Abandonware DOS title

Fixed screen 2D, games with no scrolling sorted by release date

In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Family Feud

DOS1987 Softie
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Lawn Mower

DOS1987
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Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS1987 Arcanum Computing
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PC Globe 5

DOS1987 Broderbund
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Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1987 Gold Hill Software
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President Elect: 1988 Edition

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
President Elect: 1988 Edition is a political simulation game developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in the mid-1980s. The game simulates U.S. presidential elections and allows players to take on the role of ca...
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Tetris

DOS1987 Spectrum HoloByte
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Vegas Gambler

DOS1987 Logical Design Works
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Video Casino

DOS1987 Mastertronic
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Volleyball Simulator

DOS1987 Time Warp Software
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Wheel of Fortune

DOS1987 Softie
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X-Fighter

DOS1987 Wordworks Software
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Aaargh

DOS1988 Binary Design
Aaargh (1988) is exactly what you’ll scream as your giant monster stomps through cities with all the grace of a drunk kaiju. On DOS, this arcade-ish game lets you smash stuff, roast villagers, and battle other monsters in du...
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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 or blocks by bouncing a ball off a paddle at the bo...
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Bop'N Wrestle

DOS1988protected Beam Software
If pro wrestling in the '80s had a fever dream after drinking too much neon paint, it would be called Bop'N Wrestle (1988, DOS). You play as Gorgeous Greg, who’s about as gorgeous as a punch to the face, battling an array of...
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Capone

DOS1988 Actionware Corporation
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 gameplay’s clunky, and the story’s to...
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Classic Concentration

DOS1988 Softie
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Death Sword

DOS1988 Palace Software
Death Sword (also known as Barbarian in Europe), is a fighting game developed by Palace Software, set in a fantasy world full of huge sword-wielding barbarians. Compared to modern brawlers, Death Sword gameplay may seem slow, but ...
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Designasaurus

DOS1988 Compton's NewMedia
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EGA Bomb

DOS1988
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EGA Trek

DOS1988remake
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Kings of the beach

DOS1988 Electronic Arts
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Knight Exchange

DOS1988 Softdisk Publishing
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Knight Games

DOS1988 Mastertronic
Olympic games were something back in the 80s and the 90s: Winter Games, Summer Games, California Games, anything-you-can-think-of games. Some imaginative developer thought that the world needed a different kind of "multisport" act...
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Murder in the Atlantic

DOS1988 CobraSoft
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Nyet

DOS1988freeware
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One-on-One Basketball

DOS1988 Electronic Arts
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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Playhouse Strip Poker

DOS1988NSFW Eurosoft
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Popcorn

DOS1988freeware Lacral Software