Abandonware DOS title

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Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld

Windows XP/98/952000canceled strategy
Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld is the ghost of a game that never was. Announced, teased, and then buried alive by shifting studio priorities, it exists only in the fever d...
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D-Fend Reloaded

Windows Vista/7/82008freeware application
D-Fend Reloaded it's one of the most user-friendly front ends for the popular DOS-BOX emulator. The installer download includes the latest versione of DOS-BOX and is available for ...
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All Dogs Go to Heaven

DOS1989 action
This 1989 game is based on the animated movie where dogs die, go to heaven, then come back for revenge (sort of). The DOS adaptation? Well, it’s more like All Pixels Go Nowhe...
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Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus

DOS1991 adventure
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus doubles down on everything that made the first game memorable: horror, humor, and puzzles that seem designed to mock you. Elvira herself steals the s...
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Mixed-up Mother Goose

DOS1987 adventure
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Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon

DOSMac OS1989protected adventure
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Holiday World Tycoon

Windows XP/98/952004 simulation
Holiday World Tycoon is the sort of game that feels like it was designed after someone spent a bit too long staring at a postcard rack in an airport gift shop and thought, &ld...
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Ballyhoo

DOS1986 adventure
Come one, come all, to the saddest circus ever pixelated. In Ballyhoo, you're stuck in a depressing carnival trying to solve a kidnapping while dealing with clowns, carnies, and th...
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Moon Patrol

DOS1983 action
Released in 1983, Moon Patrol is the game that proved moon driving is a terrible career choice. You control a buggy with a suspension system that would make NASA jealous, jumping o...
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UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac OS1988 strategy
UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players ...
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Prehistorik

DOS1991protected action
If you’ve ever wondered what a caveman’s life was like—minus the boredom and constant risk of saber-tooth tiger attacks—Prehistorik has you covered. It&rsqu...
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Witchaven

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected shooter
Witchaven is an abandoned fantasy first-person shooter (or "slasher", since you'll wield melee weapons) developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1995 for DOS and Windows....
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Rambo 3

DOS1988 shooter
Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed...
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Ghostbusters

DOS2006remake action
The 2006 DOS revival of Ghostbusters tries to bottle the movie’s charm, with proton packs, traps, and a healthy dose of spectral chaos. The graphics may not make you scream, ...
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BloodNet

DOS1993protected adventure
BloodNet combines vampires, cyberspace, and noir in a cocktail so strange it probably shouldn’t work but somehow does. You are a hacker who just got bitten by a vampire and n...
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Scorched 3D

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware strategy
Scorched 3D is a free and open-source artillery game that serves as a modern adaptation of the classic MS-DOS game Scorched Earth. Developed by Gavin Camp, it was first released in...
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Anvil of dawn

DOS1995protected rpg
Anvil of Dawn is what happens when 1995 tries to reinvent the fantasy RPG and ends up creating something strangely beautiful. It’s first-person, it’s real-time, and it&...
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Hard Drivin'

DOS1990 racing
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Heroes of Might and Magic II

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected strategy
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Jetpack

DOS1993freeware action
Jetpack is a classic 2D platformer video game developed by Adept Software and released for MS-DOS computers in 1993. Created by Adam Pedersen, it became popular for its addictive g...
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Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected strategy
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Innocent Until Caught

DOS1993 adventure
Innocent Until Caught throws you into a sci-fi noir universe where your protagonist, a perpetually broke thief, stumbles from one disaster to the next with a mix of charm, sarcasm,...
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Shadowlands

DOS1992 rpg
Shadowlands (1992, DOS) hands you a party of adventurers and then expects you to coordinate them like a fantasy air-traffic controller. Instead of a single hero, you manage four ch...
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Alone in the Dark

DOS1992protected action-adventure
Step into the polygonal shoes of Edward Carnby (or Emily Hartwood, if you're feeling bold) in Alone in the Dark, the grandfather of survival horror games. Released in 1992 for DOS,...
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Cruise for a Corpse

DOS1991 adventure
A murder has been committed on a luxury yacht, and in Cruise for a Corpse, you’re the detective tasked with unraveling the mystery before the killer strikes again. The game u...
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Bureau 13

DOS1995 adventure
Paranormal agents, conspiracy theories, and point-and-click puzzles that would make even a ghost sigh in frustration. Bureau 13 is like The X-Files if Mulder and Scully spent more ...
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After Dark

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993 application
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Thexder

DOS1987 action