Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Crown

DOS1991 action
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Learn The Alphabet

DOS1993 puzzle
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Street Sports Soccer

DOS1988 sports
Street Sports Soccer (1988, DOS) trades professional pitches for empty lots, with goalposts made of bricks and wild kids chasing glory. It’s messy, fast, and surprisingly end...
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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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Dragonriders of Pern

DOS1987 strategy
Based on Anne McCaffrey’s novels, Dragonriders of Pern (1987) is an odd duck. It tries to blend diplomacy, strategy, and a dash of action into one package. You don’t ju...
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Zyconix

DOS1992 puzzle
Imagine Tetris went on a sugar binge and had an identity crisis. That’s Zyconix (1992, DOS) in a nutshell. It’s a tile-matching puzzle game where nothing quite behaves ...
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Veil of Darkness

DOS1993protected action-adventure
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NetWars

DOS1993freeware shooter
NetWars, developed by Novell, is a 3D space shooter video game originally released in 1993 for DOS. NetWars was designed primarily as a promotional tool to demonstrate the networki...
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The Lost Treasures of Infocom

DOS1991 adventure
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Future Classics Collection

DOS1990 puzzle
Compilation titles often feel like a random pile of games tossed together with minimal ceremony, but Future Classics Collection from 1990 tries to do something slightly more ambiti...
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Power Struggle

DOS1988 strategy
Power Struggle is the kind of strategy game that quietly asks, “Would you like to control the world?” and then immediately throws you into a geopolitical mess. It&rsquo...
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Pray for Death

DOS1996protected action
With a title like Pray for Death, you know you’re not signing up for a cheerful platformer. This is a fighting game with a gothic, heavy-metal aesthetic that screams 1996. It...
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Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street

DOS1988protected simulation
In Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street, you’re not sailing the high seas—you’re sinking companies from the comfort of an office chair. This business simul...
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CHAMP Kong

DOS1996remake action
Forget Peter Jackson’s version. CHAMP Kong brings the big ape back to his pixelated roots, where ladders were death traps and barrels were pure evil. This charming homage to ...
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Postal

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected shooter
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Lombard RAC Rally

DOS1988 racing
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IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1983 sports
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Onslaught

DOS1990 action
Onslaught (1990, DOS) takes the classic top-down shoot-and-survive formula and injects it with an enthusiasm that borders on reckless. Hordes of enemies sprint at you like they&rsq...
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Transylvania

DOS1986freeware adventure
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Skale Tracker

Windows XP/98/95Linux2005freeware application
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Forgotten Worlds

DOS1991 shooter
Forgotten Worlds is what happens when gravity politely excuses itself and lets you spin in circles while shooting absolutely everything. Originally an arcade spectacle, this DOS ve...
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Oil Barons

DOS1992 simulation
Oil Barons takes the glamorous world of oil speculation—yes, glamorous—and turns it into a strategy game that feels like Monopoly went through a midlife crisis. Release...
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Morphman

Windows XP/98/951993 adventure
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Titans of Steel: Warring Suns

Windows XP/98/952003 strategy
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 strategy
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Elevator

DOS1986freeware action
Elevator is one of those early arcade-style games that sounds boring on paper and becomes oddly stressful in practice. You’re navigating elevators, rescuing people, and avoid...
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Magic: The Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia

Windows XP/98/951999 application
Magic: The Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia is an abandoned "educational" application and turn-based strategy game based on he Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. MT...
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Treasure Island

DOS1985 adventure
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Ballyhoo

DOS1986 adventure
Come one, come all, to the saddest circus ever pixelated. In Ballyhoo, you're stuck in a depressing carnival trying to solve a kidnapping while dealing with clowns, carnies, and th...