Abandonware DOS title

False 3D viewpoint games

Before the first real 3D techniques started to become popular in RPGs, some developers used to "mimic" a 3D perspective without 3D technology. The RPG that popularized that kind of "false 3D" was Dungeon Master. Fake 3D environments were also widely used in SSI Goldbox RPGs and a few others.

False 3D games

  • alternative-reality-02
    DOSMac19884.2/5 Paradise Programming
  • amberstar-08
    DOS19923.9/5 Thalion

    Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows. Amberstar was developed and published by Thalion for DO...

  • ancients1-deathwatch-01
    DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software
  • ancients2-approaching-evil-02
    DOS19944.1/5 Farr-Ware Software
  • anvilofdawn-1
    DOS1995protected3.8/5 DreamForge Intertainment
  • bloodwych-4
    DOS19893.7/5

    Bloodwych is an abandoned RPG set in the fantasy world of Trazere. Two players can play at the same time in split screen mode, a feature that was unusual at the time, especially for an RPG. Bloodwych was released in 1989 by Image Works for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum.

  • buckcountdown-04
    DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • buckrogersmatrix-05
    DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

    Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.

  • captive-5
    DOS19923.8/5 Mindscape
  • championskrynn-2
    DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • circuitsedge-2
    DOS19904/5 Westwood Studios

    Circuit's Edge is a single-player science fiction blend of adventure game and RPG, developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1990. Circuit's Edge is based on George Alec Effinger's cyberpunk novel "When Gravity Fails".

  • crystals-of-arborea-07
    DOS19904.2/5 Silmarils
  • curse-azure-bonds-1
    DOS1989protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • dark-designs-1-05
    DOS19903.8/5 Softdisk Publishing
  • dark-designs-2-04
    DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
  • dark-queen-of-krynn-08
    DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • deathknightskrynn-1
    DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • dragon-wars-08
    DOS1990protected3.8/5 Interplay Productions
  • dungeonmaster-3
    DOS19924.2/5 FTL

    Dungeon Master, released in 1987 by FTL for Atari ST and later for Amiga and DOS, is a classic dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) that holds a special place in the hearts of many nostalgic gamers. Dungeon Master is considered the father of first-person, 3D, grid-based dungeon crawlers.

  • dungeonmaster2-1
  • elvira-2-jaws-of-cerberus-05
    DOS19914.1/5 Horror Soft

    Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is an abandoned horror adventure/RPG hybrid game with elements of dark fantasy, developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade for DOS in 1991. Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is also part of the Elvira series of games, each of one based on the popular movie/TV personality Elvira.

  • eotb1-4
    DOS1991protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios
  • eotb2-4
    DOS1991protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios

    Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon is an old DOS fantasy RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed by Westwood Studios and published by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1991. Eye of the Beholder 2 (also called EotB2) is one of the most popular party-based dungeon crawlers every released for PC.

  • eotb3-3
    DOS1991protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • fatestwinion-1
    DOS19933.5/5 Sierra On-Line
  • galdregons-domain-7
    DOS19883.9/5 Pandora
  • gatewayfrontier-2
    DOS1991protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
  • hiredguns-6
    DOS19934/5 DMA Design

    Hired Guns is an abandoned game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms. Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG in which you control four mercenaries in four individual simultaneous first person sub-screens tasked with destroying all the bad guys from a single planet.

  • ishar2-7
    DOS1994protected3.5/5 Silmarils
  • ishar-3-3
    DOS1994protected3.8/5 Silmarils