Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Voyeur

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSDOS1993demoNSFW adventure
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Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

DOS1985freeware rpg
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is one of the most influential and innovative role-playing games (RPGs) in video game history. Released in 1985 by Richard Garriott under the Origin ...
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Legends of Valour

DOS1992 rpg
Legends of Valour (1992) was one of those ambitious games that aimed to create a living, breathing fantasy city—and partially succeeded. Set in the sprawling metropolis of Mi...
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Diggers

DOS1994 puzzle
By 1994, digging had evolved from arcade twitch action to full-on economic warfare. Diggers on DOS turned mining into a cutthroat competition between quirky alien races, each with ...
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Tom and Jerry

DOS1993 action
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Online

Windows XP/98/952005 strategy
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Locomotion

DOS1992 puzzle
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Wasteland

DOS1988 rpg
Released in 1988 for DOS, Wasteland is the kind of game that quietly changed history while pretending to be just another post-apocalyptic RPG. Long before wastelands were fashionab...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel

DOS1992 adventure
Back in 1992, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel set the bar for pixelated deduction. A famous actress is dead, and every gentleman in London seems...
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Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

DOS1989 action
Ah, Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior—the game where loincloths are tiny and sword swings are deadly. This 1989 fighter slashed its way onto DOS with decapitations, grunts, and...
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Monster Truck Madness

Windows XP/98/951996 racing
Monster Truck Madness (1996) is proof that “subtlety” and “monster trucks” don’t belong in the same sentence. With Microsoft at the wheel, you’r...
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Cisco Heat

DOS1991 racing
If you’ve ever dreamed of being a cop who drifts around corners at 90 mph in a convertible, Cisco Heat is your kind of chaos. This arcade racer puts you in the shoes of a law...
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Ultimate Soccer Manager

DOS1995 sports
Ultimate Soccer Manager taps into the irresistible fantasy of running a football club without ever leaving your chair. Instead of flashy graphics, it offers spreadsheets, statistic...
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Dungeon Hack

DOS1993protecteddemo rpg
Dungeon Hack is a dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1993 for MS-...
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Ultima 3: Exodus

DOSMac OS1985 rpg
By Ultima 3, the series had discovered the magic of party-based adventuring. No longer a lonely trek, now you command a ragtag group of heroes who bicker only in your imagination. ...
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Hercules

Windows XP/98/951997protected action
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Ecstatica

DOS1994 action-adventure
Ecstatica is a haunting anomaly in the DOS library, blending early 3D visuals with a dark fairy-tale atmosphere. Its polygonal characters may look crude by modern standards, but th...
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Action Soccer

DOS1995 sports
Action Soccer (1995, DOS) is what happens when you try to make a soccer game fun without worrying too much about realism, physics, or gravity. The ball bounces like it’s fill...
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DX-Ball

Windows XP/98/951996freeware action
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All New World of Lemmings

DOS1994 puzzle
Released in 1994, All New World of Lemmings gives our suicidal little friends a new lease on life... and new outfits! The puzzles are tougher, the graphics are cleaner, and the fru...
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Ultimate Soccer Manager 98

Windows XP/98/951998 sports
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Porntris

DOS1993remakeNSFW puzzle
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Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

DOS1992protected rpg
Before immersive sims were a buzzword, there was Ultima Underworld. Dropping you into a massive first-person dungeon, it gave players freedom unthinkable at the time. Want to negot...
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Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny

DOS1992protected rpg
Blade of Destiny is old-school RPGing at its most unapologetic. Based on the German tabletop system Das Schwarze Auge, it throws you into a world where character creation alone fee...
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Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab

DOS1993freeware action
Mutants! Explosions! Green slime! Bio Menace kicks off with Dr. Mangle’s Lab, a side-scrolling blast of carnage where you, Snake Logan (yes, really), shoot your way through a...
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Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh

DOS1989 action
Doh is back, and he’s mad - presumably because no one understood what he was in the first place. Arkanoid 2 takes the original formula and dials everything up: more levels, m...
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Star Wars

DOS1988 shooter
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Moria

DOS1992freeware rpg
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Wolfenstein 3D

DOSMac OS1992protecteddemo shooter
Wolfenstein 3D is the first-person shooter that popularized the whole genre in the early 90s and is considered one of the greatest games ever made. Wolfenstein 3D was designed by J...