Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Don't Go Alone

DOS1989 rpg
Don't Go Alone is the kind of title that doesn’t need a warning label—it’s the warning label. This horror-themed dungeon crawler from 1989 drops you into a world ...
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Conqueror

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Conqueror is what happens when a tank simulator and an arcade game go on a date and forget their purpose. You drive a tank in a pseudo-3D landscape, blow up stuff, and command squa...
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Fast Food Dizzy

DOS1989 action
Fast Food Dizzy, released in 1989 for DOS, is exactly as chaotic as the title suggests. Starring the famously round egg hero, the game drops Dizzy into a world where food falls fro...
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Terminal Velocity

Windows XP/98/95DOS1995protected shooter
Terminal Velocity is all about speed, freedom, and blowing things up while flying at ridiculous velocities. The open environments give a sense of scale rarely seen at the time, and...
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Inca 2: Wiracocha

DOS1994 action-adventure
Inca 2: Wiracocha doubles down on everything its predecessor attempted, for better and occasionally for worse. The sequel streamlines some mechanics while expanding the universe, l...
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Jonny Quest: Curse of the Mayan Warriors

DOS1993 action-adventure
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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...
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Fast Break

DOS1988protected sports
Released in 1988 for DOS, Fast Break is basketball distilled into pure late-80s computer logic. Don’t expect flashy presentation or TV-style commentary; instead, you get a to...
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Kasparov's Gambit

DOS1993 strategy
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Joan of Arc

DOS1989 strategy
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Moraff's World

DOS1991 rpg
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Turbo Champions

DOS1989 racing
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Rules of Engagement 2

DOS1993 strategy
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Joe Montana Football

DOS1990 sports
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Murder Club

DOSWindows XP/98/951991 adventure
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Magicland Dizzy

DOS1993 action-adventure
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Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS1985 adventure
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The Lurking Horror

DOS1987 adventure
From 1987’s text adventure golden age, The Lurking Horror proves you don’t need graphics to be terrified. You’re a student trapped on a snowy university campus du...
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Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare

DOS1994protected action
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Redhook's Revenge

DOS1993 strategy
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Settlers of Catan

DOS1998 strategy
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Star Control

DOS1990protected strategy
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On The Ball

DOS1993 sports
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BurgerTime

DOS1982 action
Ah, BurgerTime. The game that asked the important question: what if we made a platformer about a tiny chef assembling giant burgers while being chased by sentient hot dogs? You gui...
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Brix

DOS1992freeware puzzle
If Tetris and a Rubik’s Cube had a weird love child, it’d be Brix. This 1992 brain-snapper is a tile-sliding puzzle game where every move counts and logic is your only ...
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Face Off!

DOS1989 sports
Face Off! (1989) wastes no time telling you exactly what it wants to be: fast, noisy, and slightly unhinged. This DOS arcade sports game throws subtlety out of the window and repla...
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Pools of Darkness

DOSMac OS1991protected rpg
Pools of Darkness is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It is the fourth entry in the "Gold Box" series of Dungeons &...
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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...