Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Star Goose!

DOS1988 shooter
Star Goose is a classic video game developed by Logotron and released in 1988 for various home computer systems of that era, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and Amstra...
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A-10 Tank Killer

DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Explosions? Check. Missiles? Check. Graphics that look like someone spilled gray soup on your monitor? Double check. A-10 Tank Killer lets you pilot a flying war machine and rain c...
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Space Crusade

DOS1992 strategy
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TV Sports: Basketball

DOS1990freeware sports
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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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Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne

Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo strategy
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to t...
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Solomon's Key

DOS1988 action
Solomon’s Key is an arcade puzzle-platformer developed by Tecmo and released in 1986. It gained popularity for its challenging gameplay and was later ported to various home s...
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Push-Push Penguin

Windows XP/98/952004freewareremake action
Push-Push Penguin is an expanded version of the classic Sega's 1982 arcade game Pengo, incorporating features like power-ups, a combo system, and a more diverse array of enemies, b...
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Q*Bert

DOS1984 action
Q*bert is a classic arcade game that was created by Warren Davis and Jeff Lee and was released by Gottlieb in 1982. The main goal of Qbert is to change the color of every...
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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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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected adventure
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Forgotten Worlds

DOS1991 shooter
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Command HQ

DOSMac OS1990 strategy
Before Command & Conquer, there was Command HQ (1990, DOS/Mac)—an early RTS that said “what if we made World War III playable?” It’s global domination m...
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Tomb Raider II

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected action-adventure
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Arachnophobia

DOS1991 action
You don’t need to hate spiders to fear Arachnophobia (1991), but it helps. Based on the movie of the same name, it tasks you with exterminating wave after wave of creepy craw...
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4x4 Offroad Racing

DOS1988 racing
Released in 1988 for DOS, this game lets you drive monster trucks across deserts, swamps, and icy wastelands with all the grace of a drunken forklift. It’s less about speed a...
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Sharkey's 3D Pool

DOS1990 sports
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Battlezone

DOS1983 shooter
In 1983, Battlezone asked: what if vector graphics could give you war-induced vertigo? You’re in a tank, in a wireframe world, fighting other tanks. That’s it. But it&r...
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Ferrari Formula 1

DOS1989 racing
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Turbo Prolog 2.0

DOS1986protected application
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Mad TV

DOS1991freeware simulation
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Psion Chess

DOSMac OS1985 strategy
Before AI could annihilate grandmasters, Psion Chess was already humbling humans back in 1985. Available for DOS and Macintosh, this game wasn’t flashy, but it didn’t n...
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Escape from Monkey Island

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected adventure
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King's Bounty

DOSMac OS1990 strategy
King’s Bounty is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements, originally released in 1990 by New World Computing. It was created by Jon Van Caneghem, also known for the Migh...
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Blue Force

DOS1993 adventure
Blue Force is a police procedural adventure game developed and released by Tsunami Games in 1993. Blue Force is a point-and-click adventure game that follows the protagonist, ...
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Colorado

DOS1990 action
Colorado (1990, DOS) drops you into the buckskin boots of a rugged frontiersman navigating the Wild West with guns, canoes, and questionable hygiene. Equal parts action and explora...
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Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon

DOSMac OS1989protected adventure
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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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Business Simulator

DOS1987 simulation
Do you find spreadsheets thrilling? Does the idea of profit margins make your heart race? Then Business Simulator is your kind of party. It’s all about running a faceless com...