Abandonware DOS retro gaming news

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 ...

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 ...

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath (Ultima Underworld 1 and 2). Space Rogue combines a rough 3D space simulation experience with a top down view RPG gameplay when in stations or on planets. As a space pilot you can ...

Abandonware DOS reached the respectable amount of 1500 games online. Well, some of them are not exactly abandonware and lack the download link, but the vast majority is available to download.It's been years since the first version of the website, now long dead, and Abandonware DOS changed and became what ...

When I started Abandonware DOS I had no idea of the plethora of games ever released for DOS. After years I'm still here adding games to the database. Will I ever finish? Maybe... or maybe not.  Mad Paradox Stationfall Ballistix Time and Magik: The Trilogy

It's time to refresh some info on a few very old games. Here's the latest update to the Abandonwre DOS database:Project: Space Station Bureaucracy 1869 North and South The Cycles

Dungeon crawling was the main purpose in the first CRPG (Computer Role-Playing Game) ever to came out on a computer. The first CRPGs were a sort of early roguelikes back then, and by "back then" I'm talking decades ago. Anyway... after a few years, thanks to the capabilities of the ...

Here's a few more games, some of them available for download. Dungeon Keeper, Duck Tales and Dark Queen of Krynn are still sold somewhere... (hint: GOG) Dungeon Keeper Enterpreneur Championship Manager: Season 97/98 Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold Dark Queen of Krynn

In the so called god games, the player takes the role of a divine entity (or something similar). Gameplay involves controlling people, units or even the environment on a large scale. God games usually show some artificial intelligence in the form of autonomous NPCs.