Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

metropolis-4

Metropolis

DOS1987 adventure
great-napoleonic-battles-01

Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 strategy
Great Napoleonic Battles is the kind of game that assumes you are ready to command armies and possibly rewrite history before breakfast. In Great Napoleonic Battles, strategy is ev...
global-domination-02

Global Domination

DOS1993 strategy
As the title suggests, Global Domination doesn’t aim small, throwing you into a contest for control of the entire planet. It leans into a more arcade-like approach to strateg...
foxbase-01

FoxBASE 2

DOS1987 application
oubliette-3

Oubliette

DOS1983 rpg
nord-and-bert-01

Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

DOS1987 adventure
Infocom really went off the rails with Nord and Bert, and bless them for it. This is a text adventure not about dragons or spaceships, but about puns. Yes, literal wordplay puzzles...
sarakon-01

Sarakon

DOS1991 puzzle
nfl-pro-league-03

NFL Pro League Football

DOS1989 sports
monopoly-04

Monopoly

DOS1985 strategy
fate-traitor-soul-04

Fate: the Traitor Soul

Windows Vista/7/82009protected rpg
iznogoud-01

Iznogoud

DOS1987 action-adventure
secret-agent-escape-02

Secret Agent: The Escape

DOS1996 shooter
robot-odissey-01

Robot Odissey

DOS1985 strategy
iskib-03

Iskib

DOS1989 shooter
tie-break-03

Tie Break

DOS1990 sports
treasure-island-01

Treasure Island

DOS1985 adventure
pong-kombat-03

Pong Kombat

DOS1994freeware action
final-frontier-03

Final Frontier

DOS1989 strategy
Final Frontier is a late-80s slice of space ambition, the kind that assumes you’re perfectly happy staring at menus while imagining epic interstellar conquest. It’s str...
triple-triad-03

Triple Triad Gold

Windows XP/98/952000freeware strategy
For those who got hopelessly addicted to the card game inside Final Fantasy VIII, Triple Triad Gold (2000) was like someone saying, “Here, now you can ruin your productivity ...
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 ...
bycicle-bridge-03

Bicycle Bridge

DOS1992 strategy
Ready to get your heart racing with the world’s slowest competitive sport? Bicycle Bridge brings the thrill of bidding, trick-taking, and utter confusion straight to your DOS...
rotox-06

Rotox

DOS1991 shooter
flying-corps-04

Flying Corps

DOSWindows 3.x1997protected vehicle simulation
Flying Corps (1997, DOS/Win3x) is what happens when someone decides that World War I dogfights need both historical accuracy and a gentle dose of existential dread. You climb into ...
elevator-splash

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...
rapcon-01

RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 simulation
Before management sims became a genre unto themselves, RAPCON tried its hand at turning air-traffic control into entertainment. Surprisingly, it works—if you enjoy stress. Yo...
willyworm-1

Willy the Worm

DOS1985 action
subwar2050-01

Subwar 2050

DOS1993 vehicle simulation
world-cricket-04

World Cricket

DOS1994 sports
shadowforce-06

ShadowForce

DOS1994 adventure
ShadowForce (1994, DOS) is what happens when someone decides subtlety is overrated and replaces it with explosions. This tactical action romp drops you into a near-future mess of m...
freedos-shell-01

FreeDOS Shell

DOS2002freeware application