Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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LineWars

DOS1990 shooter
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Atlantis: The Lost Tales

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected adventure
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a graphic adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997. It is the first in a series of games set around the legendary lost city of ...
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PC Pool

DOS1984 sports
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Doomdark's Revenge

DOS1985 strategy
Doomdark's Revenge is a strategy and role-playing video game developed by Mike Singleton and originally released in 1985 for DOS and various home computer systems, including the ZX...
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Shawl

DOS1986 strategy
Shawl (1986, DOS) is a lesser-known title that carries the unmistakable spirit of mid-80s experimentation. With simple graphics and straightforward mechanics, it focuses on tight g...
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Metropolis

DOS1987 adventure
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Roller Coaster Rumbler

DOS1989 shooter
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Dawn Raider

DOS1990 shooter
Released in 1990, Dawn Raider is one of those obscure DOS shooters that probably spent more time in floppy disk boxes than in actual computers. It’s a vertical shoot-’e...
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James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS1986 adventure
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Interpose

DOS1996 shooter
Interpose in 1996 is a first-person shooter that embraces speed and aggression without apology. Set in a sci-fi world of corridors and conflict, it delivers classic run-and-gun act...
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Spellcasting 301: Spring Break

DOS1992protected adventure
You’d think a spring break trip would be relaxing. Not when you're a magically inclined college student with a knack for attracting trouble (and bikinis). Spellcasting 301 se...
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Where Time Stood Still

DOS1987protected action-adventure
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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...
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Barbie Super Model

DOS1993 action
If Barbie was mildly passive in her 1992 debut, Barbie Super Model (1993) puts her on the runway—literally. You’ll practice walking, dodging obstacles, and matching out...
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The Golden Fleece

DOS1989 adventure
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Zyclunt

DOS1995 action
Zyclunt is a side-scrolling action game developed and published by Phantagram in 1995. The game is set in a dystopian future where incurable diseases and a rise in criminal activit...
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Scapeghost

DOS1989 adventure
In Scapeghost (1989), you’re not just dead—you’re also on the clock. As police officer Alan Chance, recently murdered and newly spectral, you’ve got one las...
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Merlin Challenge

DOS1993 vehicle simulation
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Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Ever wondered what it’s like to fly inches from another jet’s tail while defying both gravity and common sense? Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation (1989, DOS) tri...
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Transworld

DOS1990 simulation
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Yellow Kid: Giallo al Circo

DOS1994 adventure
Italian noir meets circus mystery in Yellow Kid: Giallo al Circo, where you play a journalist with a yellow trench coat and more curiosity than self-preservation. The game’s ...
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Kaeon

DOS1992 shooter
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Iron Lord

DOS1990 strategy
Iron Lord (1990, DOS) is the medieval fantasy game that tried to be everything at once—and somehow pulled it off. It’s part RPG, part action, part strategy, and part &l...
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Thunderblade

DOS1989 shooter
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Rolling Ronny

DOS1991 action
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Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected strategy
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Remote Control

DOS1989 puzzle