Abandonware DOS title

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APB

DOS1989 racing
In APB (1989), you’re a cop in a little squad car with a huge attitude problem. Your job? Pull over criminals, avoid donuts, and try not to smash into every tree, wall, and p...
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Cadaver: The Payoff

DOS1991 action-adventure
Karadoc’s back, and apparently inflation hit the dungeon economy hard—he wants his gold! Cadaver: The Payoff is less a sequel and more a direct continuation, like findi...
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Roller Coaster Tycoon

Windows XP/98/951999protected simulation
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Karateka

DOS1986 action
Karateka is a martial arts themed action / fighting game released by Broderbund in 1986 for DOS. Karateka is the first game designed by Jordan Mechner, the father of the ...
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Crazy Cars 2

DOS1989 racing
Crazy Cars 2 upgrades the formula with a plot about crooked cops and stolen Ferraris. You’ll speed across vast American highways, dodging patrol cars that spawn with supernat...
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Ports of Call

DOS1989 simulation
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Amazing Maze

DOS1983 action
Don’t be fooled by the name—Amazing Maze is more of a slightly-better-than-average maze. But hey, in 1983, navigating a screen full of walls and hoping you guessed righ...
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

DOS1989protecteddemo adventure
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games. The game was designed by Ron Gilbert, David Fox, ...
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Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of fate

DOSMac OS1993protecteddemo adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate is the second installment in the Legend of Kyrandia point and click adventure game series developed by Westwood Studios. It was released in 199...
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Warlords 2 Deluxe

DOS1995 strategy
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Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protecteddemo strategy
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Times of Lore

DOS1989 rpg
Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to U...
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake action
She’s pink, she’s fast, and she’s got a bow. CHAMP Ms. Pac-man reimagines the iconic maze-chaser with smooth controls and new levels while keeping that glorious m...
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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 adv...
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Big Red Racing

DOS1995 racing
Big Red Racing is what happens when you combine arcade mayhem with zero regard for realism and lots of British sarcasm. Drive everything from dump trucks to hovercrafts, insult you...
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Deadline

DOS1982 adventure
Released in 1982, Deadline is one of Infocom’s classic text adventures, and it doesn’t pull punches. You’re a detective with twelve in-game hours to solve a murde...
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Silpheed

DOS1988 shooter
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Baal

DOS1989 shooter
Released in 1989 for DOS, Baal is what happens when demons invade and the only thing standing between Earth and eternal damnation is a guy with a really big gun and absolutely no c...
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J-Bird

DOS1983remake action
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Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk

DOS1993 action-adventure
If Dizzy was an egg on an adventure, Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk turns that concept up a notch with a proper fairytale plot. Released in 1993 for DOS, the game sees Dizzy set out...
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The Godfather

DOS1991 shooter
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Last Ninja

DOS1988 action-adventure
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Ocean Trader

DOS1995 simulation
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Maniac Mansion

DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected adventure
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point-and-click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games, designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. T...
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Strip Poker Professional: REV B

DOS1995NSFW strategy
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Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

Windows XP/98/951997 strategy
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor (1997, Windows XP) took the RTS formula and flipped it into a weird deathmatch where you control a single unit and try not to die... horribly. ...
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DX-Ball 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected action
DX-Ball 2 is a popular brick-breaking game that was first released in 1998 by Longbow Digital Arts. It serves as a sequel to the original DX-Ball, which was inspired by the classic...