Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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La Grande Armee

DOS1991 strategy
La Grande Armée (1991) returns to Napoleonic warfare, but with a sharper focus on military tactics than imperial administration. This strategy game puts you in charge of mas...
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PC*Bert

DOS1997freeware action
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Profezia

DOS1991NSFW adventure
Profezia is an adventure video game developed by the Italian company Trecision and released in 1991. It was available on both the Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. The game is notable fo...
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Math Circus

DOS1993 puzzle
Math Circus (1993) is proof that educational games in the DOS era were either unbearably boring or secretly brilliant — and this one leans heavily toward the second category....
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Subtrade: Return to Irata

DOS1993 simulation
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later por...
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Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle

DOS1989protected rpg
If you wanted a mix of Clue, D&D, and a dash of text-parser frustration, Legends of Murder: Volume 1 – Stonedale Castle (1989) was your game. You play a detective dropped...
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Quandaries

DOS1997 simulation
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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...
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Robot Rascals

DOS1987 strategy
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Robbo

DOS1993freeware puzzle
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 strategy
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Risk

Windows 3.x1991 strategy
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Night Breed

DOS1990 action
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Bert and the Snake

DOS1983remake action
In Bert and the Snake, you are Bert. And yes, there's a snake. That’s the plot. It’s a maze game from a time when naming conventions were refreshingly honest and graphi...
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X-Fighter

DOS1987 shooter
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Mind Mirror

DOS1986 simulation
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The Kristal

DOS1989 adventure
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Caves of Thor

DOS1989 action-adventure
If you thought Norse mythology needed more monochrome graphics, Caves of Thor (1989) has you covered. It’s an early Apogee game, meaning it’s tough, quirky, and uses le...
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 strategy
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Toyota Celica GT Rally

DOS1992 racing
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Tournament Tennis

DOS1985 sports
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Legend of Cao Cao

Windows XP/98/951998 strategy
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Computer Diplomacy

DOS1984 strategy
Do you enjoy betrayal, backstabbing, and pretending to be a global power while actually being terrible at geography? Computer Diplomacy is the digital version of the classic board ...
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Cossacks: Back to War

Windows XP/98/952002protected strategy
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Troika

DOS1991 puzzle
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Fate: the Traitor Soul

Windows Vista/7/82009protected rpg
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Jewels of Darkness

DOS1986 adventure
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Forgotten Worlds

DOS1991 shooter
Forgotten Worlds is what happens when gravity politely excuses itself and lets you spin in circles while shooting absolutely everything. Originally an arcade spectacle, this DOS ve...
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IBM Assistant 2.0

DOS1986 application