Abandonware DOS title

The most popular based on a comic book games

Comics aren't always about superheroes. Think about classics like Tin Tin, Asterix or even comic strips like Dilbert or Peanuts. There are mangas and, in general, comic books created in different countries than the superhero-centric USA.
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Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 10/112004
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Mega Man X4

Windows XP/98/951998 Capcom
Mega Man X4 is a side-scrolling action-platformer video game released by Capcom for Windows, Sony PlayStation, and Sega Saturn in 1997 and 1998. It is part of the Mega Man X series, a spin-off of the original Mega Man franchise.Se...
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Mega Man X3

Windows XP/98/951998 Capcom
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The Amazing Spider-Man

DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises
The Amazing Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises and published by Paragon Software for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The plot revolves around Spider-Man trying to rescue Mary Jane Watso...
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Mega Man 3

DOS1992 Hi-Tech Expressions
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Lucky Luke

Windows XP/98/951997 Infogrames
In Lucky Luke (1997, Windows), the fastest gun in the West is also the funniest. Based on the beloved Belgian comic, the game mixes platforming and slapstick as Luke outsmarts bandits, rescues Dalton brothers (again), and proves t...
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X-Men: Children of the Atom

DOS1997demo Capcom
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 popular mutants like Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, and...
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Lorna

DOS1990NSFW Topo Soft
If Lorna were a comic book, it would be the kind your parents warned you about. Based on the Spanish sci-fi heroine by Alfonso Azpiri, this 1990 action-platformer on DOS is a cocktail of lasers, leather, and late-’80s pixel ...
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Batman: the Movie

DOS1990 Ocean Software
The 1990 adaptation of Tim Burton’s Batman hit DOS screens with a moody mix of driving, platforming, and side-scrolling bat-beatdowns. Batman: The Movie swings between genres like a bat on a bungee cord. One moment you're cr...
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Batman: the Caped Crusader

DOS1988 Special FX
Half comic book, half arcade game, Batman: The Caped Crusader (1988) offers a delightfully weird aesthetic with its paneled visual style and pulp serial vibe. You’ll punch, puzzle-solve, and generally Batman your way through...
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Asterix and Obelix

DOS1996 Infogrames
When in Gaul, punch like the Gauls do. In Asterix and Obelix (1996), you control the iconic French duo on a globetrotting beat-‘em-up adventure that mostly involves sending Romans flying like ragdolls. It’s all charmin...
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Dilbert's Desktop Games

Windows XP/98/951997
Long before “quiet quitting” became a buzzword, Dilbert’s Desktop Games captured the soul-crushing absurdity of office life. Released for Windows XP in 1997, this collection of mini-games takes Scott Adams’...
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Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man

DOS1986 Adventure International
Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is an abandoned text-based adventure game designed by Scott Adams, developed and released by Adventure International in 1986 for DOS but was also published for Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro...
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Dylan Dog: Through the Looking Glass

DOS1992 Simulmondo
Dylan Dog: Through the Looking Glass takes the surrealism of the comics and dives headfirst into nightmare territory. Imagine Carroll’s Wonderland rewritten by Lovecraft and illustrated by Tiziano Sclavi, and you’re ha...
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Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected Virtual Studio
Amerzone is like stepping into a dream where logic is optional and atmosphere is everything. You play a journalist unraveling the mystery of a dying explorer’s last journey, which involves a lost civilization, mystical eggs,...
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The Punisher

DOS1990 Paragon Software
Long before comic-book games became blockbuster spectacles, The Punisher (1990, DOS) delivered gritty vigilante action with a side of pixelated attitude. You step into Frank Castle’s boots, blasting your way through criminal...
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North and South

DOS1990 Infogrames
Part strategy, part slapstick cartoon, North and South makes the American Civil War look like a Saturday morning show. You juggle troop movements, train robberies, and spontaneous lightning strikes — because history apparent...
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Snoopy and Peanuts

DOS1990 The Edge
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Tintin on the Moon

DOS1989 Infogrames
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Ranx: The Video Game

DOS1990 UBI Soft
Ranx is a 1990 action-adventure video game based on the Italian cyberpunk comic RanXerox, created by artist Tanino Liberatore. The game was developed by Ubisoft and released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms. The ...
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Flash Gordon: Il Rapimento di Dale

DOS1992 Holodream Software
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Popeye 2

DOS1992 Bizarre Developments
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Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics

DOS1988 First Star Software
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Passengers on the Wind

DOS1986 Infogrames
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The Quest for the Time-bird

DOS1989 Infogrames
Based on the French comic series, The Quest for the Time-bird (1989, DOS) offers a fantasy adventure full of personality, odd creatures, and enough lore to fill a small library. The gameplay blends exploration with puzzle-solving ...
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Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS1992 Simulmondo
Released in 1992, Dylan Dog: Murderers brings Italy’s most famous nightmare investigator to the DOS screen with all the moody atmosphere you’d expect. It’s part point-and-click adventure, part gothic fever dream,...
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Viz

DOS1991
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Asterix: Operation Getafix

DOS1989 Coktel Vision
Operation Getafix (1989) is what happens when you turn a beloved comic series into a game with the precision of a wild boar wearing gloves. You play as Asterix on a quest to help Getafix the druid recover his memory and his recipe...
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X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS1991 Paragon Software