Abandonware DOS title

The best space games

Science fiction doesn't always means space battles, space exploration, exploding stars, etc. In some games, though, the "space" element is heavily present. Space simulations, shoot 'em ups, RPGs are some of the genres where science fiction "space" games are abundant.
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Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

DOS1991protected4/5 Origin Systems
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Whale's Voyage

DOS19934/5 neo Software Produktions
Whale's Voyage is an abandoned science fiction first-person view party-based RPG, developed by neo Software Produktions and released by Pro One Software in 1993. Whale's Voyage is currently abandonware and it was published for PC (DOS) and Amiga.
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Star Command

DOS1988protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Wing Commander: Armada

DOS1994protected4/5 Origin Systems
Wing Commander: Armada is space combat simulation game developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS. Wing Commander: Armada is part of the Wing Commander game series and was published before Wind Commander III. Armada is focused on multiplayer battles but it can be played in single player mode too. It features differe...
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Star Control

DOS1990protected4/5 Toys for Bob
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Silpheed

DOS19884/5 Game Arts
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge

DOSMac19893.9/5 TRANS Fiction Systems
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge is an abandoned adventure game set in the Star Trek TNG universe designed by Ron Martinez, developed by TRANS Fiction Systems and released by Simon & Schuster Interactive in 1989. Star Trek: TNG - The Transinium Challenge was developed for DOS and Mac.
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Epic

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Digital Image Design
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Video Trek 88

DOS19823.9/5 Windmill Software
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Star Crusader

DOS19943.9/5 Take-Two Interactive
Star Crusader is an abandoned science fiction first-person 3D space combat simulation, developed by Take-Two Interactive and released by GameTek in 1994 both for DOS and for Amiga platforms. During the game you will have to choose on which side you want to fight: the Gorenes or the rebels. Depending on your choice, you will have different ships ava...
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The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected3.9/5 Adventure Soft
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Uridium

DOS19883.9/5 Graftgold
Uridium is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was originally developed by Andrew Braybrook and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986 for various home computer platforms (including MS-DOS). In Uridium, players control a spaceship known as the Manta, and the objective is to destroy a series of enemy spacecraft, as well as ground-based inst...
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Eagle's Rider

DOS19913.9/5 Microids
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Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace

DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
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MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy

DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...
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StarBlade

DOS19903.9/5 Silmarils
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Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.
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Babylon 5: I've Found Her

Windows XP/98/952003freeware3.9/5 Space Dream Factory
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WinTrek

Windows 3.x19923.9/5
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Rules of Engagement 2

DOS19933.9/5 Omnitrend Software
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CHAMP Asteroids

DOS1997remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
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Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 Stone Interactive Media
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Deep space: Operation Copernicus

DOS19863.9/5 Lerner Research
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Independence War

Windows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Particle Systems
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Noctis

DOSWindows XP/98/9520003.9/5
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Project: Space Station

DOS19873.8/5 Micro Imagery
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Blasteroids

DOS19893.8/5 Atari
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Ascii Sector

WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.8/5
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Return to Ringworld

DOS19943.8/5 Tsunami Media