Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

classic-hangman-05

Classic Hangman

DOS1983 puzzle
ASCII art has never been so morbid. Classic Hangman is exactly what it says on the tin: guess the word or watch your little stick figure meet a tragic end. Letters become lifelines...
doofus-01

Doofus

DOS1994 action
Doofus (1994) is what happens when platformers go slightly off the rails. You guide a floppy-haired kid through surreal, cartoony landscapes filled with hazards that feel more anno...
final-frontier-03

Final Frontier

DOS1989 strategy
witchhavenRL-01

WitchavenRL

Windows Vista/7/8Linux2013 rpg
murdersvenice-splash

Murders in Venice

DOS1990 adventure
empire-soccer-03

Empire Soccer 94

DOS1994 sports
Empire Soccer 94 is football stripped of glamour and presented with a straight face that makes everything unintentionally funny. There are no licenses, no famous players, and no at...
ghost-master-04

Ghost Master

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected simulation
Ghost Master is a strategy and simulation game developed by Sick Puppies and published by Empire Interactive. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows in 2003 and later por...
bubble-trouble-03

Bubble Trouble

Windows XP/98/951998 action
Here comes another bubble game—but this one packs a punch. Bubble Trouble is a frantic shoot-’em-up where you pop evil bouncing bubbles before they bounce you out of ex...
realms-of-chaos-03

Realms of Chaos

DOSMac OSLinux1995protected action
spelljammer-03

Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace

DOS1992protected rpg
sorcerer-lord-01

Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 strategy
Sorcerer Lord (1987, DOS) drops you into a fantasy world at war, with strategy rather than sorcery as your weapon. You command the forces of good against the evil Shadowlord’...
banner-mania-01

Banner Mania

DOS1989 application
darksun2-3

Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager

DOS1994protected rpg
Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager takes the harsh desert world of Athas and turns up the intensity. Building on its predecessor, it offers deeper role-playing, improved combat, and a...
thelegacy-5

The Legacy: Realm of Terror

DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected rpg
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Mi...
cyclones-05

CyClones

DOS1994protected shooter
CyClones is a first-person shooter where you take on the role of a bio-engineered super-soldier fighting alien invaders. The controls are smooth, the weapons varied, and the level ...
gapper-03

Gapper

DOS1986 puzzle
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Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 strategy
Released in 1987, Lords of Conquest is strategy in its most distilled, no-nonsense form. This is a game that drops you onto a map, hands you control of armies, and essentially says...
inextremis-1

In Extremis

DOS1993 shooter
harpoon-4

Harpoon

DOS1989protected vehicle simulation
last-mission-opera-02

The Last Mission

DOS1987 action
soviet-04

Soviet

DOS1990 shooter
Released in 1990 for DOS, Soviet is a cold war thriller that plays out like an interactive spy novel. You’re an American journalist turned reluctant agent, caught in a tangle...
subwar2050-01

Subwar 2050

DOS1993 vehicle simulation
light-corridor-04

The Light Corridor

DOS1990 puzzle
metaltech-battledrome-03

Metaltech: Battledrome

DOS1994 vehicle simulation
waterworld-03

Waterworld

DOS1997 strategy
Based on the famously chaotic 1995 movie, Waterworld (1997, DOS) somehow manages to be more confusing than the film itself—and that’s saying something. This action-adve...
novatron-splash

Novatron

DOS1982 racing
Released in 1982, Novatron is one of those early DOS titles that tried to imagine the future using about twelve pixels and a prayer. It’s an arcade-style shooter that borrows...
servevolley-2

Serve & Volley

DOS1988 sports
basket-master-07

The Basket Manager

DOS1991 sports
boxerrebellion-splash

Boxer Rebellion

DOS1982 action
Before realistic fighting games, there was Boxer Rebellion—a 1982 title so primitive, it makes Pong look flashy. It’s boxing with fewer rules and more pixels per punch....
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IBM Centipede

DOS1983 shooter