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Abandonware spotlight

Occasionally, the information and files available for download for a game (or application) are updated with particular care and detail. These games, especially noteworthy for one reason or another, are featured here.

Mortal Kombat 2

action protected DOS 4.1/5 download

Released in: 1994

Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment

Developer: Midway Manufacturing Company

Mortal Kombat II is an arcade fighting game released by Midway in 1993. It's the sequel to the original Mortal Kombat (1992). The game introduced several new fighters, including Kitana, Mileena, Baraka, and Jax, alongside returning characters like Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, and Raiden. The game takes place in Outworld, ruled by the evil emperor Shao Kahn. Fighters are drawn into a deadly tournament after Shang Tsung's defeat in the first game.

Retro gaming news and insights

Every so often, it's worth diving deeper into certain aspects of the Abandonware world or the retro gaming scene. These articles explore themes and keywords, old companies, game series, and much more.

Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire - Adventure and RPG combined

12th April 2025adventure, RPG
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire is the second chapter in the Quest for Glory series. It’s an adventure game with RPG elements, where players must choose a class—fighter, wizard, or thief—at the very start. Set in a fantasy world inspired by Middle Eastern lore, the game was developed and released by Sierra On-Line for Amiga and DOS in 1990.
Anachronox: soundtrack added

5th April 2025adventure, RPG
Anachronox is a 2001 role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive with a futuristic, cyberpunk-inspired setting. The story of Anachronox takes place in a galaxy where technology and magic coexist. The game’s protagonist, Sylvester "Sly" Boots, is a down-on-his-luck private investigator who finds himself drawn into a much larger, cosmic conspiracy.
Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor

29th March 2025RPG
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) developed by New World Computing and released in 1999. It is the seventh installment in the long-running Might and Magic series. The game is set in the fictional world of Enroth and takes place in the same universe as the previous Might and Magic games. Might and Magic VII retains the turn-based combat system of its predecessors, ...
Electronic Games Arcade Awards - 1984

21st March 2025action, RPG, sports, strategy, top games and awards
The Electronic Games Arcade Awards, also known as the Electronic Games Awards or simply the Arcade Awards, were an annual awards ceremony that recognized achievements in the electronic gaming industry during the 1980s and 1990s. The awards were organized by Electronic Games magazine, which was a prominent publication during that era.The Electronic Games Arcade Awards honored outstanding games and game-related products in various categories, including Best Arcade Game, Best ...

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Featured theme: Real-time tactics

The games on Abandonware DOS are categorized by various parameters, including themes and keywords that describe genres, settings, and more. Occasionally, some themes are explored in depth and enriched with new games.

Hooligans: Storm Over Europe

abandonware 2002 Real-time tactics

Real-time tactics games are an hybrid between real-time strategy (RTS) and turn-base tactics. Real-time tactics are played in real-time, like RTSs, but lack the resource management and base and unit building elements. Real-time tactics games focus much more on individual units and tactics on the battlefield. Some of the most popular real-time tactics games are: the Syndicate series, Cannon Fodder.

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Featured company: Renegade Software

Based in: United Kingdom Active from 1991 to 1997 Games by Renegade Software

Renegade Software was a British video game publisher active in the early 1990s. It was founded in 1991 as a spin-off of The Bitmap Brothers, one of the most iconic game development studios of the era. The goal of Renegade Software was to serve as a publishing label for independent developers, allowing them to maintain creative control over their games while benefiting from Renegade’s distribution and marketing.Renegade Software published several well-known ...

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Retro gaming: the love for old school games

Where does the love for old abandoned games comes from? Our childhood, perhaps. What's left of that age? What do we miss so much? The long afternoons spent walking in the worlds of Ultima or the hours passed impersonating Duke Nukem. Here we are now, slightly aged, eager to pay homage to all those wonderful DOS games.

After all, it's about the passion for old games and a little bit of nostalgia.

The games listed on Abandonware DOS are no longer supported by their respective developers (as far as I know... I often check sites like Steam and GOG). If you find out that a game is still on sale or "protected", please let me know and I'll remove it from Abandonware DOS as soon as possible.

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What does abandonware mean?

Abandonware is a word that describes a software (game or application) no longer supported by its developers or its publishers and is no longer available for sale in any form (digital or retail).

When we talk about abandonware we usually refer to old games for systems no longer available to the public such as DOS, Commodore 64, Amiga, Spectrum, etc.

Some "abandoned" games are still on sale, that's why you will find games tagged as "protected" on Abandonware DOS.

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