Abandonware DOS retro gaming news

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 hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases and ...

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 it is today.But you're here for the games, arent' ...

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 wonderful PCs of the 90s, dungeon crawlers became 3D (...

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.

A bunch of adventure games arrived on Abandonware DOS; some classic interactive fiction and a lesser known point & click adventure game set on a tropical island. Starcross Maupiti Island Lancelot Silicon Dreams

There was a time when brawlers on PC weren't that common. Not that today it's different, but finding a good brawler "versus" fighting game was really difficult. One Must Fall was one of those games: a perfect blend of everything a brawler needs to be. I finished One Must Fall in a few days, not because it's easy, but because ...

More games on Abandonware DOS: one RPG classic, a good managerial space race game, an awful conversion and more Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space Secret of the Silver Blades Freddy Hardest Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters Framed

Here's the last Abandonware DOS update: enter Double Dragon 2 and 3, Command HQ and a few simulators Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone Double Dragon II: The Revenge Command HQ Advanced Tactical Fighter 2 (a.k.a. Airstrike USA) A Line in the Sand

Often overlooked, Simon The Sorcerer is one of the finest point & click adventure games ever designed. In an era dominated by LucasFilm Games (later renamed LucasArts) and Sierra, Adventure Soft (Waxworks, The Feeble Files) managed to produce a really enjoyable adventure.

Today's update includes a bunch of semi-unknown games as well as some popular ones... well... if you count Yie Ar Kung Fu as popular... Legend of Faerghail Monopoly (Adam Stevens) Bad Blood Jump 'n Bump D-Zone Yie Ar Kung Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah Yie Ar Kung Fu

What happened in 1992? Quite a lot! Bosnia Herzegovina declares independence, starting the war we all know about. The Maastricht treaty is signed and the European Union is officially born. Microsoft releases Windows 3.1: the DOS era is slowly coming to an end. 1992 also gave us some video game classics such as Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (one of the ...

Cisco Heat is an old action racing game released in 1991 by Image Works and developed by Jaleco. Guess where the action takes place?

Broderbund released The Ancient Art of War in 1984 (it's a long time ago!). The Ancient Art of War is an historical strategy game part of the series bearing the same name.

Point and click adventures is a genre firmly tied with the past. For a long time, publishers didn't believe in adventure games anymore. Thanks to indie developers, we have seen a resurgence of the genre with games like Resonance, Gemini Rue, The Samaritan Paradox, Heroine Quest and many more.

The Magic Candle is the first chapter of a series of RPG very similar to the Ultima series. This lesser known RPGs feature an innovative job system: you can leave a party member in a shop to work for money.

Ultima cloth maps were some of the finest feelies (i.e. items you could find in old video game boxes) ever produced for a videogame, back when digital gaming was literally non-existent. The one you see here is a scan of the Ultima 6 cloth map of Britannia. Can you read the rune language? I learned it. I guess I could ...

Tides of Numenera is out! It took only 18 years from the release of the cult classic Planescape: Torment for us to finally be able to enjoy the sequel. I already took some steps into the game and wrote about my first hour in the world of Tides of Numenera. But first things first, let's start with Planescape: Torment. WHAT IS ...