Abandonware DOS title

The most popular hotseat games

Games supporting hotseat multiplayer mode can be played by more than one player (usually two) on the same PC taking turns playing the game. Many strategy games offer an hotseat multiplayer mode.
nebulus-1

Nebulus

DOS19884.1/5 Hewson Consultants
Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home computer systems, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and others. It later saw ports to different platforms. Neb...
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Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Jumpman

DOS19844/5 Epyx
panzer_004

Panzer General

DOS1994protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing
warlords-1-3

Warlords

DOS19904.2/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
battlezone-3

Battlezone

DOS19834.2/5 Atari
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Adventure Construction Set

DOS19873.9/5 Electronic Arts
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
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Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 ASCARON Entertainment
mspacman-2

Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19833.9/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
arkanoid2-1

Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh

DOS19894.1/5 Taito
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS19874/5 Electronic Arts
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Rampart

DOS19924/5 Atari
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...
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Premier Manager

DOS19924.2/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Premier Manager was released in 1992 by Gremlin Interactive for the Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. It was one of the earliest football management simulation games and allowed players to take on the role of a football club manager in the English football league system.In Premier Manager, players were responsible for managing all aspects of th...
skateordie-5

Skate or Die

DOS19884.3/5 Electronic Arts
Skate or Die is an abandoned sports game, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for DOS and a number of other platforms. Skate or Die is a multi-sport kind of game, including every kind of unconventional "sport" done on skateboard. A sequel, Ski or Die, was released an year later.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
xenon2-4

Xenon 2: Megablast

DOS19904.2/5 Bitmap Brothers
Xenon 2: Megablast is a classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released by Image Works in 1990 for DOS and for a plethora of other systems. Xenon was good, Xenon 2 was far better. Compared to today standards Xenon 2 is perhaps a mediocre shoot 'em up, but at the time every shooter fan loved it. Plus, it was developed by Bitmap Brother...
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Emperor of the Fading Suns

Windows XP/98/9519964.1/5 Holistic Design
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Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected4/5 Interplay Productions
risk-3

Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS19893.8/5 Mastertronic
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Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Digital Illusions
portsofcall-1

Ports of Call

DOS19894.1/5 International Software Development
oil-imperium-03

Oil Imperium

DOS19894/5 reLINE Software
scorched-earth-05

Scorched Earth

DOS1991protected4/5
battlebugs-1

Battle Bugs

DOS19944.2/5 Epyx
thehumans-2

The Humans

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Imagitec Design
1869-7

1869

DOS19923.9/5 Max Design
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.
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Solomon's Key

DOS19884.1/5 Probe Entertainment
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Extreme Pinball

DOS19954.2/5 Epic MegaGames