Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

betrayal-02

Betrayal

DOS1990protected strategy
Ah, Betrayal—a game with a name that really sets the tone. Is it about backstabbing? Politics? Lost love? Not really. It’s actually a hybrid of strategy and role-playin...
shard-of-spring-03

Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected rpg
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Novatron

DOS1982 racing
Released in 1982, Novatron is one of those early DOS titles that tried to imagine the future using about twelve pixels and a prayer. It’s an arcade-style shooter that borrows...
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Battlecruiser 3000AD

DOSWindows XP/98/951996 vehicle simulation
Battlecruiser 3000AD (1996) is less a game and more a test of faith. Ambitious beyond reason, it promised total control of a massive starship—crew management, planetary landi...
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Spiritual Warfare

DOS1993protected action
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Awesome Earl in SkateRock

DOS1988 action
Remember when being radical meant wearing neon shorts and dodging killer squirrels on a skateboard? No? Well, Awesome Earl in SkateRock is here to educate you. Released in 1988, th...
iron-lord-03

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...
visual-star-trek-01

Visual Star Trek

DOS1990 simulation
zyll-splash

Zyll

DOS1984 adventure
Released in 1984, Zyll is what happens when a Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master learns to code and decides to build a text adventure inside a coffee machine. There are no graph...
tunneler-02

Tunneler

DOS1991freeware action
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Ganja Farmer

DOS1998 shooter
giana-family-04

Giana Family

Windows XP/98/951998 action
learn-the-alphabet-02

Learn The Alphabet

DOS1993 puzzle
mtg-encyclopedia-01

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...
tracon-for-win-01

Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 vehicle simulation
farehneith451-04

Farenheit 451

DOS1984 adventure
sram-02

SRAM

DOS1987 adventure
enigma-sh-04

Enigma

DOS1996freeware action
Released in 1996 for DOS, Enigma is what happens when a puzzle game decides it’s not content with simply challenging you—it wants to tease you, mock you, and eventually...
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Meteor Mission

DOS1995 action
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Colosso Secret

DOS1997freeware shooter
Colosso Secret (1997, DOS) is the moody prequel/sequel/parallel universe to Colosso Revenge, where secrets abound and subtlety is tossed out the window. Imagine Indiana Jones in a ...
xquest-03

XQuest

DOS1994remake shooter
monopoly-avalon-02

Monopoly

DOS1985 strategy
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England Championship Special

DOS1991 sports
England Championship Special (1991, DOS) is the kind of football game that doesn’t pretend to know what the Premier League will look like in 30 years—it just wants you ...
world-cricket-04

World Cricket

DOS1994 sports
pacific-general-03

Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
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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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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...