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What does abandonware mean?
Abandonware is a word that describes a software (game or application) no longer supported by its developers or its publishers and is no longer available for sale in any form (digital or retail).
When we talk about abandonware we usually refer to old games for systems no longer available to the public such as DOS, Commodore 64, Amiga, Spectrum, older vesions of Windows. Some "abandoned" games are still on sale, that's why you will find games tagged as "protected" on Abandonware DOS.
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Retro gaming news and insights
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7th November 2026Icewind Dale: Baldur's Gate in a cold environment
Icewind Dale arrived in 2000 as a frosty sibling to the Baldur's Gate formula, trading political intrigue for glorious dungeon crawling in the forgotten corners of the Forgotten Realms. Here, the emphasis is on tactical combat, party creation, and surviving blizzards ... -
30th October 2026AbandonwareDOS host migration complete
The migration to our new host is complete! However, during the process, some seemingly random games ended up with download links that cause a zero-byte ZIP file to be saved instead. This is not malware, but simply a file naming ... -
24th October 2026Game Critics Awards in 1998: Homeworld, Half-Life, Grim Fandango
The Game Critics Awards are an annual award event held just after the very popular E3 video game conference. The awards have taken place since 1998, bringing together journalists and critics from some of the most important gaming publications to recognize ... -
17th October 2026In The Hunt: hunting in a submarine
In The Hunt is a side-scrolling shooter that looks like Metal Slug took a deep breath and dove underwater. Released in arcades first and later ported to PC, it’s all about piloting a heavily armed submarine through claustrophobic ...
Retro gaming: the love for old school games
Where does the love for old abandoned games comes from? Our childhood, perhaps. What's left of that age? What do we miss so much? The long afternoons spent walking in the worlds of Ultima or the hours passed impersonating Duke Nukem. Here we are now, slightly aged, eager to pay homage to all those wonderful DOS games.
After all, it's about the passion for old games and a little bit of nostalgia.
The games listed on Abandonware DOS are no longer supported by their respective developers (as far as I know... I often check sites like Steam and GOG). If you find out that a game is still on sale or "protected", please let me know and I'll remove it from Abandonware DOS as soon as possible.
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