Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected adventure
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game se...
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Lost Dutchman Mine

DOS1989 simulation
Lost Dutchman Mine (1989, DOS) is what happens when you mix an old western, an adventure game, and a survival simulator — and somehow it works. You’re a prospector with...
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Jackal

DOS1989 shooter
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Platoon

DOS1987 shooter
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Dungeons of Kroz

DOS1989freeware action
Ah, Dungeons of Kroz, the glorious mess of ASCII characters that somehow became addictive. Created by Apogee in 1989, it’s a fast-paced dungeon adventure where every symbol m...
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The Operative: No One Lives Forever

Windows XP/98/952000 shooter
The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a first-person shooter with stealth gameplay elements, developed by Monolith Productions and released by Fox Interactive in 2000 for Windows,...
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Adventure Fun Pak

DOS1987freeware action
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Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware rpg
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Heroes of the 357th

DOS1992 vehicle simulation
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Round 42

DOS1986 shooter
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The mist

DOS1985 adventure
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DOS1989 sports
Saddle up for an awkward mix of minigames that vaguely resemble rodeo events. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show tries to recreate the excitement of a 19th-century traveling circus but ...
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected simulation
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Top Gun

DOS1987 vehicle simulation
Top Gun is an abandoned flight combat simulation game developed by Ocean Software and released by Thunder Mountain in 1987 for DOS and a number of other 8 bit platforms. As the tit...
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Yendorian Tales: Book I - Chapter 2

DOS1996 rpg
Despite the baffling title (Book I – Chapter 2, yes, really), this is a charmingly earnest old-school RPG. Think “Ultima clone with extra oatmeal” and you're clos...
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Air Bucks

DOS1992 simulation
In Air Force Commander (1992), you don’t just fly planes - you run the whole air force. Think of it as being a general with a spreadsheet addiction. Assign squadrons, manage ...
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Grand Prix

DOS1989 simulation
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Shadow Warrior

DOS1997protected shooter
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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

DOS1984 shooter
Welcome to a future where zooming through tunnels and dodging neon obstacles is considered heroic. Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is a proto-3D arcade shooter that tries its best to i...
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Ancients 2: Approaching Evil

DOS1994 rpg
A direct sequel to Deathwatch, Ancients 2: Approaching Evil is like returning to your childhood neighborhood, except everyone’s still trying to kill you. Released in 1994, it...
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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...
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Pyramid Power

DOS1986remake action
Pyramid Power (1986) is what happens when archaeology meets abstract strategy. You’re not dodging mummies or solving hieroglyph puzzles—instead, you’re stacking t...
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Disciples of Steel

DOS1994 rpg
By 1994, RPG fans were spoiled with titles like Might and Magic and Ultima. Then along came Disciples of Steel, a brutally complex, turn-based fantasy epic for DOS. It drops you in...
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Novell DOS 7

DOS1993 application
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Realms of the Haunting

DOSMac OS1997protected action-adventure
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Outpost

Windows 3.x1994 simulation
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Voodoo island

DOS1985 adventure
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Skyroads: Xmas Special

DOS1994freeware racing
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Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939 - 1943

DOS1992protected vehicle simulation