Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

invest-01

Inve$t

DOS1990 simulation
warriors-of-legend-07

Warriors of Legend

DOS1993 rpg
spellcraft-aspects-01

Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor

DOS1992 strategy
encyclopedia-war-ancient-battles-03

Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS1988 strategy
If you’ve ever wanted to command armies older than your great-great-great-grandparents, Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles is your time machine with a keyboard. Released in...
xmen2-fall-of-the-mutants-03

X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS1991 action-adventure
heretic-1

Heretic

DOS1994protecteddemo shooter
adventure-fun-pak-01

Adventure Fun Pak

DOS1987freeware action
savage-warriors-04

Savage Warriors

DOS1995 action
ace_air_combat-01

ACE: Air Combat Emulator

DOS1986 vehicle simulation
This 1986 DOS classic sounds way cooler than it is — ACE: Air Combat Emulator promises combat, but delivers what feels like flying a lawnmower through molasses. Still, for it...
decisive-civil-war-3-10

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS1992 strategy
By 1992, Vol. 3 wrapped up the trilogy with even more complex scenarios. At this point, the series had become less of a game and more of an interactive textbook—though that&r...
beyond-black-hole-01

Beyond the Black Hole

DOS1989 action
Beyond the Black Hole promises an interstellar voyage into mystery—and delivers... a disorienting 3D shooter that kind of feels like flying a cardboard spaceship through a ka...
oubliette-3

Oubliette

DOS1983 rpg
bigsea-splash

Big Sea: The Better One Will Win

DOS1994 simulation
With a title that sounds like a deep-sea motivational poster, Big Sea: The Better One Will Win is a maritime strategy game where the stakes are high and the water’s pixelated...
litil-divil-02

Litil Divil

DOS1993protected action
jet-set-willy-remake-05

Jet Set Willy remake

DOS1999freewareremake action
Jet Set Willy is a classic platform video game released for various home computers in the 1980s. It was developed by Matthew Smith and published by Software Projects for the ZX Spe...
safe-opening-sim-01

Safe Opening Simulator

DOS1993 puzzle
tekwar-09

William Shatner's TekWar

DOS1995 shooter
keen2-splash

Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected action
In Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes, the stakes go from “oops, stranded on Mars” to “uh-oh, Earth is doomed.” The Vorticons have planted death lasers in...
leather-goddesses-of-phobos-2-07

Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2

DOS1992NSFW adventure
pharaos-tomb-03

Pharaoh's Tomb

DOS1990 action
meteors-05

Meteors

DOS1989 shooter
alien-fires-2199-01

Alien Fires 2199 AD

DOS1988 rpg
Released in 1988, Alien Fires 2199 AD looks and plays like someone tried to translate a fever dream into a sci-fi RPG. You control some dude with a chin of steel and a crew that se...
bank-street-writer-plus-01

Bank Streek Writer Plus

DOS1986 application
ancients2-approaching-evil-02

Ancients 2: Approaching Evil

DOS1994 rpg
A direct sequel to Deathwatch, Ancients 2: Approaching Evil is like returning to your childhood neighborhood, except everyone’s still trying to kill you. Released in 1994, it...
great-napoleonic-battles-01

Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 strategy
global-domination-02

Global Domination

DOS1993 strategy
hercules-05

Hercules

Windows XP/98/951997protected action
interphase-01

Interphase

DOS1989 shooter