Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

battleformidway-1

Midway Campaign

DOS1983 strategy
lost-patrol-03

The Lost Patrol

DOS1991 action
The Lost Patrol (1991, DOS) drops you into the brutal jungles of Vietnam, where survival depends on strategy, luck, and maybe divine intervention. You lead a squad of exhausted sol...
ssn21-seawolf-02

SSN-21 Seawolf

DOS1994 vehicle simulation
toyota-celica-gt-rally-04

Toyota Celica GT Rally

DOS1992 racing
fleetsweep-splash

Fleet Sweep

DOS1983 shooter
esuite_splash

Executive Suite

DOS1982 simulation
fordsim2-1

Ford simulator 2

DOS1990 racing
bob-winner-02

Bob Winner

DOS1986 action
Ah, Bob Winner (1986, DOS), the game that asks: what if Indiana Jones had a cousin who got lost in a side-scroller? You play as the titular Bob, an adventurer who walks like he&rsq...
froggerjr-2

Frogger Jr.

DOS1984 action
black-gold-de-04

Black Gold

DOS1989 simulation
In Black Gold (1989), you're in the cutthroat world of oil barons. It’s like Dallas, but with more charts and fewer cowboy hats. You build rigs, negotiate deals, and try to o...
hannibal-01

Hannibal

DOS1993 strategy
kaiser-03

Kaiser

DOS1992 simulation
legends-of-murder-04

Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle

DOS1989protected rpg
If you wanted a mix of Clue, D&D, and a dash of text-parser frustration, Legends of Murder: Volume 1 – Stonedale Castle (1989) was your game. You play a detective dropped...
questron2-4

Questron 2

DOS1988protected rpg
Questron II is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) in 1988. It serves as the sequel to the original Questro...
stationfall-01

Stationfall

DOS1987 adventure
suspect-01

Suspect

DOS1984 adventure
taipan-for-windows-01

Taipan for Windows

Windows XP/98/952002freeware simulation
In Taipan for Windows, you’re not a hero, you’re a 19th-century capitalist trying to get rich trading tea, silk, and the occasional bit of opium in the South China Sea....
exterminator-splash

Exterminator

DOS1990 shooter
opong-splash

O-Pong

DOS1996 action
bureaucracy-02

Bureaucracy

DOSMac OS1987 adventure
Douglas Adams, the twisted genius behind Hitchhiker’s Guide, brings you the most terrifying adventure of all: paperwork. Bureaucracy turns mundane modern life into a text-bas...
nobunaga-ambition-6-03

Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS1994 strategy
xenocide-01

Xenocide

DOS1990 action
mshearts-2

Microsoft Hearts

Windows XP/98/951992 strategy
die-hard-2-02

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

DOS1992 shooter
When Die Hard 2: Die Harder hit DOS in 1992, it decided the airport setting meant “time for an on-rails shooter.” Picture John McClane glued to a track, blasting bad gu...
oil_barons-01

Oil Barons

DOS1992 simulation
lords-of-conquest-05

Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 strategy
mario-is-missing-05

Mario is Missing!

DOSMac OS1992 adventure
chess88-1

Chess88

DOS1984 strategy
With Chess88, you’re entering the elite club of DOS chess nerds who appreciate ASCII art and precision time controls. Compared to its 1981 predecessor, it’s a leap forw...
return-to-ringworld-02

Return to Ringworld

DOS1994 adventure
The sequel to Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch, Return to Ringworld throws you back into Larry Niven’s vast sci-fi universe—except this time, the puzzles are tougher...