Abandonware DOS title

Party-based games sorted by release date

A party based system allows the player to create, customize and play with a party of adventurers at the beginning or during the game. The vast majority of old RPGs were party based: Ultima, Eye of the Beholder, The Magic Candle are just a few.

Most popular party-based applications

Party-based applications

  • heroeslance-1
    DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
  • journey-adv-03
    DOS19894.1/5 Infocom
  • knights-legend-01
    DOS19894.1/5 Origin Systems
  • minesoftitan-3
    DOS19893.5/5 Westwood Studios

    Mines of Titan (also known as Mars Saga for other platforms) is an abandoned single-player RPG with a sci-fi setting (you're going to Mars!). Mines of Titan was developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989 for DOS, Apple II and Commodore 64.

  • uukrul-4
    DOS19894/5 Digital Studios Limited
  • magiccandle-1
    DOS19894.1/5 Mindcraft Software

    The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...

  • buckcountdown-04
    DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • championskrynn-2
    DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • crystals-of-arborea-07
    DOS19904.2/5 Silmarils
  • dark-designs-1-05
    DOS19903.8/5 Softdisk Publishing
  • dark-designs-2-04
    DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
  • dragon-wars-08
    DOS1990protected3.7/5 Interplay Productions
  • fountain-of-dreams-01
    DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts
  • hardnova-9
    DOS19903.8/5 Malibu Interactive
  • lordrings1-2
    DOS19904/5 Interplay Productions

    J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings I was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1990. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tolkien and it's focused on the f...

  • keysmaramon-2
    DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software
  • legend-faerghail-03
    DOS19903.9/5 Electronic Design Hannover
  • megatraveller1-4
    DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
  • secret-silver-blades-03
    DOSMac1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

    Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...

  • space-1889-06
    DOS19904/5 Paragon Software

    Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.

  • bardstale3-2
    DOS19904.2/5 Interplay Productions
  • ultima6-3
    DOS1990protected4.2/5 Origin Systems
  • wizardry-6-4
    DOSLinuxMac1990protected4.1/5 Sir-tech Software
  • savageempire-6
    DOS1990freeware4/5 Origin Systems

    After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...

  • ancients1-deathwatch-01
    DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software
  • deathknightskrynn-1
    DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • dragonflight-01
    DOS19913.6/5 Thalion
  • eotb1-4
    DOS1991protected4.2/5 Westwood Studios
  • eotb2-4
    DOS1991protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios

    Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon is an old DOS fantasy RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed by Westwood Studios and published by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1991. Eye of the Beholder 2 (also called EotB2) is one of the most popular party-based dungeon crawlers every released for PC.

  • eotb3-3
    DOS1991protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.