Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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...
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...
dragonriders-chronicle-pern-01

Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern

Windows XP/98/952001 action-adventure
In Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern, you don’t just ride dragons—you babysit them, talk to them, and occasionally save the world while trying not to fall off mid-fligh...
cossacks-back-to-war-03

Cossacks: Back to War

Windows XP/98/952002protected strategy
sarge-02

Sarge

DOS1989 shooter
line-wars-02

LineWars

DOS1990 shooter
netscape-navigator-4-01

Netscape Navigator 4

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1997 application
Netscape Navigator was one of the earliest web browsers that played a crucial role in popularizing the World Wide Web. It was developed by Netscape Communications Corporation and r...
conflict-korea-05

Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected strategy
Step into the Korean War with Conflict: Korea, where you command UN forces and discover that even in strategy games, North Korea is a problem. It follows the same system as the res...
archery-01

Archery

DOS1985freeware sports
Archery (1985) is what happens when someone says, “Hey, what if we made a bow-and-arrow game with the graphical fidelity of a cave painting?” You shoot arrows. That&rsq...
hotshot-03

Hotshot

DOS1988 puzzle
iwar2-05

Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos

Windows XP/98/952001protected vehicle simulation
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos refines its predecessor’s ideas into a more open-ended and player-driven experience. Trading, piracy, and exploration play a much larger rol...
sea-dragon-02

Sea Dragon

DOS1983 shooter
Released in 1983, Sea Dragon turns underwater navigation into an exercise in patience and joystick control. You pilot a submarine through caves filled with mines, enemies, and clau...
Murder_on_The_Zinderneuf-03

Murder on the Zinderneuf

DOS1984 simulation
stunt-island-05

Stunt Island

DOS1992protected vehicle simulation
final-frontier-03

Final Frontier

DOS1989 strategy
Final Frontier is a late-80s slice of space ambition, the kind that assumes you’re perfectly happy staring at menus while imagining epic interstellar conquest. It’s str...
phm-pegasus-02

PHM Pegasus

DOS1987 vehicle simulation
borderworld-02

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...
xenopods-02

Xenopods

DOS1991 shooter
round-42-03

Round 42

DOS1986 shooter
iron-seed-02

Iron Seed

DOS1994freeware simulation
Released in 1994, Iron Seed is a DOS space sim that tried to be both philosophical and technical. You’re leading a fledgling human colony across the stars, tinkering with dip...
modem-wars-01

Modem Wars

DOS1988 strategy
sword-of-samurai-06

Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected strategy
masterblazer-03

Masterblazer

DOS1991remake sports
Masterblazer (1991) is one of those games that feels like it escaped from a late-night coding session fueled by coffee, crisps, and questionable design decisions — and someho...
guardians-agents-of-justice-04

Guardians: Agents of Justice

DOS1997canceled strategy
zeitgeist-01

Zeitgeist

Windows XP/98/951996 rpg
Zeitgeist — also known as Jupiter Strike in some markets — is a PlayStation-era space shooter that boldly says: "Let’s do Star Fox, but with less personality and ...
inextremis-1

In Extremis

DOS1993 shooter
colosso-secret-02

Colosso Secret

DOS1997freeware shooter
Colosso Secret (1997, DOS) is the moody prequel/sequel/parallel universe to Colosso Revenge, where secrets abound and subtlety is tossed out the window. Imagine Indiana Jones in a ...
magic-carpet-2-05

Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected shooter
residualvm-01

ResidualVM

Windows XP/98/952003freeware application