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The most popular shareware games

Shareware is a type of software distribution model that allows users to try a program before purchasing it. It's a marketing strategy and distribution method that was particularly popular in the early days of personal computing, primarily during the 1980s and 1990s.
Shareware games were released for free with limited functionality (for example: no saving, missing levels, time limit), often via a BBS (Bulletin Board System), a floppy disc or a CD included in a printed magazine or by direct download (when internet was in its infancy). If the user liked the shareware product, they could pay to obtain an upgrade and unlock the full game. When digital distribution started to become popular, shareware games slowly faded into oblivion.

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Seek and Destroy

DOS19964.2/5 Safari Software
Seek and Destroy was a shoot'em up published by the well known Epic Megagames in 1996 that tried to change the usual shoot'em up gameplay for the better. Instead of wave after wave of enemies to shoot down, you are given short missions to accomplish with your helicopter or your tank (yes, you can choose). At first, missions could seem a bit repetit...
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DND

DOS19844.1/5
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Mission: Mainframe

DOS19873.9/5
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Tank Wars

DOS19904.1/5
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One Must Fall 2097

DOS1994freeware4.1/5 Diversions Entertainment
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Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 ORT Software
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Catacomb Abyss

DOS1992protected3.7/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS19934.1/5 Stone Interactive Media
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Epic Pinball

DOSMac1993protected3.7/5 Digital Extremes
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Hugo 2: Whodunit?

DOS1991protecteddemo3.4/5 Gray Design Associates
Hugo 2: Whodunit? is an old school graphic adventure game designed by David P. Gray, developed by Gray Design Associates and released in 1991 for MS-DOS only. Hugo 2: Whodunit? is the second installment of the Hugo game series.
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Arctic Adventure

DOS19913.4/5 Apogee Software
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Crystal Caves

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
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Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab

DOS1993freeware4/5 Apogee Software
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Aleshar World of Ice

DOS19973.8/5
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Hocus Pocus

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Apogee Software
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Skyroads

DOS1993freeware4.2/5 Bluemoon Interactive
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Shadow Warrior

DOS1997protected3.9/5 3d Realms
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One-Nil Soccer Manager

DOS19923.9/5 New Era Software
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Nil Soccer Manager, players take on the role of a soccer team manager, making strategic decisions to guide their team to s...
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Aldo's Adventure

DOS1987remake3.8/5
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Inner Worlds

DOSLinux19963.6/5 Sleepless Software
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Rockstar!

DOS19894/5 Wizard Games
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Secret Agent

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
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Rise of the Triad: Dark War

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
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Jazz Jackrabbit

DOS1994protected3.7/5 Epic MegaGames
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Assault Trooper

DOS19973.5/5 Webfoot Technologies
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Jill of the Jungle 3: Jill Saves the Prince

DOS19923.8/5 Epic MegaGames
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UnReal World v. 3.20

Windows XP/98/95Mac1992freeware4.1/5
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Bio Menace Episode 2: The Hidden Lab

DOS1993freeware4.3/5 Apogee Software
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Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain

DOS1993freeware4.2/5 Apogee Software
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Xargon

DOS1993freeware4/5 Epic MegaGames