Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

msword-1-01

Microsoft Word

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1983 application
yendor3-05

Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine

DOS1997 rpg
In The Tyrants of Thaine, the graphics get a modest upgrade, but the soul remains pure: this is RPG comfort food. You’re once again cast as the world's most overworked advent...
grandslambridge-splash

Grand Slam Bridge

DOS1986 strategy
bridge7-04

Bridge 7.0

DOS1992 strategy
Finally, a game for people who think solitaire is just too wild. Bridge 7.0 is the digital equivalent of sipping tea with your grandparents while arguing about trumps and bidding s...
lost-adventures-kroz-splash

Lost Adventures of Kroz

DOS1990freeware action
In Lost Adventures of Kroz, ASCII characters do all the heavy lifting. No sprites, no polygons — just your imagination and a fearless “@” symbol running for its l...
capman-01

Cap Man

Windows XP/98/951999 action
It’s Pac-Man, except it’s… not. Cap Man is a low-budget clone with just enough charm to avoid immediate deletion. You’ve got the dots, the ghosts, the powe...
acrobat-reader-1-01

Acrobat Reader 1

DOS1993 application
Acrobat Reader was the first of a family of application software developed by Adobe Inc. to view, create, manipulate, print and manage Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Acrobat...
a320-airbus-02

A320 Airbus

DOS1993 vehicle simulation
Released in 1993 for DOS, A320 Airbus is less “Top Gun” and more “Intro to Aeronautical Bureaucracy.” It’s a flight simulator so realistic, even real ...
shogun-splash

Shogun

DOS1986 action-adventure
brimstone-splash

Brimstone

DOS1985 adventure
Ever wanted to fight fire with... even more fire? Brimstone tosses you into a magical mess of spells, dungeons, and monsters who woke up on the wrong side of the crypt. It’s ...
hoyle-book-games-02

Hoyle Book of Games

DOS1989 strategy
global-conquest-04

Global Conquest

DOS1992 strategy
vixen-01

Vixen

DOS1988 action
awesome-earl-skate-03

Awesome Earl in SkateRock

DOS1988 action
Remember when being radical meant wearing neon shorts and dodging killer squirrels on a skateboard? No? Well, Awesome Earl in SkateRock is here to educate you. Released in 1988, th...
mechwarrior-2-06

Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

DOS1995 vehicle simulation
wacky-wheels-04

Wacky Wheels

DOS1994protected racing
maelstrom-02

Maelstrom

DOS1992 simulation
Released in 1992 for DOS, Maelstrom is what happens when Asteroids grows up, joins the Navy, and gets a taste for chaos. You pilot a ship through frenetic fields of asteroids, enem...
pick-and-pile-02

Pick 'n Pile

DOS1990 puzzle
journey-adv-03

Journey: The Quest Begins

DOS1989 adventure
corewar-plus-05

Core War Plus

DOS1984 strategy
In Core War Plus, programming isn’t just for making spreadsheets—it’s for virtual combat. You write tiny programs that battle for control of computer memory, turn...
video-casino-1

Video Casino

DOS1987 strategy
conflictmiddleeast-splash

Conflict

DOS1990 simulation
Conflict is a turn-based war game where you get to play Commander-in-Chief and yell at your virtual generals when things go wrong (which they often do). It's part military sim, par...
phantasmagoria2-01

Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected adventure
xenocide-01

Xenocide

DOS1990 action
terminal-terror-04

Terminal Terror

DOS1994 shooter
robot-odissey-01

Robot Odissey

DOS1985 strategy
borland-reflex-2-01

Borland Reflex 2.0

DOS1986 application
Borland Reflex was a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Borland International, a software company that was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. Reflex was rele...
nobunaga-ambition-6-03

Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS1994 strategy
mystery-of-the-mummy-02

Mystery of the Mummy

DOS1988 adventure