Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Crusade in Europe

DOS1985 strategy
Crusade in Europe is a detailed World War II strategy game that lets you take command of the Allied or Axis forces during some of the war’s most famous campaigns. It’s ...
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Street Rod

DOS1989protected racing
Street Rod (1989, DOS) isn’t just a racing game—it’s a love letter to greasy hands, loud engines, and California sunsets. You start with a beat-up car and a pocke...
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Gold Rush!

DOS1988protected adventure
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Wayne Gretzky Hockey

DOS1989 sports
When Wayne Gretzky Hockey hit DOS in 1989, it set a standard for hockey games that many would follow. Fast, fluid, and surprisingly tactical, it captured the feel of ice hockey wit...
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Hovertank One

DOS1991 shooter
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Solomon's Key

DOS1988 action
Solomon’s Key is an arcade puzzle-platformer developed by Tecmo and released in 1986. It gained popularity for its challenging gameplay and was later ported to various home s...
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected adventure
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Elevator

DOS1986freeware action
Elevator is one of those early arcade-style games that sounds boring on paper and becomes oddly stressful in practice. You’re navigating elevators, rescuing people, and avoid...
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected strategy
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Hillsfar

DOS1989protected rpg
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Day of the Viper

DOS1990 shooter
Released in 1990, Day of the Viper is a first-person shooter before shooters really found their footing. Imagine a blend of Doom and a bargain-bin puzzle game, but with robots. You...
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Triple Triad Gold

Windows XP/98/952000freeware strategy
For those who got hopelessly addicted to the card game inside Final Fantasy VIII, Triple Triad Gold (2000) was like someone saying, “Here, now you can ruin your productivity ...
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Brimstone

DOS1985 adventure
Ever wanted to fight fire with... even more fire? Brimstone tosses you into a magical mess of spells, dungeons, and monsters who woke up on the wrong side of the crypt. It’s ...
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Crusader: No Remorse

DOS1995protecteddemo shooter
The original Crusader: No Remorse sets the tone for the series: brutal, explosive, and unapologetically action-focused. You’re a rogue operative taking on a dystopian corpora...
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Uninvited

DOSMac OS1987 adventure
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Realms

DOS1991 strategy
Part strategy, part fantasy empire builder, Realms gives you a continent to wrangle and a surprising number of ways to embarrass yourself. You recruit armies, juggle rebellious pop...
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Thomas the Tank Engine 2

DOS1993 racing
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Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware rpg
Yes, this exists. Blues Brothers RPG (2004, Windows XP) is what happens when someone looks at a legendary blues duo and says, “What if they fought zombies with saxophones?&rd...
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Laser Squad

DOS1992 strategy
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and re...
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Star Trek: The Rebel Universe

DOS1988 adventure
In Star Trek: The Rebel Universe (1988, DOS), the Enterprise is stranded in a dangerous sector where the Federation has gone rogue. You command the crew in an open-world style adve...
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Hacker

DOSMac OS1986 simulation
In 1986, Hacker arrived with a premise that felt thrillingly dangerous at the time: you, alone, tapping into secret computer systems and uncovering conspiracies. No explosions, no ...
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Grandmaster Chess

DOS1992protected strategy
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Tapper

DOS1984 action
Tapper is what happens when someone gamifies bartending and gives you the reflexes of a caffeinated octopus. You’re a mustachioed bartender juggling multiple counters, pourin...
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Spellbreaker

DOS1985 adventure
The last entry in Infocom’s Enchanter trilogy, Spellbreaker is where the training wheels come off. It’s unforgiving, cryptic, and expects you to understand spellcraft l...
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Spirit of Excalibur

DOS1990 rpg
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Stellar Crusade

DOS1988protected strategy
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Borland Turbo Pascal 2.0

DOS1983 application
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Predator 2

DOS1991 shooter
Adapting movies into games is always tricky, but Predator 2 gives it a shot with mixed results. You play as a cop cleaning up the mean streets while occasionally being stalked by t...
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Laxius Power

Windows XP/98/952002NSFW rpg
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Robo Rumble

Windows XP/98/951998 strategy