Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

epic-baseball-04

Epic Baseball

DOS1995 sports
If you’ve ever wondered what baseball would look like if someone crammed the entire sport into a DOS machine and sprinkled a bit of 90s attitude on top, Epic Baseball has you...
highway-hunter-03

Highway Hunter

DOS1994 racing
hard-hat-mack-02

Hard Hat Mack

DOS1984 action
skaletracker-01

Skale Tracker

Windows XP/98/95Linux2005freeware application
freddy-hardest-03

Freddy Hardest

DOS1988 action
autobots-1

Autobots

DOS1989 shooter
Before Michael Bay got his hands on the franchise, Autobots (1989, DOS) offered a more... subtle approach to transforming robot mayhem. Well, not subtle exactly — more like c...
dangerous-streets-04

Dangerous Streets

DOS1994 action
Dangerous Streets is a fighting game that clearly wanted to be the next Street Fighter—and instead became a cult oddity. The character roster is bizarre, the animations oddly...
knights-sky-05

Knights of the Sky

DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
Knights of the Sky (1990, DOS) throws you into the cockpit of a biplane during WWI, where every dogfight is a dance of death and machine oil. With dynamic campaigns and customizabl...
superfrog-06

Superfrog

DOS1994protected action
follow-the-reader-01

Follow the Reader

DOS1992 adventure
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...
decisive-civil-war-2-08

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS1989 strategy
By 1989, SSI doubled down with Vol. 2, offering more battles, more maps, and the same demanding mechanics. If you enjoyed the first, you’ll feel right at home; if you didn&rs...
cannon-fodder-2-04

Cannon Fodder 2

DOS1994protected strategy
great-napoleonic-battles-01

Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 strategy
solidarnosc-01

Solidarnosc

DOS1991 simulation
twilight-2000-02

Twilight 2000

DOS1991 strategy
djpuff-03

DJ Puff

DOS1993 action
You probably didn’t know you needed a game about a rapping, music-spinning dragon, but DJ Puff fills that oddly specific void. Released in 1993 for DOS, this platformer featu...
theatreofwar-splash

Theatre of War

DOS1992protected strategy
nomad-02

Nomad

DOS1993 vehicle simulation
In Nomad, you’re a space pilot with a ship full of bad decisions and a galaxy’s worth of trouble. The game throws you into a vast star map to explore, trade, and occasi...
diabolika-02

Diabolika

Windows XP/98/951999freeware puzzle
black-friday-02

Black Friday

DOS1983 simulation
Black Friday (1983) isn’t about shopping mayhem—though you might wish it were after trying to figure out what’s going on. This early DOS title is part stock marke...
nord-and-bert-01

Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

DOS1987 adventure
Infocom really went off the rails with Nord and Bert, and bless them for it. This is a text adventure not about dragons or spaceships, but about puns. Yes, literal wordplay puzzles...
baseball-mogul-2006-07

Baseball Mogul 2006

Windows XP/98/952005 sports
Now with more charts than ever! Baseball Mogul 2006 lets you relive the thrilling world of late-season trades and player salary negotiations in glorious Windows XP-era style. It&rs...
wolfsbane-04

Wolfsbane

DOS1995 action-adventure
omnicron-conspiracy-06

Omnicron Conspiracy

DOS1989 adventure
Omnicron Conspiracy (1989, DOS) is a detective adventure wrapped in a cozy sci-fi blanket. You play as a Galactic Patrol agent solving crimes across alien worlds, all rendered in c...
cascade-01

Cascade

DOS1990 puzzle
Remember those endless, hypnotic tile-matching games before Candy Crush hijacked your aunt’s phone? Cascade was already there, dropping blocks and breaking combos like it inv...
dambusters-splash

The Dam busters

DOS1985 vehicle simulation
realms-of-the-haunting-07

Realms of the Haunting

DOSMac OS1997protected action-adventure
robbo-02

Robbo

DOS1993freeware puzzle