Abandonware DOS title

Games released in 1984 sorted by popularity

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Alley Cat

DOS19844.3/5 action
Alley Cat is a platform game released by Synapse Software in 1984. In Alley Cat, the player controls a cat named Freddy, who navigates an alley and various apartments in search of food and adventure. Freddy earns points by completing tasks in the apartment screens. The ultimate goal is to reach and successfully court the female cat, Felic...
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King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown

DOS19844.3/5 adventure
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the popular series of King's Quest. Developed by Sierra On-line, King's Quest is an early adventure game (one of the first animated adventures), a step up from the classic graphical interactive fiction of the time. The player can use the keyword both to move the character around the game world ...
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Soko-Ban

DOS19844.1/5 puzzle
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dBASE III

DOS19844.2/5 application
dBASE III is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that was popular in the late 1980s. It was developed by Ashton-Tate, a software company. dBASE III was a successor to the earlier dBASE II and was part of a series of dBASE products. dBASE III played a significant role in the history of database management systems, especially during ...
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Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19843.9/5 action-adventure
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DOSMac OS1984freeware4.2/5 adventure
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
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Jumpman

DOS19844/5 action
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Zaxxon

DOS19843.8/5 shooter
Zaxxon is a classic arcade video game that was first released by Sega in 1982 for the arcades and later for a number of platforms. It is considered one of the pioneering titles in the shoot 'em up or scrolling shooter genre. Zaxxon was notable for its use of isometric graphics, which gave the game a unique 3D perspective.
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Xonix

DOS1984remake4.1/5 action
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The Ancient Art of War

DOS19844/5 strategy
The Ancient Art of War is a classic video game that was released in the late 1980s. Developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund, it was available on various platforms, including Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The Ancient Art of War is a strategy game that takes place in various historical settings, such as ancient China, Greece, and t...
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Hack

DOS1984freeware3.8/5 rpg
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Rogue

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS19844.1/5 rpg
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor. Rogue became popular around 1980 on mainframes and later ported to various platforms, including DOS in 1984. Rogue is simply the father of all the roguelike games that c...
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Encounter

DOS19843.5/5 shooter
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GATO

DOS19844/5 vehicle simulation
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Zyll

DOS19843.9/5 adventure
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Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19843.9/5 action
Ms. Pac-Man is a classic arcade game released by Midway in 1982 (1984 for DOS) as a follow-up to the original Pac-Man (1980), developed by Namco. While its core gameplay is similar - navigating a maze, eating dots, and avoiding ghosts - there are key differences. Ms. Pac-Man features four distinct maze designs, moving bonus fruits, and mo...
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Spy Hunter

DOS19843.7/5 racing
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Below The Root

DOS19843.8/5 action-adventure
Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.
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DND

DOS19844.1/5 rpg
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Earthly delights

DOS19843.6/5 adventure
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Bouncing Babies

DOS19843.6/5 action
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Chess88

DOS19844/5 strategy
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Sorcerer

DOS19843.9/5 adventure
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Amazon

DOS19843.8/5 adventure
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Castle Adventure

DOS1984freeware4.2/5 action-adventure
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Montezuma's Revenge

DOS19844.2/5 action
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Farenheit 451

DOS19843.4/5 adventure
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Pong v.2.1 clone

DOS19843.9/5 action
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Gremlins

DOS19842.8/5 action