Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

toonstruck-02

Toonstruck

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected adventure
last-half-of-darkness-03

Last Half of Darkness

DOS1989 adventure
rescuerigel-1

Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983 rpg
questprobe-hulk-01

Questprobe featuring The Hulk

DOS1984 adventure
lyle-cube-sector-01

Lyle in Cube Sector

Windows XP/98/952006 action-adventure
Lyle in Cube Sector (2006, Windows) looks like it fell out of a lost NES cartridge and landed straight on your hard drive. This indie metroidvania has you tossing cubes, exploring ...
jetset-1

Jetset

DOS1982 vehicle simulation
supernova-splash

Supernova

DOS1987freeware adventure
jackal-03

Jackal

DOS1989 shooter
death-gate-title

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 ...
la-crackdown-06

L.A. Crackdown

DOS1988 adventure
Welcome to Los Angeles, where crime runs rampant and your job is to bring the chaos down with nothing but surveillance skills and a stern attitude. L.A. Crackdown puts you in the s...
fatestwinion-1

Fates of Twinion

DOS1993 rpg
scapeghost-1

Scapeghost

DOS1989 adventure
In Scapeghost (1989), you’re not just dead—you’re also on the clock. As police officer Alan Chance, recently murdered and newly spectral, you’ve got one las...
curse-azure-bonds-0

Curse of the Azure Bonds

DOS1989protected rpg
Based on the popular D&D module, Curse of the Azure Bonds puts you in control of a party of adventurers cursed with magical tattoos that force them into dangerous quests. You&r...
mean18-03

Mean 18

DOS1986 sports
Mean 18 (1986) is a golf game with more attitude than you’d expect from a sport usually associated with polite applause and quiet respect. This is arcade golf: fast, flashy, ...
tennis-cup-03

Tennis Cup

DOS1990 sports
hotshot-03

Hotshot

DOS1988 puzzle
escape-colosso-03

Escape from Dr. Colosso

DOS1997freeware shooter
In Escape from Dr. Colosso, you find yourself trapped in the lair of a mad scientist whose idea of interior design seems to be “danger first, safety never.” It’s ...
carriercommand-splash

Carrier command

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Part RTS, part simulation, Carrier Command was ahead of its time in the same way that an aircraft carrier is ahead of a canoe. You control a futuristic warship, launch aircraft and...
conquest-of-japan-02

Conquest of Japan

DOS1992 strategy
Feudal Japan gets the wargame treatment in Conquest of Japan, a strategy title that mixes historical context with tactical ambition. You manage provinces, wage war, and occasionall...
vampire-redemption-02

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected rpg
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is an action role-playing game released in 2000 by Nihilistic Software and published by Activision. It is based on the "Vampire: The Masquerade...
robotrascals-splash

Robot Rascals

DOS1987 strategy
africanraiders-splash

African Raiders-01

DOS1989 racing
You, a motorcycle, and a desert that stretches forever - African Raiders-01 puts you in the Dakar rally with all the elegance of a brick on wheels. Navigate dust storms, sand ...
passengers-on-the-wind-02

Passengers on the Wind

DOS1986 adventure
rally-championship-02

Rally Championships

DOS1994 racing
fountain-of-dreams-01

Fountain of Dreams

DOS1990 rpg
weird-worlds-return-05

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2005protected simulation
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite...
journeyman-project-2-03

The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo adventure
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Presto Studios, released in 1995 as a sequel to The Journeyman Project. The Journeyma...
silicon-dreams-02

Silicon Dreams

DOS1986 adventure
Silicon Dreams by Level 9 Computing is a trilogy of interactive fiction (text adventure) games released in the mid-1980s. The trilogy includes three separate games: Snowball, Retur...
return-castle-wolfenstein-02

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001protected shooter