Abandonware DOS title

Coin-op conversions: from the arcades to your home

Arcades were extremely popular in the 80s and the 90s. Before poker machines and things like that, people used to go to pubs or arcades to play video games called coin ops (coin operated machines). Almost all of them were converted to consoles or home computers.

Most popular coin-op conversion applications

Virtua Cop 2
shooterWindows XP/98/95
Crazy Taxi
racingWindows XP/98/95
PC-Man
actionDOS

Coin-op conversion applications

  • mortalkombat2-4
    DOS1994protected4/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • mortalkombat3-01
    DOS1995protected4/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

    Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting action game developed by Midway Manufacturing Company and released by GT Interactive Software in 1995 for DOS and Windows as well as for many other platforms. Mortal Kombat 3 is the third chapter of the acclaimed Mortal Kombat series that spawned many sequels, a few TV series and even movies (with various degree of suc...

  • mspacman-2
    DOS19833.9/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • ninja-mastetronic-03
    DOS19862.5/5 Acclaim Entertainment
  • novatron-1
    DOS19823.3/5 Verisoft
  • operation-wolf-5
    DOS19894.3/5 Taito
  • outrun-1
    DOS19894.2/5 Sega
  • pacmania-champ-03
    DOS19934.1/5 ChamProgramming corp.
  • pango-02
    DOS1983remake4/5
  • paperboy-4
    DOS19884.1/5 Atari

    Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite a few other platforms. Paperboy gameplay is peculiar: you control a boy riding a bicycle and your goal is to deliver as many newspapers as you can to a number of ho...

  • pcman-1
    DOS1982remake4.2/5 Orion Software

    PC-Man is an abandoned top-down Pac-Man clone in every regard: from the shape of the protagonist, to the cute ghosts. PC-Man was designed by Greg Kuperberg, developed by Orion Software and released in 1982 for DOS. As PC-Man, you have to move through a one screen maze to collect dots (pills? wafers?) and avoid being touched by one of the usual Pac-...

  • pit-fighter-03
    DOS19913.7/5 Atari

    Pit Fighter is an arcade-style fighting game that was originally released in arcades in 1990 by Atari Games. It was later ported to various home gaming platforms, including DOS, the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), and others. It was one of the first arcade games to feature digitized live-action charactersThe game is a...

  • powerdrift-02
    DOS19904.1/5 Sega
  • primal-rage-03
    DOS19954/5 Atari
  • puzznic-2
    DOS19904.2/5 Taito
  • qbert-06
    DOS19843.9/5 Parker Brothers
  • qixtaito-2
    DOS19894.1/5 Taito
  • r-type-2
    DOS19894.1/5 Irem Software Engineering
  • race-drivin-03
    DOS19924.4/5 Atari
  • raiden-05
    DOS19944.1/5 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.

    Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...

  • rampage-1
    DOS19884.2/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • rampart-3
    DOS19924/5 Atari

    Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...

  • rastan-05
    DOS19903.6/5 Taito
  • robocop-2
    DOS19894/5 Data East

    Robocop is an abandoned beat 'em up / run and gun shooter game developed and released by Data East in 1989 for a number of platforms, including DOS. Robocop is a conversion from an arcade game released by Data East in 1988 and it was based on the movie of the same name, Robocop, by Paul Verhoeven. Your goal is to get to the final boss by shoot...

  • robotron-2084-3
    DOS19833.8/5 Williams Entertainment
  • Rockford_The_Arcade-05
    DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems
  • rushattack-3
    DOS19894/5 Konami
  • stun-runner-03
    DOS19903.6/5 Atari
  • sarge-02
    DOS19893.3/5
  • shinobi-1
    DOS19893.9/5 Sega