Abandonware DOS title

The most popular underrated underdog games

In order to be an underdog, a game has to be "not well known" to the public (not now, nor at the time of its release) or underrated, but worth mentioning and playing for some reason. There are plenty of games that won the love of gamers against all odds; some of them even had a cult following. By the way, this keyword pays tribute to Sarinee Achavanuntakul, the owner of the first version of Home of the Underdogs, the site that started and popularized the abandonware concept.
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Fast Food Dizzy

DOS19894/5 Codemasters
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The Typing of the Dead

Windows XP/98/9519993.6/5 Smilebit
The Typing of the Dead is a unique video game that is essentially a typing version of the classic rail shooter arcade game The House of the Dead. It was first released in 1999 as an arcade machine and later for other platforms.In The Typing of the Dead, players use a keyboard to eliminate oncoming waves of zombies and other creatures by typing word...
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Supaplex

DOS1991freeware4.1/5 Think!Ware Development
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Jazz Jackrabbit

DOS1994protected3.8/5 Epic MegaGames
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Altered Destiny

DOS1990protected3.8/5 Accolade
Altered Destiny is a sci-fi themed point and click adventure game designed by Michael Berlyn, developed and released by Accolade in 1990. Altered Destiny runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga.
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Cadaver

DOS19904/5 Bitmap Brothers
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Redneck Rampage

DOS1997protected4/5 Xatrix Entertainment
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Hill Street Blues

DOS19914/5 Krisalis
Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based on a TV series.
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1893: A World's Fair Mystery

Windows XP/98/95Mac20033.4/5
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Ultra Mortal Kombat Vendetta

Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.8/5
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Jagged Alliance

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
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Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Legend Entertainment
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Time Bandit

DOS19894.4/5 MichTron
Time Bandit is a classic top-down arcade-style video game that was released in 1982 for various home computer systems, such as the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others. It was developed by MichTron. In Time Bandit, players control a character who must navigate through a series of maze-like levels, battling various enemies and collecting treasure a...
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Wacky Wheels

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Apogee Software
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Red Baron

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Dynamix
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Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS19923.7/5 Simulmondo
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Bombuzal

DOS19893.5/5 Image Works
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Airball

DOS19873.2/5 MicroDeal
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Aquanox

Windows XP/98/952001protected3.1/5 Massive Development
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Super Cauldron

DOS19923.9/5 Titus Interactive
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Auf Wiedersehen Monty

Windows XP/98/952001remake4/5
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Normality

DOS1996protecteddemo3.8/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Normality is a first-person adventure video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1996. The game is set in a dystopian future where a totalitarian regime known as the One True Government (OTG) controls the city of Neutropolis. The player takes on the role of Kent, a rebellious citizen who opposes the oppressive rule of the OTG. The ...
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Capture the Flag

DOS19932.5/5
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Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1996freeware4.1/5
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Superfrog

DOS1994protected3.8/5 Team 17
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Power Drift

DOS19903.9/5 Sega
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Decker

Windows2002freeware3.5/5
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Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS19923.3/5 Peakstar Software
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Taipan for Windows

Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.5/5