Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Empire Soccer 94

DOS1994 sports
Empire Soccer 94 is football stripped of glamour and presented with a straight face that makes everything unintentionally funny. There are no licenses, no famous players, and no at...
crusadernoregret-4

Crusader: No Regret

DOS1996protecteddemo shooter
In Crusader: No Regret, subtlety is left at the door. You’re a heavily armed operative on a mission to blast your way through enemy installations, leaving nothing but rubble ...
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Last Ninja

DOS1988 action-adventure
falcon-4

Falcon

DOS1987protected vehicle simulation
Released in 1987, Falcon is the kind of flight simulator that politely informs you, within minutes, that you are not nearly as smart as you thought. This isn’t an arcade joyr...
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Zeitgeist

Windows XP/98/951996 rpg
Zeitgeist — also known as Jupiter Strike in some markets — is a PlayStation-era space shooter that boldly says: "Let’s do Star Fox, but with less personality and ...
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Return to Kroz

DOS1990freeware action
Kroz returns, and with it, your CRT monitor’s worst nightmare: ASCII graphics! Return to Kroz takes you back to a time when @ meant “you,” and everything else was...
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Forgotten Worlds

DOS1991 shooter
Forgotten Worlds is what happens when gravity politely excuses itself and lets you spin in circles while shooting absolutely everything. Originally an arcade spectacle, this DOS ve...
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Blort!

DOS1987 shooter
With a name like Blort!, you'd expect a fart joke or a kids’ cartoon gone wrong, but no—it’s a 1987 arcade-style blaster for DOS. You play as a cosmic defender sh...
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Tornado

DOS1993protected vehicle simulation
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Math Circus

DOS1993 puzzle
Math Circus (1993) is proof that educational games in the DOS era were either unbearably boring or secretly brilliant — and this one leans heavily toward the second category....
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Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom

DOS1994protecteddemo rpg
Ishar 2 (1994, DOS) picks up where the first game left off, and then throws in more ways to punish careless adventurers. It’s a first-person RPG where managing your party isn...
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Red Storm Rising

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Red Storm Rising is a submarine simulation video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1988, based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond. The game is s...
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Game Over

DOS1988 shooter
With a title like Game Over, you almost expect the game to greet you with a shrug and a polite apology. Instead, it throws players into a strange sci-fi action adventure filled wit...
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Magnetic Crane

DOS1989 puzzle
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Heavy Barrel

DOS1989 shooter
Heavy Barrel is an action game that embraces chaos with enthusiasm, throwing enemies at you in a way that feels both overwhelming and oddly satisfying. The gameplay is straightforw...
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Safari Guns

DOS1989 shooter
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Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 strategy
Sorcerer Lord (1987, DOS) drops you into a fantasy world at war, with strategy rather than sorcery as your weapon. You command the forces of good against the evil Shadowlord’...
skaletracker-01

Skale Tracker

Windows XP/98/95Linux2005freeware application
suspect-01

Suspect

DOS1984 adventure
popeye2-02

Popeye 2

DOS1992 action
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The Summoning

DOS1992protected adventure
gabriel-knight-3-01

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

Windows XP/98/951999protected adventure
golden-oldies-v-03

Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics

DOS1985 adventure
Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics is less a single game and more a time capsule, offering a collection of early titles that remind you just how far gaming has co...
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Space Rogue

DOS1989 rpg
Space Rogue is what happens when Elite and Ultima decide to have a baby… in space. You’re dumped into a universe of hostile aliens, smugglers, and zero-g dogfights, an...
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Bass Duel

DOS1993 sports
Fish or be fished could be the motto of Bass Duel (1993), a competitive angling game that pits you against a friend or an AI in a fight to the last splash. Strategy is key: where t...
starblade-01

StarBlade

DOS1990 action
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Power Struggle

DOS1988 strategy
Power Struggle is the kind of strategy game that quietly asks, “Would you like to control the world?” and then immediately throws you into a geopolitical mess. It&rsquo...
pinball-world-05

Pinball World

DOS1995 action
objection-01

Objection!

DOS1992 simulation
wall-street-raider-01

Wall Street Raider

DOS1986 simulation