Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

fordsim2-1

Ford simulator 2

DOS1990 racing
einstein-writer-01

Einstein Writer 7

DOS1985 application
a-line-in-the-sand-03

A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected strategy
A Line in the Sand (1992) is what happens when a board game about modern Middle Eastern warfare gets turned into a DOS strategy title with all the subtlety of a cold war memo. You ...
carl-lewis-challenge-04

Carl Lewis Challenge

DOS1992 sports
Carl Lewis Challenge is a sports simulation video game that was released in 1992 by Psygnosis for various platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. Named after the famous ...
offshore-warrior-03

Off Shore Warrior

DOS1988 sports
kurtan-splash

Kurtan

DOS1990 puzzle
Little-known but oddly captivating, Kurtan (1990, DOS) feels like someone’s ambitious homebrew fantasy experiment gone right. You play a wandering warrior exploring a pixelat...
jaws-06

Jaws

DOS1989 simulation
eliza-02

ELIZA for DOS

DOS1988 application
ELIZA, created in the mid-1960s by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT, was one of the first computer programs to simulate human conversation. Designed as a natural language processing demons...
htmltads-2

HTML Tads

Windows XP/98/951997freeware application
caves-of-thor-05

Caves of Thor

DOS1989 action-adventure
If you thought Norse mythology needed more monochrome graphics, Caves of Thor (1989) has you covered. It’s an early Apogee game, meaning it’s tough, quirky, and uses le...
the-clue-01

The Clue!

DOS1994freeware simulation
falcon-at-04

Falcon AT

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
falcon-4

Falcon

DOS1987protected vehicle simulation
altereddestiny-4

Altered Destiny

DOS1990protected adventure
In Altered Destiny, a perfectly average guy named P.J. Barrett gets sucked into a bizarre alien dimension because he answered a phone call. Seriously. What follows is a classic poi...
the-draw-02

TheDraw 4

DOS1986 application
golden-eagle-02

Golden Eagle

DOS1991 action-adventure
battlehawks1942-04

Battlehawks 1942

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
Welcome to the skies of World War II, where dogfights are fast, fuel is low, and you probably forgot to raise your landing gear. Battlehawks 1942 (1988) is a flight sim with just e...
demons-winter-2

Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected rpg
In this 1989 DOS game, you survive in a post-apocalyptic world where demons have taken over. Scavenge for resources, fight off demonic creatures, and try to rebuild civilization. I...
helter-skelter-04

Helter Skelter

DOS1989 puzzle
mtv-remote-control-02

Remote Control

DOS1989 puzzle
sq5-2

Space Quest 5: The Next Mutation

DOS1993protected adventure
xenopods-02

Xenopods

DOS1991 shooter
profezia-05

Profezia

DOS1991NSFW adventure
Profezia is an adventure video game developed by the Italian company Trecision and released in 1991. It was available on both the Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. The game is notable fo...
colosso-revenge-01

Colosso Revenge

DOS1997freeware shooter
In Colosso Revenge (1997, DOS), a giant angry head (presumably Colosso) is back, and it’s not in a forgiving mood. Expect side-scrolling mayhem with explosions, mutant monstr...
lords-of-midnight-01

Lords of Midnight

DOS1984remake strategy
first-expedition-01

First Expedition

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
dragons-chivalry-03

Dragons: A Challenge in Chivalry

DOS1986 action
Released in 1986, Dragons: A Challenge in Chivalry leaned more toward interactive storytelling than traditional gameplay. You weren’t just hacking at dragons—you were r...
transworld-de-01

Transworld

DOS1990 simulation
ground-control-09

Ground Control

Windows XP/98/952000protected strategy
Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-f...