Abandonware DOS title

The best science fiction games

Time travel, space wars, alien empires, alternate universe, cyberpunk anti-heroes, space invaders, post-apocalyptic worlds, dystopian societies, mad scientists, galaxies far far away, strange new worlds, mech battles, deep space exploration, evil robots... should I go on?
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Defender

DOS1983 Williams Entertainment
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Driller

DOS1987 Incentive Software
Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d envir...
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Guilty

DOS1995 Divide by zero
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Outcast

Windows XP/98/951999protected Appeal
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Twilight 2000

DOS1991 Paragon Software
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Star Wars: Dark Forces

DOS1995protected LucasArts
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Star Control 2

DOS1992protected Toys for Bob
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Carrier command

DOS1989 Realtime Games
Part RTS, part simulation, Carrier Command was ahead of its time in the same way that an aircraft carrier is ahead of a canoe. You control a futuristic warship, launch aircraft and amphibious units, and fight over tiny islands tha...
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Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware
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Dune 2000

Windows XP/98/951998 Westwood Studios
Dune 2000 is an abandoned science fiction classic real-time strategy game based on the popular Dune franchise. The Dune "universe" took form in the books of science fiction writer Frank Herbert and went on to include mov...
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Dune II: The building of a dynasty

DOS1992 Westwood Studios
Dune II, released in 1992, is a pioneering real-time strategy game developed by Westwood Studios. Set in the world of Frank Herbert's Dune, players command noble houses in a battle for control over the planet Arrakis. With base-bu...
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3D Cyber Blaster

DOS1992remake HomeBrew Software
If Doom and Laser Tag had a baby raised by dial-up modems, it would be 3D Cyber Blaster. Released in 1992, this shooter has you blasting neon enemies in a world that looks like a Tron-themed laser maze. The sound effects are glori...
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Speedball

DOS1988 Bitmap Brothers
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Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II

Windows XP/98/951997protected LucasArts
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The Lost Vikings

DOS1993 Silicon & Synapse
The Lost Vikings is an old DOS platform-puzzle game, developed by Silicon & Synapse and published by Interplay Productions in 1993. In The Lost Vikings you have to solve puzzles by controlling three characters (glorious v...
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Mega Man X3

Windows XP/98/951998 Capcom
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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

DOS1990 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Bl...
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B.A.T. 2 : The Koshan Conspiracy

DOS1992 Computer's dream
Ah, B.A.T. 2, the cyberpunk sequel that decided the future needed more trench coats, tech jargon, and inexplicably confusing interfaces. Released in 1992 for DOS, this game throws you into the seedy underbelly of interstellar espi...
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Conflict: Europe

DOS1989 Personal Software Services
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
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Rocket Ranger

DOS1988protected Cinemaware
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Strike Commander

DOS1993protected Origin Systems
Strike Commander is combat flight simulation game created by Chris Roberts (the designer behind Wing Commander) and Jeff George. Strike Commander was developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS.
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Little Big Adventure

DOS1994protected Adeline Software International
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Dream Zone

DOS1988 Naughty Dog
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Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded

Windows 10/112011canceled
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Diggers

DOS1994 Millennium Interactive
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The Twilight Zone

DOS1988
The Twilight Zone is an abandoned sci-fi themed adventure game based on the popular TV series of the same name. The Twilight zone released in 1988 by First Row Software Publishing for DOS and Amiga. At it's core, The Twilight Zone...
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Maniac Mansion

DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected LucasArts
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point-and-click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games, designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B-mov...
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Murders in Space

DOS1990protected Hitech Productions
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StarCraft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protecteddemo Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft is a classic RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh. StarCraft takes the Warcraft experience to a sci-fi setting with an interesting story, three ...