Abandonware DOS retro gaming news

These games may not be the most popular or the best among platformers, but they equally deserves a bit of attention. Take a look at Dangerous Dave or try out Tom and Jerry, you'd be surprised...Tom and JerrySink or SwimKarnovDangerous Dave in the Haunted MansionVynil Goddess from MarsRastan

Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures and Star Wars: Yoda Stories are two little gems that stood the test of time suprisingly well. You probably will need a virtual machine to play both, but it's worth it.

Here's a few DOS board games to play with your family or friends (if you still have a PC with MSDOS installed). Monopoly, Othello and Backgammon are known to everyone from age 5 to age 99. Settlers of Catan is more recent, but pretty popular. Battle of Atlantis... I don't think anyone knows what it is.Settlers of CatanOthelloMonopoly DeluxeMonopolyBackgammonBattle for Atlantis

The 1990 edition of Balance of Power is an updated version of the classic Chris Crawford political simulation game. Choose the United States or the Soviet Union and try to be the winning superpower at the end of the game without destroying the world.

Comics, manga, graphic novels were always an inspiration for game developer. Sometimes someone decided to acquire a license and make a game out of the comic itself. Here are a few examples: Batman, Dylan Dog, Fantastic Four, Ranx, Snoopy, Spider-man and even Yellow Kid.

There weren't many PC shoot 'em ups that deserves to be mentioned, back in the day. Let's do a memory exercise: try to remember a few titles. Did you remember at least five good DOS shoot 'em ups? I tried and I remember only a few: Tyrian, Raiden, Xenon 2, Raptor.Anyway, here are some lesser known shoot 'em ups published ...

Since the birth of Tetris, puzzle video games and puzzle games developers earned my respect. If you're able to come up with an original concept, translate it into a game, and make it go viral (in a time where the term "viral" meant something else than what you're thinking now) like Tetris did, you deserve a place in the video ...

In 1987 was a grim year remembered for awful facts: Unabomber in Salt Lake City, the Black Monday crash, a typhoon in the Philippines. Thankfully, it was a great year for videogames. Here are the CODiE Awards for 1987. From the official site: "The SIIA CODiE Awards were established in 1986 so that pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor ...

Isn't that true? Many modern RPGs failed to re-create the feeling that old RPGs gave us nostalgic gamers. Don't get me wrong, I loved Skyrim, but I missed a party, a top-down view of the world, a turn-based combat. That's why a few developers went back to the roots and learned something from the past (Obsidian above anyone else maybe). ...

Stunts is a car racing (or... should I say car crashing?) simulator focused on, well, stunt tracks. Stunts was developed by Distinctive Software in 1990 and i gained a cult following over the years. Did I mention that you can design your tracks with a track editor?

Before 3D action adventure games, even before the point & click golden age there were lots of text-based interactive fiction games. Abandonware DOS already hosts some of the finest examples of interactive fiction (with or without graphics); with this update, I'm adding more of the same (and a point & click game):Adventure in Serenia Troll's Tale Amazon Winnie the ...

I could never get into wargames. They do attract me, expecially those hex-based turn-based strategy games, but last time that I played one and experienced real satisfaction was on the C64 a long time ago. I'm sure I'm one of the few that still needs to appreciate the genre, so here are some of them:Decision in the Desert Decision ...

Eternam is a strange blend of adventure, RPG and action game. To be honest, is more of a first-person 3D adventure (RPG elements are few) without mouse support. Something in this game reminds me of Sean Connery in Zardoz. Ugh.

Have you ever played Heroes of Might and Magic? I bet you did play one of the more recent sequels, right? Heroes of Might and Magic began as a strategy-tactical son of the marvellous Might and Magic RPG series and (almost) never changed. The fact that the last one is called Heroes of Might and Magic VII should tell something ...

A lot of old video games end up forgotten for various reasons. A few "little" games like the ones included in this update are too unoriginal or plain simple to be remembered. They are no Monkey Island or Doom, just a few text based brain teasers, board games or imitations of arcade classics.Here they are:Beast Iskib Devastator Blitz ...

The SIIA CODiE Awards are one of the oldest still around. The first games were awarded in 1986. Cold war was a reality, USSR was a superpower and most of you weren't even born.Here's a description from the official site: "The SIIA CODiE Awards were established in 1986 so that pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor each ...

I just added a few more games to download: Tau Cesi, Captain Dynamo and Centerfold Squares (not for children!). Not abandoned, but still deserving of a place on Abandonware DOS: Starfleet Command (for Star Trek fans) and Arcanum (for steampunk fans). Tau Ceti Star Trek: Starfleet Command Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura Captain Dynamo Centerfold SquaresA couple of old ...

Legend Entertainment was a developer focused on adventure games. Legend adventures were peculiar: a mix of text based narrative with a windows-like interface. The Legend Interactive Fiction engine allowed the interactive fiction fan to play using only the keyboard and the lazy point&click gamer to click on words, use a graphical map and images to advance in the ...

This is partially an Italian update, with two games focused on Italy: Championship Manager Italia, Il Grande Gioco di Tangentopoli (themed on the political turmoil of the early nineties) and two licenses of Dylan Dog, a popular italian comics character. Goody Marble Madness Championship Manager Italia Dylan Dog: Murderers Strike Commander Il grande gioco di Tangentopoli Dylan Dog: Through the ...

Rick Dangerous is a very nice platformer reminiscent of Indiana Jones. Actually, it's more than a parody. Compared to recent platform games, Rick Dangerous is fiendishly difficult. Take my advice: play it... one of the best parts comes right at the beginning.