Abandonware DOS title

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X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS1991 action-adventure
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants is a curious blend of action and light strategy, where Marvel’s famous mutants get to stretch their powers across a series of loosely connected m...
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Transylvania

DOS1986freeware adventure
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Innocent Until Caught

DOS1993 adventure
Innocent Until Caught throws you into a sci-fi noir universe where your protagonist, a perpetually broke thief, stumbles from one disaster to the next with a mix of charm, sarcasm,...
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Arachnophobia

DOS1991 action
You don’t need to hate spiders to fear Arachnophobia (1991), but it helps. Based on the movie of the same name, it tasks you with exterminating wave after wave of creepy craw...
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NetHack - Falcon's Eye

Windows XP/98/952001freeware rpg
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Magicland Dizzy

DOS1993 action-adventure
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Auf Wiedersehen Monty

Windows XP/98/952001remake action
In Auf Wiedersehen Monty, our favorite marsupial is back, and this time he's taking a very pixelated Eurotrip. Released for Windows XP in 2001, it's a nostalgia-fueled platformer t...
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Treasure Island

DOS1985 adventure
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Car Builder

DOS1982 simulation
Car Builder is less about speed and more about spreadsheets—just with axles. In this 1982 gem, you don’t race cars, you design them. From gear ratios to weight distribu...
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OverKill

DOS1992freeware shooter
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NewsMaster

DOS1986 application
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Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected vehicle simulation
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Dizzy

DOS1987 action-adventure
Ah, Dizzy—the little egg that could. Released in 1987, this puzzle-platformer puts you in the delicate shell of an egg who somehow manages to roll, jump, and carry objects wi...
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The Shadows of Mordor

DOS1988 adventure
The Shadows of Mordor is a dark fantasy adventure that feels like a lost chapter from an old-school Tolkien-inspired novel. You explore a grim and dangerous world filled with monst...
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Turbo OutRun

DOS1990 racing
Turbo OutRun is an abandoned DOS action racing game set in North America, developed and published by Sega in 1990. Turbo OutRun is a conversion from the arcade classic of the same ...
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Pac-in-Time

DOS1993 action
Pac-in-Time is an abandoned action side-scrolling platformer game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and released by Mindscape in 1993 for DOS. Pac-in-time was but also published f...
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Decision in the Desert

DOS1985 strategy
Before Gettysburg, there was Decision in the Desert (1985), which simulates WWII’s North African campaign. Expect hex maps, endless sand, and the occasional tank battle that ...
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3D Cyberpuck

DOS1992 sports
It’s cyber. It’s puck. It’s… basically cyberpunk air hockey with attitude. 3D Cyberpuck is a futuristic sport simulation from 1992 that nobody asked for, y...
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Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero

DOS1989protected adventure
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Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

DOS1995 vehicle simulation
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Return to Krondor

Windows XP/98/951998protected rpg
If you liked Betrayal at Krondor, Return to Krondor is that younger cousin who tries real hard to live up to the family name. It's got 3D graphics (for 1998), turn-based combat, an...
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Mortville Manor

DOS1988 adventure
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Beyond Good and Evil

Windows XP/98/952003protected action-adventure
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Willow

DOS1988 action
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Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra

DOS1991protected rpg
Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra is where the series starts to feel confident, like a dungeon master who has finally figured out how cruel they can be before players revolt. The l...
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8088 Othello

DOS1985 strategy
There’s something oddly poetic about 8088 Othello, a 1985 take on the classic board game that feels like it was programmed by someone who had a personal vendetta against flas...
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Dinosaur Balls

DOS1992 puzzle
The title Dinosaur Balls might raise eyebrows today, but in 1992 it was just a quirky DOS puzzle game. Think of it as prehistoric Bubble Bobble: you fire colored spheres to match a...
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Hacker 2: The Doomsday Papers

DOS1986 simulation
Hacker 2: The Doomsday Papers doubles down on everything the original attempted, raising the stakes from “interesting breach of security” to “global catastrophe.&...
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Rendezvous with Rama

DOS1985 adventure
Rendezvous with Rama is an interactive fiction (text adventure) game released in 1984. Telarium, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, was known for producing narrative-driven games ...