Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

crime-time-01

Crime Time

DOS1990 adventure
Crime Time blends point-and-click adventure with a murder mystery that’s as much about wit as it is about clues. You play an innocent man framed for murder, scrambling to gat...
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Great Naval Battles vol. 3: Fury in the Pacific 1941-1944

DOS1995protected vehicle simulation
glider-02

Glider 4.0

Windows 3.xMac OS1994 action
iron-cross-03

Iron Cross

DOS1994 strategy
Released in 1994 for DOS, Iron Cross is a historical strategy game that tries very hard to make military planning look sexy. Spoiler: it doesn’t. You’re dealing with Wo...
caverns-of-kroz-2

Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware action
Forget modern physics—Caverns of Kroz lets you destroy walls with whips. Yes, whips. This 1989 ASCII masterpiece from Apogee is part puzzle, part action, and all danger. You ...
cannon-fodder-2-04

Cannon Fodder 2

DOS1994protected strategy
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Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy

DOSMac OS1986 adventure
A text/graphic adventure from 1986 for DOS and Mac, Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy is the precursor to Kobayashi Alternative but far more playable. You explore alien worlds, so...
wreckers-01

Wreckers

DOS1991 action
michealjordflight-4

Micheal Jordan in Flight

DOS1993 sports
tracer-sanction-05

The Tracer Sanction

DOS1985 adventure
star-wars-2-04

Star Wars 2

DOS1989 shooter
fastbreak-splash

Fast Break

DOS1988protected sports
mindshadow-05

Mindshadow

DOSMac OS1985 adventure
battle-of-britain-05

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designe...
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Burger Blaster

DOS1983 action
Before BurgerTime stole the fast-food spotlight, there was Burger Blaster—a game where you build burgers by shooting them. With a gun. Because why not? This early arcade-styl...
tennis-cup-2-04

Tennis Cup 2

DOS1992 sports
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Chessmaster 3000

DOS1991 strategy
Ah, Chessmaster 3000. The title alone sounds like it should have lasers and robot arms, but what you get is a thoughtful, elegant chess sim that finally brings charisma to the game...
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Death Gate

DOS1994protected adventure
Based on the fantasy novels by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Death Gate (1994) throws you into an epic, puzzle-heavy adventure. Imagine Myst, but with more dragons and a script ...
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...
gameover-splash

Game Over

DOS1988 shooter
Game Over is an abandoned side scrolling shooter/platform game designed by Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor, Pedro Sudón Aguilar, developed and released by Dinamic Multimedia in 1988 fo...
minervga-04

MinerVGA

DOS1989freeware strategy
igor_objective_uuklaonia-01

Igor Objective Uuklaonia

DOS1995 adventure
wizcrown-6

Wizard's Crown

DOS1987protected rpg
astro-dodge-1

Astro Dodge

DOS1982 shooter
Astro Dodge (1982) is basically Frogger — in space. You control a tiny spacecraft tasked with dodging endless waves of meteors, space debris, and possibly your own questionab...
might-magic-7-03

Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor

DOS1999protected rpg
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) developed by New World Computing and released in 1999. It is the seventh installment in the long-runni...
power-struggle-02

Power Struggle

DOS1988 strategy
Power Struggle is the kind of strategy game that quietly asks, “Would you like to control the world?” and then immediately throws you into a geopolitical mess. It&rsquo...
slicks-n-slide-02

Slicks 'n' Slide

DOS1993 racing
platoon-1

Platoon

DOS1987 shooter
waxworks-2

WaxWorks

DOSMac OS1992protecteddemo adventure
WaxWorks (1992, DOS/Mac) is a horror game that doesn’t just want to scare you—it wants to traumatize you a little. Set in cursed wax museum exhibits, each scenario drop...