Abandonware DOS title

The most popular North America games

There are many games set in North America, mainly in the United States, but also in Canada. Games set in North America include a lot of wargames and other historical strategy games set during the Civil War.
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Hollywood Pictures

DOS1995 Starbyte Software
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Oliver & Company

DOS1989 Coktel Vision
Based on the Disney movie that taught us cats can sing, dance, and apparently navigate 1980s New York, Oliver & Company for DOS (1989) is a surprisingly earnest platformer. You...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Missions

DOS1991 Distinctive Software
Dark, moody, and surprisingly mature, Manhattan Missions takes the Turtles into gritty territory. The city is under siege, Shredder’s back, and the atmosphere feels more Batm...
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected Nihilistic Software
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is an action role-playing game released in 2000 by Nihilistic Software and published by Activision. It is based on the "Vampire: The Masquerade...
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Fountain of Dreams

DOS1990 Electronic Arts
Fountain of Dreams is a post-apocalyptic RPG that feels like a distant, slightly sunburned cousin of more famous wasteland adventures. Set in a radioactive Florida, it sends you sc...
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American Conquest

Windows XP/98/952002protected GSC Game World
American Conquest is the kind of game that throws hundreds of little soldiers at you and says, "Good luck, General!" Set during the early colonization of the Americas, this RTS ble...
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Gold Rush!

DOS1988protected Sierra On-Line
In Gold Rush!, the American dream is alive and well, provided you don’t mind a bit of hardship, questionable decision-making, and the occasional untimely demise. This adventu...
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Arachnophobia

DOS1991 Blue Sky Productions
You don’t need to hate spiders to fear Arachnophobia (1991), but it helps. Based on the movie of the same name, it tasks you with exterminating wave after wave of creepy craw...
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected Access Software
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is a delightful blend of detective noir, sci-fi weirdness, and FMV acting that swings between charming and unintentionally hilarious. You step int...
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Rambo First Blood Part 2

DOS1985 Angelsoft
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Miami Vice

DOS1989 Capstone Software
The Miami Vice game developed by Capstone Software and released in 1989 for MS-DOS was an action-strategy game based on the popular TV show. Unlike other arcade-style adaptations, ...
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King of Chicago

DOSMac OS1987 Cinemaware
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Free D.C.!

DOS1991 Cineplay Interactive
Released in 1991, Free D.C.! is one of those games that feels like a time capsule of early PC experimentation. It mixes political satire with arcade-style action, letting you fight...
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Postal 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2003protected Running With Scissors
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Fort Apache

DOS1992 Impressions Games
Fort Apache drops you into the Old West with the subtlety of a saloon door kicked off its hinges. Strategy and action mingle as you defend your frontier outpost from relentless att...
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President Elect: 1988 Edition

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
President Elect: 1988 Edition is a political simulation game developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in the mid-1980s. The game simulates U.S. presidential elec...
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Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected Accolade
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Black Gold

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
In Black Gold (1989), you're in the cutthroat world of oil barons. It’s like Dallas, but with more charts and fewer cowboy hats. You build rigs, negotiate deals, and try to o...
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Gone Fishing

DOS1989 Interstel Corporation
Gone Fishing is exactly what it sounds like, but with that peculiar late-80s DOS charm where even relaxing feels slightly stressful. You cast your line, wait patiently, and then qu...
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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Die Hard 2: Die Harder

DOS1992 Tiertex Design Studios
When Die Hard 2: Die Harder hit DOS in 1992, it decided the airport setting meant “time for an on-rails shooter.” Picture John McClane glued to a track, blasting bad gu...
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Bob Winner

DOS1986 Loriciel
Ah, Bob Winner (1986, DOS), the game that asks: what if Indiana Jones had a cousin who got lost in a side-scroller? You play as the titular Bob, an adventurer who walks like he&rsq...
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected Access Software
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Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space

DOS1993 Strategic Visions
Finally, a game where you don’t blast aliens—you launch real people into space, with all the white-knuckled tension of 1960s NASA. Buzz Aldrin’s Race into Space i...
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Shadow of the Comet

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected Infogrames
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Superhero League of Hoboken

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1994protected Legend Entertainment
Superhero League of Hoboken is a humorous role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, developed by Legend Entertainment. It's a quirky mix of a traditional RPG and an adventure game,...
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Front Lines

DOS1994 Impressions Games
Front Lines, released in 1994, is a straightforward DOS action game that wears its inspiration proudly. You’re thrown into military combat scenarios with minimal narrative fr...
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Reelect JFK

Windows 3.x1994
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Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge

DOS1991 Distinctive Software