Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Farenheit 451

DOS1984 adventure
Released in 1984 for DOS, Farenheit 451 is one of those early adventure games that feels like it’s constantly judging your typing skills. Loosely inspired by Bradbury’s...
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Basket Master

DOS1990 sports
What happens when a basketball game forgets about realism and goes full cartoon? Basket Master (1990), that’s what. This Spanish-developed DOS gem pits two oddly animated bal...
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TV Mogul

DOS1988 simulation
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Action Supercross

DOS1997protected puzzle
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Finders Keepers

Windows Vista/7/82007remake action
Finders Keepers is an abandoned free platformer game with a medieval setting. It's a remake of the original Finders Keepers, developed by David Jones and released by Mastertronic i...
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Strike Fleet

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
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Monday Night Football

DOS1989 sports
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IndyCar Racing

DOS1993 racing
IndyCar Racing is a racing simulation video game developed by Papyrus Design Group and published by Virgin Interactive. Released in 1993 for MS-DOS, it marked a significant step fo...
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Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)

DOS1993protected simulation
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Wacky Wheels

DOS1994protected racing
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Tunnels of armageddon

DOS1989 racing
Tunnels of Armageddon is a video game developed by Logical Design Works and released in 1989 by California Dreams for various home computer systems, including DOS, the Commodore 64...
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Return to Kroz

DOS1990freeware action
Kroz returns, and with it, your CRT monitor’s worst nightmare: ASCII graphics! Return to Kroz takes you back to a time when @ meant “you,” and everything else was...
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Feud

DOS1988 action-adventure
Released in 1988 for DOS, Feud is a wonderfully weird strategy game about two rival wizards who absolutely refuse to get along. Each turn, you gather resources, cast spells, and tr...
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Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man

DOS1986 adventure
Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is an abandoned text-based adventure game designed by Scott Adams, developed and released by Adventure International in 1986 for DOS but was also pu...
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Heavy Metal

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
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Boxer Rebellion

DOS1982 action
Before realistic fighting games, there was Boxer Rebellion—a 1982 title so primitive, it makes Pong look flashy. It’s boxing with fewer rules and more pixels per punch....
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Cannon Fodder 2

DOS1994protected strategy
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Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x1993 strategy
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StarBlade

DOS1990 action
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Oil's Well

DOS1984 action
Oil's Well is an action-puzzle game released by Sierra On-Line in 1983/84. It was originally made for platforms like the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS, but was la...
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Falcon AT

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
Often overlooked, Falcon AT from 1988 is an interesting hybrid that tries to bridge hardcore simulation with a slightly more accessible presentation. While it still respects the se...
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Pyramid Power

DOS1986remake action
Pyramid Power (1986) is what happens when archaeology meets abstract strategy. You’re not dodging mummies or solving hieroglyph puzzles—instead, you’re stacking t...
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Lawn Mower

DOS1987 action
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Solidarnosc

DOS1991 simulation
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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...
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The Temple of Elemental Evil

Windows XP/98/952003protected rpg
The Temple of Elemental Evil is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 2003 by Troika Games and published by Atari. The game is set in the World of Greyhawk, one of D...
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Andromeda Conquest

DOS1982 strategy
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Thud Ridge

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
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Crime City

DOS1993 simulation
Crime City is an isometric action game that throws you into the role of a lone enforcer cleaning up the streets. Armed with a trusty weapon and a questionable sense of self-preserv...