Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

mission-critical-06

Mission Critical

DOS1995protected adventure
monkey4-01

Escape from Monkey Island

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected adventure
starfleet1-battle-begins03

Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS1985 strategy
eightball-deluxe-02

Eight Ball Deluxe

DOSMac OS1993 action
Eight Ball Deluxe is digital pinball with a swagger, the kind that wears mirrored sunglasses indoors and dares you to beat its high score. Based on the famous Bally table, this 199...
monster-bash-04

Monster Bash

DOS1993protected action
If you thought childhood was all about sunshine and puppies, Monster Bash begs to differ. This 1993 side-scroller throws you into the shoes of Johnny Dash, a slingshot-toting kid w...
rolling-ronny-03

Rolling Ronny

DOS1991 action
black-moon-chronicles-09

Black Moon Chronicles

DOS1999protected strategy
Based on a French comic series, Black Moon Chronicles (1999) is what you'd get if a fantasy novel and a real-time strategy game had a slightly awkward baby. The art is dark, the to...
waterloo-02

Waterloo

DOS1989protected strategy
Waterloo (1989, DOS) is not here to entertain you with flashy graphics or arcade thrills. Instead, it calmly places Napoleon and Wellington on the table and expects you to think. A...
if-it-moves-shoot-02

If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS1989 shooter
gumboots-australia-02

Gumboots Australia

DOS1990 adventure
Gumboots Australia is a delightful educational romp that turns geography into a cheerful scavenger hunt. You travel across Australia answering questions, solving simple challenges,...
airlines-02

Airlines

DOS1994 simulation
Think running an airline is easy? Airlines (1994) says “think again.” This old-school management sim hands you a failing fleet and a world map, then laughs quietly as y...
patrician1-04

Patrician

DOS1992protected simulation
mcdonald-land-06

McDonald Land

DOS1992 action
McDonald Land (1992) is one of the strangest brand tie-ins ever to grace DOS, and that’s saying something. You play as Ronald McDonald himself, jumping across colorful platfo...
xenophage-03

Xenophage: Alien BloodSport

DOS1996freeware action
18-airborne-03

18th Airborne

DOS1993 shooter
18th Airborne is what happens when a military recruitment pamphlet and a tactical shooter have a baby. You’re thrown into the boots of a paratrooper with a mission, a gun, an...
mechwarrior-2-06

Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

DOS1995 vehicle simulation
super-cauldron-02

Super Cauldron

DOS1992protected action
Super Cauldron is a platforming game developed by Titus Interactive and released in 1993 for platforms like MS-DOS, Amiga, and Amstrad CPC. In the game, you play as a witch on...
shadowcaster-05

ShadowCaster

DOS1993 rpg
Shadowcaster is a first-person action role-playing game developed by Raven Software and published by Origin Systems. It was released in 1993 for MS-DOS computers.In Shadowcaster, p...
dawn-raiders-02

Dawn Raider

DOS1990 shooter
Released in 1990, Dawn Raider is one of those obscure DOS shooters that probably spent more time in floppy disk boxes than in actual computers. It’s a vertical shoot-’e...
tetrisacademysoft-splash

Tetris (Academysoft)

DOS1996 puzzle
mindshadow-05

Mindshadow

DOSMac OS1985 adventure
bit-storm-03

BitStorm

DOS1999 puzzle
1999’s BitStorm is what happens when someone decides to make a strategy game and forgets to put the brakes on the caffeine. It’s fast, it’s furious, and you&rsquo...
tvmogul-03

TV Mogul

DOS1988 simulation
ericunready-splash

Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected adventure
If classic fantasy ever needed a designated clown, Eric the Unready would proudly volunteer. This 1993 adventure from Legend Entertainment gleefully demolishes every heroic trope i...
hard-drivin-2-04

Hard Drivin' 2

DOS1990 racing
floppy-frenzy-03

Floppy Frenzy

DOS1982 action
Floppy Frenzy embraces early-80s arcade spirit with gleeful abandon. The concept is simple, the pace relentless, and the margin for error thinner than a five-and-a-quarter disk. Yo...
ruins-of-cawdor-02

Ruins of Cawdor

DOS1995 rpg
battle-of-britain-05

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designe...
mystical-04

Mystical

DOS1990protected shooter