Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

strippoker2plus-01

Strip Poker 2 plus

DOS1988NSFW strategy
tracer-sanction-05

The Tracer Sanction

DOS1985 adventure
rescuerigel-1

Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983 rpg
iwar-1-02

Independence War

Windows XP/98/951997protected vehicle simulation
Independence War takes space combat seriously, almost stubbornly so. Instead of arcade-style dogfights, it presents a Newtonian flight model where momentum, inertia, and positionin...
ruins-of-cawdor-02

Ruins of Cawdor

DOS1995 rpg
seastalker-01

Seastalker

DOS1984 adventure
kurtan-splash

Kurtan

DOS1990 puzzle
Little-known but oddly captivating, Kurtan (1990, DOS) feels like someone’s ambitious homebrew fantasy experiment gone right. You play a wandering warrior exploring a pixelat...
bob-winner-02

Bob Winner

DOS1986 action
Ah, Bob Winner (1986, DOS), the game that asks: what if Indiana Jones had a cousin who got lost in a side-scroller? You play as the titular Bob, an adventurer who walks like he&rsq...
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:...
great-napoleonic-battles-01

Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 strategy
Great Napoleonic Battles is the kind of game that assumes you are ready to command armies and possibly rewrite history before breakfast. In Great Napoleonic Battles, strategy is ev...
dive-bomber-01

Dive Bomber

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Dive Bomber (1989) is a game that delivers exactly what it promises: you dive, you bomb, and you try not to crash into the ground in the process. The graphics are about as simple a...
monty-python-flying-circus-05

Monty Python's Flying Circus

DOS1991 action
Trying to describe Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1991) as a “normal” game is impossible—because nothing about it is normal. It’s a fever dream in pixe...
color-buster-03

Color Buster

DOS1992 puzzle
Color Buster (1992, DOS) is Sokoban’s rebellious cousin. You push colored blocks across labyrinthine floors like an underpaid warehouse worker in a pastel fever dream. Simple...
kingsofthebeach-splash

Kings of the beach

DOS1988 sports
superfrog-06

Superfrog

DOS1994protected action
mdk2-01

MDK 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected shooter
suspended-01

Suspended

DOS1983 adventure
Omni-play-Basketball-05

Omni Play Basketball

DOS1990 sports
If you’ve ever wanted to command a basketball team without having to actually dribble or break a sweat, Omni Play Basketball (1990, DOS) has your number. The game lets you ma...
chess-psion-02

Psion Chess

DOSMac OS1985 strategy
Before AI could annihilate grandmasters, Psion Chess was already humbling humans back in 1985. Available for DOS and Macintosh, this game wasn’t flashy, but it didn’t n...
mirror-magic-2-02

Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware puzzle
pinball-magic-02

Pinball Magic

DOS1990 action
uplink-v1.3-5

Uplink: Hacker Elite

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001protected simulation
Uplink: Hacker Elite drops you into a digital underworld where your keyboard is your most powerful weapon. Released in 2001, it blends strategy and simulation, tasking you with bre...
silly-master-blaster-03

Silly Master Blaster

DOS1985 action
line-wars-2-01

LineWars 2

DOS1994 shooter
nectaris-splash

Nectaris

DOS1995 strategy
hovertank-02

Hovertank One

DOS1991 shooter
scummvm-01

ScummVM

Windows XP/98/952001freeware application
clyde-revenge-04

Clyde's Revenge

DOS1995freeware action
Clyde is back—and this time, he's mad. Clyde's Revenge brings more levels, more traps, and slightly less mercy. Everything’s cranked up: the challenge, the mazes, the p...
the-summoning-03

The Summoning

DOS1992protected adventure