Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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ACE: Air Combat Emulator

DOS1986 vehicle simulation
This 1986 DOS classic sounds way cooler than it is — ACE: Air Combat Emulator promises combat, but delivers what feels like flying a lawnmower through molasses. Still, for it...
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Cutthroats

DOS1984 adventure
In Cutthroats, you’re a diver hired for a treasure-hunting expedition that’s about to go very wrong. This text adventure from Infocom mixes underwater exploration with ...
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Warp Rogue

Windows XP/98/95Linux2004freeware rpg
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Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

DOS1995 vehicle simulation
fordsimulator-2

Ford simulator 1

DOS1987freeware racing
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Hugo's House of Horrors

DOS1990 adventure
Hugo's House of Horrors is an adventure game developed by David P. Gray and released in the early 1990s. The game is a text-based adventure with simple graphics, and it gained popu...
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Berlin 1948

DOS1989 adventure
Berlin 1948 throws you into post-war Germany as a secret agent on a noir-flavored mission through a city drenched in trench coats and suspicion. It’s one part spy thriller, o...
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Winter Olympiad 88

DOS1988 sports
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Inspector Gadget: Global terror!

DOS1992 adventure
Inspector Gadget: Global Terror! takes everyone’s favorite bionic klutz and hands him a globe-trotting mission to stop M.A.D.—which is roughly as risky as giving a todd...
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Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra

DOS1991protected rpg
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IBM Centipede

DOS1983 shooter
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MDDClone

Windows Vista/7/8LinuxMac OS2007remake vehicle simulation
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Psi 5 Trading Company

DOS1986protected vehicle simulation
Imagine being the captain of a space freighter crewed entirely by neurotic aliens, each with a personality straight out of a sitcom. That’s Psi 5 Trading Company in a nutshel...
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A Dudley Dilemma

DOS1988 adventure
A Dudley Dilemma (1988) sounds like the title of a children’s book, but it’s actually a very British text adventure for DOS where the stakes are politely quirky and mil...
lara-croft-2-06

Tomb Raider II

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected action-adventure
wizard-of-oz-01

The Wizard of Oz

DOS1985 adventure
lightspeed-01

Lightspeed

DOS1990 simulation
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Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood

DOS1991protected adventure
Conquests of the Longbow turns Robin Hood into less of a carefree swashbuckler and more of a medieval problem solver with a never-ending to-do list. Sure, you’ll shoot arrows...
magic-carpet-2-05

Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected shooter
in-the-dead-of-night-08

In the Dead of Night

DOS1995 adventure
omegacomplex-4

Omega

DOS1989 strategy
Omega (1989, DOS) is what happens when someone hands you a robot, a wrench, and a thick manual, then says, “Good luck out there.” Instead of piloting a mech, you actual...
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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...
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Enchanter

DOS1983 adventure
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Carriers at War

DOS1992 strategy
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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition

DOS1993 adventure
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, des...
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Return to Doom

DOS1988 adventure
Before Doom became the 3D gore-fest we all know, there was Return to Doom—and no, it has nothing to do with space marines. This 1988 title is more Choose Your Own Adventure t...
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Virtual Pool

DOS1995 sports