Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Ultimate Soccer Manager

DOS1995 sports
Ultimate Soccer Manager taps into the irresistible fantasy of running a football club without ever leaving your chair. Instead of flashy graphics, it offers spreadsheets, statistic...
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King's Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo adventure
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X-COM: Apocalypse

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo strategy
X-COM: Apocalypse takes the familiar alien invasion formula and tosses it into a sprawling futuristic city, where things feel both more chaotic and oddly more personal. Instead of ...
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LHX Attack Chopper

DOS1990 vehicle simulation
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The Games: Winter Edition

DOS1988 sports
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Inner Worlds

DOSLinux1996 action
Inner Worlds is the kind of side-scroller that sneaks up on you. At first, it’s a fantasy action-platformer—monsters, dungeons, the usual—but then you discover th...
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Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS1993 simulation
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe feels like someone took the original game, showered it with confetti, tuned the engine, and handed it back with a wink. Better colors, refined scenarios, and...
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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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Marble Madness

DOS1987 action
Marble Madness is an abandoned isometric action game designed by Mark Cerny and originally published by Atari as a successful and iconic arcade game. It was later converted for man...
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Sango Fighter

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993freeware action
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Rise of the Robots

DOS1994 action
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An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

Windows XP/98/951997protected rpg
Battlespire is the weird, dark cousin of the Elder Scrolls family - the one who shows up late to the reunion with a sword and no pants. This first-person RPG strips out all the com...
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Arcade Volleyball

DOS1987 action
In Arcade Volleyball (1987), two pixelated figures smack a ball over a net with all the grace of caffeinated stick figures. It's simple, it's bizarre, and it somehow manages to be ...
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Thomas the Tank Engine 2

DOS1993 racing
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Igor Objective Uuklaonia

DOS1995 adventure
Igor: Objective Uikokahonia—or however many vowels you can fit into that kingdom's name—arrived in 1995 as a delightfully oddball adventure game. Its humor leans absurd, its pu...
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Virtual Reality Studio 2.0

DOS1992 application
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Ancients 1: Deathwatch

DOS1991 rpg
In Ancients 1: Deathwatch, you gather your pixelated party and set off to cleanse a city of evil, or at least try not to get mugged by slimes. It's a dungeon crawler in classic DOS...
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Cabal

DOS1989 shooter
If Rambo had a twin brother who preferred hiding behind sandbags and tossing grenades like candy, Cabal would be his biography. This over-the-top shooter puts you in the boots of a...
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Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom

DOS1992protecteddemo adventure
Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom shifts the setting to a more exotic environment, adding variety to the familiar formula. Released in 1992, it introduces new challenges, new puzzles, and a s...
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Toonstruck

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected adventure
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Theme Park

DOS1994protected simulation
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Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS1989 strategy
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The Three Stooges

DOS1987freeware action
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Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead

DOSWindows XP/98/951997 rpg
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead (1997) continues its predecessor’s tradition of sprawling fantasy exploration with a darker, more dangerous edge. Available on DOS a...
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Once Upon a Forest

DOS1995 adventure
A gentle adventure inspired by the animated film, Once Upon a Forest (1995, DOS) delivers an eco-friendly story wrapped in side-scrolling gameplay. You guide three tiny forest crea...
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Voodoo island

DOS1985 adventure
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Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected rpg
This sequel takes the same D&D-in-space formula and tries to go bigger, bolder, and... okay, maybe just more complicated. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed continues the galactic strug...
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Deep space: Operation Copernicus

DOS1986 vehicle simulation
In this 1986 DOS game, you're piloting a spacecraft in the year 2123, defending the United Planets from the Andromedan Hegemony. It's like being the captain of a starship, but with...
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Alone in the Dark 3

DOS1994protected action-adventure
By the time Alone in the Dark 3 (1994, DOS) rolls around, Edward Carnby has seen it all - so now it’s off to the Wild West, because of course it is. Zombies? Check. Cowboys? ...