Best abandonware games by genre
Having a chart for the best PC games, both Windows and DOS games, ever published in the (remote) past is a must for every abandonware site. The logical next step was a chart for every video game genre: action, adventure, puzzle, racing, RPG, shooter, simulation, sports, strategy and vehicle simulation (this last one is there because I hate to mix management games with flight sims).
Here are the top 10 games for every genre available on Abandonware DOS, according to user's votes.
| # | action | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Street Fighter 2
|
1992 | 4.31/5 |
| 02 |
 Volfied
|
1991 | 4.28/5 |
| 03 |
 Mortal Kombat
|
1993 | 4.27/5 |
| 04 |
 Alley Cat
|
1984 | 4.24/5 |
| 05 |
 Rampage
|
1988 | 4.22/5 |
| # | action-adventure | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Driller
|
1987 | 4.21/5 |
| 02 |
 Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
|
1993 | 4.21/5 |
| 03 |
 Outcast
|
1999 | 4.21/5 |
| 04 |
 Flashback: The Quest for Identity
|
1993 | 4.19/5 |
| 05 |
 Impossible Mission 2
|
1988 | 4.17/5 |
| # | adventure | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 The Secret of Monkey Island
|
1990 | 4.31/5 |
| 02 |
 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards
|
1987 | 4.24/5 |
| 03 |
 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
|
1992 | 4.23/5 |
| 04 |
 Police Quest: Open Season
|
1993 | 4.22/5 |
| 05 |
 Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero
|
1989 | 4.21/5 |
| # | application | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Turbo Assembler (TASM)
|
1989 | 4.39/5 |
| 02 |
 Virtual Reality Studio 2.0
|
1992 | 4.23/5 |
| 03 |
 QBasic 7.1
|
1991 | 4.21/5 |
| 04 |
 Norton Commander 5.5
|
1998 | 4.20/5 |
| 05 |
 NeoPaint 3.2
|
1996 | 4.19/5 |
| # | puzzle | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Tetris Classic
|
1992 | 4.31/5 |
| 02 |
 Pipe Dream
|
1989 | 4.25/5 |
| 03 |
 The Incredible Machine 2
|
1994 | 4.23/5 |
| 04 |
 Chip's Challenge
|
1991 | 4.22/5 |
| 05 |
 Lemmings 2: The Tribes
|
1993 | 4.19/5 |
| # | racing | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Micro Machines
|
1994 | 4.27/5 |
| 02 |
 The Need for Speed
|
1995 | 4.20/5 |
| 03 |
 Cisco Heat
|
1991 | 4.20/5 |
| 04 |
 Interstate '76
|
1997 | 4.19/5 |
| 05 |
 Road Rash
|
1996 | 4.19/5 |
| # | RPG | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate
|
1992 | 4.30/5 |
| 02 |
 Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon
|
1991 | 4.24/5 |
| 03 |
 Ultima 6: The False Prophet
|
1990 | 4.21/5 |
| 04 |
 Pools of Darkness
|
1991 | 4.21/5 |
| 05 |
 Dungeon Hack
|
1993 | 4.20/5 |
| # | shooter | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Doom 2: Hell on Earth
|
1994 | 4.26/5 |
| 02 |
 Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
|
1994 | 4.23/5 |
| 03 |
 Virtua Cop 2
|
1997 | 4.22/5 |
| 04 |
 Defender
|
1983 | 4.21/5 |
| 05 |
 Blood
|
1997 | 4.21/5 |
| # | simulation | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 SimCity 2000
|
1993 | 4.23/5 |
| 02 |
 Zeus: Master of Olympus
|
2000 | 4.22/5 |
| 03 |
 Caesar 3
|
1998 | 4.21/5 |
| 04 |
 The Oregon Trail
|
1990 | 4.20/5 |
| 05 |
 SimEarth
|
1990 | 4.19/5 |
| # | sports | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Speedball
|
1988 | 4.20/5 |
| 02 |
 Skate or Die
|
1988 | 4.18/5 |
| 03 |
 Virtual Pool
|
1995 | 4.17/5 |
| 04 |
 The Manager
|
1991 | 4.16/5 |
| 05 |
 Premier Manager
|
1992 | 4.16/5 |
| # | strategy | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 X-COM: Ufo Defense
|
1994 | 4.29/5 |
| 02 |
 Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
|
1996 | 4.27/5 |
| 03 |
 Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods
|
1993 | 4.24/5 |
| 04 |
 Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings
|
1999 | 4.24/5 |
| 05 |
 Civilization
|
1991 | 4.22/5 |
| # | vehicle simulation | year | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
 Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
|
1991 | 4.23/5 |
| 02 |
 Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter
|
1991 | 4.22/5 |
| 03 |
 Battlehawks 1942
|
1988 | 4.22/5 |
| 04 |
 Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
|
1993 | 4.21/5 |
| 05 |
 B-17 Flying Fortress
|
1992 | 4.21/5 |