Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

magiccandle-1

The Magic Candle

DOS1989 rpg
Released in 1989 for DOS, The Magic Candle is a classic RPG with more depth than a wizard’s library. You must keep a sacred candle burning to prevent evil from escaping &mdas...
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Manhunter: New York

DOS1988 adventure
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DX-Ball 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected action
DX-Ball 2 is a popular brick-breaking game that was first released in 1998 by Longbow Digital Arts. It serves as a sequel to the original DX-Ball, which was inspired by the classic...
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Body Blows

DOS1993 action
Body Blows is a 2D fighting game developed and published by Team17, released in 1993. It was initially launched for the Amiga and later ported to MS-DOS. Body Blows was one of the ...
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Dilbert's Desktop Games

Windows XP/98/951997 action
Long before “quiet quitting” became a buzzword, Dilbert’s Desktop Games captured the soul-crushing absurdity of office life. Released for Windows XP in 1997, this...
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Bang! Bang!

Windows 3.x1990 strategy
Before Worms made artillery games cute, Bang! Bang! let you and a friend lob cartoonish shells at each other using nothing but angles, wind speed, and pure spite. It's a math lesso...
simcopter-08

SimCopter

Windows XP/98/951996 vehicle simulation
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Jetpack

DOS1993freeware action
Jetpack is a classic 2D platformer video game developed by Adept Software and released for MS-DOS computers in 1993. Created by Adam Pedersen, it became popular for its addictive g...
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AutoCAD 2.5

DOS1986 application
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Lotus: The ultimate challenge

DOS1993 racing
Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge (1993, DOS) is the kind of racing game that makes you feel like you should be wearing aviators and blasting synthwave. It’s pure, high-speed sim...
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Amy's Fantasies

Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/111995NSFW adventure
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Halloween Harry

DOS1993freeware shooter
Halloween Harry is a DOS science fiction multi-directional scroller shooter game. Halloween Harry - later renamed Alien Carnage - was published by Apogee, developed by Interactive ...
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Crazy Cars 2

DOS1989 racing
Crazy Cars 2 upgrades the formula with a plot about crooked cops and stolen Ferraris. You’ll speed across vast American highways, dodging patrol cars that spawn with supernat...
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Pirates! Gold

DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protectedremakedemo simulation
Pirates! Gold is an open world game designed by Paul Murphy, developed and released by MicroProse Software in 1993 for DOS, Windows 3.x, Mac and also Sega Genesis and Amiga CD32.&n...
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Sex Olympics

DOS1990NSFW adventure
hercules-05

Hercules

Windows XP/98/951997protected action
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X-Men: The Official Game

Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/112006 action
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Centerfold Squares

DOS1988NSFW puzzle
Let’s be honest—Centerfold Squares (1988) is what happened when someone asked, “What if Qix but hornier?” You draw squares to reveal pixelated images of... ...
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Blades of steel

DOS1990 sports
Blades of Steel is hockey the way it was meant to be. Fast, brutal, and occasionally resembling a bar fight on ice. The game lets you punch other players mid-match and the announce...
ecstatica-03

Ecstatica

DOS1994 action-adventure
amazonqueen-2

Flight of the Amazon Queen

DOS1995freeware adventure
Flight of the Amazon Queen is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and originally released in 1995. The game is heavily inspired by the likes ...
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Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS1990 strategy
Rome wasn’t built in a day—but you’ll conquer it in one afternoon. Centurion (1990) lets you play as a Roman commander with delusions of grandeur and a thing for ...
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Transport Tycoon

DOS1994 simulation
Transport Tycoon is a business simulation game that puts the player at the head of a transport company to compete against rival companies. The player can build stations, airports, ...
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Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

Windows XP/98/951997 strategy
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor (1997, Windows XP) took the RTS formula and flipped it into a weird deathmatch where you control a single unit and try not to die... horribly. ...
alcatraz-03

Alcatraz

DOS1992 shooter
Alcatraz (1992) asks the question: what if Rambo got locked in prison and had to bust out while flexing dramatically the entire time? This top-down action game puts you in the very...
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Iron Lord

DOS1990 strategy
Iron Lord (1990, DOS) is the medieval fantasy game that tried to be everything at once—and somehow pulled it off. It’s part RPG, part action, part strategy, and part &l...
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Crusader: No Regret

DOS1996protecteddemo shooter
In Crusader: No Regret, subtlety is left at the door. You’re a heavily armed operative on a mission to blast your way through enemy installations, leaving nothing but rubble ...