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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
4.32
02 Montezuma's Revenge 1984
4.31
03 Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain 1993
4.30
04 Super Street Fighter 2 1996
4.29
05 Super Mariio Bros 1994
4.29
06 Alley Cat 1984
4.29
07 Lode Runner 1983
4.28
08 Ugh! 1992
4.28
09 Rick Dangerous 1989
4.28
10 Disney's Aladdin 1994
4.28
# action-adventure year rating
01 Spider-Man 2: The Game 2004
4.31
02 X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants 1991
4.27
03 Outcast 1999
4.27
04 Impossible Mission 2 1988
4.26
05 Jurassic Park 1993
4.24
06 Flashback: The Quest for Identity 1993
4.23
07 Little Big Adventure 1994
4.22
08 System Shock 2 1999
4.21
09 Grand Theft Auto 2 1999
4.20
10 Ecstatica 1994
4.19
# adventure year rating
01 The Secret of Monkey Island 1990
4.32
02 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards 1987
4.31
03 Loom 1990
4.29
04 Amazon: Guardians of Eden 1992
4.29
05 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 1991
4.28
06 Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero 1989
4.28
07 Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel 1987
4.28
08 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror 1997
4.26
09 Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist 1993
4.24
10 B.A.T. 2 : The Koshan Conspiracy 1992
4.24
# puzzle year rating
01 Tetris Classic 1992
4.35
02 Chip's Challenge 1991
4.32
03 Mah Jongg Solitaire 1987
4.31
04 X-Tetris 1996
4.30
05 Pipe Dream 1989
4.28
06 Diggers 1994
4.28
07 Night Shift 1990
4.27
08 The Incredible Machine 2 1994
4.27
09 Lemmings 2: The Tribes 1993
4.26
10 Tetris 2.0 1990
4.25
# racing year rating
01 Cisco Heat 1991
4.29
02 The Duel: Test Drive 2 1989
4.29
03 Road Rash 1996
4.29
04 Whiplash 1995
4.27
05 Screamer 1995
4.27
06 Grand Prix 2 1995
4.27
07 Micro Machines 1994
4.26
08 Lotus: The ultimate challenge 1993
4.25
09 Midtown Madness 1999
4.25
10 Crazy Cars 3 1992
4.25
# RPG year rating
01 Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate 1992
4.33
02 The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall 1996
4.30
03 Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant 1992
4.30
04 Rogue 1984
4.27
05 Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor 1999
4.27
06 Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon 1991
4.25
07 Eye of the Beholder 1991
4.25
08 Dungeon Hack 1993
4.25
09 Ultima 6: The False Prophet 1990
4.25
10 Albion 1996
4.25
# shooter year rating
01 Operation Wolf 1989
4.30
02 Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf 1994
4.29
03 Heretic 1994
4.29
04 Quake 1996
4.29
05 Doom 2: Hell on Earth 1994
4.28
06 Battlezone 1983
4.28
07 Jungle Strike 1995
4.27
08 Spear of Destiny 1992
4.26
09 Witchaven 1995
4.26
10 Alien Trilogy 1996
4.26
# simulation year rating
01 The Oregon Trail Deluxe 1992
4.29
02 Caesar 3 1998
4.27
03 Transport Tycoon Deluxe 1995
4.26
04 Capitalism 2 2001
4.26
05 Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons 1995
4.25
06 Crime and Punishment 1984
4.25
07 SimEarth 1990
4.25
08 Patrician 1992
4.25
09 SimCity 2000 1993
4.25
10 Sleuth: A Murder Mystery 1983
4.24
# sports year rating
01 Skate or Die 1988
4.29
02 Earl Weaver Baseball 1987
4.27
03 Virtual Pool 1995
4.26
04 MicroProse Soccer 1988
4.25
05 Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs 1989
4.22
06 Bundesliga Manager Professional 1991
4.22
07 NHL 96 1995
4.21
08 Sensible Soccer 1992
4.21
09 World class leaderboard 1988
4.20
10 Speedball 1988
4.20
# strategy year rating
01 Tank Wars 1990
4.32
02 Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares 1996
4.31
03 X-COM: Ufo Defense 1994
4.31
04 Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes 1997
4.30
05 Queen of Tenshindo 95 1995
4.29
06 Colonization 1994
4.29
07 Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings 1999
4.28
08 Jagged Alliance 2 1999
4.28
09 Master of Orion 3 2003
4.28
10 Space Hulk 1993
4.28
# vehicle simulation year rating
01 F-22 Lightning 2 1996
4.26
02 Pacific Islands 1992
4.25
03 Wing Commander 3 1994
4.25
04 Heavy Metal 1989
4.21
05 GATO 1984
4.20
06 Tornado 1993
4.20
07 Nomad 1993
4.20
08 F29 Retaliator 1990
4.18
09 A320 Airbus 1993
4.17
10 Chuck Yeager's Air Combat 1991
4.17