Abandonware DOS title

The most popular science fiction games

Time travel, space wars, alien empires, alternate universe, cyberpunk anti-heroes, space invaders, post-apocalyptic worlds, dystopian societies, mad scientists, galaxies far far away, strange new worlds, mech battles, deep space exploration, evil robots... should I go on?
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Innocent Until Caught

DOS19934.1/5 Divide by zero
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Captain Comic, The Adventures of

DOS1988freeware3.8/5
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Metal Mutant

DOS19914.1/5 Silmarils
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Martian Memorandum

DOS1991protecteddemo4/5 Access Software
Martian Memorandum is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It was released in 1991 and is the sequel to the game Mean Streets. The game is set in a dystopian future on Mars, where players take on the role of Tex Murphy, a private investigator with a sarcastic and humorous demeanor.The story begins with Tex Mu...
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X-COM: Terror from the Deep

DOS1995protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software
X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a DOS science fiction tactical strategy game, the sequel of one of the most popular DOS games in history X-COM Ufo Defense. Terror from the Deep was designed by Stephen Gross (the X-COM original being designed by Julian Gollop) and was published by MicroProse Software back in 1995. Terror from the deep doesn't change ...
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.
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Arctic Fox

DOS19873.9/5 Dynamix
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Cosmic Spacehead

DOS19933.3/5 Codemasters
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Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac1993protected4.1/5 Origin Systems
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Robocop 3

DOS19923.9/5 Digital Image Design
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Rise of the Robots

DOS19943.2/5 Mirage Technologies
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Archimedean Dynasty

DOS1996protected4/5 Massive Development
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Star Wars: Dark Forces

DOS1995protected4.3/5 LucasArts
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Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...
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Babylon 5: I've Found Her

Windows XP/98/952003freeware3.8/5 Space Dream Factory
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Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.
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Crystal Caves

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
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Galaxian

DOS19834/5 Namco
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Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle

DOS1991protected4/5 id software
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Bio Menace Episode 2: The Hidden Lab

DOS1993freeware4.3/5 Apogee Software
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Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Transarctica

DOS19933.9/5 Silmarils
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Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation
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Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts
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Blake Stone 2: Planet Strike

DOS1994protected4.1/5 JAM Productions
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WaxWorks

DOSMac1992protecteddemo4.3/5 Horror Soft
Waxworks was a horror-themed first-person role-playing game developed by Horror Soft, a subsidiary of Adventure Soft, published in 1992. The game is set in a wax museum where players must travel through different historical periods, each represented by a wax exhibit. Each exhibit serves as a portal to a different time and place, featuring vari...
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Jazz Jackrabbit

DOS1994protected3.8/5 Epic MegaGames
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Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected3.9/5 Pandemic Studios
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Future Wars: Adventures in Time

DOS19904.1/5 Delphine software
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Battle Isle

DOS1991protected3.7/5 Blue Byte Software