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After Burner
DOS1989 vehicle simulation
If you’ve ever wanted to fly a jet fighter at Mach “Oh no, I crashed again,” After Burner is the game for you. This 1989 DOS classic straps you into an F-14 and launches you straight into the danger zone - no tra...
240 Racing
DOS1998 racing
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to drive very fast in what looks like a PowerPoint presentation with a need for speed, 240 Racing from 1998 delivers the thrill. With blocky graphics and a frame rate that politel...
Mario's Game Gallery
DOSMac OS1995 strategy
Hardball 4
DOS1994 sports
Vette!
DOS1989 racing
Mega Man X
DOS1995protected shooter
Chessmaster 3000
DOS1991 strategy
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
DOS1990 simulation
The Cardinal of the Kremlin is an abandoned simulation game involving espionage, politics and govern management set in the cold war years. It was designed by Kenneth Rothschild, developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp...
007: License to Kill
DOS1989 shooter
Before James Bond was saving the world with cinematic flair, he was crashing pixelated helicopters in 007: License to Kill. This top-down action game takes the movie and crams it into six bite-sized missions of explosions, awkward...
Penthouse electric jigsaw
DOS1990NSFW puzzle
Tom and Jerry
DOS1993 action
Heroes of the 357th
DOS1992 vehicle simulation
The mist
DOS1985 adventure
Transylvania
DOS1986freeware adventure
Frederik Pohl's Gateway
DOS1992 adventure
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel ...
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected rpg
In the 25th century, bureaucracy is still awful—but now you also have laser guns. Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a surprisingly solid sci-fi RPG that blends space opera drama with crunchy tactical combat. Think Dungeo...
Ultima 8: Pagan
DOSMac OS1994protected rpg
Wall Street Raider
DOS1986 simulation
Kick off 2
DOS1990 sports
Yie Ar Kung Fu
DOS1985 action
The proto-fighting game that walked so Street Fighter could punch. Yie Ar Kung Fu is pure arcade joy: a brave martial artist named Oolong fights a rogue’s gallery of opponents with names like “Star” and “Fa...
Bar Games
DOS1989 sports
If you've ever dreamed of throwing darts, arm wrestling, or playing a sleazy round of "Last Call Larry" without actually smelling like stale beer, Bar Games is your digital dive bar. Released in 1989, it’s a collection of mi...
Shadow Warrior
DOS1997protected shooter
Wing Commander: Privateer
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected vehicle simulation
Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas
DOS1990 adventure
Sabre Team
DOS1994protected strategy
Alpha Waves
DOS1990 action
Alpha Waves is what happens when someone programs a 3D platformer using only triangles and pure imagination. You bounce. That’s it. You bounce through abstract levels that look like a geometry teacher’s daydream, all w...
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 and more about not flipping your vehicle like a pan...
Gobliiins
DOSMac OS1991protected adventure
Gobliiins is a peculiar adventure game designed by Pierre Gilhodes, developed by French company Coktel Vision and released by Sierra On-Line in 1991 for DOS, Mac, Amiga and Atari ST. In Gobliiins, you control multiple goblins...
Strip Poker 2 plus
DOS1988NSFW strategy
Ground Control
Windows XP/98/952000protected strategy
Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.