Abandonware DOS title

The most popular multi-directional scroller games

A multi-directional scroller is a video game in which the action is shown in a top-down or isometric perspective and the player can scroll the screen in any direction (vertical, horizontal, diagonal).
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Time Bandit

DOS1989 MichTron
Time Bandit is a classic top-down arcade-style video game that was released in 1982 for various home computer systems, such as the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others. It was developed by MichTron. In Time Bandit, players contro...
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Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected Cavedog Entertainment
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Alien Syndrome

DOS1989 Sega
Alien Syndrome (1989) is a top-down shooter where you save hostages, shoot aliens, and scream internally because you’re always out of time. It’s frantic arcade action at its finest—like Contra had a baby with Gau...
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Cloud Kingdoms

DOS1990 Logotron
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Boulder Dash 2: Rockford's Revenge

DOS1985 First Star Software
Boulder Dash II is the sequel to the original Boulder Dash game. It was released in 1985 and follows the same basic gameplay mechanics as its predecessor while introducing new levels and features. In Boulder Dash II, players once ...
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Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS1995 Supersonic Software
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Boulder Dash Construction Kit

DOS1987 First Star Software
Boulder Dash Construction Kit is both a full game and a level editor, built around the gameplay mechanics of the original Boulder Dash (1984). You still play as Rockford, the pixelated, googly-eyed spelunker, digging through caves...
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Monster Bash

DOS1993protected Apogee Software
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Arrakis

DOS2000
No relation to Dune (except for being a total rip-off), Arrakis is a homebrew strategy game that feels like a tribute to the sandiest planet in sci-fi. You mine spice, fight vaguely Harkonnen-looking enemies, and try not to crash ...
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Moonwalker

DOS1989 Emerald Software
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Sensible World of Soccer 96/97

DOS1996protected Sensible Software
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Xenopods

DOS1991 Softdisk Publishing
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Superfrog

DOS1994protected Team 17
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Total Annihilation Kingdoms

Windows XP/98/951999protected Cavedog Entertainment
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Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager

DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected id software
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Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix

DOS1990 Zigurat Software
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Battle Master

DOS1991 Personal Software Services
In Battle Master (1991), you play as a heavily armored murder-hobo leading an army across a fantasy world that really doesn’t want you there. It’s part action-RPG, part tactical slog, with clunky pathfinding and surpri...
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Football Glory

DOS1995freeware Croteam
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Demon Stalkers

DOS1989 Micro Forté
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The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected Bitmap Brothers
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The Punisher

DOS1990 Paragon Software
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Rotox

DOS1991 Creative Materials
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Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected Imagitec Design
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Clyde's Revenge

DOS1995freeware Moonlite Software
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Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected Pandemic Studios
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Livingstone 2

DOS1989 Opera Soft
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Lyle in Cube Sector

Windows 10/112006
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Arnie 2

DOS1993 Zeppelin Games
Arnie 2 is the unofficial Schwarzenegger sim where you run around shirtless with guns bigger than your torso, blowing up helicopters, bunkers, and bad guys in increasingly ridiculous quantities. The plot is somewhere between Comma...