Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

pray-for-death-06

Pray for Death

DOS1996protected action
With a title like Pray for Death, you know you’re not signing up for a cheerful platformer. This is a fighting game with a gothic, heavy-metal aesthetic that screams 1996. It...
wordtris-01

Wordtris

DOSMac OS1991 puzzle
johnny-quest-02

Jonny Quest: Curse of the Mayan Warriors

DOS1993 action-adventure
starcontrol3_003

Star Control 3

DOS1996protected strategy
ghost-master-04

Ghost Master

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected simulation
Ghost Master is a strategy and simulation game developed by Sick Puppies and published by Empire Interactive. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows in 2003 and later por...
mach3-03

Mach 3

DOS1987 shooter
stationfall-01

Stationfall

DOS1987 adventure
passengers-on-the-wind-02

Passengers on the Wind

DOS1986 adventure
myth-ms-02

Myth

DOS1989 adventure
rocketranger-7

Rocket Ranger

DOS1988protected action
feeble-files-05

The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected adventure
wizball-02

Wizball

DOS1987 shooter
Wizball is a  shoot 'em up video game developed by Sensible Software and originally released for various home computer platforms in 1987. The game was published by Ocean ...
aldo3-03

Aldo's Assault

DOS1991 action
Think of Aldo's Assault as what happens when Mario forgets his plumber license and joins a bootleg army. This 1991 DOS gem throws you into a side-scrolling frenzy of ladders, barre...
pong-kombat-03

Pong Kombat

DOS1994freeware action
davids-kong-02

David's Kong

DOS1984remake action
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...
frac-03

Frac

DOS1990 puzzle
stormlord-02

Stormlord

DOS1989 action
Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy...
arnhem-01

Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 strategy
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII...
beyond-titanic-01

Beyond the Titanic

DOS1986 adventure
Before Titanic was a movie with a lot of weeping, there was Beyond the Titanic, a text adventure where surviving the iceberg is just the beginning. The game takes the historic disa...
demonsforge-1

Demon's Forge

DOS1987 adventure
In this 1987 DOS game, you delve into a dungeon filled with traps and monsters. Solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and uncover the secrets of the forge. It's like playing Dungeons &...
exterminator-splash

Exterminator

DOS1990 shooter
Exterminator, released in 1990, is one of those games that knows exactly what it wants to do and wastes no time doing it. You’re thrown into a top-down action scenario with a...
rad-warrior-04

Rad Warrior

DOS1986 action
dungshalan-2

Dungeon of Shalan

DOS1988 action-adventure
Dungeon of Shalan is one of those games that greets you with the words “You awaken in a dark room” and then proceeds to make that darkness your entire reality. Released...
vampire-redemption-02

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected rpg
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is an action role-playing game released in 2000 by Nihilistic Software and published by Activision. It is based on the "Vampire: The Masquerade...
war40k-chaosgate-05

Warhammer 40000: Chaos Gate

Windows XP/98/951998protected strategy
crossfire-2

Crossfire

DOS1982 shooter
Crossfire is what happens when you throw a tank into a maze, give it infinite ammo, and tell it to go wild. Released in 1982, it’s all about twitch reflexes and precise shoot...
worldgames-splash

World Games

DOS1986 sports
udoiana-raunes-02

Udoiana Raunes

DOS1998 adventure
Udoiana Raunes is one of those late-DOS curiosities that feels like it escaped from a developer’s hard drive by accident. It presents itself as a fantasy adventure, but quick...
starblade-01

StarBlade

DOS1990 action
janitor-joe-02

Janitor Joe

DOS1984 action