Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

usurper-splash

The Usurper

DOS1989 adventure
masterblazer-03

Masterblazer

DOS1991remake sports
Masterblazer (1991) is one of those games that feels like it escaped from a late-night coding session fueled by coffee, crisps, and questionable design decisions — and someho...
frogger-2

Frogger

DOS1983 action
Frogger needs very little introduction, yet it still deserves respect. Originally released in 1983, this deceptively simple game asks you to guide a frog across busy roads and trea...
themepark-3

Theme Park

DOS1994protected simulation
qbasic1-01

QBasic 1.1

DOS1992 application
wizardry2-splash

Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS1982 rpg
Wizardry 2: The Knight of Diamonds takes the classic dungeon crawl and adds a few extra twists, like more mazes to get lost in and puzzles designed to make you question your life c...
noctropolis-05

Noctropolis

DOS1994protected adventure
Noctropolis feels like stepping into a fever dream of a comic book you read when you were twelve and maybe shouldn’t have. A surreal noir adventure with gothic heroes, femme ...
hole-in-one-02

Hole-In-One Miniature Golf

DOS1989 sports
Hole in One is golf distilled into its purest, slightly pixelated essence, where patience is key and frustration lurks behind every poorly judged swing. Released in 1995, it captur...
ka-50-hokum-01

Ka-50 Hokum

DOS1995 vehicle simulation
oils-well-02

Oil's Well

DOS1984 action
Oil's Well is an action-puzzle game released by Sierra On-Line in 1983/84. It was originally made for platforms like the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS, but was la...
lesmanley1-splash

Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected adventure
sherlock-splash

Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected puzzle
7th-guest-10

The 7th Guest

Windows XP/98/951993protecteddemo adventure
The 7th Guest is one of those games that defined the early CD-ROM era, proudly showing off its multimedia capabilities while quietly messing with your head. Set in a haunted mansio...
pijamarama-01

Pyjamarama

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2004freewareremake action
Pyjamarama is an abandoned action adventure game released in 2004 for Windows; it's a remake of the original Pyjamarama. The original is a classic video game developed by Mikr...
tangentopoli-02

Il Grande Gioco di Tangentopoli

DOS1993 shooter
Il Grande Gioco di Tangentopoli from 1993 is one of those rare political satire games that feels both hilariously specific and unexpectedly timeless. Built around Italy's corruptio...
england-football-01

England Championship Special

DOS1991 sports
England Championship Special (1991, DOS) is the kind of football game that doesn’t pretend to know what the Premier League will look like in 30 years—it just wants you ...
hunt-for-red-october-01

The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac OS1987 vehicle simulation
death-gate-01

Death Gate

DOS1994 adventure
Based on the fantasy novels by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Death Gate (1994) throws you into an epic, puzzle-heavy adventure. Imagine Myst, but with more dragons and a script ...
metaltech-battledrome-03

Metaltech: Battledrome

DOS1994 vehicle simulation
punisher-01

The Punisher

DOS1990 action
Long before comic-book games became blockbuster spectacles, The Punisher (1990, DOS) delivered gritty vigilante action with a side of pixelated attitude. You step into Frank Castle...
screamer2-02

Screamer 2

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected racing
stun-runner-03

S.T.U.N. Runner

DOS1990 racing
privateer-5

Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected vehicle simulation
mystery-of-the-mummy-02

Mystery of the Mummy

DOS1988 adventure
mosaic-1-01

NCSA Mosaic

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1993 application
NCSA Mosaic was one of the earliest web browsers to appear on the market. It was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illino...
citadel-of-the-black-sun-03

Citadel of the Black Sun

DOS1989canceled rpg
gapper-03

Gapper

DOS1986 puzzle
There’s something oddly hypnotic about Gapper, a game that feels like it was assembled during a coffee-fueled night by someone who really liked simple mechanics and didn&rsqu...
acrobat-reader-1-01

Acrobat Reader 1

DOS1993 application
Acrobat Reader was the first of a family of application software developed by Adobe Inc. to view, create, manipulate, print and manage Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Acrobat...
tongue-of-the-fatman-06

Tongue of the Fatman

DOS1989 action