Abandonware DOS title

The best fixed screen 2D games

In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Paganitzu

DOS1991protected Apogee Software
Paganitzu is a classic puzzle-adventure game released in 1991 by Apogee Software. Set in an ancient pyramid, the game follows the exploits of its protagonist, Alabama Smith, who must navigate through a series of increasingly complex rooms filled with traps, puzzles, and enemies. The game is divided into three episodes, each one unraveling more of t...
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TwinBlok

DOS1996 Webfoot Technologies
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Pac-girl

DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
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Axet

DOS1994freeware
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Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS1983 Windmill Software
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Jet Set Willy remake

DOS1999freewareremake
Jet Set Willy is a classic platform video game released for various home computers in the 1980s. It was developed by Matthew Smith and published by Software Projects for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. The game is the sequel to Manic Miner, another popular title created by Smith. This is a remake.In Jet Set Willy, players control the protagonist, Willy, w...
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Beyond Columns

DOS1989remake
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Bop'N Wrestle

DOS1988protected Beam Software
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Willy the Worm

DOS1985
monopoly-04

Monopoly

DOS1985
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Popcorn

DOS1988freeware Lacral Software
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Dinosaur Balls

DOS1992 Amwa (HK) Computer Co.
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IBM Centipede

DOS1983 IBM
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Jump 'n Bump

DOS1998freeware Brainchild Design
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Space Invaders 2001

Windows XP/98/952001remake
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Astro Dodge

DOS1982 Digital Marketing Corporation
the-invaders-04

The Invaders

DOSWindows XP/98/951989remake
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Volleyball Simulator

DOS1987 Time Warp Software
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Bouncing Babies

DOS1984
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Night Mission Pinball

DOS1982 subLOGIC
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Astrotit

DOS1987NSFW Rudeware
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Frac

DOS1990
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Zyconix

DOS1992protected Miracle games
Imagine Tetris went on a sugar binge and had an identity crisis. That’s Zyconix (1992, DOS) in a nutshell. It’s a tile-matching puzzle game where nothing quite behaves how you expect it to, and that’s half the fun. Blocks come in weird shapes, fall in strange ways, and the rules are just shy of being written in invisible ink. But ...
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BitStorm

DOS1999
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Bolo Ball

DOS1992 Soleau Software
Bolo Ball is a DOS game from the mid-1990s. It features a physics-based gameplay where the objective is to knock opponent balls out of an arena. When you start the game, you find yourself in a 2D arena set against a starry, space-like background. You control a colorful ball, which, despite being a 2D sprite, appears somewhat three-dimensional due t...
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Bubble Trouble

Windows XP/98/951998