Abandonware DOS title

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avon-splash

Avon

DOS1989 adventure
If Shakespeare wrote video games and then decided, “You know what this needs? A parser and some pixelated drama,” you'd get Avon. In this interactive fiction gem from 1...
rayman-04

Rayman Forever

DOSWindows XP/98/951998protected action
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...
javelin-spreadsheet-01

Javelin

DOS1985 application
rackem-2

Rack 'em

DOS1988 sports
caverns-of-chaos-01

Caverns of Chaos

DOS1992 adventure
Despite the ominous title, Caverns of Chaos (1992) plays like the lovechild of rogue-like masochism and old-school dungeon crawling. There’s loot, traps, monsters, and more w...
roadwar2000-3

Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected strategy
sleepwalker-01

Sleepwalker

DOS1993protected action
the-rocketeer-01

The Rocketeer

DOS1991 action
Inspired by the film, The Rocketeer (1991, DOS) lets you strap on a jetpack and soar—well, mostly hover—through an adventure packed with gangsters, Nazis, and mid-centu...
last-mission-opera-02

The Last Mission

DOS1987 action
mosaic-1-01

NCSA Mosaic

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1993 application
NCSA Mosaic was one of the earliest web browsers to appear on the market. It was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illino...
prolog_splash

Turbo Prolog 2.0

DOS1986protected application
total-annihilation-kingdoms-02

Total Annihilation Kingdoms

Windows XP/98/951999protected strategy
tennis-cup-2-04

Tennis Cup 2

DOS1992 sports
the-scoop-04

The Scoop

DOS1989 adventure
A detective adventure inspired by Agatha Christie’s collaborative story, The Scoop (1989, DOS) turns you into a newspaper reporter poking around a suspicious death with nothi...
kaeon-02

Kaeon

DOS1992 shooter
obitus-06

Obitus

DOS1991 rpg
Obitus is a role-playing video game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1991 for various platforms including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It combines elements of role-playing g...
eagleeyemystlondon-4

Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS1994 adventure
Set in a foggy, postcard-perfect version of the British capital, Eagle Eye Mysteries in London takes the educational detective formula and gives it a polite accent. You play a youn...
great-courts-01

Pro Tennis Tour

DOS1989 sports
battle-for-normandy-02

Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected strategy
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest:...
earl-weaver-baseball-05

Earl Weaver Baseball

DOS1987 sports
Named after the famously outspoken baseball manager, Earl Weaver Baseball takes the sport seriously, sometimes almost aggressively so. This isn’t about flashy graphics or arc...
waterworld-03

Waterworld

DOS1997 strategy
Based on the famously chaotic 1995 movie, Waterworld (1997, DOS) somehow manages to be more confusing than the film itself—and that’s saying something. This action-adve...
die-hard-2-02

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

DOS1992 shooter
When Die Hard 2: Die Harder hit DOS in 1992, it decided the airport setting meant “time for an on-rails shooter.” Picture John McClane glued to a track, blasting bad gu...
midwinter-5

Midwinter

DOS1990 strategy
jaws-06

Jaws

DOS1989 simulation
battleausterlitz-2

Austerlitz 1805

DOS1989 strategy
time-and-magik-03

Time and Magik: The Trilogy

DOS1988 adventure