Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

solar-winds-1-2

Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS1993 shooter
streets-sim-city-03

Streets of SimCity

Windows XP/98/951997 vehicle simulation
rescue-rover-2-04

Rescue Rover 2

DOS1991protected puzzle
castles-5

Castles

DOS1991protected strategy
Castles is what happens when SimCity meets Game of Thrones. You design your own fortress, manage the budget, and tell unruly peasants why the walls are more important than food. Be...
fifa96-2

FIFA Soccer 96

DOS1995 sports
There was a time when digitized sprites and surprisingly loud crowd noise felt like cutting-edge sports science, and FIFA Soccer 96 proudly lived in that moment. The big selling po...
captainblood-2

Captain Blood

DOSMac OS1988 action-adventure
Captain Blood is a space exploration video game released in 1988. It was developed by the French company ERE Informatique, and it was designed by Philippe Ulrich and Didier Bouchon...
burger-time-01

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...
gengis-khan-2-02

Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf

DOS1992 strategy
Bigger, deeper, and just as punishing, Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf (1992) expands the formula with more maps, more rulers, and more ways to fail spectacularly. Want to uni...
vlad-tepes-dracula-02

Vlad Tepes Dracula

Windows XP/98/951997 strategy
shufflepuck-cafe-04

Shufflepuck Cafè

DOSMac OS1989 sports
creatures-village-02

Creatures Village

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected action-adventure
Creatures Village trades explosions for adorable AI pets in a colorful sandbox world. You raise, teach, and care for Norns—genetically simulated cuties with personalities as ...
winlosedraw-splash

Win, Lose or Draw

DOS1988 puzzle
star-crusader-08

Star Crusader

DOS1994 vehicle simulation
Star Crusader is an abandoned science fiction first-person 3D space combat simulator, developed by Take-Two Interactive and published by GameTek in 1994 for both DOS and Amiga plat...
conquests-of-the-longbow-01

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...
hardball-4-04

Hardball 4

DOS1994 sports
larry-6-01

Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!

DOSWindows 3.x1993protectedNSFW adventure
3d-maze-01

3D-Maze

Windows 3.x1991 action
Ah, 3D-Maze. If you used Windows 3.x, you probably saw this lurking in the corner of your screen savers like a digital minotaur. Released in 1991, it’s not quite a game, but ...
horrorzombies-4

Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS1990 action
Horror Zombies from the Crypt is a platform game released in 1990 by Millennium Interactive for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is heavily inspired by 1950s hor...
tenshindo-02

Queen of Tenshindo 95

Windows XP/98/951995NSFW strategy
islanddrbrain-1

The Island of Dr. Brain

DOS1992 adventure
prehistorik2-splash

Prehistorik 2

DOS1993protected action
Prehistorik 2 builds on the first game’s formula but smooths out the rough edges. The controls are tighter, the levels more inventive, and the humor dialed up a notch. Once a...
renegade-1

Renegade

DOS1988 action
alien-legacy-2

Alien Legacy

DOS1994 strategy
Alien Legacy (1994) is like SimCity crashed into Star Trek and nobody called the insurance company. It’s a real-time strategy/simulation game that has you managing a colony i...
themepark-3

Theme Park

DOS1994protected simulation
premiermanager3-splash

Premier Manager 3

DOS1994 sports
By the time Premier Manager 3 rolled around, the series had cemented its reputation as the thinking fan’s football fix. Released in 1994, it refined the formula once again, o...
jbird-4

J-Bird

DOS1983remake action
thegreatescape-1

The Great Escape

DOS1986protected action-adventure
As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain am...