Abandonware DOS title

Games featuring hotseat multiplayer mode

Games supporting hotseat multiplayer mode can be played by more than one player (usually two) on the same PC taking turns playing the game. Many strategy games offer an hotseat multiplayer mode.

Most popular hotseat games

Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
strategyDOS, Windows XP/98/95
Grand Prix 2
racingDOS
Skate or Die
sportsDOS

Hotseat games

  • 10thframe-4
    DOS19874/5 Access Software
  • 1869-7
    DOS19923.9/5 Max Design
  • baker-street-2
    DOS19863.9/5 Datasoft

    221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.

  • acquire-1
    DOS19893.9/5 IBM
  • action-north-atlantic-02
    DOS19893.8/5 General Quarters Software
  • advanced-civilization-02
    DOS19953.9/5 Avalon Hill
  • advantage-tennis-03
    DOS19914.1/5 Infogrames
  • adventure-construction-set-1
    DOS19873.9/5 Electronic Arts

    Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...

  • age-of-wonders-09
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Triumph Studios
  • sid-alpha-centauri-5
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Firaxis Games
  • alphawaves-1
    DOS19903.8/5 Infogrames

    Alpha Waves (also known as Continuum) was the ultimate relaxing experience for PC. As a platform game, Alpha Waves it's an ok game; not bad, not very good, but if you consider the whole relaxing experience, it's worth a try. Alpha Waves stands the test of time, after all these years it's still fairly playable. Try it on a lazy evening and you might...

  • anacreon-1
    DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates

    Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.

  • aquanoid-1
    DOS1992remake3.8/5
  • arcade-trivia-quiz-02
    DOS19934/5
  • archerpool-1
    DOS19923.8/5 Virgin Interactive
  • archery-01
    DOS1985freeware2.5/5
  • archon-ultra-1
    DOS1994protected3.7/5 Free Fall Associates
  • archon-3
    DOS19844.1/5 Free Fall Associates

    Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...

  • arkanoid2-1
    DOS19894.1/5 Taito
  • atomix-1
    DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch
  • battleausterlitz-2
    DOS19893.9/5 Cornerstone Software
  • axis-allies-iron-blitz-07
    Windows XP/98/9519994.3/5 Wargaming West
  • bandit-kings-ancient-china-03
  • bang-bang-04
    Windows 3.x19904/5
  • bar-games-01
    DOS19893.8/5 Accolade
  • barbie-super-model-04
    DOS19933.8/5 Tahoe Software Productions
  • battlebugs-1
    DOS19944.1/5 Epyx
  • battlechess-1
    DOS1988protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions

    Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.

  • battlechess2-1
    DOS1990protected3.8/5 Interplay Productions
  • battlechess4000-1
    DOS1992protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions