Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

free-dc-03

Free D.C.!

DOS1991 adventure
Released in 1991, Free D.C.! is one of those games that feels like a time capsule of early PC experimentation. It mixes political satire with arcade-style action, letting you fight...
archery-01

Archery

DOS1985freeware sports
Archery (1985) is what happens when someone says, “Hey, what if we made a bow-and-arrow game with the graphical fidelity of a cave painting?” You shoot arrows. That&rsq...
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Dream Zone

DOS1988 adventure
Released in 1988, Dream Zone was a surreal adventure where you explore your own subconscious after being sucked into a dream machine. It’s colorful, strange, and often unsett...
meteors-05

Meteors

DOS1989 shooter
twilight-zone-01

The Twilight Zone

DOS1988 adventure
The Twilight Zone is an abandoned sci-fi themed adventure game based on the popular TV series of the same name. The Twilight zone released in 1988 by First Row Software Publishing ...
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Felony!

DOS1984 strategy
Released in 1984 for DOS, Felony! is a strange and ambitious early action game that puts you in the role of a criminal on the run. Instead of focusing on a single mechanic, it thro...
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Thud Ridge

DOS1988 vehicle simulation
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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 It was originally made for platforms like the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS, but was la...
crime-time-01

Crime Time

DOS1990 adventure
Crime Time blends point-and-click adventure with a murder mystery that’s as much about wit as it is about clues. You play an innocent man framed for murder, scrambling to gat...
volleyball-simulator-03

Volleyball Simulator

DOS1987 sports
litil-divil-02

Litil Divil

DOS1993protected action
tom-and-the-ghost-01

Tom and the Ghost

DOS1990 action
war40k-chaosgate-05

Warhammer 40000: Chaos Gate

Windows XP/98/951998protected strategy
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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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Acrobat Reader 1

DOS1993 application
Acrobat Reader was the first of a family of application software developed by Adobe Inc. to view, create, manipulate, print and manage Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Acrobat...
westphaser-02

Westphaser

DOS1989 shooter
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Arrakis

DOS2000 strategy
No relation to Dune (except for being a total rip-off), Arrakis is a homebrew strategy game that feels like a tribute to the sandiest planet in sci-fi. You mine spice, fight vaguel...
castleelsinore-splash

Castle Elsinore

DOS1992 adventure
If Hamlet had a sequel directed by a DOS programmer, Castle Elsinore would be it. This interactive fiction game drops you right into Shakespearean drama with murder, betrayal, and ...
gnome-alone-01

Gnome Alone

DOS1991 strategy
In Gnome Alone, you step into the tiny boots of a gnome who really should have picked a quieter profession than “wandering into danger for no clear reason.” The game mi...
surf-ninjas-07

Surf Ninjas

DOS1994 action
objection-01

Objection!

DOS1992 simulation
jaws-06

Jaws

DOS1989 simulation
the-kristal-05

The Kristal

DOS1989 adventure
tennispc-02

Tournament Tennis

DOS1985 sports
adventure-fun-pak-01

Adventure Fun Pak

DOS1987freeware action
wall-street-tycoon-02

Wall Street Tycoon

Windows XP/98/951999 simulation
wembley-rugby-league-03

Wembley Rugby League

DOS1996 sports
doszipcommander-1

Doszip Commander

DOS2007freeware application
line-wars-2-01

LineWars 2

DOS1994 shooter