Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

meteors-05

Meteors

DOS1989 shooter
netherworld-1

Netherworld

DOS1990 shooter
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...
advanced-tactical-fighter-2-05

Advanced Tactical Fighter 2

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Strap in and squint at the horizon—Advanced Tactical Fighter 2 wants you to dogfight like it’s the Cold War and your joystick is a weapon of mass confusion. Released in...
flying-tigers-2-04

Flying Tigers 2

DOS1994 shooter
monuments-of-mars-02

Monuments of Mars

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1991freeware action
Monuments of Mars (1991) is one of those puzzle-platformers where patience is less a virtue and more a survival tool. You’re stranded on Mars, exploring alien ruins filled wi...
arcade-volleyball-splash

Arcade Volleyball

DOS1987 action
In Arcade Volleyball (1987), two pixelated figures smack a ball over a net with all the grace of caffeinated stick figures. It's simple, it's bizarre, and it somehow manages to be ...
heirstothethrone-2

Heirs to the Throne

DOS1992 strategy
eagles-rider-04

Eagle's Rider

DOS1991 shooter
yendor3-05

Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine

DOS1997 rpg
In The Tyrants of Thaine, the graphics get a modest upgrade, but the soul remains pure: this is RPG comfort food. You’re once again cast as the world's most overworked advent...
solarhockey-splash

Solar hockey league

DOS1992 sports
visual-star-trek-01

Visual Star Trek

DOS1990 simulation
tempest-2000-03

Tempest 2000

DOS1996remake shooter
Tempest 2000 is a video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation. It was released in 1994 for DOS, Mac, the Atari Jaguar console, etc. Tempest 2000 is an enha...
dxball-02

DX-Ball

Windows XP/98/951996freeware action
feud-03

Feud

DOS1988 action-adventure
myth-ms-02

Myth

DOS1989 adventure
choose-enemy-03

Choose an Enemy

DOS1991 action
Sounds ominous, right? In Choose an Enemy, you’re given exactly that: a list of foes to annihilate in turn-based combat. It’s like a dinner menu, but instead of appetiz...
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,...
mshearts-2

Microsoft Hearts

Windows XP/98/951992 strategy
loopz-3

Loopz

DOS1990 puzzle
weird-worlds-return-05

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Windows 10/11LinuxMac 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...
lesmanley2-splash

Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.

DOS1991protected adventure
infiltrator-1-05

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...
faces-tris-3-03

Faces Tris 3

DOS1990 puzzle
thegreatescape-1

The Great Escape

DOS1986protected action-adventure
As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain am...
spiritual-warfare-01

Spiritual Warfare

DOS1993protected action
oubliette-3

Oubliette

DOS1983 rpg
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 ...
bertsnake-splash

Bert and the Snake

DOS1983remake action
In Bert and the Snake, you are Bert. And yes, there's a snake. That’s the plot. It’s a maze game from a time when naming conventions were refreshingly honest and graphi...