Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

trolls-tale-07

Troll's Tale

DOS1984 adventure
turbo-pascal-2-01

Borland Turbo Pascal 2.0

DOS1983 application
peoples-general-06

People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected strategy
peppers-adventures-in-time-1

Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS1993demo adventure
morphman-2

Morphman

Windows XP/98/951993 adventure
hardball-2-03

Hardball 2

DOS1989 sports
blake-stone-aliens-of-gold-06

Blake Stone 1: Aliens of Gold

DOS1993protected shooter
Before Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, the world only knew of one man who could mow down Nazis in a maze of corridors — then Blake showed up with a laser gun and a mission to ri...
infidel-splash

Infidel

DOS1983 adventure
In Infidel, you play a not-so-noble adventurer whose moral compass is spinning like a broken ceiling fan. As a treasure-hungry explorer poking around an ancient Egyptian tomb, you ...
nord-and-bert-01

Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

DOS1987 adventure
Infocom really went off the rails with Nord and Bert, and bless them for it. This is a text adventure not about dragons or spaceships, but about puns. Yes, literal wordplay puzzles...
round-42-03

Round 42

DOS1986 shooter
trivial-pursuit-03

Trivial Pursuit

DOS1989 strategy
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from va...
helisimulator-2

3-D Helicopter Simulator

DOS1987 vehicle simulation
Released in 1987, this is less of a simulator and more of a fever dream where you pilot a flying box over a grid pretending to be terrain. 3-D Helicopter Simulator was ambitious fo...
zyconix-2

Zyconix

DOS1992 puzzle
Imagine Tetris went on a sugar binge and had an identity crisis. That’s Zyconix (1992, DOS) in a nutshell. It’s a tile-matching puzzle game where nothing quite behaves ...
little-big-adventure-2-01

Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey)

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected action-adventure
sokoban-win-01

Sokoban

Windows XP/98/951999 puzzle
xtrek91-02

Xtrek

DOS1991freewareNSFW adventure
omega-rpg-01

Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware rpg
A year earlier, the other Omega (1988) hit DOS and Linux, and no, it’s not the same game wearing a disguise. This one blends sci-fi exploration with tactical decision-making,...
pharaos-curse-01

Pharoah's Curse

Windows 3.x1998remake action
kings-quest-3-03

King's Quest III Redux: To Heir is Human

Windows Vista/7/8Mac OS2011freewareremake adventure
jumpman-lives-03

Jumpman Lives!

DOS1991remake action
laser-squad-07

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...
fordsimulator-2

Ford simulator 1

DOS1987freeware racing
Ford Simulator 1 (1987, DOS) is equal parts driving demo and corporate handshake, inviting you to sample shiny vehicles without leaving your desk. You cruise digital roads, admire ...
combat-chess-02

Combat Chess

Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
Combat Chess (1997, Windows XP) takes the cerebral game of kings and adds swords, screams, and shameless violence. Every piece battle-animates into Mortal Kombat-lite fights when y...
wizard-of-oz-01

The Wizard of Oz

DOS1985 adventure
columbusdiscovery-splash

Columbus Discovery

DOS1992 puzzle
Columbus Discovery (1992, DOS) is a history-flavored point-and-click adventure where you, as a pixelated Christopher Columbus, set sail to "discover" lands that are already very mu...
supermariokart-remake-03

Super Mario Kart remake

Windows Vista/7/82008remake racing
video-casino-1

Video Casino

DOS1987 strategy
uplink-v1.3-5

Uplink: Hacker Elite

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001protected simulation
Uplink is a computer hacking simulation game released in 2001 by Introversion Software. The game allows players to take on the role of a hacker for hire and engage in various hacki...
number-munchers-04

Number Munchers

DOS1990 puzzle
Math was never supposed to be this exciting. In Number Munchers, you’re a green blob with an appetite for multiplication tables, gobbling up correct answers while dodging &ld...