Abandonware DOS title

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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...
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Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected strategy
Set in the far-off future of 1992, Battle Chess 4000 brings space-age flair to intergalactic checkmate. Now your queen is a laser-wielding dominatrix and your pawns might be robots...
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Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected adventure
mind-mirror-04

Mind Mirror

DOS1986 simulation
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Elevator

DOS1986freeware action
Elevator is one of those early arcade-style games that sounds boring on paper and becomes oddly stressful in practice. You’re navigating elevators, rescuing people, and avoid...
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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...
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Shadoworlds

DOS1993protected rpg
Shadoworlds (1993, DOS) blends sci-fi corridors with fantasy ambitions, creating a curious hybrid that feels both familiar and slightly off-kilter. You assemble a squad to tackle m...
action-supercross-01

Action Supercross

DOS1997protected puzzle
rawcopy-01

Rawcopy

DOS1992 application
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CHAMP Invaders

DOS1997remake shooter
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Austerlitz

DOS1989protected strategy
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Quandaries

DOS1997 simulation
gunboat-01

Gunboat

DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
Gunboat trades fighter jets for naval tension, placing you in command of a small but heavily armed vessel navigating hostile waters. The gameplay mixes simulation detail with actio...
robbo-02

Robbo

DOS1993freeware puzzle
tony-russa-ultimate-baseball-04

Tony La Russa Ultimate Baseball

DOS1991protected sports
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Transylvania

DOS1986freeware adventure
plague-moon-02

Plague of the Moon

DOS1994 adventure
where-usa-carmen-deluxe-04

Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition

DOS1993 adventure
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, des...
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Remote Control

DOS1989 puzzle
cascade-01

Cascade

DOS1990 puzzle
Remember those endless, hypnotic tile-matching games before Candy Crush hijacked your aunt’s phone? Cascade was already there, dropping blocks and breaking combos like it inv...
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Dr. Sbaitso

DOS1991 application
duck-tales-gold-02

Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold

DOS1990 action
DuckTales: The Quest for Gold takes everyone’s favorite miserly duck, Scrooge McDuck, and sends him globetrotting for treasure. It’s part platformer, part management si...
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RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 simulation
Before management sims became a genre unto themselves, RAPCON tried its hand at turning air-traffic control into entertainment. Surprisingly, it works—if you enjoy stress. Yo...
mickey-runaway-zoo-03

Mickey's Runaway Zoo

DOS1991 puzzle
andromeda-conquest-01

Andromeda Conquest

DOS1982 strategy
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Enigma

DOS1996freeware action
Released in 1996 for DOS, Enigma is what happens when a puzzle game decides it’s not content with simply challenging you—it wants to tease you, mock you, and eventually...
cannon-fodder-2-04

Cannon Fodder 2

DOS1994protected strategy
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 strategy
titan-03

Titan

DOS1989 action