Abandonware rpg games sorted by release date
In a Role-Playing Game (RPG), players control one or more characters in a fictional world, be it fantasy-oriented, contemporary, sci-fi, etc. RPGs follow up on traditional tabletop role-playing games features, including narrative threads full of obstacles and enigmas, character development, combat systems, or complex inventories.
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Le Maitre Des Ames
DOS1987 first-person party-based RPG
Might and Magic Book One: Secret of the Inner Sanctum
DOS1987 first-person party-based RPG
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum is a classic first-person role-playing video game (RPG) released in 1986 for DOS and other platforms. It was developed and published by New World Computing and designed by ...
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987 board game
Moebius
DOS1987 action RPG
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, t...
Phantasie 1
DOS1987protected top-down party-based RPG
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS1987 top-down party-based RPG
Rings of Zilfin
DOS1987protected
Shard of Spring
DOS1987protected
The Bard's Tale
DOS1987 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown was developed by Interplay Productions and published by Electronic Arts for DOS and other systems. The game takes place in the fictional city of Skara Brae, which is overrun by monsters a...
The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I
DOS1987 action RPG
Wizard's Crown
DOS1987protected
2400 A.D.
DOS1988
Ah, 2400 A.D. A game where you can rebel against a robot police state… by slowly walking around in beige. Released in 1988, it’s what happens when you mix Orwellian dystopia with MS Paint aesthetics. You’ll snea...
Alien Fires 2199 AD
DOS1988 action RPG
Released in 1988, Alien Fires 2199 AD looks and plays like someone tried to translate a fever dream into a sci-fi RPG. You control some dude with a chin of steel and a crew that seems perpetually confused. The interface is clunky,...
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac OS1988
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, play...
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
DOS1988 board game
Released in 1988, BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is part RPG, part strategy, part “did I just die in the tutorial again?” You’re a young MechWarrior on the run, assembling allies and blowing stuff up w...
Evets
DOS1988freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
Galdregon's Domain
DOS1988
Might and Magic 2: Gates to Another World
DOS1988 first-person party-based RPG
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World is a classic role-playing video game developed and published by New World Computing. It was originally released in 1988 for various home computer platforms, including the Apple II, MS-DOS...
Moraff's Revenge
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware roguelike
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected
Questron 2
DOS1988protected
Questron II is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) in 1988. It serves as the sequel to the original Questron (1984) and builds upon its predecessor’s f...
Scavengers of the Mutant World
DOS1988 top-down party-based RPG
The Bard's Tale 2: The Destiny Knight
DOS1988 first-person party-based RPG
Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny
DOS1988 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny is a role-playing video game developed and published by Origin Systems in 1988. It is the fifth installment in the highly influential Ultima series, created by Richard Garriott. Initially release...
Wasteland
DOS1988protected top-down party-based RPG
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Bloodwych
DOS1989 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Step into a dungeon, take a left at the creepy skeleton, and say hello to Bloodwych, the 1989 DOS game that proves co-op first-person dungeon crawling can be both confusing and oddly addictive. It's got split-screen multiplayer (y...