Abandonware DOS title

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It Came from the Desert

DOS1990freeware action-adventure
It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, ...
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Colonization

DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected strategy
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are si...
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Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
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Flight of the Intruder

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
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Little Big Adventure

DOS1994protected action-adventure
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Italy 1990

DOS1990 sports
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Bubble Ghost

DOS1988 action
Your uncle is dead, but his ghost can still blow out candles. That’s the premise. Bubble Ghost is a quirky physics puzzler where you guide a delicate bubble through haunted rooms by gently blowing on it—yes, literally ...
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F-16 Combat Pilot

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
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Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected simulation
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F-14 Tomcat

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
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Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected vehicle simulation
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Super Pac-Man

DOS1982 action
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Air Strike USA

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Released in 1990, Air Strike USA is what you'd get if Top Gun had a baby with a Saturday morning cartoon. You pilot a heavily armed jet through side-scrolling skies, shooting down everything that moves and quite a few things that ...
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Jet

DOS1985 vehicle simulation
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One-on-One Basketball

DOS1988 sports
Before NBA 2K made your thumbs cry, there was One-on-One Basketball. You get to control either Larry Bird or Julius Erving in a thrilling display of 80s pixelated hoop dreams. The court looks like it was drawn with a ruler and thr...
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Montezuma's Revenge

DOS1984 action
Montezuma's Revenge is a platforming video game that debuted in 1984. It was designed by Robert Jaeger and originally published by Parker Brothers. The game was available on a variety of platforms, including the Atari 2600, Atari ...
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Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk

DOS1993 action-adventure
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Alpha Centauri

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected strategy
Sid Meier took one look at Earth and said, “Let’s leave this dump.” Thus, Alpha Centauri (1999, Windows XP) was born - a 4X strategy game that takes Civilization to space, then adds philosophy, moral dilemmas, an...
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Guilty

DOS1995 adventure
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Jeopardy!

DOS1987 puzzle
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Welltris

DOS1989 puzzle
Welltris is a puzzle video game designed by Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris. Released in 1989, Welltris offers a fresh take on the block-dropping mechanics of Tetris, expanding the gameplay into a 3D environment. Simil...
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DOS Navigator v 1.5

DOS1991freeware application
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected action
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AutoCAD 2.5

DOS1986 application
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Champions of Krynn

DOS1990protected rpg
Champions of Krynn is a RPG released in 1990 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and is the first game in the Dragonlance Gold Box series. It is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruleset and set in the world of Krynn, ...
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Aquanox

Windows XP/98/952001protected vehicle simulation
Dive into Aquanox (2001), where post-apocalyptic submarines battle it out beneath the ocean in a world that’s half Waterworld, half neon rave. With moody lighting and dialogue that screams “we’re trying to be dee...
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Maniac Mansion Deluxe

Windows 10/112004freewareremake adventure
Maniac Mansion Deluxe is the unofficial sequel to the acclaimed point & click adventure game released by LucasFilm in 1987. Maniac Mansion Deluxe it's a fan-made adventure developed by LucasFans Games and released in 2004 and ...
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS1989 adventure
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Gauntlet 2

DOS1989 action