Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware puzzle games

Puzzle games are about solving logical or strategic puzzles, jigsaws, mathematical brain teasers, and quizzes. The player can control one or more characters (as in Lemmings) or interact with static or moving objects (as in Tetris).
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X-Tetris

Windows XP/98/951996NSFW falling blocks
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Chip's Challenge

DOSWindows 3.x1991 sokoban
Chip's Challenge is an abandoned top-down puzzle game designed by Chuck Sommerville, developed and released by Epyx in 1991. Chip's Challenge was released on DOS, Windows 3.x and many other home computers such as Atari ST, Amiga, C64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.
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Tetris 2.0

Windows XP/98/951990 falling blocks
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Pipe Dream

DOSWindows 3.x1989 tile-matching
Pipe Mania (also known as Pipe Dream is a tile-matching (sort of) puzzle game about flowing liquids developed by The Assembly Line in 1989. You must build a path made of pipe pieces to let a green liquid (sewer goo?) flow. It's simple, original and addicting, that's why Pipe Mania was cloned a number of times.
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Centerfold Squares

DOS1988NSFW tile-matching
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Tetris Classic

DOSWindows 3.x1992 falling blocks
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Soko-Ban

DOS1984 sokoban
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Lemmings 95

Windows XP/98/951994 action puzzle
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Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected tile-matching
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The Incredible Machine

DOS1993 physics puzzle
The Incredible Machine (part of The Incredible Machine series) is a single-player peculiar DOS physics-puzzle game developed by Jeff Tunnell Productions and published by Sierra On-Line in 1993. The goal of the game is to build strange complicated contraptions using the few pieces at your disposal. When you feel pretty sure that your contraptio...
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Lemmings

DOS1991 action puzzle
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Late Night Sexy TV Show

DOS1994NSFW trivia / quiz
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Rodent's Revenge

Windows 3.x1991 action puzzle
Rodent's Revenge is a puzzle video game originally released in 1991 as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows. Developed by Christopher Lee Fraley, the game is simple, with gameplay revolving around a small mouse character attempting to outwit cats by trapping them using movable blocks. The primary goal is to trap the cats by pus...
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The Incredible Machine 2

DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951994 physics puzzle
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Stone Age

DOS1992 sokoban
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Porntris

DOS1993remakeNSFW falling blocks
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Logical

DOS1991 falling blocks
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Wheel of fortune

DOS1987 word puzzle
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Brix

DOS1992freeware falling blocks
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Color Lines

DOS1992 tile-matching
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Lemmings 2: The Tribes

DOS1993 action puzzle
Lemmings 2: The Tribes is an abandoned puzzle game part of the acclaimed Lemmings series. It was developed by DMA Design and released by Psygnosis in 1993. Lemmings 2: The Tribes runs on DOS but was also published for Acorn, Amiga, Atari ST, Game Boy, Genesis, SNES. 
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Color Buster

DOS1992 sokoban
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3D Ultra Lionel Traintown

Windows XP/98/952000 action puzzle
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Never mind

DOS1989 action puzzle
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Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW tile-matching, reveal the picture
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Family Feud

DOS1987 trivia / quiz
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Blockout

DOSMac OS1989 falling blocks
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Sid & Al's Incredible Toons

DOS1993 physics puzzle