Abandonware DOS title

Games released in 1990 sorted by popularity

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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

DOS1990 strategy
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...
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Escape from Hell

DOS1990 rpg
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Turbo OutRun

DOS1990 racing
Turbo OutRun is an abandoned DOS action racing game set in North America, developed and published by Sega in 1990. Turbo OutRun is a conversion from the arcade classic of the same name and it's the sequel of the popular OutRun. The OutRun games are regarded as iconic and representative of the late 80s/early 90s, often cited by retrowave enthusiasts.
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Days of Thunder

DOS1990 racing
Days of Thunder is a 1990 racing video game based on the film of the same name. Developed by Argonaut Software and published by Mindscape, the game was released on several platforms, including the NES, PC (MS-DOS), Amiga, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It combined elements of arcade racing and simulation, reflecting the film's focus on NASCAR racing.&...
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Norton Editor 2

DOS1990 application
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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

DOS1990 action
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...
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MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy

DOS1990 rpg
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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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected rpg
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series. The game begins with the player's party investigating a castle where the Cosmic Forge, a powerful magical pen capable of rewriting reality, was once used by a mad king ...
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Puzznic

DOS1990 puzzle
Puzznic is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally developed and published by Taito in 1989 for arcade systems. The goal of Puzznic is to clear a series of levels by aligning matching tiles (blocks) to make them disappear. When two or more identical tiles touch, they vanish. Puzznic was ported to various platforms, including:NES, Gam...
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Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected strategy
In Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess (1990), the classic formula gets an eastern makeover—complete with new rules, a new board, and a fresh batch of animated fatalities. If you thought regular chess was confusing, welcome to xiangqi. The game keeps the over-the-top duels but swaps knights for elephants and bishops for cannons. Don’t worry t...
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Sorcerian

DOS1990 rpg
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California Games 2

DOS1990 sports
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Spirit of Excalibur

DOS1990 rpg
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Blood Money

DOS1990 shooter
Blood Money (1990) answers the question: what if every level in a shoot-'em-up was a different kind of sci-fi fever dream? You fly through alien-infested caverns, collect cash, and try not to get obliterated by things that look like angry underwater Christmas decorations. The game has that classic early-90s Euro-vibe: tough as nails, oddly beautifu...
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Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road

DOS1990 racing
Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road is an abandoned diagonal-down off-road racing game developed by Leland and released by Virgin Interactive in 1990 for DOS, but also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum and a lot of 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. Super Off Road is a classic fixed-screen track-racing similar to S...
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Altered Destiny

DOS1990protected adventure
In Altered Destiny, a perfectly average guy named P.J. Barrett gets sucked into a bizarre alien dimension because he answered a phone call. Seriously. What follows is a classic point-and-click adventure filled with weird puzzles, stranger characters, and the kind of surreal landscapes that make Salvador Dalí look restrained. Packed with humo...
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Cadaver

DOS1990 action-adventure
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Logo

DOS1990NSFW puzzle
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Low blow

DOS1990 sports
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Test Drive 3: The Passion

DOS1990 racing
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CheckIt 3

DOS1990 application
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Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

DOS1990protected rpg
In the 25th century, bureaucracy is still awful—but now you also have laser guns. Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a surprisingly solid sci-fi RPG that blends space opera drama with crunchy tactical combat. Think Dungeons & Dragons in space, minus the dragons but with more cyborgs. The plot is melodramatic, the graphics are delightfu...
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Dangerous Dave

DOS1990protected action
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Dragon Lord

DOS1990 strategy
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Penthouse electric jigsaw

DOS1990NSFW puzzle
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Zeliard

DOS1990 rpg
Zeliard is a fantasy platformer - JRPG hybrid with metroidvania gameplay elements developed by Game Arts and released for DOS in 1990. Zeliard is a single-player game.
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Knights of the Sky

DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
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Team Yankee

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
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TV Sports: Basketball

DOS1990freeware sports
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Colorado

DOS1990 action