The top 30 abandonware games of all time

Retro gamers like myself are convinced that the best PC games ever published were developed in a golden age of PC gaming, a long time ago, during the 80s and the 90s. I collected quite a few of those PC games and I own a small big box PC game collection. Some of you may remember most of these titles, a few of you probably remember all of them and played every single "abandoned" game that made it into the chart.

Actually, some of the games listed below are not abanoned at all and you can buy them on GOG or Steam, but they definitely deserve to be included anyway.

I'm aware that every "best games" chart is far from perfect, there's always a couple of games that you think are missing. That's why this abandonware games list is exclusively based on votes cast by users.

#	best PC game	year	rating (1-5)
001	Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares	1996	4.24
002	X-COM: Ufo Defense	1994	4.22
003	The Secret of Monkey Island	1990	4.21
004	Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon	1991	4.21
005	Doom	1993	4.20
006	Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate	1992	4.18
007	Civilization 2	1996	4.18
008	Civilization	1991	4.17
009	The Settlers	1993	4.16
010	Grand Prix 2	1995	4.16
011	The Lost Vikings	1993	4.16
012	Duke Nukem 3D	1996	4.15
013	Golden Axe	1991	4.15
014	Tyrian 2000	1999	4.14
015	Castle of the Winds	1993	4.14
016	Dungeon Master	1989	4.14
017	Street Fighter 2	1992	4.14
018	Bubble Bobble	1989	4.14
019	The Incredible Machine	1993	4.14
020	Mortal Kombat	1993	4.13
021	Command & Conquer: Red Alert	1996	4.13
022	Prince of Persia	1990	4.13
023	Panzer General	1994	4.13
024	Wolfenstein 3D	1992	4.13
025	FIFA Soccer 96	1995	4.13
026	Dune 2000	1998	4.12
027	Frontier: First Encounters	1995	4.12
028	Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness	1995	4.12
029	Warcraft: Orcs and Humans	1994	4.12
030	Eye of the Beholder	1991	4.12