 adventure
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Norton Desktop

DOS1992 application
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Laser Squad

DOS1992 strategy
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and re...
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Treasures of the Savage Frontier

DOS1992protected rpg
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The Fool's Errand

DOS1989freeware puzzle
The Fool's Errand is a puzzle-adventure computer game created by Cliff Johnson and released in 1987 for Macintosh and later for MS-DOS. The game follows the journey of a namel...
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Uncover It

DOS1994NSFW action
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Lords of Midnight

DOS1984remake strategy
Released in 1984, Lords of Midnight is one of those rare games that feels more like a living legend than a product. Blending strategy, role-playing, and a kind of emergent storytel...
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La Abadia del Crimen

DOS1987 action-adventure
La Abadía del Crimen (1987) is famously unforgiving, and it knows it. Inspired by Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, this is an isometric adventure where breaking the...
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IBM Fullscreen Definition FSDPC

DOS1984 application
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Sabre Team

DOS1994protected strategy
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James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS1986 adventure
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Amnesia

DOS1986 adventure
In Amnesia, you wake up in a hotel room with no idea who you are, where you are, or why someone wants you dead. And no, this isn’t a gritty FPS—it’s a text advent...
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Mean 18

DOS1986 sports
Mean 18 (1986) is a golf game with more attitude than you’d expect from a sport usually associated with polite applause and quiet respect. This is arcade golf: fast, flashy, ...