Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

lha-1

LHA

DOS1988 application
austerlitz-02

Austerlitz

DOS1989protected strategy
teamsuzuki-splash

Team Suzuki

DOS1991 racing
Motorcycle racing has never looked so… polygonal. Team Suzuki puts you in the leather suit of a professional racer hurtling around pixel-perfect tracks. The controls are twi...
dragons-chivalry-03

Dragons: A Challenge in Chivalry

DOS1986 action
Released in 1986, Dragons: A Challenge in Chivalry leaned more toward interactive storytelling than traditional gameplay. You weren’t just hacking at dragons—you were r...
hard-hat-mack-02

Hard Hat Mack

DOS1984 action
battle-isle-93-03

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 strategy
A game with a name like Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos clearly means business. Released in 1993, it’s an expansion-slash-standalone with new missions, harder AI, and an ...
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...
wizard-of-oz-01

The Wizard of Oz

DOS1985 adventure
legend-of-the-sword-03

Legend of the Sword

DOS1988 adventure
Released in 1988, Legend of the Sword is a graphic adventure that tries to blend epic fantasy storytelling with the puzzle-solving spirit of early point-and-clicks. The result is a...
corridor-7-03

Corridor 7: Alien Invasion

DOS1994protected shooter
Corridor 7 is a claustrophobic FPS where every hallway feels like a trap and every door could hide something with too many teeth. You’re humanity’s last line of defense...
strike-fleet-01

Strike Fleet

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
witchhavenRL-01

WitchavenRL

Windows Vista/7/8Linux2013 rpg
pac-girl-splash

Pac-girl

DOS1982 action
iron-blood-02

Iron Blood

DOS1996 action
Iron Blood (1996, DOS) is the kind of fighting game that makes you wonder if robots really need martial arts lessons. The story is wafer-thin—something about futuristic warri...
total-annihilation-kingdoms-02

Total Annihilation Kingdoms

Windows XP/98/951999protected strategy
endless-horror-02

Endless Horror

DOS1993 action
Despite its title, Endless Horror doesn’t go for cheap jump scares—it prefers the slow, creeping kind of dread that seeps in while you stare at murky DOS graphics and w...
betrayal-02

Betrayal

DOS1990protected strategy
Ah, Betrayal—a game with a name that really sets the tone. Is it about backstabbing? Politics? Lost love? Not really. It’s actually a hybrid of strategy and role-playin...
nitemare-3d-02

Nitemare 3D

DOSWindows 3.x1994protected shooter
Nitemare 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by David P. Gray under the Gray Design Associates label. It was released in 1994 as a follow-up to the earl...
predator2-01

Predator 2

DOS1991 shooter
Adapting movies into games is always tricky, but Predator 2 gives it a shot with mixed results. You play as a cop cleaning up the mean streets while occasionally being stalked by t...
world-karate-championship-03

World Karate Championship

DOS1986 action
quest-for-the-unicorn-02

Quest for the Unicorn

DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware rpg
uncover-it-02

Uncover It

DOS1994NSFW action
dont-go-alone-03

Don't Go Alone

DOS1989 rpg
Don't Go Alone is the kind of title that doesn’t need a warning label—it’s the warning label. This horror-themed dungeon crawler from 1989 drops you into a world ...
david-wolf-04

David Wolf: Secret Agent

DOS1989 action-adventure
Back in 1989, David Wolf: Secret Agent tried really hard to make you feel like James Bond. You get car chases, fistfights, and enough cheesy dialogue to fill an action movie marath...
kingdoms-of-germany-04

Kingdoms of Germany

DOS1994 strategy
finders-keepers-03

Finders Keepers

Windows Vista/7/82007remake action
Bright, quirky, and just a little bit mischievous, Finders Keepers feels like it wandered in from another dimension where puzzles and platforming share equal custody of your patien...
guerrilla-war-01

Guerrilla War

DOS1987 shooter
Guerrilla War wastes no time pretending to be subtle. You run upward, you shoot everything that moves, and occasionally you rescue a hostage who seems oddly calm about the whole si...
targhan-02

Targhan

DOS1989 action
Dark, brooding, and a little too serious for its own good, Targhan throws you into a side-scrolling world of swords, sorcery, and moody backgrounds. You play as a loincloth-clad wa...
ka-50-hokum-01

Ka-50 Hokum

DOS1995 vehicle simulation
night-raid-04

Night Raid

DOS1992remake shooter