Abandonware DOS title

The most popular fixed screen 2D games

In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Galactic Battle

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
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Rebound

DOS1985 COMPUTE! Publications
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Janitor Joe

DOS1984
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David's Kong

DOS1984remake
Long before fan-made clones flooded the internet, there was David's Kong (1984). It’s a straight-up Donkey Kong knockoff, but with enough quirks to make you smile. The premis...
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Capone

DOS1988 Actionware Corporation
Chicago, 1920s. You’ve got a tommy gun, a fedora, and a score to settle. Capone is part gangster sim, part shooting gallery, and part fever dream. The graphics are muddy, the...
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Pang remake

DOS1992remake
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Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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The Price is Right

DOS1990
Ready to guess wildly about the cost of household objects from the comfort of a DOS screen? The Price is Right (1990, DOS) brings the TV game show to your keyboard with a mixture o...
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Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 Wesson International
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RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 Wesson International
Before management sims became a genre unto themselves, RAPCON tried its hand at turning air-traffic control into entertainment. Surprisingly, it works—if you enjoy stress. Yo...
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Hoyle Book of Games

DOS1989 Sierra On-Line
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EGA Bomb

DOS1988
EGA Bomb is a small, colorful arcade-style game that knows exactly what it is: fast, simple, and slightly mischievous. Built around classic bomb-dropping mechanics, it challenges p...
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Pac Gal

DOS1982
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Knight Exchange

DOS1988 Softdisk Publishing
Ever dreamed of a medieval Wall Street where knights swap swords instead of stocks? Knight Exchange turns that fever dream into pixels. Released in 1988 for DOS, this quirky strate...
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Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware
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PC Globe 5

DOS1987 Broderbund
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Oligopoly

DOS1987 Pc design associates
If you’ve ever stared at a Monopoly board and thought, “This needs more spreadsheets,” then Oligopoly is basically your spiritual home. Released in 1987 for DOS, ...
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Frac

DOS1990
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M Labyrinth

DOS1993 Gamos
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Llamatron 2112

DOS1992 Llamasoft
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Slam!

Windows 3.x1993
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Faces Tris 3

DOS1990 Sphere
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Pick 'n Pile

DOS1990 UBI Soft
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Shanghai

Windows 3.xMac OS1986 Activision
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Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball

DOS1995freewareremake
Released in 1995 for DOS, Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball is what happens when someone decides regular volleyball isn’t chaotic enough. Picture stick figures with the agility of c...
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Math Circus

DOS1993
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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Objection!

DOS1992
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Super Bomber Blast Beta

DOS1997remake
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Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 PC Solutions
Don’t let the title fool you — Blitz Draughts isn’t a military simulation but rather a gloriously intense checkers game from 1992. This DOS brain-bender turns the...