Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

3-musketeers-fr-02

The Three Musketeers

DOS1987 adventure
gnome-ranger-2-01

Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back

DOS1988 adventure
With Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid’s Back, things get a bit more polished, though not necessarily more sane. The puzzles return, along with the dreamlike environments and that pecul...
full-metal-planete-05

Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 strategy
Strategy fans with a taste for sci-fi and logistics will find something special in Full Metal Planete. Released in 1990 for DOS and Mac, the game is essentially a futuristic board ...
newsmaster-01

NewsMaster

DOS1986 application
sexy-droids-05

Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW puzzle
ballgame-splash

The Ball Game

DOS1991 strategy
passengers-on-the-wind-02

Passengers on the Wind

DOS1986 adventure
snood-03

Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware puzzle
arnie2-02

Arnie 2

DOS1993 shooter
Arnie 2 is the unofficial Schwarzenegger sim where you run around shirtless with guns bigger than your torso, blowing up helicopters, bunkers, and bad guys in increasingly ridiculo...
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Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery

DOS1992 rpg
In this 1992 DOS RPG, you play as an agent of the Faunus Foundation, protecting the world from cosmic horrors. Set in 1921, the game combines detective work with Lovecraftian eleme...
xixit-1

Xixit

DOS1995 puzzle
Xixit is a puzzle game that feels like it is constantly trying to outwit you, presenting challenges that require both logic and a bit of creative thinking. It does not rely on flas...
treasure-island-01

Treasure Island

DOS1985 adventure
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....
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Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio

DOS1988 simulation
cave-quest-05

Cavequest

DOS1985 rpg
Back in 1985, Cavequest asked: what if you mixed ASCII graphics with deadly bats and claustrophobia? The answer: a punishingly hard maze crawler that’ll have you screaming at...
lastninja2-4

Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance

DOS1990 action-adventure
chamberpsi-1

Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess

DOS1989protected adventure
Sci-Mutant Priestess (1989) is French, weird, and proud of it. You play as a rebellious mutant in a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi world ruled by bio-psychic cults. Obviously. It’s...
nanotank-3x-03

Nanotank

Windows 3.x1993 puzzle
adventure-fun-pak-01

Adventure Fun Pak

DOS1987freeware action
infestation-02

Infestation

DOS1990 shooter
Infestation drops you onto a hostile alien world where the welcome committee consists mostly of things with too many legs and way too many teeth. The game mixes exploration and act...
metaltech-battledrome-03

Metaltech: Battledrome

DOS1994 vehicle simulation
troika-title

Troika

DOS1991 puzzle
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Chopper Duel

DOS1993freeware shooter
Think Top Gun but with less Tom Cruise and more pixelated explosions. Chopper Duel pits you against a friend (or the AI) in one-on-one rotorcraft carnage. It’s fast, twitchy,...
metropolis-4

Metropolis

DOS1987 adventure
aurora-dibularos-02

Aurora Dibularos

Windows XP/98/952001freeware action
guns-r-us-02

Guns 'R' Us

DOS1993 simulation
Guns 'R' Us feels like someone looked at the early ’90s and decided subtlety was overrated. This side-scrolling shooter piles on enemies, explosions, and weapon upgrades with...
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Vroom

DOS1994 racing