Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

clue-master-detective-03

Clue Master Detective

DOS1989 strategy
It’s Colonel Mustard in the Study with the Lead Pipe—but on DOS. Clue Master Detective takes the classic board game and wraps it in moody music, pixelated crime scenes,...
merlin-sim-02

Merlin Challenge

DOS1993 vehicle simulation
gettysburg-civil-war-battles-04

Gettysburg: Civil War Battles

Windows XP/98/952002 strategy
meteors-05

Meteors

DOS1989 shooter
great-naval-battles-4-01

Great Naval Battles vol. 4: Burning Steel, 1939-1942

DOS1995protected vehicle simulation
cave-quest-05

Cavequest

DOS1985 rpg
Back in 1985, Cavequest asked: what if you mixed ASCII graphics with deadly bats and claustrophobia? The answer: a punishingly hard maze crawler that’ll have you screaming at...
johnny-quest-02

Jonny Quest: Curse of the Mayan Warriors

DOS1993 action-adventure
nobunaga-ambition-6-03

Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS1994 strategy
winlosedraw-splash

Win, Lose or Draw

DOS1988 puzzle
satan-02

Satan

DOS1989 action
orbiter-01

Orbiter

DOSMac OS1986 vehicle simulation
deadly-racer-02

Deadly Racer

DOS1994 racing
Deadly Racer is basically what happens when someone at the office said, “What if racing, but everyone might die?” Released in 1994 for DOS, it’s a fast-paced, rou...
quandaries-1

Quandaries

DOS1997 simulation
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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
jammit-01

Jammit

DOS1994 sports
ganja-farmer-03

Ganja Farmer

DOS1998 shooter
aurora-dibularos-02

Aurora Dibularos

Windows XP/98/952001freeware action
iron-blood-02

Iron Blood

DOS1996 action
Iron Blood (1996, DOS) is the kind of fighting game that makes you wonder if robots really need martial arts lessons. The story is wafer-thin—something about futuristic warri...
arcade-trivia-quiz-02

Arcade Trivia Quiz

DOS1993 puzzle
Think you're smart? Arcade Trivia Quiz (1993) is here to humble you with rapid-fire questions about pop culture, history, and whatever else the developers could fit on a floppy dis...
icewind-dale-2-08

Icewind Dale 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected rpg
llamatron-01

Llamatron 2112

DOS1992 shooter
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...
patrician1-04

Patrician

DOS1992protected simulation
hamurabi-01

Hamurabi remake

DOS1996freewareremake simulation
The 1996 Hamurabi remake takes one of the oldest strategy concepts in gaming and gives it a modest DOS-era facelift. At its core, it’s still about managing resources, feeding...
rackem-2

Rack 'em

DOS1988 sports
ultimuh-03

Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy

DOS1993 rpg
Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy wins points immediately for its audacious title alone. This action-adventure leans heavily into sci-fi weirdness, combining philosophic...
glider-02

Glider 4.0

Windows 3.xMac OS1994 action