Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Total Carnage

DOS1994 shooter
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Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS1991 adventure
Space Ace 2: Borf’s Revenge (1991, DOS) doubles down on everything that made the first one iconic — and maddening. Borf is back, still blue, still obnoxious, and once a...
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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...
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OverKill

DOS1992freeware shooter
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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...
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The Witness

DOS1983 adventure
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Dungeons of Kairn

DOS1989 rpg
If Dungeons of Kairn were a person, it’d be that quiet D&D player who never smiles and always plays lawful evil. Released in 1989, this obscure DOS crawler delivers all t...
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Hamurabi remake

DOS1996freewareremake simulation
The 1996 Hamurabi remake takes one of the oldest strategy concepts in gaming and gives it a modest DOS-era facelift. At its core, it’s still about managing resources, feeding...
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 strategy
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The Third Courier

DOS1989 adventure
The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by...
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Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS1988 shooter
Side Arms: Hyper Dyne is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up arcade game developed and published by Capcom in 1986 and later ported on various platforms. Players control a "mobilsui...
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Last Half of Darkness

DOS1989 adventure
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Wolfsbane

DOS1995 action-adventure
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Super Stardust

DOS1996 shooter
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Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball

DOS1995freewareremake sports
Released in 1995 for DOS, Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball is what happens when someone decides regular volleyball isn’t chaotic enough. Picture stick figures with the agility of c...
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Fountain of Dreams

DOS1990 rpg
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Grandmaster Chess

DOS1992protected strategy
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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...
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Dragonriders of Pern

DOS1987 strategy
Based on Anne McCaffrey’s novels, Dragonriders of Pern (1987) is an odd duck. It tries to blend diplomacy, strategy, and a dash of action into one package. You don’t ju...
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Twilight 2000

DOS1991 strategy
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Passengers on the Wind

DOS1986 adventure
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L.A. Crackdown

DOS1988 adventure
Welcome to Los Angeles, where crime runs rampant and your job is to bring the chaos down with nothing but surveillance skills and a stern attitude. L.A. Crackdown puts you in the s...
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O-Pong

DOS1996 action
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X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS1991 action-adventure
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FlixMix

DOS1993 puzzle
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Willy the Worm

DOS1985 action
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Rawcopy

DOS1992 application
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Inside Trader

DOS1987 simulation
If you’ve ever wondered what the world of finance might look like as a video game—minus the existential dread—Inside Trader has you covered. This quirky DOS title...
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Legions

Windows 3.xMac OS1994 strategy
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected strategy
Step into the Korean War with Conflict: Korea, where you command UN forces and discover that even in strategy games, North Korea is a problem. It follows the same system as the res...