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The best abandonware PC games of all time

Retro gamers like myself are convinced that the best PC games ever published were developed in a golden age of PC gaming, a long time ago, during the 80s and the 90s. I collected quite a few of those PC games and I own a small big box PC game collection. Some of you may remember most of these titles, a few of you probably remember all of them and played every single "abandoned" Windows and DOS game that made it into the chart.

Actually, some of the games listed below are not abanoned at all and you can buy them on GOG or Steam, but they definitely deserve to be included anyway.

I'm aware that every "best games" chart is far from perfect, there's always a couple of games that you think are missing. That's why this abandonware games list is exclusively based on votes cast by users.

The best old PC games

These are the top games according to user votes given since the birth of Abandonware DOS.

# game title status rating
01 The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
4.32
/ 5
02 Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate (1992)
4.32
/ 5
03 Street Fighter 2 (1992)
4.32
/ 5
04 Tetris Classic (1992)
4.32
/ 5
05 Lemmings 2: The Tribes (1993)
4.31
/ 5
06 Jagged Alliance 2 (1999)
4.30
/ 5
07 Mortal Kombat (1993)
4.30
/ 5
08 X-COM: Ufo Defense (1994)
4.30
/ 5
09 King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown (1984)
4.29
/ 5
10 Alley Cat (1984)
4.29
/ 5
11 Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares (1996)
4.29
/ 5
12 Pipe Dream (1989)
4.29
/ 5
13 Empire Earth (2001)
4.29
/ 5
14 Volfied (1991)
4.29
/ 5
15 Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (1991)
4.29
/ 5
16 Skate or Die (1988)
4.29
/ 5
17 Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes (1997)
4.29
/ 5
18 Whiplash (1995)
4.29
/ 5
19 Driller (1987)
4.29
/ 5
20 The Incredible Machine 2 (1994)
4.28
/ 5
21 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987)
4.28
/ 5
22 Operation Wolf (1989)
4.28
/ 5
23 Panza Kick Boxing (1990)
4.27
/ 5
24 Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain (1993)
4.27
/ 5
25 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
4.27
/ 5
26 Stunt Island (1992)
4.27
/ 5
27 ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs (1992)
4.27
/ 5
28 Super Street Fighter 2 (1996)
4.27
/ 5
29 Doom 2: Hell on Earth (1994)
4.27
/ 5
30 Alien Syndrome (1989)
4.27
/ 5
31 Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991)
4.27
/ 5
32 Links 386 Pro (1992)
4.27
/ 5
33 Space Hulk (1993)
4.27
/ 5
34 Lode Runner (1983)
4.27
/ 5
35 F-15 Strike Eagle III (1992)
4.27
/ 5
36 Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation (1990)
4.26
/ 5
37 Fleet Defender (1994)
4.26
/ 5
38 Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings (1999)
4.26
/ 5
39 Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter (1986)
4.26
/ 5
40 Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1983)
4.26
/ 5
41 Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon (1991)
4.26
/ 5
42 Cisco Heat (1991)
4.26
/ 5
43 Micro Machines (1994)
4.26
/ 5
44 Screamer (1995)
4.26
/ 5
45 Battlehawks 1942 (1988)
4.26
/ 5
46 Heretic (1994)
4.26
/ 5
47 Evasive Action (1993)
4.26
/ 5
48 Digger (1983)
4.25
/ 5
49 Jetfighter 2: Advanced Tactical Fighter (1990)
4.25
/ 5
50 Grand Prix 2 (1995)
4.25
/ 5
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