Abandonware DOS title

Classics: games like Pac-Man sorted by title, from Z to A

Pac-Man is so well-known that it barely needs any presentation at all. It is one of the most iconic games ever developed. Pac-Man spawned sequels, spin-offs, variants, cartoons, comics, and even a live-action movie. It's no wonder that there were a lot of clones even for DOS.

Most popular Pac-Man clones games

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Zoom!

DOS1988
Zoom! is a puzzle game that desperately wants to be cool. You're a sunglasses-wearing smiley face cruising down psychedelic gridlines while dodging blobs and filling in tiles like Tron on a budget. It’s fast, weird, and occa...
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Trog

DOS1990 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Super Pac-Man

DOS1982 Namco
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Snack Attack 2

DOS1982 Funtastic
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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 ...
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Pack-Man

DOS1983remake Magicom Multimedia
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Pac-Man

DOS1983 Namco
Pac-Man is a classic arcade game created by Namco and first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. It was later released in North America by Midway Games. The game was designed by Toru Iwatani and has become one of the most famous and...
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Pac-girl

DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
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Pac PC

DOS1995freewareremake
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Pac Maniac

DOS1993 ChamProgramming corp.
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Pac Gal

DOS1982
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Ms. Pac-Man

DOS1984 Atarisoft
Ms. Pac-Man is a classic arcade game released by Midway in 1982 (1984 for DOS) as a follow-up to the original Pac-Man (1980), developed by Namco. While its core gameplay is similar - navigating a maze, eating dots, and a...
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
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Mad Mix

DOS1988 Topo Soft
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CHAMP Pac-em

DOS1996remake ChamProgramming corp.
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake ChamProgramming corp.
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CD-Man v2.0

DOS1992 Creative Dimensions
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Cap Man

Windows XP/98/951999
It’s Pac-Man, except it’s… not. Cap Man is a low-budget clone with just enough charm to avoid immediate deletion. You’ve got the dots, the ghosts, the power-ups—but everything feels slightly off, lik...
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3-Demon

DOS1983 Magicom Multimedia
3-Demon from 1983 is basically Pac-Man with a taste for LSD. You’re in a first-person maze, munching dots while glowing ghosts try to ruin your day. It’s surprisingly creepy, probably because everything is neon and mov...
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