Abandonware DOS title

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Fade to Black

DOS1995 action-adventure
Fade to Black (1995) aims high and mostly lands on its feet, delivering a cinematic science-fiction adventure that feels ambitious even today. As a sequel to Flashback, it keeps th...
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Bomberman

DOS1992 action
It’s Bomberman (1992, DOS), the legendary bomb-dropping game where you play a suspiciously cute guy with an infinite bomb supply and questionable indoor safety habits. You mo...
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Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon

DOS1991protecteddemo rpg
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon, also released in 1991, takes everything that worked in the original and expands it thoughtfully. The dungeon design is more varied, ...
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Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter

DOSMac OS1986 adventure
In Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter, the galaxy’s least qualified hero, Roger Wilco, begins his long tradition of surviving disasters mostly by accident. Released in 1986,...
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Trolls

DOS1992 action
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Battle Chess

DOS1988protected strategy
You’ve never really lived until you’ve watched a rook pick up a pawn and slam dunk it into the floor. Battle Chess (1988) turns the world’s most intellectual boar...
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Lemonade Tycoon

Windows XP/98/952002remakedemo simulation
Lemonade Tycoon is a business simulation game that allows players to run their own virtual lemonade stand and try to turn it into a successful and profitable business. The game typ...
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Uncharted Waters

DOS1990 simulation
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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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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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Carmageddon

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected racing
In Carmageddon, winning a race is just one of three options—the other two involve mowing down pedestrians or wrecking your opponents. It’s the game your parents definit...
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Dark Seed

DOS1992 adventure
When H.R. Giger is involved, you know things will get weird. Dark Seed (1992) is a point-and-click horror adventure where you play Mike Dawson, a man haunted by nightmarish visions...
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Premier Manager

DOS1992 sports
Premier Manager was released in 1992 by Gremlin Interactive for the Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. It was one of the earliest football management simulation games and allowe...
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Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets

DOSMac OS1993 puzzle
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets is what happens when someone decides that learning physics and mechanics should feel like a cartoon treasure hunt inside an abandoned warehouse....
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Fairy Nights

Windows XP/98/952000NSFW adventure
Fairy Nights (2000) is a late-era fantasy title that leans heavily into charm rather than spectacle. Built for Windows XP, it feels like a cozy bedtime story turned into an interac...
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Centerfold Squares

DOS1988NSFW puzzle
Let’s be honest—Centerfold Squares (1988) is what happened when someone asked, “What if Qix but hornier?” You draw squares to reveal pixelated images of... ...
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The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS1986 adventure
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Elona

Windows Vista/7/82007freeware rpg
Elona looks innocent, almost cute, and then immediately proves it has no interest in your comfort. This roguelike RPG is bizarre, unpredictable, and gleefully cruel. You can become...
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The Lost Vikings

DOS1993 action
In The Lost Vikings (1993, DOS), three Viking warriors with more brawn than brains find themselves kidnapped by aliens. Instead of raiding villages, they’re solving puzzles w...
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Scorched Earth

DOS1991protected strategy
Scorched Earth (1991) was the “mother of all games” long before Doom took the title. Two or more tanks face off on a randomly generated terrain, and your only mission i...
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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...
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Transport Tycoon Deluxe

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 simulation
Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a business simulation game where players take control of a transport company, competing against rivals. Players can build stations, airports, and railroa...
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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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Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac OS1992 puzzle
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Alien Legacy

DOS1994 strategy
Alien Legacy (1994) is like SimCity crashed into Star Trek and nobody called the insurance company. It’s a real-time strategy/simulation game that has you managing a colony i...
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Rise of the Dragon

DOS1990 adventure
Rise of the Dragon is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Dynamix in 1990. It was originally released for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms such as...
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Sensible Soccer

DOS1992 sports
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Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected simulation
If spreadsheets are your love language, Capitalism 2 is pure romance. This brutally detailed simulation lets you create your own corporate empire from scratch—manufacturing, ...
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Mick's Strip Poker

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1999NSFW strategy
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Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

Windows XP/98/951999protected strategy