Abandonware DOS retro gaming news

Being the only one to keep AbandonwareDOS updated is not an easy task. I have many ideas but lack the time to put them into practice. Recently I managed to add new features such as:a list of important video games awardsgames that can be played online directly in your ...

Psygnosis was a quite popular developement company based in the United Kingdom. Pete Lane, a fan of AbandonwareDOS, sent me some very old ORIGINAL posters.Poster #1: just a posterPoster #2: seeing is believingPoster #3: barbarians and terrorpodsPsygnosis developed a few PC titles: here they are.

OpenTTD, as the name implies, is an open source remake of the wonderful Transport Tycoon by Chris Sawyer. Actually, OpenTTD does more than recreate the original game. The user interface got better and more user friendly; it's possible to download add-ons, custom AIs, new vehicles, etc; and, of course, OpenTTD ...

Quarantine is a first person shooter / racing game hybrid created by Imagexel and published by Gametek. Quarantine is set in a dark dystopian future, in a city where the player drives around in a sci-fi taxi cab, picking up passengers and killing everyone else.If you loved Carmageddon, you will ...

Have you ever played Maniac Mansion? I'm sure a lot of you played and finished Maniac Mansion back in the day. If you did, leave a comment and let us know what you think about it. Did you like it? Did you finish it? Was it too easy or to ...

Painters Guild is in developement and nobody knows when it will be released, but it's a really promising and interesting little game. As the official site states: "In Painters Guild you can make paintings, sell them and develop your guild into the greatest of the Renaissance.". Painters Guild is, simply ...

Earthworm Jim is one of the best platform games ever released for PC back in the 90es by Activision. What makes Earthworm Jim a great abandonware game is the perfectly balanced gameplay and the humor of titular character. Even the name "Jim", together with the science fiction ...

Have you ever played SimTower? If you did, leave a comment and let us know what you think about one of the lesser known Maxis management simulations. Did you like it?

The popular archeologist and adventurer created by George Lucas was the star of four movies and the protagonist some of the best point and click (almost abandoned) adventures ever created for PC. Unfortunately, Indiana Jones was also the main character of some of the worst action games.All the Indiana ...

Menzoberranzan is an abandoned DOS fantasy first person perspective RPG developed by DreamForge Intertainment in 1994 from an original idea by John McGirk. Menzoberranzan setting is based on the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaing setting. Menzoberranzan gameplay is party-based and class-based.Publisher: SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.Developer: ...

Double Fine remastered one of the most loved old school adventure games of all time: Grim Fandango. Go to GOG.com to preorder Grim Fandango Remastered!

I'm sure I'm not the only one here to love space simulation games. I admit I didn't play the original Elite a lot... but I literally consumed Frontier and I had my share of battles in the more recent Eve Online.Someone called space sims ...

Interactive Fiction, or 'text adventures' is one of the oldest adventure genres around. The first interactive fiction game, called simply Adventure, dates back to 1975. One of the most well known series is Zork, developed by one of the most popular interactive fiction companies of all time: Infocom. Other popular developers ...

Magnetic Scrolls was a British video game company active between 1984 and 1990 and was one of the most acclaimed interactive fiction developers of the 1980s.

One Must Fall 2097 is a good old DOS 2D fighting game developed by Diversions Entertainment in 1994 from an original idea by Rob Elam. In One Must Fall the player can fight 10 different robot foes in 4 tournaments. One Must Fall 2097 can be described by the keywords: anime, science fiction, robots.Publisher:&...

If you loved Transport Tycoon (Deluxe or not) back in 1994, you will be glad to know that Aleksander Guryanov ported that wonderful simulation online. You can play Transport Tycoon Deluxe here in your browser as a single player session or even multiplayer. Transport Tycoon is an isometric business simulation ...

The original Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, published in 1993 by Sierra On-Line is one of my favourite point & click adventure games of all time. Praise Jane Jensen for the plot, dialogues and ideas. My compliments to the voice actors. Kudos to whoever decided to drop the chance of ...

Master of Magic is a turn based 4x strategy game developed by SimTex and published by the well know Microprose, very similar to Civilization, with a fantasy twist. You play as a wizard and your objective is to evolve your race from a small settlement to a bursting empire. To ...

4x is a well known strategy genre acronym that stands for eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate. The player controls a whole empire and is tasked with managing resources and technical developments (eXploit), expanding their domains with their military (eXplore and eXpand), and fight against computer A.I. factions or other ...

Cyberpunk video games are receiving a lot of attention lately. The upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 and the tactical RPG Shadowrun Returns are two of the most popular recent cyberpunk games. Some of you, retro lovers, may remember a cyberpunk game from 20 years ago. Dreamweb is an adventure game set in a dark, ...