Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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The Chessmaster 2000

DOS1986 strategy
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Axe of Rage

DOS1989 action
If Conan had a bad day and took it out on a few dozen goblins, you'd get something close to Axe of Rage. This 1989 DOS hack-n-slash isn't exactly subtle—you're a barbarian, t...
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Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!

DOSWindows 3.x1993protectedNSFW adventure
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Warlords

DOS1990 strategy
Warlords is a fantasy strategy game that turns the world into a massive board game of conquest. You command heroes, raise armies, capture cities, and summon mythical creatures in a...
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HeroQuest

DOSMac OS1991 rpg
HeroQuest brings the tabletop experience to the screen with a sincerity that is hard not to appreciate. It tries to recreate the feeling of gathering around a board, complete with ...
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Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded

Windows Vista/7/82011canceled shooter
A remake with ambition and tragedy, Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded promised to bring the king back in modern glory. It looked great, played smooth, and... was never officially released. W...
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A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS1989 action
Forget Freddy’s razor glove for a second - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1989) for DOS is terrifying in its own way. Mostly because of the controls. You play as a teen trying to...
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B.A.T. 2 : The Koshan Conspiracy

DOS1992 adventure
Ah, B.A.T. 2, the cyberpunk sequel that decided the future needed more trench coats, tech jargon, and inexplicably confusing interfaces. Released in 1992 for DOS, this game throws ...
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Dangerous Dave

DOS1990protected action
Dangerous Dave is the kind of platformer that defined the early ’90s shareware scene: simple, fast, and just tricky enough to make you shout at your monitor. You guide Dave t...
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Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator

DOS1992 vehicle simulation
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California Games 2

DOS1990 sports
The sequel nobody asked for, but we’re still kinda glad happened. California Games 2 adds even weirder sports: jet-skiing, hang gliding, and bodyboarding, which is like surfi...
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Chasm: The Rift

DOS1997 shooter
Before Half-Life, there was Chasm: The Rift, a game where time-traveling mutants explode into limbs and every room looks like it was decorated by a doom-metal band. A first-person ...
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J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I

DOS1990 rpg
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings I was developed a...
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Sango Fighter

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993freeware action
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Life & Death

DOSMac OS1988 simulation
Life & Death is a medical simulation game developed by Software Toolworks and released in 1988 for MS-DOS computers. It aimed to provide players with a realistic simulation of ...
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Atomix

DOS1990 puzzle
Atomix is a tile-based puzzle game released in 1990 by Thalion Software for platforms like Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Commodore 64. The objective of Atomix is to assemble mo...
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Last Half of Darkness

DOS1989 adventure
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Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

DOSMac OS1992protecteddemo adventure
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is a graphical point and click adventure game created by LucasArts and published in 1992, based on the popular movie character. As the famous...
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Age of Wonders

Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo strategy
Mix one part turn-based strategy, one part fantasy novel, add a dash of dragon, and you get Age of Wonders (1999). This is the game where wizards rule, elves sulk in forests, and y...
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Alpha Centauri

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected strategy
Sid Meier took one look at Earth and said, “Let’s leave this dump.” Thus, Alpha Centauri (1999, Windows XP) was born - a 4X strategy game that takes Civilization ...
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Impossible Mission 2

DOS1988 action-adventure
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Operation: Inner Space

Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo shooter
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Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected simulation
If spreadsheets are your love language, Capitalism 2 is pure romance. This brutally detailed simulation lets you create your own corporate empire from scratch—manufacturing, ...
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Dungeon master 2: The legend of Skullkeep

DOS1995 rpg
Bigger, darker, and just as merciless, Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep doubled down on everything that made the first game great—and slightly unhinged. Released in...
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Joe and Mac Cavemen Ninja

DOS1991 action
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed and released by Data East in 1991. Known as "Joe & Mac" in North America and "Caveman Ninja" in...
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Tomb Raider

DOS1996protected action-adventure
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Tapper

DOS1984 action
Tapper is what happens when someone gamifies bartending and gives you the reflexes of a caffeinated octopus. You’re a mustachioed bartender juggling multiple counters, pourin...
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Brutal Sports Football

DOS1993 sports
Take American football, remove the rules, add swords and fireballs, and throw in some screaming. That is Brutal Sports Football. This is not about touchdowns. This is about surviva...
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Bust-A-Move

DOS1997freeware puzzle
Also known as Puzzle Bobble, this bubble-popping classic stars those cute dragons from Bubble Bobble, now in competitive puzzle mode. Match three colors, clear the screen, panic as...
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EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest

DOS1993 adventure
EcoQuest 2 takes its environmental message seriously but packages it in a way that’s engaging rather than preachy. You explore lush rainforest environments, solving puzzles t...