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.

Most popular fixed screen 2D games

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astro-dodge-1

Astro Dodge

DOS1982 Digital Marketing Corporation
boxerrebellion-1

Boxer Rebellion

DOS1982
burger-time-01

BurgerTime

DOS1982 Data East
cosmic-crusader-01

Cosmic Crusader

DOS1982 Funatics Software
crossfire-2

Crossfire

DOS1982 Sierra On-Line
floppy-frenzy-03

Floppy Frenzy

DOS1982 Windmill Software
kangaroo-02

Kangaroo

DOS1982
microsoft-decathlon-3

Microsoft Decathlon

DOS1982 Microsoft
Microsoft Decathlon was a popular sports video game released by Microsoft in 1980. It was one of the earliest sports simulation games, notable for its variety of events and competitive gameplay. In Microsoft Decathlon, players could compete in ten different track and field events, including the 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 4...
nightmissionpinball-1

Night Mission Pinball

DOS1982 subLOGIC
novatron-1

Novatron

DOS1982 Verisoft
pacgal-02

Pac Gal

DOS1982
pac-girl-1

Pac-girl

DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
paratrooper-5

Paratrooper

DOS1982 Orion Software
pcman-1

PC-Man

DOS1982remake Orion Software
PC-Man is an abandoned top-down Pac-Man clone in every regard: from the shape of the protagonist, to the cute ghosts. PC-Man was designed by Greg Kuperberg, developed by Orion Software and released in 1982 for DOS. As PC-Man, you have to move through a one screen maze to collect dots (pills? wafers?) and avoid being touched by one of the usual Pac-...
snack-attack2-01

Snack Attack 2

DOS1982 Funtastic
super-pacman-01

Super Pac-Man

DOS1982 Namco
airtrax-1

Air Trax

DOS1983
amazingmaze-2

Amazing Maze

DOS1983
heatsink-03

Battleship

DOS1983 Mirror Images Software
beneath-apple-manor-01

Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware
Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-playing video games (RPGs) with procedurally generated dungeons.In Beneath Apple Manor, players take on the role of an adve...
bertsnake-1

Bert and the Snake

DOS1983remake
burger-blaster-02

Burger Blaster

DOS1983
digdug-3

Dig Dug

DOS1983 Namco
Dig Dug is a classic maze arcade action game that was first released by Namco in 1982 as a coin-op and later for a number of other systems. The gameplay of Dig Dug involves digging tunnels through the earth to reach and defeat the various creatures that inhabit the underground maze. The player has an air pump, which he can use to inflate the monste...
crazy-digger-1

Digger

DOS1983 Windmill Software
Digger is an abandoned action game developed and released by Windmill Software back in 1983 for PC only. Gameplay is a mix of two classics: Dig Dug and Mr. Do!: dig down, get gems, avoid death, reach the next level and so on.
donkey-4

Donkey Kong

DOS1983 Nintendo
Donkey Kong is a landmark video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and first released by Nintendo in 1981. The original arcade game introduced players to a narrative where a carpenter named Jumpman, who would later become known as Mario, must rescue his girlfriend Pauline from a giant, barrel-throwing ape named Donkey Kong. This game is oft...
epidemic-06

Epidemic!

DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
evolution-1

Evolution

DOS1983 Sydney Development
frogger-2

Frogger

DOS1983 Konami
galaxian-2

Galaxian

DOS1983 Namco
ibm-nine-hole-03

IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1983 SoftSide Magazine