Abandonware DOS title

Games featuring modem multiplayer mode sorted by release date

Games supporting modem play can be played by multiple players on PCs connected using... guess what?... a modem. Back in the day, being able to play via modem didn't involve Internet at all.

Most popular modem games

Virtua Cop 2
shooterWindows XP/98/95
Magic: The Gathering
strategyWindows XP/98/95
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3-D Helicopter Simulator

DOS1987 Sierra On-Line
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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Battle Chess

DOS1988protected Interplay Productions
Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
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Fire Power

DOS1988 Silent Software
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688 Attack Sub

DOS1989 Electronic Arts
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Legend of the Red Dragon

DOS1989 Robinson Technologies
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MiG-29M Super Fulcrum

DOS1989 Simbiosis Interactive
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NFL Pro League Football

DOS1989 Micro Sports
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Populous

DOS1989 Bullfrog
Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...
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Vette!

DOS1989 Sphere
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Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected Interplay Productions
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Billy The Kid

DOS1990 Level 9 Computing
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Command HQ

DOS1990 Ozark Softscape
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F29 Retaliator

DOS1990protected Digital Image Design
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Faces Tris 3

DOS1990 Sphere
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Hard Drivin' 2

DOS1990 Atari
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Knights of the Sky

DOS1990protected MicroProse Software
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Panzer Battles

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Armor Alley

DOSMac OS1991
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Falcon 3.0

DOS1991protected Sphere
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Lexi-Cross

DOS1991 Platinumware
Lexi-Cross is an abandoned science fiction tv show-styled puzzle game. Lexi-Cross was developed by Platinumware and released for DOS by Interplay Productions in 1991. The gameplay is a turn-based mix between Scrabble and Wheel of fortune with elements of Battleship.
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Neverwinter Nights

DOS1991protected Beyond Software
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The Perfect General

DOS1991 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games
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Wordtris

DOSMac OS1991
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Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected Interplay Productions
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Car and Driver

DOS1992 Lerner Research
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Dominium

DOS1992 Microids
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F-15 Strike Eagle III

DOS1992 MicroProse Software
F-15 Strike Eagle III is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1992. It was developed by MicroProse and is the third installment in the F-15 Strike Eagle series. The game was designed for various computer platforms of that era, including MS-DOS and Amiga. F-15 Strike Eagle 3 is a military flight simulation that puts playe...
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Global Conquest

DOS1992 Ozark Softscape