Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983 Epyx
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Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

DOS1989 Probe Entertainment
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Novatron

DOS1982 Verisoft
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Armada 2525

DOS1991
Armada 2525 is what happens when a spreadsheet decides it wants to conquer the galaxy. This is classic 4X strategy with all the bells, whistles, and menus your early '90s heart could desire. You’ll build colonies, research t...
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Bionic Commando

DOS1988 Capcom
In Bionic Commando, you're a soldier with no jumping ability—because who needs knees when you have a grappling arm? Swing through 1988 DOS architecture like a pixelated Tarzan, blasting bad guys and trying not to fall to you...
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Cosmic Spacehead

DOS1993 Codemasters
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Dark Side

DOS1988 Major Developments
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EGA Trek

DOS1988remake
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Rise of the Robots

DOS1994 Mirage Technologies
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The Colony

DOS1988
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Autobots

DOS1989
Before Michael Bay got his hands on the franchise, Autobots (1989, DOS) offered a more... subtle approach to transforming robot mayhem. Well, not subtle exactly — more like confusing. You drive around a blocky city, fight va...
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Fleet Sweep

DOS1983 Mirror Images Software
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Highway Hunter

DOS1994 Safari Software
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Mindwheel

DOS1985 Synapse Software
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Vectorball

DOS1988 Binary Design
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Apache strike

DOS1989 Activision
Ah, Apache Strike (1989), the game where you're the lone helicopter pilot flying through blocky cities that look like they were made of leftover Lego bricks. Your mission? Blow up bad guys in a first-person view that resembles a s...
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Aquanox

Windows XP/98/952001protected Massive Development
Dive into Aquanox (2001), where post-apocalyptic submarines battle it out beneath the ocean in a world that’s half Waterworld, half neon rave. With moody lighting and dialogue that screams “we’re trying to be dee...
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Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
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Gateworld

DOS1993 HomeBrew Software
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Tongue of the Fatman

DOS1989 Brian A. Rice
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2112

DOS1994
Welcome to 2112, a game that predicted a grim techno-future back when floppy disks still ruled. This DOS-era oddity throws you into a world that’s part cyberpunk, part fever dream, and entirely confusing. It’s got clun...
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Disc

DOS1990 Loriciels
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First Expedition

DOS1988 Interstel Corporation
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Janitor Joe

DOS1984
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Monuments of Mars

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1991freeware Scenerio Software
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NetWars

DOS1993freeware Novell
NetWars, developed by Novell, is a 3D space shooter video game originally released in 1993 for DOS. NetWars was designed primarily as a promotional tool to demonstrate the networking capabilities of Novell's NetWare, a network ope...
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The Tracer Sanction

DOS1985 Interplay Productions
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Transland

DOS1996 Origin Systems