Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

lords-of-the-realms-3-05

Lords of the Realm 3

Windows XP/98/952004protected simulation
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Infiltrator

DOS1987 simulation
Infiltrator drops you into the boots of a helicopter pilot who also happens to be a stealth operative—because the ’80s had no patience for specialization. Between air m...
megafortress-1

Megafortress

DOS1991protected vehicle simulation
silverball-1

Silverball

DOS1993 action
Silverball is an abandoned DOS pinball action game developed by Digital Extremes, designed by James Schmalz and published by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1993. Silverball is one of th...
journeyearth-5

Journey to the Center of the Earth

DOS1988 action-adventure
streesportsbasketball-5

Street sports basketball

DOS1987 sports
In Street Sports Basketball (1987, DOS), forget polished courts and referees—this is basketball played between garages, with trash cans as sidelines and pride on the line. Th...
atlantis-lost-tales-02

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 ...
sram-02

SRAM

DOS1987 adventure
mario-is-missing-05

Mario is Missing!

DOSMac OS1992 adventure
safari-guns-03

Safari Guns

DOS1989 shooter
la-colmena-01

La Colmena

DOS1992NSFW strategy
armada2525-02

Armada 2525

DOS1991 strategy
Armada 2525 is what happens when a spreadsheet decides it wants to conquer the galaxy. This is classic 4X strategy with all the bells, whistles, and menus your early '90s heart cou...
xcom-alliance-03

X-COM: Alliance

Windows XP/98/952002canceled shooter
jagged-alliance-deadly-games-09

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games

DOS1996protected strategy
lightspeed-01

Lightspeed

DOS1990 simulation
vectorball-splash

Vectorball

DOS1988 sports
servevolley-2

Serve & Volley

DOS1988 sports
beyond-titanic-01

Beyond the Titanic

DOS1986 adventure
Before Titanic was a movie with a lot of weeping, there was Beyond the Titanic, a text adventure where surviving the iceberg is just the beginning. The game takes the historic disa...
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Karnov

DOS1987 action
Karnov is a classic side-scrolling action arcade game developed by Data East in 1987. The game features a unique protagonist named Jinborov Karnovski, or "Karnov", a fire-breathing...
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Conqueror

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Conqueror is what happens when a tank simulator and an arcade game go on a date and forget their purpose. You drive a tank in a pseudo-3D landscape, blow up stuff, and command squa...
ultimate-soccer-manager-2-07

Ultimate Soccer Manager 2

DOSWindows 3.x1996 sports
red-baron-05

Red Baron

DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
nord-and-bert-01

Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

DOS1987 adventure
Infocom really went off the rails with Nord and Bert, and bless them for it. This is a text adventure not about dragons or spaceships, but about puns. Yes, literal wordplay puzzles...
galleonsofglory-2

Galleons of Glory

DOS1990 simulation
Galleons of Glory is an abandoned educational historical simulation game developed and published by Broderbund in 1990. As Magellan your mission is to circumnavigate the world whil...
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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....
artura-splash

Artura

DOS1989 action
Artura is a hack-and-slash side-scroller that looks like someone tried to draw Gauntlet from memory after a power outage. You’re some kind of Celtic warrior on a mystical mis...
exile3-03

Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware rpg
doslynx-01

Lynx

DOS1992freeware application