Abandonware DOS title

First-person view party-based RPG

Party-based role-playing games with a first person perspective became popular after the release of Dungeon Master in 1989. Before Dungeon Master only a handful RPGs used first person, the Bard's Tale and Wizardry series among others. Dungeon Master managed to create a very neat user interface without sacrificing the gameplay. Some of the most popular first person perspective series are: Eye of the Beholder, the Wizardry series, Might and Magic.

Most popular first-person party-based RPG games

First-person party-based RPG games

  • ancients1-deathwatch-01
    DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software
  • ancients2-approaching-evil-02
    DOS19944.1/5 Farr-Ware Software
  • betrayalkrondor-7
    DOS1993protected4/5 Dynamix
  • 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.

  • captive-5
    DOS19923.8/5 Mindscape
  • crystals-of-arborea-07
    DOS19904.2/5 Silmarils
  • dark-designs-1-05
    DOS19903.8/5 Softdisk Publishing
  • dark-designs-2-04
    DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
  • dont-go-alone-03
    DOS19894/5 Sterling Silver Software
  • doomdark-revenge-01
    DOS19853.8/5 Beyond Software
  • 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
  • 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.
  • hexx-5
    DOS19944/5 Psygnosis
  • 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
    DOS1994protected3.7/5 Silmarils
  • ishar1-splash
    DOS1992protected3.9/5 Silmarils

    Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is a first-person grid-based RPG developed by Silmarils and released in 1992 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST. Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is the second game, part of the Ishar game series (the first being Crystals of Arborea). Ishar is a classic RPG like Wizardry or Might & Magic and it plays the same way, but the en...

  • lands-of-lore-1-09
    DOS1993protected4/5 Westwood Studios

    Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos is a fantasy RPG published in 1993, very similar to other dungeon crawlers like EotB or Dungeon Master. Lands of Lore was developed by Westwood Studios who wanted to start a new franchise after the success of the Eye of the Beholder series.

  • legend-faerghail-03
    DOS19903.9/5 Electronic Design Hannover
  • lords-of-doom-02
    DOS19904.2/5 Attic Entertainment Software
  • lords-of-midnight-01
    DOS1984remake3.5/5 Beyond Software
  • lords-midnight-01
    DOS19954.3/5 Maelstrom Games
  • menzoberranzan-3
    DOS1994protected4/5 DreamForge Intertainment

    Menzoberranzan is a old DOS fantasy first person perspective RPG developed by DreamForge Intertainment in 1994 from an original idea by John McGirk. Menzoberranzan setting is based on the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaing setting. Menzoberranzan gameplay is party-based and class-based.

  • mightmagic1-3
    DOS19874/5 New World Computing
  • mightmagic2-splash
    DOS19884.1/5 New World Computing

    Might and Magic 2: Gates to Another World is a single-player abandoned fantasy RPG designed by Jon and Michaela Van Caneghem, developed and released by New World Computing in 1988 for DOS, Apple 2 and many other platforms. MM2 is the second chapter of the Might and Magic series and it's an improvement of Might and Magic 1 under every aspe...

  • mightmagic3-1
    DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing