Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

might-and-magic-V-7

Might and Magic 5: Darkside of Xeen

DOS1993protecteddemo rpg
If Clouds of Xeen was the sunny side of the adventure, Might and Magic 5: Darkside of Xeen gleefully flips the map over and shows you the other half. The tone is a bit darker, the ...
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Hardball 4

DOS1994 sports
Hardball 4 arrives with the kind of confidence that suggests it has been paying attention to feedback, and it shows. The game offers more options, better visuals, and a deeper sens...
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Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected strategy
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Rick Dangerous

DOS1989 action
Rick Dangerous is an action-packed platformer game set in the 1940s. As the fearless explorer Rick, you'll navigate treacherous environments, avoid deadly traps, and defeat enemies...
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Theme Park

DOS1994protected simulation
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected action
In Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes, the stakes go from “oops, stranded on Mars” to “uh-oh, Earth is doomed.” The Vorticons have planted death lasers in...
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Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis

DOS1989 racing
Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis is less about racing and more about the journey, which sounds poetic until you realize the road can be quite unforgiving. You ride across the U...
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Super Tetris

DOS1991 puzzle
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Robocop 3

DOS1992 shooter
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The Terminator: Future Shock

DOS1995 shooter
The Terminator: Future Shock is an abandoned science fiction first-person shooter game based on the popular Terminator movies franchise, set in a dystopian world where machines has...
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Paperboy

DOS1988 action
Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite...
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Ultima 8: Pagan

DOS1994protected rpg
Ultima 8 drops the Avatar into a grim, volcanic world where “fun” is defined as plummeting to your death from badly timed jumps. Yes, the infamous platforming mechanics...
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Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected simulation
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Celtic Kings: Rage of War

Windows XP/98/952002protected strategy
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Panzer General

DOS1994protected strategy
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more t...
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Borland Reflex 2.0

DOS1986 application
Borland Reflex was a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Borland International, a software company that was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. Reflex was rele...
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Blue Angel 69

DOS1989NSFW puzzle
Caution: subtlety not included. Blue Angel 69, released in 1989 for DOS, is basically what happens when a programmer tries to mix erotic art with a tile-based puzzle game and ends ...
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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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Doofus

DOS1994 action
Doofus (1994) is what happens when platformers go slightly off the rails. You guide a floppy-haired kid through surreal, cartoony landscapes filled with hazards that feel more anno...
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Alien Rampage

DOS1996 shooter
Alien Rampage (1996) is what happens when Duke Nukem gets stranded on a hostile alien planet and decides subtlety is for cowards. It’s a side-scrolling shooter dripping with ...
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Lollypop

DOS1994 action
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Stunt Car Racer

DOS1989 racing
Stunt Car Racer is an abandoned first-person 3D perspective racing game designed by Geoffrey J. Crammond, developed and released by Microstyle in 1989 for DOS and many other platfo...
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Rush'n Attack

DOS1989 shooter
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Manhunter: New York

DOS1988 adventure
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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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Capone

DOS1988 shooter
Chicago, 1920s. You’ve got a tommy gun, a fedora, and a score to settle. Capone is part gangster sim, part shooting gallery, and part fever dream. The graphics are muddy, the...
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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....
simhealth-4

SimHealth

DOS1994 simulation
logica-splash

Logical

DOS1991 puzzle
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X-Men: Children of the Atom

DOS1997demo action
X-Men: Children of the Atom is a fighting video game developed by Capcom and released in arcades in 1994. The game features characters from Marvel Comics' X-Men series, including p...