Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

theatreofwar-splash

Theatre of War

DOS1992protected strategy
fa18-korea-02

F/A-18 Korea

Windows XP/98/951997 vehicle simulation
line-wars-2-01

LineWars 2

DOS1994 shooter
spyvsspy3-splash

Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics

DOS1988 strategy
balck-sect-01

Black Sect

DOS1993 adventure
Ah, Black Sect (1993), where the puzzles are cryptic, the villagers are creepy, and the atmosphere is so thick you could spread it on toast. A classic first-person point-and-click ...
tower-assault-03

Alien Breed: Tower Assault

DOS1994protected shooter
Alien Breed: Tower Assault (1994) takes everything you loved about the original - creepy corridors, limited ammo, sudden death - and adds something revolutionary for the time: non-...
monopoly-stevens-01

Monopoly (Adam Stevens)

DOS1998 strategy
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....
skyfox2-05

Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
beethoven2-02

Beethoven 2

DOS1993 action
Yes, it’s that Beethoven—the slobbery St. Bernard, not the piano guy. In Beethoven 2, you control a surprisingly agile dog on a quest to rescue your kidnapped puppies. ...
lawnmover-splash

Lawn Mower

DOS1987 action
super-huey-uh-ix-title

Super Huey UH-IX

DOS1985protected vehicle simulation
mach3-03

Mach 3

DOS1987 shooter
solidarnosc-01

Solidarnosc

DOS1991 simulation
dragonflight-01

Dragonflight

DOS1991 rpg
Dragonflight (1991) was a German RPG that dared to think big—party-based adventuring, sprawling maps, and a proper fantasy plot. It played like a love letter to Ultima with i...
project-neptune-03

Project Neptune

DOS1989 action
krazy-ivan-02

Krazy Ivan

Windows XP/98/951996 shooter
If Krazy Ivan (1996, Windows XP) had a motto, it’d be “Blow it up first, ask later.” You pilot a massive mech across post-apocalyptic battlefields, obliterating a...
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...
carriers-at-war-v2-02

Carriers at War

DOS1992 strategy
battleformidway-1

Midway Campaign

DOS1983 strategy
dawn-raiders-02

Dawn Raider

DOS1990 shooter
Released in 1990, Dawn Raider is one of those obscure DOS shooters that probably spent more time in floppy disk boxes than in actual computers. It’s a vertical shoot-’e...
superfrog-06

Superfrog

DOS1994protected action
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...
styx-splash

Styx

DOS1984 action
goonies-01

The Goonies

DOS1985 action
cannon-fodder-2-04

Cannon Fodder 2

DOS1994protected strategy
starblade-01

StarBlade

DOS1990 action
great-napoleonic-battles-01

Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 strategy
framed-04

Framed

DOS1995 action-adventure