Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

thunderhawk-4

Thunderhawk AH-73M

DOS1992 vehicle simulation
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...
monopoly-stevens-01

Monopoly (Adam Stevens)

DOS1998 strategy
destroyer-epyx-02

Destroyer

DOS1986 vehicle simulation
sonic-millennium-02

Sonic Millennium Edition

Windows XP/98/952000freeware action
tag-team-wrestling-02

Tag Team Wrestling

DOS1986 sports
If you’ve ever wondered what professional wrestling would look like if it were coded on a calculator from the 1980s, Tag Team Wrestling has your answer. Two beefy sprites&mda...
3-musketeers-fr-02

The Three Musketeers

DOS1987 adventure
essex-02

Essex

DOS1985 adventure
Part interactive fiction, part “how far can curiosity push you,” Essex places you aboard a massive starship filled with secrets. As you explore its dim corridors and ma...
re-elect-jfk-06

Reelect JFK

Windows 3.x1994 simulation
columbusdiscovery-splash

Columbus Discovery

DOS1992 puzzle
Columbus Discovery (1992, DOS) is a history-flavored point-and-click adventure where you, as a pixelated Christopher Columbus, set sail to "discover" lands that are already very mu...
dark-horizon-06

Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware vehicle simulation
Jumping forward to 2004, Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion ditches swords and sorcery for giant mechs stomping across futuristic battlefields. It’s a squad-based online multiplaye...
grail-quest-01

GrailQuest

DOS1989 adventure
xenopods-02

Xenopods

DOS1991 shooter
american-challenge-01

American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation

DOS1986 vehicle simulation
If your idea of high-octane excitement involves wind direction, tacking angles, and sail trim, then American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation is your digital paradise. This 1986 DOS...
the-final-battle-02

The Final Battle

DOS1991 adventure
lawnmover-splash

Lawn Mower

DOS1987 action
basket-master-03

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...
microleague-baseball-2-04

MicroLeague Baseball 2

DOS1989 sports
flixmix-02

FlixMix

DOS1993 puzzle
thepatcher-1

The Patcher 6.1

DOS1993 application
The Patcher 6.1 (1993, DOS) is one of those utilities-turned-experiences that makes you feel like a digital surgeon. Instead of saving lives, you’re poking around system file...
rally-championship-02

Rally Championships

DOS1994 racing
ms-diagnostics-3-01

Microsoft Diagnostics 3.01

DOS1994 application
arx-fatalis-04

Arx Fatalis

Windows XP/98/952002protected rpg
Arx Fatalis is basically what happens when someone takes “dungeons and dragons” way too literally. You start trapped in a gloomy underground world because—oops&md...
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...
arnhem-01

Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 strategy
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII...
rules-of-engagement-2-01

Rules of Engagement 2

DOS1993 strategy
rolling-ronny-03

Rolling Ronny

DOS1991 action
paganitzu-03

Paganitzu

DOS1991protected puzzle
Paganitzu is a classic puzzle-adventure game released in 1991 by Apogee Software. Set in an ancient pyramid, the game follows the exploits of its protagonist, Alabama Smith, who mu...