Abandonware DOS title

The most popular hotseat games

Games supporting hotseat multiplayer mode can be played by more than one player (usually two) on the same PC taking turns playing the game. Many strategy games offer an hotseat multiplayer mode.

Most popular hotseat applications

Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
strategyDOS, Windows XP/98/95
Volfied
actionDOS
Grand Prix 2
racingDOS

Hotseat applications

  • tigersinsnow-4
    DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
  • 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 ...

  • gary-grisby-war-in-russia-08
    DOS1993protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • joensfastlane-1
    DOS19914.1/5 Sierra On-Line

    Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best ...

  • warheads-04
    Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5
  • patrician2-01
    Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 ASCARON Entertainment
  • thehumans-2
    DOS1993protected4.2/5 Imagitec Design
  • anacreon-1
    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.

  • battlebugs-1
    DOS19944.2/5 Epyx
  • mspacpc-1
    DOS1995remake4.2/5 Magicom Multimedia
  • laser-squad-07
    DOS19924/5 Target Games Limited

    Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.

  • cdman2-1
    DOS19924.1/5 Creative Dimensions
  • diplomacy-1
    DOS19843.6/5 Avalon Hill
  • archon-3
    DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates

    Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...

  • emperor-fading-suns-04
    Windows XP/98/9519964/5 Holistic Design
  • monopoly-deluxe-virgin-01
    DOSWindows 3.x19924/5 Parker Brothers

    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. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh.

  • sherlock-1
    DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software
  • nobungasambition-3
    DOS19883.7/5 KOEI
  • ocean-trader-03
    DOS19954.1/5 Software 2000
  • silverball-1
    DOS19933.7/5 Digital Extremes

    Silverball is an abandoned DOS pinball action game developed by Digital Extremes, designed by James Schmalz and published by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1993. Silverball is one of the best pinball games of the 90s published for DOS, part of the Epic Pinball series.

  • pgatourgolf-6
    DOS19904/5 Sterling Silver Software

    PGA Tour Golf is an abandoned golf game - the first in the PGA Tour series - designed by Lee Actor and Dennis Koble, developed by Sterling Silver Software and released by Electronic Arts in 1990. PGA Tour Golf features 3 golf courses based on real ones: TPC Avenel, TPC Sawgrass, PGA West.

  • hexxagon2-1
    DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games
  • pizza-tycoon-5
    Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1994protected4.1/5 Software 2000
  • giana-3
    DOS1987remake4/5

    The Great Giana Sisters is a platform video game developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts. It was originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms, and later unofficially ported to MS-DOS.The game follows the adventures of two sisters, Giana and Maria, as they journey through a dream world filled with var...

  • galaxian-2
    DOS19833.9/5 Namco
  • bandit-kings-ancient-china-03
    DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
  • extremepinball-5
    DOS19954.2/5 Epic MegaGames
  • action-north-atlantic-02
    DOS19893.8/5 General Quarters Software
  • full-metal-planete-05
    DOSMac19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
  • wolfpack-sub-03
    DOS19904/5 NovaLogic