Abandonware DOS title

Coin-op conversions: from the arcades to your home sorted by release date

Arcades were extremely popular in the 80s and the 90s. Before poker machines and things like that, people used to go to pubs or arcades to play video games called coin ops (coin operated machines). Almost all of them were converted to consoles or home computers.
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Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
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Bionic Commando

DOS19883.3/5 Capcom
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Double Dragon

DOS19884/5 Technos Japan
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Double Dragon II: The Revenge

DOS19884.1/5 Technos Japan
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Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation
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Paperboy

DOS19884.1/5 Atari
Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite a few other platforms. Paperboy gameplay is peculiar: you control a boy riding a bicycle and your goal is to deliver as many newspapers as you can to a number of ho...
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Rampage

DOS19884.2/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom
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Star Wars

DOS19884.2/5 Atari
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Super Hang-On

DOSMac19883.9/5 Sega
Super Hang-On is an abandoned motorcycle arcade racing game, developed by Sega, designed by Yu Suzuki and published by Data East for DOS in 1988 (the arcade was released in 1987). Super Hang-On was converted for a great number of platforms including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, Genesis, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, ZX Spectrum.
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Action Fighter

DOS19893.9/5 Sega
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After Burner

DOS19893.6/5 Sega
After Burner is an abandoned DOS combat flight simulation game with elements of rail shooters, with similarities to earlier Sega titles like Space Harrier. After Burner was designed by Yu Suzuki and developed by Sega as a coin-op and then converted to various home computers and consoles in 1989.
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Ajax

DOS19893.4/5 Konami
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Alien Syndrome

DOS19894.3/5 Sega
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APB

DOS19894/5 Atari
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Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh

DOS19894.1/5 Taito
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Blasteroids

DOS19893.8/5 Atari
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Blockout

DOSMac19894.1/5 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group
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Bubble Bobble

DOS19894.2/5 Taito
Bubble Bobble is perhaps one of the most popular (and cute!) platform arcade games of all times. The goal of Bubble Bobble is simple: clear each screen from various monsters and reach the final stage. In order to get rid of enemies, dinosaurs Bub and Bob can spit bubbles to trap them, then pop the bubbles to kill them.
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Cabal

DOS19894.1/5 TAD Corporation
Cabal is an abandoned arcade conversion of a popular shooter game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Cabal was developed by TAD Corporation and released by Capcom in 1989 for DOS.
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Dragon's Lair

DOS1989protected3.7/5 Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
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Gauntlet 2

DOS19894.1/5 Atari
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Heavy Barrel

DOS19893.4/5 Data East
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Jackal

DOS19894.1/5 Konami
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Magic Johnson's Basketball

DOS19893.3/5 Sculptured Software
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Operation Wolf

DOS19894.3/5 Taito
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OutRun

DOS19894.2/5 Sega
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Qix

DOS19894.1/5 Taito
r-type-4

R-Type

DOS19894/5 Irem Software Engineering
R-Type is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Irem in 1987. The game quickly gained popularity for its challenging gameplay and impressive graphics at the time. R-Type is known for its tough and memorable enemy designs, as well as challenging boss battles. The game features various power-ups that enhance the player...