Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

nobunaga-ambition-6-03

Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS1994 strategy
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Combat Chess

Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
Combat Chess (1997, Windows XP) takes the cerebral game of kings and adds swords, screams, and shameless violence. Every piece battle-animates into Mortal Kombat-lite fights when y...
crime-and-punishment-05

Crime and Punishment

DOS1984 simulation
In Crime and Punishment, you’re not the criminal—you’re the detective, judge, and executioner rolled into one. Presented as a legal simulation, it tasks you with ...
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Minesweeper

Windows 3.x1992 puzzle
Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular boa...
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Return to Kroz

DOS1990freeware action
Kroz returns, and with it, your CRT monitor’s worst nightmare: ASCII graphics! Return to Kroz takes you back to a time when @ meant “you,” and everything else was...
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Archipelagos

DOS1989 puzzle
Archipelagos is like a fever dream after watching too much Myst. You’re dropped onto strange, floating islands inhabited by stone monoliths and evil terrain-infecting sludge....
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DX-Ball

Windows XP/98/951996freeware action
pole-position-2-04

Pole Position II

DOS1988 racing
mddclone-01

MDDClone

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007remake vehicle simulation
mind-mirror-04

Mind Mirror

DOS1986 simulation
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Atlantis: The Lost Tales

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected adventure
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a graphic adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997. It is the first in a series of games set around the legendary lost city of ...
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The Way of the Exploding Fist PC

Windows 10/112008freewareremake action
bill-and-ted-04

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

DOS1990 action-adventure
Based on the film that made air guitar cool (briefly), Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is a time-traveling puzzler where history class meets stoner logic. Gather historical figu...
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Deep space: Operation Copernicus

DOS1986 vehicle simulation
In this 1986 DOS game, you're piloting a spacecraft in the year 2123, defending the United Planets from the Andromedan Hegemony. It's like being the captain of a starship, but with...
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Janitor Joe

DOS1984 action
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Tunnels of armageddon

DOS1989 racing
Tunnels of Armageddon is a video game developed by Logical Design Works and released in 1989 by California Dreams for various home computer systems, including DOS, the Commodore 64...
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Air Strike USA

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Released in 1990, Air Strike USA is what you'd get if Top Gun had a baby with a Saturday morning cartoon. You pilot a heavily armed jet through side-scrolling skies, shooting down ...
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WinRisk

Windows 3.x1992 strategy
chess2100-splash

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS1989 strategy
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Fire and Forget

DOS1988 racing
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Pocahontas

DOS1995 action
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Back to the Future Part 2

DOS1990 action
1990’s Back to the Future Part 2 for DOS is a game that tries very hard to be as confusing as time travel itself. You’re Marty McFly, zipping between timelines, avoidin...
ween-the-prophecy-01

Ween: The Prophecy

DOS1993 adventure
fa18-korea-02

F/A-18 Korea

Windows XP/98/951997 vehicle simulation
rad-warrior-04

Rad Warrior

DOS1986 action
industry-giant-2-06

Industry Giant 2

Windows XP/98/952002protected simulation
twilight-2000-02

Twilight 2000

DOS1991 strategy
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Return to Doom

DOS1988 adventure
Before Doom became the 3D gore-fest we all know, there was Return to Doom—and no, it has nothing to do with space marines. This 1988 title is more Choose Your Own Adventure t...