Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

qbasic1-01

QBasic 1.1

DOS1992 application
worlddarts-1

World Darts

DOS1987 sports
global-thermo-war-02

Global Thermo War

DOS1985 strategy
There’s a certain dark humor baked into Global Thermo War, a game that tackles nuclear conflict with a mix of strategy and unsettling realism. It’s not exactly cheerful...
nfl-pro-league-03

NFL Pro League Football

DOS1989 sports
strike-fleet-01

Strike Fleet

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
iskib-03

Iskib

DOS1989 shooter
kampfgruppe-05

Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected strategy
dungshalan-2

Dungeon of Shalan

DOS1988 action-adventure
Dungeon of Shalan is one of those games that greets you with the words “You awaken in a dark room” and then proceeds to make that darkness your entire reality. Released...
amarillo-slim-7card-01

Amarillo Slim's 7 Card Stud

DOS1992 strategy
Murder_on_The_Zinderneuf-03

Murder on the Zinderneuf

DOS1984 simulation
doom-roguelike-02

Doom: The Roguelike

DOS2005freeware rpg
Long before indie developers made “roguelike” a buzzword, someone decided to fuse Doom with permadeath and ASCII graphics. The result: Doom: The Roguelike (2005). On pa...
chuck-yeager-adv-flight-trainer-01

Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
champ-invaders-03

CHAMP Invaders

DOS1997remake shooter
diabolika-02

Diabolika

Windows XP/98/951999freeware puzzle
winfrotz-1

WinFrotz

Windows XP/98/952002freeware application
noexit-02

No Exit

DOS1990 action
renegade-legion-interceptor-01

Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected strategy
blitz-01

Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 strategy
Don’t let the title fool you — Blitz Draughts isn’t a military simulation but rather a gloriously intense checkers game from 1992. This DOS brain-bender turns the...
shadow-sorcerer-01

Shadow Sorcerer

DOS1991protected rpg
ms-diagnostics-3-01

Microsoft Diagnostics 3.01

DOS1994 application
roller-coaster-rumbler-03

Roller Coaster Rumbler

DOS1989 shooter
pass-on-the-wind-2-01

Passengers on the Wind 2

DOS1987 adventure
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...
iron-blood-02

Iron Blood

DOS1996 action
Iron Blood (1996, DOS) is the kind of fighting game that makes you wonder if robots really need martial arts lessons. The story is wafer-thin—something about futuristic warri...
sarge-02

Sarge

DOS1989 shooter
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...
glider-02

Glider 4.0

Windows 3.xMac OS1994 action
Few games make you appreciate the aerodynamic potential of a paper airplane quite like Glider 4.0. Set inside a house that feels more like a playground of hazards, you’ll nav...
takedown-03

Take Down

DOS1989 sports
Take Down lets you relive the golden era of SWAT fantasies—when every problem could be solved with tactical entry and a well-placed flashbang. As leader of an elite anti-terr...
htmltads-2

HTML Tads

Windows XP/98/951997freeware application
snack-attack2-01

Snack Attack 2

DOS1982 action