Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

thomas-tank-engine-2-03

Thomas the Tank Engine 2

DOS1993 racing
logo-splash

Logo

DOS1990NSFW puzzle
dark-designs-2-04

Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

DOS1990 rpg
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate picks up right where the first game left off, with your party stumbling into yet another world-threatening mess. The stakes are higher, the enemies...
cyclones-05

CyClones

DOS1994protected shooter
CyClones is a first-person shooter where you take on the role of a bio-engineered super-soldier fighting alien invaders. The controls are smooth, the weapons varied, and the level ...
strike-fleet-01

Strike Fleet

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
sarakon-01

Sarakon

DOS1991 puzzle
phm-pegasus-02

PHM Pegasus

DOS1987 vehicle simulation
3d-construction-kit-2

Virtual Reality Studio

DOS1991 application
caesars-palace-05

Caesars Palace

DOS1989 strategy
More smoke-filled backrooms than a noir film and enough slot machines to trigger déjà vu—Caesars Palace is your low-res Vegas getaway. You're given a pile of ch...
jack-in-the-dark-03

Jack in the Dark

DOS1993 action-adventure
conquest-of-japan-02

Conquest of Japan

DOS1992 strategy
Feudal Japan gets the wargame treatment in Conquest of Japan, a strategy title that mixes historical context with tactical ambition. You manage provinces, wage war, and occasionall...
rexnebular-1

Rex Nebular and the cosmic gender-bender

DOS1992protected adventure
What if Leisure Suit Larry and Monkey Island had a love child in outer space, raised by gender-swapped aliens? You’d get Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender-Bender, a hilarious...
armchair-quarterback-01

Armchair Quarterback

DOS1985 sports
Armchair Quarterback lets you live the dream of yelling at your TV — but on your DOS machine, and with even less control. It’s part simulator, part quiz show, and all w...
eliza-02

ELIZA for DOS

DOS1988 application
ELIZA, created in the mid-1960s by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT, was one of the first computer programs to simulate human conversation. Designed as a natural language processing demons...
falcon-at-04

Falcon AT

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
arcticadventure-splash

Arctic Adventure

DOS1991 action
Arctic Adventure is the sequel nobody asked for to Pharaoh's Tomb, except this time you’re freezing your butt off. As Nevada Smith (not a typo, it’s his real name), you...
tomb-raider-3-01

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected action-adventure
vvictoryjuno-4

V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected strategy
omikron-00

Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Windows XP/98/951999protected action-adventure
Omikron: The Nomad Soul (1999, Windows XP) is the kind of game that leans across the table and says, “What if we mashed every genre together and asked David Bowie to help?&rd...
_amfv_002

A Mind Forever Voyaging

DOSMac OS1985 adventure
If you ever wanted to play a video game that doubles as a philosophical think piece, A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985) is your ride. Released for DOS and Macintosh, this is one of Inf...
fleet-defender-08

Fleet Defender

DOS1994protected vehicle simulation
merlin-sim-02

Merlin Challenge

DOS1993 vehicle simulation
postal-03

Postal

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected shooter
streesportsbaseball-2

Street sports baseball

DOS1987 sports
Before million-dollar stadiums and sponsorship deals, there was Street Sports Baseball (1987, DOS)—where kids played in backyards, on cracked concrete, and sometimes next to ...
la-grande-armee-03

La Grande Armee

DOS1991 strategy
lionheart-05

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader

Windows XP/98/952003protected rpg
questforglory3-3

Quest for Glory 3: Wages of War

DOS1992protecteddemo adventure
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War is an adventure/role-playing game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The player takes on the role of the Hero, who has journe...
dr-ruth-game-02

Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS1986 puzzle
Back in 1986, when most PC users were still figuring out floppy disks, along came Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex, a title that promised to educate while entertaining. Imagine t...
magcrane-2

Magnetic Crane

DOS1989 puzzle
ssn21-seawolf-02

SSN-21 Seawolf

DOS1994 vehicle simulation