Abandonware DOS title

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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...
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Where Time Stood Still

DOS1987protected action-adventure
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Caverns of Chaos

DOS1992 adventure
Despite the ominous title, Caverns of Chaos (1992) plays like the lovechild of rogue-like masochism and old-school dungeon crawling. There’s loot, traps, monsters, and more w...
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Burger Blaster

DOS1983 action
Before BurgerTime stole the fast-food spotlight, there was Burger Blaster—a game where you build burgers by shooting them. With a gun. Because why not? This early arcade-styl...
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Last Knight in Camelot

DOS1996 action
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Spellcasting 301: Spring Break

DOS1992protected adventure
You’d think a spring break trip would be relaxing. Not when you're a magically inclined college student with a knack for attracting trouble (and bikinis). Spellcasting 301 se...
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The Game of Harmony

DOS1990 puzzle
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Grand Monster Slam

DOS1989 sports
Grand Monster Slam takes tennis, removes anything resembling normal human athletes, and replaces them with creatures that look like they escaped a fever dream. In Grand Monster Sla...
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Treasure Island

DOS1985 adventure
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Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected strategy
Civil War buffs, rejoice. Battle of Antietam (1985) lets you relive one of the bloodiest days in American history... via pixelated dots and turn-based tension. There’s no fla...
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Suspended

DOS1983 adventure
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Choose an Enemy

DOS1991 action
Sounds ominous, right? In Choose an Enemy, you’re given exactly that: a list of foes to annihilate in turn-based combat. It’s like a dinner menu, but instead of appetiz...
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Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected strategy
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Contraption Zack

DOS1992 puzzle
In Contraption Zack, you play as a kid with more mechanical gadgets than common sense. Your job? Fix a series of increasingly absurd machines in a puzzle platformer that’s eq...
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Castle Elsinore

DOS1992 adventure
If Hamlet had a sequel directed by a DOS programmer, Castle Elsinore would be it. This interactive fiction game drops you right into Shakespearean drama with murder, betrayal, and ...
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Lords of the Realm 3

Windows XP/98/952004protected simulation
Released in 2004, Lords of the Realm III is an interesting, sometimes controversial attempt to modernize a beloved strategy franchise. The move to full 3D and a more streamlined ap...
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Borderworld

DOS1996 adventure
Borderworld (1996, DOS) is a sci-fi RPG with big ideas, a tiny budget, and enough ambition to fuel a space shuttle. You’re thrown into a galaxy of politics, smuggling, and st...
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Titan

DOS1989 action
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Kaeon

DOS1992 shooter
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected strategy
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Stunt Island

DOS1992protected vehicle simulation
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Night Raid

DOS1992remake shooter
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Trivial Pursuit

DOS1989 strategy
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from va...
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Remote Control

DOS1989 puzzle
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Subbuteo

DOS1990 sports
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Sanitarium

Windows XP/98/951998protected adventure
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PKzip

DOS1989protected application