Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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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Omnicron Conspiracy

DOS19894.1/5 First Star Software
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Warheads

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5
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Fire and Forget

DOS19883.8/5 Titus Interactive
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The Island of Dr. Brain

DOS19923.7/5 Sierra On-Line
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Ascii Sector

WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware4/5
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Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain

DOS1993freeware4.2/5 Apogee Software
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Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation
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X-COM: Alliance

Windows XP/98/952002canceled3.8/5 MicroProse Software
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Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Rex Nebular and the cosmic gender-bender

DOS1992protected3.9/5 MicroProse Software
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CyClones

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Raven Software
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Terminal Velocity

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1995protected3.9/5 Terminal Reality
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Midwinter 2: Flames of Freedom

DOS19913.8/5 Maelstrom Games
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Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon

DOS19874/5 Artech Studios
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Shadow Warrior

DOS1997protected3.9/5 3d Realms
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Space 1889

DOS19903.6/5 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.
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Star Control

DOS1990protected4/5 Toys for Bob
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Plan 9 From Outer Space

DOS19923.7/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon

DOS19914.3/5 Dynamix
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AlphaMan

DOS19953.6/5
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Burntime

DOS19934/5 Max Design
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Earthworm Jim 2

DOS1996protected4.4/5 Shiny Entertainment
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CHAMP Asteroids

DOS1997remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
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Project-X

DOS19943.8/5 Team 17
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Epic

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Digital Image Design
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Starquake

DOS19884/5 Bubble Bus Software
Starquake is a weird DOS science fiction platform game developed by Bubble Bus Software in 1988 and designed by Stephen Crow and Dave Collins. The Commodore 64 version boasts a wonderful soundtrack. Unfortunately, the PC version comes with CGA graphics and no soundtrack.
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The Colony

DOS19883.2/5
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Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine

DOS1991protected4/5 id software
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a science fiction action oriented platform game designed by Tom Hall, developed by id Software and released by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS only. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is part of the Commander Keen game series, specifically it's the second episode of Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy.
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Shufflepuck Cafè

DOSMac OS19893.5/5 Broderbund
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Blasteroids

DOS19893.8/5 Atari
Blasteroids is a video game developed and released by Atari, Inc. in 1987. It's a sequel to the classic arcade game Asteroids, which was released in 1979. In Blasteroids, players control a spaceship tasked with destroying asteroids and enemy ships while avoiding collisions and enemy fire. The game features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics co...