Abandonware DOS title

Coin-op conversions: from the arcades to your home sorted by year, newest first

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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Joe and Mac Cavemen Ninja

DOS19914.2/5 Data East
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed and released by Data East in 1991. Known as "Joe & Mac" in North America and "Caveman Ninja" in other regions, the game gained popularity for its humorous take on prehistoric themes, cooperative gameplay, and challenging levels.The game is set in a colorful and car...
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Pit Fighter

DOS19913.8/5 Atari
Pit Fighter is an arcade-style fighting game that was originally released in arcades in 1990 by Atari Games. It was later ported to various home gaming platforms, including DOS, the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), and others. It was one of the first arcade games to feature digitized live-action charactersThe game is a...
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Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS19913.7/5 ReadySoft
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Taito's Super Space Invaders

DOS19914.2/5 Taito
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The Simpsons

DOS19913.8/5 Konami
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Volfied

DOS19914.3/5 Taito
Volfied is an arcade game developed and released by Taito Corporation in 1989. It's a puzzle game that gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The game is named after the fictional planet "Volfied", where the gameplay is set.In Volfied, players control a small spaceship called "Challenger" and must eliminate 80% or more of the playfiel...
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Altered Beast

DOS19904.1/5 Sega
Altered Beast is a classic side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Sega. It was originally released in arcades in 1988 and later ported to various home consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Players control a resurrected centurion who battles through five levels filled with undead creatures and other mythical beas...
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Blades of steel

DOS19904/5 Konami
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Double Dribble

DOS19903.8/5 Novotrade Software
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Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
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Exterminator

DOS19903.5/5 The Assembly Line
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Hard Drivin'

DOS19903.7/5 Atari
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Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road

DOS19904.2/5 Leland
Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road is an abandoned diagonal-down off-road racing game developed by Leland and released by Virgin Interactive in 1990 for DOS, but also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum and a lot of 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. Super Off Road is a classic fixed-screen track-racing similar to S...
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Joust VGA

DOS1990remake4.4/5
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Klax

DOS19903.8/5 Atari
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Power Drift

DOS19903.9/5 Sega
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Puzznic

DOS19904.2/5 Taito
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Rastan

DOS19903.5/5 Taito
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S.T.U.N. Runner

DOS19903.6/5 Atari
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Trog

DOS19904.3/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Turbo OutRun

DOS19904.1/5 Sega
Turbo OutRun is an abandoned DOS action racing game set in North America, developed and published by Sega in 1990. Turbo OutRun is a conversion from the arcade classic of the same name and it's the sequel of the popular OutRun. The OutRun games are regarded as iconic and representative of the late 80s/early 90s, often cited by retrowave enthusiasts.
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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