Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

le-fetiche-maya-02

Le Fetiche Maya

DOS1989 action-adventure
egabomb-02

EGA Bomb

DOS1988 strategy
EGA Bomb is a small, colorful arcade-style game that knows exactly what it is: fast, simple, and slightly mischievous. Built around classic bomb-dropping mechanics, it challenges p...
winter-supersports-92-04

Winter Supersports 1992

DOS1992 sports
jetset-1

Jetset

DOS1982 vehicle simulation
football-fanatic-05

Football Fanatic

DOS1998freeware sports
Football Fanatic (1998, DOS) is pure arcade chaos dressed in cleats. It doesn’t care much for the finer tactical nuances of the sport; it wants you sprinting, tackling, and g...
cutthroats-01

Cutthroats

DOS1984 adventure
In Cutthroats, you’re a diver hired for a treasure-hunting expedition that’s about to go very wrong. This text adventure from Infocom mixes underwater exploration with ...
pod-gold-03

POD

Windows XP/98/951997protected racing
king-of-chicago-02

King of Chicago

DOSMac OS1987 action-adventure
checkers-for-windows-01

Checkers for Windows

Windows 3.x1997 strategy
Checkers for Windows is exactly what it says on the tin—checkers. But somehow, it turns this rainy-afternoon classic into a digital duel of patience and spite. No explosions,...
frontlines-impressions-03

Front Lines

DOS1994 strategy
Front Lines, released in 1994, is a straightforward DOS action game that wears its inspiration proudly. You’re thrown into military combat scenarios with minimal narrative fr...
f29retailiator-2

F29 Retaliator

DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
F29 Retaliator is what happens when a flight simulator decides it wants to be a blockbuster action movie. You’re piloting a fictional next-generation stealth fighter through ...
bycicle-bridge-03

Bicycle Bridge

DOS1992 strategy
Ready to get your heart racing with the world’s slowest competitive sport? Bicycle Bridge brings the thrill of bidding, trick-taking, and utter confusion straight to your DOS...
infestation-02

Infestation

DOS1990 shooter
Infestation drops you onto a hostile alien world where the welcome committee consists mostly of things with too many legs and way too many teeth. The game mixes exploration and act...
melody-maker-3-01

Melody Maker 3

DOS1992 application
sarakon-01

Sarakon

DOS1991 puzzle
darkspyre-02

DarkSpyre

DOS1990 rpg
Before Diablo made clicking on dungeons cool, DarkSpyre was already throwing players into labyrinths filled with monsters and puzzles. Released in 1990, it combines hack-and-slash ...
darkstone-03

Darkstone

Windows XP/98/951999protected rpg
Darkstone tried to ride the Diablo wave in 1999, and honestly, it didn’t do a bad job. With 3D graphics (impressive for the time) and a soundtrack that takes itself way too s...
bubble-dizzy-04

Bubble Dizzy

DOS1993 action
Dizzy the egg is back, and this time he’s underwater and floating up on bubbles because... sure, why not? Bubble Dizzy is a mix of patience, timing, and yelling “WHY DI...
colorado-01

Colorado

DOS1990 action
Colorado (1990, DOS) drops you into the buckskin boots of a rugged frontiersman navigating the Wild West with guns, canoes, and questionable hygiene. Equal parts action and explora...
stationfall-01

Stationfall

DOS1987 adventure
acheton-01

Acheton

DOS1987 adventure
Acheton (1987, DOS) is one of those text adventures where the game cheerfully tries to kill you every five minutes — and does so with words. You're tossed into a sprawling, b...
acrobat-reader-1-01

Acrobat Reader 1

DOS1993 application
Acrobat Reader was the first of a family of application software developed by Adobe Inc. to view, create, manipulate, print and manage Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Acrobat...
visual-star-trek-01

Visual Star Trek

DOS1990 simulation
patrician1-04

Patrician

DOS1992protected simulation
vvictoryjuno-4

V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected strategy
mach3-03

Mach 3

DOS1987 shooter
pinball-magic-02

Pinball Magic

DOS1990 action
stonekeep-02

Stonekeep

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1995protected rpg
Stonekeep is a first-person role-playing game (RPG) developed by Interplay Entertainment. It was released for MS-DOS in 1995 and later for other platforms such as Windows and Macin...