Abandonware DOS title

Science fiction games sorted by release date

Time travel, space wars, alien empires, alternate universe, cyberpunk anti-heroes, space invaders, post-apocalyptic worlds, dystopian societies, mad scientists, galaxies far far away, strange new worlds, mech battles, deep space exploration, evil robots... should I go on?
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Alternate Reality: The City

DOSMac OS1988 Paradise Programming
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released ...
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Arkanoid

DOS1988 Taito
Arkanoid is a classic arcade video game that was first released in 1986 by Taito. It is a breakout-style game, which means that the primary objective is to break a wall of bricks o...
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception

DOS1988 Westwood Studios
Released in 1988, BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is part RPG, part strategy, part “did I just die in the tutorial again?” You’re a young MechWarrior on...
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Bionic Commando

DOS1988 Capcom
In Bionic Commando, you're a soldier with no jumping ability—because who needs knees when you have a grappling arm? Swing through 1988 DOS architecture like a pixelated Tarza...
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Captain Blood

DOSMac OS1988 ERE Informatique
Captain Blood is a space exploration video game released in 1988. It was developed by the French company ERE Informatique, and it was designed by Philippe Ulrich and Didier Bouchon...
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Captain Comic, The Adventures of

DOS1988freeware
Before space marines were gritty and everything exploded in brown and grey, there was The Adventures of Captain Comic. This is early PC platforming in all its clunky, jumpy, 4-colo...
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Dark Side

DOS1988 Major Developments
Dark Side (1988) is a first-person sci-fi adventure set on a moon orbiting a planet that’s about to be destroyed. No pressure. The gameplay combines exploration with puzzle-s...
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Dream Zone

DOS1988 Naughty Dog
Released in 1988, Dream Zone was a surreal adventure where you explore your own subconscious after being sucked into a dream machine. It’s colorful, strange, and often unsett...
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EGA Trek

DOS1988remake
A loving parody of science fiction tropes, EGA Trek takes obvious inspiration from Star Trek and runs with it, humor first. You command a starship, making decisions that range from...
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Fire and Forget

DOS1988 Titus Interactive
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Fire and Forget 2

DOS1988 Titus Interactive
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Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
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First Expedition

DOS1988 Interstel Corporation
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Fish!

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
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Freddy Hardest

DOS1988 Dinamic Multimedia
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Game Over

DOS1988 Dinamic Multimedia
Game Over is an abandoned side scrolling shooter/platform game designed by Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor, Pedro Sudón Aguilar, developed and released by Dinamic Multimedia in 1988 fo...
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Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

DOS1988 Tom Snyder Productions
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Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy

DOS1988protected Paragon Software
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Hotshot

DOS1988 Maxwell Technology
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Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS1988 SNK Corporation
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Impossible Mission 2

DOS1988 Novotrade Software
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Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen

DOS1988 Tom Snyder Productions
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Mad Show

DOS1988 Silmarils
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Manhunter: New York

DOS1988 Evryware
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Menace

DOS1988 DMA Design
Menace is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was developed by DMA Design, a company later known as Rockstar North, and initially released in 1988. The game was originally relea...
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Modem Wars

DOS1988 Ozark Softscape
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Reach for the Stars: The Conquest of the Galaxy

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Reach for the Stars is a 4X strategy game from before the term “4X” even existed. It’s pure, stripped-down galactic conquest: research tech, colonize worlds, and ...
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Return to Doom

DOS1988 Topologika Software
Before Doom became the 3D gore-fest we all know, there was Return to Doom—and no, it has nothing to do with space marines. This 1988 title is more Choose Your Own Adventure t...
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Revenge of Defender

DOS1988 Epyx
Aka Starglider 2 with an attitude, Revenge of Defender (or Defender of the Crown’s evil twin in name only) is a 3D space shooter where your main enemy is not the aliens&mdash...