Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

scrooge-04

Scrooge

DOS1991 adventure
In Scrooge (1991), you play everyone’s favorite miser in a faithful retelling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol—if Dickens had access to VGA graphics and MIDI carols....
quandaries-1

Quandaries

DOS1997 simulation
starcross-01

Starcross

DOS1982 adventure
operation-bodycount-05

Operation Bodycount

DOS1994 shooter
monopoly-04

Monopoly

DOS1985 strategy
highway-patrol-2-01

Highway Patrol 2

DOS1990 racing
feeble-files-05

The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected adventure
viz-4

Viz

DOS1991 sports
sword-of-samurai-06

Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected strategy
enigma-sh-04

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...
armour-geddon-04

Armour-Geddon

DOS1992 vehicle simulation
Armour-Geddon is what you get when someone combines Wargames with a midlife crisis. Set in a post-nuke world where you pilot tanks, helicopters, and laser cannons to stop a doomsda...
tekwar-09

William Shatner's TekWar

DOS1995 shooter
plague-moon-02

Plague of the Moon

DOS1994 adventure
mine-shaft-01

Mine Shaft

DOS1983 action
lord-of-destruction-01

Lord of Destruction

DOS1994 rpg
Despite its ominous title, Lord of Destruction from 1994 is less about theatrical villainy and more about classic DOS-era ambition. This is a game that wants to be big, dark, and d...
tony-russa-ultimate-baseball-04

Tony La Russa Ultimate Baseball

DOS1991protected sports
starblade-01

StarBlade

DOS1990 action
panzer-battles-05

Panzer Battles

DOS1990 strategy
acid-tetris-02

Acid Tetris

DOS1998freewareremake puzzle
If you ever looked at regular Tetris and thought, “What this really needs is eye-melting colors and a possible migraine,” then Acid Tetris (1998, DOS) is your jam. It&r...
mech-brigade-03

Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected strategy
Mech Brigade (1987) is a strategy game that lets you live out your dream of commanding an army of giant robots. Set in a futuristic battlefield, you’re in charge of deploying...
3d-noah-ark-01

Super 3-D Noah's Ark

DOS1995protected shooter
ultimuh-03

Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy

DOS1993 rpg
Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy wins points immediately for its audacious title alone. This action-adventure leans heavily into sci-fi weirdness, combining philosophic...
kobayashi-naru-06

Kobayashi Naru

DOS1987 adventure
In Kobayashi Naru (1987, DOS), you’re not saving the world—you’re solving it. This sci-fi puzzle adventure drops you in a mysterious facility filled with logic te...
doom-roguelike-02

Doom: The Roguelike

DOS2005freeware rpg
Long before indie developers made “roguelike” a buzzword, someone decided to fuse Doom with permadeath and ASCII graphics. The result: Doom: The Roguelike (2005). On pa...
stunt-island-05

Stunt Island

DOS1992protected vehicle simulation
sword-of-aragon-05

Sword of Aragon

DOS1989protected strategy
family-feud-03

Family Feud

DOS1987 puzzle
Family Feud from 1987 turns the popular TV show into a surprisingly tense DOS experience, proving that guessing what other people think is harder than it looks. The core idea is si...
champ-galaxia-02

CHAMP Galaxia

DOS1996 shooter
capman-01

Cap Man

Windows XP/98/951999 action
It’s Pac-Man, except it’s… not. Cap Man is a low-budget clone with just enough charm to avoid immediate deletion. You’ve got the dots, the ghosts, the powe...
fate-traitor-soul-04

Fate: the Traitor Soul

Windows Vista/7/82009protected rpg