Abandonware DOS title

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High Seas Trader

DOS1995 simulation
High Seas Trader offers a blend of trading and exploration that feels both relaxing and quietly strategic. You navigate the seas, making deals and managing resources, all while try...
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Sensible World of Soccer 96/97

DOS1996protected sports
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Impossible Mission 2

DOS1988 action-adventure
Impossible Mission 2 proves that espionage is mostly about jumping carefully and avoiding suspicious furniture. Released in 1988 for DOS, this sequel expands on the original's plat...
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Home Alone

DOS1991 action
Home Alone attempts to capture the chaotic charm of the film, placing you in the shoes of a child defending a house with questionable safety standards. Released in 1991, it mixes s...
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Hard Nova

DOS1990 rpg
Hard Nova blends space exploration with role-playing elements, creating an experience that feels like a tabletop campaign decided to go digital and slightly unpredictable. You mana...
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Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS1993 adventure
Before London called, Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original laid the groundwork with a simpler, more classroom-friendly approach to detective work. This is edutainment done with confid...
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Ninja Rabbits

DOS1992 action
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Empire Earth

Windows XP/98/952001protected strategy
Empire Earth asks a bold question: what if we took all of human history and turned it into one very long real-time strategy match? From cavemen to mech-wielding future armies, this...
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Blood & Magic

DOS1996 strategy
From the people who brought you Dungeons & Dragons, here's Blood & Magic (1996), the RTS that nobody remembers but definitely deserves a second glance. You summon golems fr...
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Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS1992 racing
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Tornado

DOS1993protected vehicle simulation
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Syberia

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected adventure
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Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
Before its sequel, there was Dark Reign: The Future of War (1997), a forward-thinking RTS that introduced mechanics ahead of its time, like customizable AI scripts for units. The r...
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Monopoly Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x1992 strategy
Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation  of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Mo...
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Descent

DOS1995protecteddemo shooter
If you ever wanted to feel like you were trapped in a washing machine armed with lasers, Descent is your game. Released in 1995, this claustrophobic, six-degrees-of-freedom shooter...
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Nuclear War

DOS1989 strategy
Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga an...
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Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness

DOSWindows 3.x1993protecteddemo adventure
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness is an adventure role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1993 as the fourth installment in the ...
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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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Space Crusade

DOS1992 strategy
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Heart of China

DOS1991 adventure
Heart of China is an adventure game that leans heavily into storytelling, weaving a tale of intrigue and danger across exotic locations. The narrative is its strongest asset, pulli...
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Atomino

DOS1991 puzzle
In Atomino (1991), you’re not blowing things up — you’re building atoms. That’s right: this puzzle game puts you in charge of creating molecular structures ...
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Ugh!

DOS1992 action
Ugh! answers the eternal question: what if a stone-age delivery service were the basis for an entire video game? You play as a caveman whose main skills include grunting, flying a ...
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Airborne Ranger

DOS1988 shooter
Strap in and crawl through the mud - Airborne Ranger (1988) is here to chew bubblegum and infiltrate enemy lines. And it's all out of bubblegum. This tactical action game lets you ...
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Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS

DOS1990 application
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Battlezone

DOS1983 shooter
In 1983, Battlezone asked: what if vector graphics could give you war-induced vertigo? You’re in a tank, in a wireframe world, fighting other tanks. That’s it. But it&r...
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Fire and Forget: Final Assault

Windows Vista/7/82013 racing
Fire and Forget: Final Assault is the kind of game that asks a very specific question: “What if driving a heavily armed car was your full-time job?” Released in 2013, i...
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Wings of Fury

DOS1989 shooter
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Advanced Civilization

DOS1995 strategy
Think you’re good at making tough decisions under pressure? Advanced Civilization dares you to prove it by turning diplomacy into passive-aggressive warfare. Based on the cla...
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Scorched 3D

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware strategy
Scorched 3D is a free and open-source artillery game that serves as a modern adaptation of the classic MS-DOS game Scorched Earth. Developed by Gavin Camp, it was first released in...
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Hard Drivin'

DOS1990 racing
Hard Drivin' is what happens when someone looks at arcade racing and decides that what it really needs is existential dread and a physics engine that actively judges your driving s...