Abandonware DOS title

Games using vector graphics

Vector graphics in video games refer to a type of graphical representation where images are defined using geometric shapes, lines, curves, and mathematical equations, rather than a fixed grid of pixels like in raster graphics. In vector graphics, the shapes are described by their properties, such as coordinates, sizes, colors, and gradients, rather than by individual pixels.

While vector graphics have many advantages, they also have limitations. They might not be suitable for all types of visual content, especially when high levels of detail and realism are required. Additionally, complex scenes with a large number of vector shapes can still pose performance challenges, as the mathematical calculations required for rendering can become demanding.

Most popular vector graphics games

Spacewar
shooterDOS
Star Wars
shooterDOS
akalabeth-4

Akalabeth: World of Doom

DOS1981freeware3.7/5 California Pacific Computer
Akalabeth is a RPG game allegedly developed in just one summer by the Ultima franchise creator Richard Garriott. It's a dungeon crawler with wire-frame black and white graphics. Akalabeth is played in both first person 3d and top down view points.
alien-fires-2199-01

Alien Fires 2199 AD

DOS19883.7/5 Paragon Software
Alien Fires: 2199 AD is a 1987/88 science fiction RPG (role-playing game) developed and published by Paragon Software for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. Players can customize their character’s stats and skills at the beginning of the game. The graphics were considered quite advanced, especially on the Amiga platform.
astro-dodge-1

Astro Dodge

DOS19823.6/5 Digital Marketing Corporation
battlezone-3

Battlezone

DOS19834.3/5 Atari
blockout-3

Blockout

DOSMac OS19894.1/5 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group
blockout2-03

BlockOut 2

Windows XP/98/95Linux2000freeware4.3/5
driller-2

Driller

DOS19874.2/5 Incentive Software
Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d environment, through a first person view. The goal of the game is to place a drilling rig in each of the 8 regions of the moo...
netwars-01

NetWars

DOS1993freeware3.3/5 Novell
NetWars, developed by Novell, is a 3D space shooter video game originally released in 1993 for DOS. NetWars was designed primarily as a promotional tool to demonstrate the networking capabilities of Novell's NetWare, a network operating system that was popular in the 1990s. The game showcased the ability to play multiplayer games over a network, hi...
spacewar-splash

Spacewar

DOS19854/5
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer games and is often considered the first interactive video game. It was created in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen at the MIT. The game was developed on the PDP-1 minicomputer; this is a DOS port, released in 1985.Spacewar! features two spaceships, controlled by players, that ...
starwars-4

Star Wars

DOS19884.2/5 Atari
starglider-1

Starglider

DOS19863.7/5 Argonaut Games
styx-1

Styx

DOS19843.9/5 Windmill Software
tempest-2000-03

Tempest 2000

DOS1996remake4.2/5 Atari
Tempest 2000 is a video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation. It was released in 1994 for DOS, Mac, the Atari Jaguar console, etc. Tempest 2000 is an enhanced remake of the original Tempest, which was released in arcades in 1981.In Tempest 2000, players control a claw-shaped ship that moves around the edges of geometric sh...
thecolony-1

The Colony

DOS19883.2/5
thesentinel-4

The Sentinel

DOS19894.1/5 Firebird
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