Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Bundesliga Manager Professional

DOS1991 sports
Before Football Manager made spreadsheets cool, there was Bundesliga Manager Professional, a game where managing a German football team involved more math than actual football. You...
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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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Borland Turbo C v1

DOS1987 application
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FIFA Soccer 96

DOS1995 sports
There was a time when digitized sprites and surprisingly loud crowd noise felt like cutting-edge sports science, and FIFA Soccer 96 proudly lived in that moment. The big selling po...
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Chessmaster 9000

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002 strategy
Chessmaster 9000 is a chess game developed by Ubisoft and released in 2002. It's part of the Chessmaster series, which has been around since the 1980s. Chessmaster 9000 was known f...
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Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS1990 strategy
Rome wasn’t built in a day—but you’ll conquer it in one afternoon. Centurion (1990) lets you play as a Roman commander with delusions of grandeur and a thing for ...
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Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo action-adventure
Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures is a charmingly odd experiment that shrinks globe-trotting archaeology into bite-sized missions designed for quick play sessions. Viewed fr...
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The Bard's Tale

DOS1987 rpg
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown was developed by Interplay Productions and published by Electronic Arts for DOS and other systems. The game takes place in the fictional ...
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Ultimate Soccer Manager 98

Windows XP/98/951998 sports
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Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity

Windows XP/98/951995 adventure
If you ever wanted to play a point-and-click adventure where the protagonists have the combined IQ of a slice of cheese, Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity is your masterpie...
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Psycho Pinball

DOS1995 action
Released in 1995, Psycho Pinball is what happens when traditional pinball eats too much sugar and loses its mind. It’s loud, colorful, and gleefully unhinged, with four disti...
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Star Goose!

DOS1988 shooter
Star Goose is a classic video game developed by Logotron and released in 1988 for various home computer systems of that era, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and Amstra...
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Mick's Strip Poker

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1999NSFW strategy
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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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Dungeon Hack

DOS1993protecteddemo rpg
Dungeon Hack is a dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1993 for MS-...
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Teenage Queen

DOS1988NSFW strategy
In Teenage Queen, you step into the awkward, melodramatic shoes of a young woman navigating romance, school drama, and questionable life decisions. It feels like someone turned a s...
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Yoot Tower

Windows XP/98/951999 simulation
The spiritual sequel to SimTower, Yoot Tower asks the important question: what if you were god, but only over elevators, sushi bars, and the occasional alien invasion? It’s a...
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Castle of the Winds

Windows 3.x1993freeware rpg
Castle of the Winds is a fantasy roguelike role-playing game developed by SaadaSoft in the early 1990s. It was designed for Windows 3.x and is notable for being one of the earliest...
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Color Lines

DOS1992 puzzle
In Color Lines (1992, DOS), colors aren’t just pretty—they're plotting your demise. You match five or more balls in a row before your screen becomes a chaotic rainbow p...
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Space Invaders

DOS1995remake shooter
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Bang! Bang!

Windows 3.x1990 strategy
Before Worms made artillery games cute, Bang! Bang! let you and a friend lob cartoonish shells at each other using nothing but angles, wind speed, and pure spite. It's a math lesso...
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Falcon 3.0

DOS1991protected vehicle simulation
Falcon 3.0 arrived in 1991 and decided that realism wasn’t enough: it wanted obsession. This sequel didn’t just improve graphics and sound, it doubled down on systems, ...
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DOS Navigator v 1.5

DOS1991freeware application
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Skyglobe 3.5

DOS1992 application
SkyGlobe is an astronomy software that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a DOS-based planetarium program that allowed users to explore the night sky in real-tim...
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Mario Bros VGA

DOS1990remake action
Mario Bros VGA is a fan made remake of the original Mario Bros by Nintendo, the game that popularized the character of Mario, the Italian plumber that first appeared in Donkey Kong...
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Asterix and Obelix

DOS1996 action
When in Gaul, punch like the Gauls do. In Asterix and Obelix (1996), you control the iconic French duo on a globetrotting beat-‘em-up adventure that mostly involves sending R...