Abandonware DOS title

Games featuring modem multiplayer mode sorted by title, from Z to A

Games supporting modem play can be played by multiple players on PCs connected using... guess what?... a modem. Back in the day, being able to play via modem didn't involve Internet at all.
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Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Activision
Zork: Grand Inquisitor is the ultimate swan song for the series—and what a finale it is. Combining laugh-out-loud humor, point-and-click puzzles, and a talking lantern voiced by Michael McKean, it’s a love letter to fa...
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Z

DOS1996protected Bitmap Brothers
Welcome to Z, the real-time strategy game where psychotic robots with British accents duke it out over territory in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Think Command & Conquer if the developers had a few too many pints and a twisted...
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Wordtris

DOSMac OS1991
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Witchaven

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected Capstone Software
Witchaven is an abandoned fantasy first-person shooter (or "slasher", since you'll wield melee weapons) developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1995 for DOS and Windows. Witchaven includes RPG elements such as experienc...
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Wing Commander: Armada

DOS1994protected Origin Systems
Wing Commander: Armada is space combat simulation game developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS. Wing Commander: Armada is part of the Wing Commander game series and was published before Wind Com...
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William Shatner's TekWar

DOS1995 Capstone Software
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Whiplash

DOS1995 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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When Two Worlds War

DOS1993 Impressions Games
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Warlords 2 Deluxe

DOS1995 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Warcraft: Orcs and Humans

DOS1994protecteddemo Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. Two separate story lines (Orcs and Humans) evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for the Kingdom of A...
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Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness

DOS1995protected Blizzard Entertainment
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Wacky Wheels

DOS1994protected Apogee Software
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Virtual Pool

DOS1995 Celeris
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Virtua Cop 2

Windows XP/98/951997 Sega
Virtua Cop 2 is an abandoned light gun first-person rail shooter game designed by Yu Suzuki, developed and released by Sega in 1997 for Windows, and also published for Saturn, Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. Virtua Cop 2 is the secon...
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Virtua Cop

Windows XP/98/951997 Sega
Virtua Cop is a light-gun arcade game released by Sega in 1994, developed by the Sega AM2 division (also known for games like Virtua Fighter). It was a pioneering title in the genre, offering a fully 3D shooter experience with pol...
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Vette!

DOS1989 Sphere
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games
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Tyrian 2000

DOS1999freeware Eclipse Software
Tyrian 2000 is an old DOS science fiction classic shoot'em up, developed by Eclipse Software and designed by Alexander Brandon, Jason Emery, Daniel Cook. Tyrian 2000 is one of the most popular shoot'em ups ever published for ...
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Transport Tycoon Deluxe

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 Chris Sawyer Productions
Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a business simulation game where players take control of a transport company, competing against rivals. Players can build stations, airports, and railroads to transport passengers, mail, and various good...
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Transport Tycoon

DOS1994 Chris Sawyer Productions
Transport Tycoon is a business simulation game that puts the player at the head of a transport company to compete against rival companies. The player can build stations, airports, railroads to transport passengers, mail and variou...
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Total Annihilation Kingdoms

Windows XP/98/951999protected Cavedog Entertainment
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Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected Cavedog Entertainment
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Theme Hospital

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo Bullfrog
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The Ultimate Doom

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1995protected id software
Ultimate DOOM is an expanded version of the original DOOM (1993), developed by id Software and released in 1995. It includes all three original episodes of DOOM along with a brand-new fourth episode, Thy Flesh Consumed. The g...
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The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

DOSMac OS1996protected Blue Byte Software
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The Perfect General

DOS1991 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's b...
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The Need for Speed

DOS1995 Electronic Arts
The Need for Speed is a first-person perspective racing game developed and published by Electronic Arts in 1995 for DOS. The game immerses players in high-speed races with the primary objective of winning each race across a variet...
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The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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The Civil War

DOS1995 Dagger Interactive Technologies