Abandonware DOS title

Games set in a urban environment sorted by year, newest first

There are a lot of games that take place in urban environments. Cities from any epoch (both ancient and modern) were often used as the setting, or even for the purpose, for any kind of game: simulation, strategy, action, etc. Think about a medieval town, an ancient city, a modern metropolis, a futuristic megalopolis; you can bet that someone used one of these as the setting of a successful game.
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Ranx: The Video Game

DOS19903.8/5 UBI Soft
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Rise of the Dragon

DOS19904.1/5 Dynamix
Rise of the Dragon is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Dynamix in 1990. It was originally released for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms such as the Amiga and Sega CD. The game is set in a cyberpunk-inspired future Los Angeles, where the player assumes the role of William "Blade" Hunter, a private detective taske...
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Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the girls

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Legend Entertainment
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APB

DOS19894/5 Atari
berlin1948-4

Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software
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Chicago 90

DOS19893.8/5 Microids
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Ghostbusters 2

DOS19893.8/5 Dynamix
Ghostbusters 2 is an abandoned action game based on the movie of the same name, set in New York. Ghostbusters 2 was developed by Dynamix and released by Activision in 1989. It's part of a series of games based on the popular Ghostbuster franchise, being the olny one developed for DOS.
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Hillsfar

DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
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Hostage: Rescue Mission

DOS19893.3/5 Infogrames
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Manhunter 2: San Francisco

DOSMac19894/5 Evryware
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
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Oliver & Company

DOS19894.2/5 Coktel Vision
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Shinobi

DOS19893.9/5 Sega
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SimCity

DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951989protected4.1/5 Maxis
SimCity (or SimCity Classic) is a popular city building simulation in which you, the mayor of a city, have to build a metropolis from the ground up. You can build police and fire departments, assign industrial, residential or commercial areas, manage power distribution, build ports and airports. Grow your city from village to metropolis and try to ...
teenagemutant-2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

DOS19893.6/5 Konami
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is an arcade game released in 1989 by Konami. It is based on the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The game was initially released as a coin-operated arcade game and later adapted for various home gaming platforms. The game follows the adventures of the four anthropomorphic turtles who must emb...
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 Eldritch Games
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The Scoop

DOS19894.1/5 Telarium
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The Third Courier

DOS19893.9/5 Manley Associates
The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by Manley Associates and released by Accolade in 1989 for DOS, but it was also published for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST platforms.
vette-5

Vette!

DOS19894/5 Sphere
2400ad-4

2400 A.D.

DOS19884/5 Origin Systems
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Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
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Batman: the Caped Crusader

DOS19884/5 Special FX
Batman: The Caped Crusader is an action-adventure video game released in the late 1980s. It was developed and published by Ocean Software and was available on various home computer systems of that era, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and, of course, DOS. The game was a graphic action-adventure that combine...
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Corruption

DOS19884/5 Magnetic Scrolls
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Double Dragon

DOS19884/5 Technos Japan
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Double Dragon II: The Revenge

DOS19884.1/5 Technos Japan
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Manhunter: New York

DOS19883.8/5 Evryware
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Paperboy

DOS19884.1/5 Atari
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 a few other platforms. Paperboy gameplay is peculiar: you control a boy riding a bicycle and your goal is to deliver as many newspapers as you can to a number of ho...
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Police Quest 2: The Vengeance

DOS1988protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former police officer Jim Walls.In Police Quest 2, Sonny Bonds is now a sergeant with the Lytton Police Department, and the gam...
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Rampage

DOS19884.2/5 Midway Manufacturing Company