Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

cossacks-back-to-war-03

Cossacks: Back to War

Windows XP/98/952002protected strategy
egabomb-02

EGA Bomb

DOS1988 strategy
EGA Bomb is a small, colorful arcade-style game that knows exactly what it is: fast, simple, and slightly mischievous. Built around classic bomb-dropping mechanics, it challenges p...
batmanreturns-3

Batman Returns

DOS1992 action
Just like the movie, Batman Returns (1992) is dark, gritty, and full of dudes in clown makeup getting punched in the face. You play as the Caped Crusader in a beat-‘em-up sid...
silicon-dreams-02

Silicon Dreams

DOS1986 adventure
Silicon Dreams by Level 9 Computing is a trilogy of interactive fiction (text adventure) games released in the mid-1980s. The trilogy includes three separate games: Snowball, Retur...
fa18-korea-02

F/A-18 Korea

Windows XP/98/951997 vehicle simulation
skiordie-3

Ski or Die

DOS1990 sports
Ski or Die is a winter sports-themed video game that was originally released in 1990 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The game was developed by...
escapedelirium-5

Escape from delirium

DOS1995 adventure
Escape from Delirium feels like someone took a pulp adventure novel, dipped it in a bucket of chaos, and fed it to a DOS system. You wake up with amnesia (because of course you do)...
spyhunter-splash

Spy Hunter

DOS1984 racing
monopoly-04

Monopoly

DOS1985 strategy
vaxine-splash

Vaxine

DOS1991 shooter
chain-reaction-02

Chain Reaction

DOS1996 puzzle
Imagine a game where minesweeper meets viral chaos—Chain Reaction (1996) isn’t quite that, but it is a fast-paced puzzle-action hybrid where things blow up in neat litt...
pang-02

Pang remake

DOS1992remake action
moonstone-5

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight

DOS1992 rpg
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action-RPG and strategy game developed by Rob Anderson and published by Mindscape in 1991 for the Amiga and later for MS-DOS. The game is famous...
elric-of-melnibone-01

Stormbringer: Elric of Melnibone

Windows XP/98/952000canceled rpg
ganja-farmer-03

Ganja Farmer

DOS1998 shooter
jeopardy-splash

Jeopardy!

DOS1987 puzzle
das-boot-03

Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation

DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to sit in a metal tube underwater while depth charges rain from above, Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation has you covered. Releas...
warriors-of-legend-07

Warriors of Legend

DOS1993 rpg
borland-turbo-pascal-1-01

Borland Turbo Pascal 1.0

DOS1983 application
manhole-01

Manhole

DOS1992 action
murdersinspace-4

Murders in Space

DOS1990protected adventure
cloud-kingdoms-05

Cloud Kingdoms

DOS1990 puzzle
Imagine being a bouncing ball in a series of floating sky islands full of monsters, traps, and puzzles. Welcome to Cloud Kingdoms, where the laws of physics politely take a backsea...
robbo-02

Robbo

DOS1993freeware puzzle
accordion-1

Accordion

DOS1990 strategy
It’s 1990, and you’re sitting at your DOS PC playing Accordion, a game that somehow turns solitaire into something slower and more passive-aggressive. It’s not fl...
xenon1-03

Xenon

DOS1988 shooter
Xenon, released in 1988, was a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers. Xenon was initially released for the Commodore 64, and later, it was p...
visual-star-trek-01

Visual Star Trek

DOS1990 simulation
sorcerer-splash

Sorcerer

DOS1984 adventure
Released in 1984 for DOS, Sorcerer is Infocom at its most mischievous. You play an apprentice wizard who wakes up from a hangover only to find your mentor missing and reality sligh...
sword-of-samurai-06

Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected strategy