Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Angel 3

DOS1990NSFW adventure
Angel 3 is that kind of DOS game where you sit down thinking "I'll give it five minutes" and three hours later you're still trying to figure out what just happened. Released in 199...
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Operation Wolf

DOS1989 shooter
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Wolfenstein 3D

DOSMac OS1992protecteddemo shooter
Wolfenstein 3D is the first-person shooter that popularized the whole genre in the early 90s and is considered one of the greatest games ever made. Wolfenstein 3D was designed by J...
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Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

Windows XP/98/951999protected strategy
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is often spoken of with a certain reverence, and it is not hard to see why. Everything comes together with a confidence th...
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Powerslave

DOS1996protected shooter
Known as Exhumed in some regions, Powerslave is a first-person shooter with a heavy dose of Egyptian flavor. Think mummies, scarabs, and plenty of mystical traps, all wrapped up in...
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Interactive Girls Club Games

DOS1993NSFW puzzle
Interactive Girls Club Games is one of those early ’90s curiosities that tried to blend interactivity with, let’s say, “adult-themed social simulation.” The...
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Borland Turbo Basic 1.0

DOS1987 application
Borland Turbo Basic was a programming language developed by Borland, a software company that was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. Turbo Basic was part of the Turbo series of progr...
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Galactix

DOS1992 shooter
Galactix continues the grand space-shooter tradition with enthusiasm and a healthy disregard for your survival odds. You control a small but determined ship facing waves of enemy f...
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SimCopter

Windows XP/98/951996 vehicle simulation
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Day of the Tentacle

DOSMac OS1993protected adventure
Few games deserve the title of “classic” more than Day of the Tentacle (1993). It’s Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman at their weirdest, giving us time travel, mutant...
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The Amazing Spider-Man

DOS1990 action
The Amazing Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises and published by Paragon Software for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The plot revolves ...
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Championship Manager: Season 97/98

DOS1997 sports
The final Championship Manager to grace DOS—and what a send-off. Season 97/98 is the fan-favorite for a reason: every transfer, every injury, every last-minute goal feels lik...
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Daughter of Serpents

DOS1992 adventure
Part interactive novel, part point-and-click adventure, Daughter of Serpents (1992) is one of those games that makes you feel like you stumbled onto a forgotten pulp novel. Set in ...
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Fallout

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo rpg
When Fallout landed in 1997, it didn’t just introduce a new RPG, it redefined what post-apocalyptic storytelling could feel like. Set in a retro-futuristic wasteland dripping...
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Knight Lore remake

Windows XP/98/952010freewareremake action-adventure
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Ancients 2: Approaching Evil

DOS1994 rpg
A direct sequel to Deathwatch, Ancients 2: Approaching Evil is like returning to your childhood neighborhood, except everyone’s still trying to kill you. Released in 1994, it...
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Strip Poker 2

DOS1988NSFW strategy
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Mortal Kombat

DOS1993protected action
Mortal Kombat is one of the most popular one-on-one fighting games, and it's no surprise that it has spawned numerous sequels. Players choose from seven digitized characters and ba...
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The Wizard's Castle

DOS1981freeware rpg
The Wizard's Castle is a classic text-based, dungeon-crawling adventure game released in 1980, designed by Joseph R. Power. The game was originally developed for the Exidy Sorcerer...
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Planet of Lust

DOS1989NSFW adventure
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Elite

DOS1987freeware vehicle simulation
Elite isn’t just a game; it’s a lifestyle choice. This 1987 DOS version throws you into a vast, uncaring galaxy and says, “Good luck.” There’s trading...
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Elvira: the Arcade Game

DOS1991 action
Elvira: The Arcade Game trades puzzles for action and subtlety for pure chaos. This is fast, brutal, side-scrolling combat with monsters pouring in from every direction. Elvira&rsq...
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Season of the Sakura

DOS1997NSFW adventure
Season of the Sakura (1997) is what happens when a high school dating sim meets anime melodrama. You play a student navigating the treacherous waters of friendship, love, and quest...
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IBM Assistant 2.0

DOS1986 application
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Borland Turbo C v1

DOS1987 application
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The Hobbit

DOS1983 adventure
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Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

DOS1991 vehicle simulation
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is a combat flight simulation game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (later known as LucasArts) in 1991. It was designed for MS-DOS systems...
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The adventures of Willy Beamish

DOS1991 adventure
The adventures of Willy Beamish is a point-and-click adventure that perfectly captures the chaos of being a kid with too much imagination and not enough discipline. Willy is consta...
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Arkanoid

DOS1988 action
Arkanoid is a classic arcade video game that was first released in 1986 by Taito. It is a breakout-style game, which means that the primary objective is to break a wall of bricks o...