Abandonware DOS favourite games

Abandonware DOS favourite games

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  Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
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  Captive

  DOS19923.8/5 Mindscape
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  Castle of the Winds

  Windows 3.x1993freeware4.2/5 SaadaSoft

  Castle of the Winds (1993, by Saadasoft) is a perfect example of an atypical roguelike (no ASCII, runs in Windows) turned into a liberated game. Surprisingly Castle of the Winds is still very playable to this day, if you can make it run under a recent version of Windows.

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  Civilization 2

  Windows XP/98/9519964.3/5 MicroProse Software

  Civilization 2, later renamed Sid Meier's Civilization II, is a turn based 4X strategy game developed and published by MicroProse in 1996. The gameplay is similar to the first Civilization, many aspects were improved and new features were introduced: a new isometric perspective, hit points for units, new civilizations, new wonders of the world and ...

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  Dreamweb

  DOS1994freeware4/5 Creative reality

  Dreamweb is a top-down point and click adventure set in a dark, cyberpunk city. You play as Ryan who has strange, violent, dreams. A top down perspective and the sheer number of items your character can pick up are just two of the peculiarities of this game. Dreamweb was developed by Creative Reality and published by Empire Interactive for DOS in 1...

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  Driller

  DOS19874.1/5 Incentive

  Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d environment, through a first person view. The goal of the game is to place a drilling rig in each of the 8 regions of the moo...

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  Duke Nukem 3D

  DOS1996protected4.2/5 3d Realms
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  Dune 2000

  Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Westwood Studios

  Dune 2000 is an abandoned science fiction classic real-time strategy game based on the popular Dune franchise. The Dune "universe" took form in the books of science fiction writer Frank Herbert and went on to include movies, TV series, comics, and of course video games. Dune 2000 is one of the finest RTS of its era; it was developed by We...

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  Dungeon Hack

  DOS1993protected4.2/5 DreamForge Intertainment

  Dungeon Hack, based on Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, is a first person dungeon crawl. You can create your one-man party and generate a random the dungeon everytime you start from scratch. Dungeon Hack gameplay is very similar to the Eye of the beholder series.

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  Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon

  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.

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  Frederik Pohl's Gateway

  DOS19924.1/5 Legend Entertainment

  Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel Gateway. Tt was designed by Michael Verdu and Glen R. Dahlgren and published by Legend Entertainment in 1992.

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  Frontier: Elite 2

  DOS19934.2/5 Frontier Developments
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  Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

  DOS1993protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
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  Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

  Windows XP/98/952004freewareremake4.1/5
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  Golden Axe

  DOS19914.2/5 Sega
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  Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

  DOS1992protected4.2/5 LucasArts

  Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is a graphical point and click adventure game created by LucasArts and published in 1992, based on the popular movie character. As the famous archaeologist Indiana Jones, you will travel the world searching for the mythical land of Atlantis. Fate of Atlantis is the sequel to the acclaimed Indiana Jones and the...

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  Indianapolis 500

  DOS19894.2/5 Papyrus Design Group
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  Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road

  DOS19904.2/5 Leland

  Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road is an abandoned diagonal-down off-road racing game developed by Leland and released by Virgin Interactive in 1990 for DOS, but also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum and a lot of 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. Super Off Road is a classic fixed-screen track-racing similar to S...

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  Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards

  DOS1987NSFW4.3/5 Sierra On-Line

  Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the first adventure of the Leisure Suit Larry series, created by Al Lowe and published by Sierra On-Line. As a virgin male in his forties, your goal is to, well, find the woman of your dreams. In 1991 Sierra released a VGA remake.

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  Magic: The Gathering

  Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 MicroProse Software

  Magic: The Gathering (sometimes also referred as Shandalar) is an abandoned strategy game based on the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, developed and released by MicroProse Software for Windows in 1997. MTG is set on the fictional plane of Shandalar. You can play a single-player campaign or simply play duels against computer oppo...

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  Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares

  DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.3/5 SimTex

  Master of Orion II is a 4X turn-based sci-fi strategy game set in space. Master of Orion 2 gives the player an empire to run by controlling food and production, managing economy and researching new technology. The player can wage war against other races or use spies and diplomacy to achieve victory.

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  Midwinter

  DOS19904.1/5 Maelstrom Games
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  Mortal Kombat

  DOS1993protected4.3/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

  Mortal Kombat is one of the most popular 1 on 1 fighting games. No wonder it spawned many sequels. You can play as one of the seven digitized characters and must fight everyone else to the top. One of the distinctive features of Mortal Kombat is the fatality: a special move to finish off the adversary.

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  Norton Commander 5.5

  DOS19984.2/5 Peter Norton Computing

  Norton Commander was one of the most popular file manager applications ever released for MS DOS. Its clever side-by-side windows interface and the ease of use allowed DOS users to copy, delete, move and preview any kind of file without the hassle of typing every command by hand. Norton Commander was first released in 1986, but the latest and final ...

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  Operation Wolf

  DOS19894.3/5 Taito
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  Pharaoh

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Impressions Games
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  Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods

  DOSMac1993protected4.2/5 Bullfrog

  Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is an old sandbox strategy god-game. As the title suggests, the setting is more of less ancient Greek mythology and you're a god (hence the god-game label). Populous 2 is the sequel of the much acclaimed Populous, designed by Peter Molineaux. Populous 2 was developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Ar...

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  Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

  DOS19934.2/5 MicroProse Software
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  Rampage

  DOS19884.2/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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  Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

  Windows XP/98/952002protected4.1/5 Chris Sawyer Productions