| ABC Wide World of Sports Boxing | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1991 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Sports • Strategy ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ Floppy Disk ┃ Copy Protection |
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❝ Spanning the globe for 30 years, ABC's Wide World of Sports has brought billions of sports fans up close and personal for boxing duels. But boxing is much more than just throwing punches. It's a sport that tests the core of your being. Spirit, heart, desire, strength and stamina are all stretched beyond their breaking points and then asked to go just one more round. ABC's Wide World of Sports Boxing is far more than the typical punching games. Our detailed attention to creating a premier simulation and role-playing environment delivers a knock-out gaming combination that challenges the rest. ❞ |
| Abuse | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ All Hell has broken loose! Military experiments have created bloodthirsty genetic mutations. You are the only hope to prevent them from reaching the outside world - if you can slaughter the grotesque monsters, solve the deadly puzzles and survive the constant assaults. ❞ ❝ Approximately two years after the release of the game, Crack dot Com decided to release the game's source code. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Alien Carnage | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Harry is the name. Action is the game! If Duke Nukem has a twin separated at birth, you can bet it is the hot-action hero Halloween Harry! Do not let the name fool you. This guy is no pumpkinhead! The planet is in trouble, so Harry is blasting double! Only you can help him save the earth from aliens intent on transforming humans into zombie slaves to conquer the universe. Called to Space Station Liberty, Harry stands tall and receives his orders. Join him on his high-risk mission to infiltrate the bizarre alien ship, now burrowed under a high-rise city! ❞ ❝ In May 2007, John Passfield and 3D Realms released Alien Carnage as freeware. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Alone in the Dark | 📌 ┃ Year (Alone in the Dark) ‣ 1992 ┃ Year (Jack in the Dark) ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Compilation |
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❝ A suspicious suicide. A chilling curse. A malevolent power. And a wicked dark secret. You are in Derceto, a legendary Louisiana mansion - where, against your better judgement, you're drawn into a world of shadows to explore the darker side of Jeremy Hartwood's imagination. Despite a paralyzing sense of personal danger, your quest for truth drives you to investigate the old house. By entering Derceto, you are entering the daily nightmare of Jeremy Hartwood's life. You will be facing the torturous howls that resound deep within its halls. You didn't foresee the shadowy corridors that seemingly have no end. You couldn't anticipate the brooding, gloom-filled rooms, the pervasive weight of dread, and the heavy sense of evil filling the atmosphere and the house itself. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫. The Trilogy 1+2+3 release is available on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Alone in the Dark 2 | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ You are the elusive detective of the macabre, Edward Carnby. A kidnapped child depends on your super sleuthing skills and astonishing ability to outwit bands of ruthless gangsters, smugglers and pirates. One-Eyed Jack, their ruthless leader, would give his remaining eye to see you permanently retired. Are you ready for the challenge of your life? Steel nerves and quicksilver thinking are your trademarks. Without hesitation, you set out to rescue young Grace Saunders, the missing girl. Your razor-sharp instincts lead you to the place no one in their right mind would go. One Eyed Jack's infamous hideout, Hell's Kitchen, is a forbidding mansion that resonates with venomous evil. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫. The Trilogy 1+2+3 release is available on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Alone in the Dark 3 | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Super-sleuth Edward Carnby is back in the saddle in the gritty virtual adventure! This time, the detective travels to the Wild West ghost town of Slaughter Gulch to piece together a dusty puzzle: the mysterious disappearance of Hollywood heroine Emily Hartwood and her film crew. But before Carnby can break the curse that grips the town, he must outwit and out-draw the trigger-happy sharpshooters, deranged prospectors, and bloodthirsty lost souls who lurk there. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫. The Trilogy 1+2+3 release is available on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Bermuda Syndrome | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ Windows 3.1x ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ You are Jack J. Thompson. Destiny has brought you here. It's 1942. Shot down in the region of the infamous Bermuda Triangle, our hero has crash-landed into a dense tropical jungle and a whole heap of trouble. Are you a god? It is more than divine intervention to fend off attacks from restless natives and ferocious dinosaurs, save a distressed damsel from a fate worse than death, and escape this insanity to return home. There's no time to party. Sharp reflexes and lateral thinking are essential if Jack is to escape from this land that time doesn't even know about. It is not a holiday resort. ❞ |
| Bio Menace | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ You are Snake Logan, a top CIA operative who likes to do things his way. Metro City has fallen under the attack of hideous mutants. Your mission is to fly recon over the city and report back. While circling over the city, you're shot down by hostile forces and forced to crash land on the streets of Metro. Grabbing any supplies you can find, you are out to discover the source of these mutants, especially the guy who shot you down! ❞ ❝ Apogee released the game as freeware on December 23, 2005 as a 'Christmas present', and the full game can be downloaded from the Apogee website. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Blackthorne | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Through the dark vastness of space, exiled prince Kyle Blackthorne returns to Tuul to avenge his murdered father and restore the shattered Lightstone. The conqueror Sarlac opposes his vicious troops against the enraged prince. But the evil lord will soon find out: an army is not enough against a single fierce fighter with a vengeance! ❞ ❝ In 2013, Blizzard released the game for free on their Battle.net PC client. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Blockout | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1989 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Puzzle ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware • Unlicensed ┃ Media ‣ Floppy Disk ┃ Copy Protection |
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❝ Sit back and get comfortable before you open this box. You'll begin with the playing pit, a 3-D enclosure with length, width, and depth that you can set. During the game, various 3-D blocks will fall. Rotate and maneuver each block into the proper position to form complete layers. As each layer completes, it vanishes, giving you more points and more room to work. Blockout will challenge your reflexes and resolve in a test of coordination and quick thinking. But the greatest challenge of all will be keeping yourself from playing it again, and again, and again. ❞ ❝ Blockout is an unlicensed, 3D version of Tetris. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Cadaver | 📌 ┃ Year (Cadaver) ‣ 1990 ┃ Year (Cadaver: The Payoff) ‣ 1991 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ Floppy Disk ┃ Add-on |
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❝ Karadoc, who is a gold-hungry dwarf and just hopes to find a treasure, is on a mission to seek out and kill the necromancer Dianos, the sole remaining inhabitant of Castle Wulf. ❞ — Cadaver ❝ Dianos is dead. Karadoc has fulfilled The Cadaver contract. But collecting the reward will be more challenging than you had ever imagined. ❞ — Cadaver: The Payoff |
| Crusader: No Regret | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ You're a renegade, Silencer, out to settle a score with the powerful World Economic Consortium. Only your instincts, agility and firepower can get you through in one piece to the ultimate confrontation with your greatest enemy. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Crusader: No Remorse | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ As a Silencer, one of the elite enforcers of the World Economic Consortium, you're supposed to be incorruptible. But if the system you serve is utterly corrupt, where does that leave you? You go to the Resistance, the same pack you used to hunt down. Your former employers better watch their backs because you're coming after them with all the firepower at your command - No pity, no mercy, no remorse. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Cyberia | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Patched ‣ Save game bugfix |
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❝ The world is under the dominion of two opposing superpowers, the First World Alliance (FWA) in the west and the Cartel in the east. The leader of the FWA receives word that a devastating weapon is being produced in a secret base in Siberia, referred to as the Cyberia Complex. It was designed in an era of long-forgotten peace by the most brilliant minds in nano and cybernetic technology. In an ancient world of hope, it was to be the ultimate protector of a new order. In 2027, it stands as the instrument of humanity's destruction. You are Zak Kingston, tasked to infiltrate the Complex and retrieve any intel on the weapon production. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Cyberia 2: Resurrection | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ In Cyberia 2, the player takes the role of master cyber hacker Zak Kingston. After spending three years in cryonic hibernation, Zak has been mysteriously revived by a band of rebels bent on employing his services for a series of covert missions that will bring down the Free World Alliance (FWA) once and for all. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| D/Generation | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1991 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ A French company called Genoq has developed a series of new genetically engineered bioweapons, which have run out of control and taken over Genoq's Singaporean lab. The main character is a courier making an emergency delivery by a jet pack to one of Genoq's top researchers, Jean-Paul Derrida, who is oblivious to the events inside the building until the lab's doors lock behind him after he enters. His point of delivery is ten floors away, all of them crawling with bioweapons. ❞ ❝ This version is the original/legacy release for DOS. An HD Remake release is available on Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Dark Legions | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Strategy ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ Floppy Disk ┃ Patched ‣ 1.1 ┃ Copy Protection |
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❝ You fight for universal power with the aid of the dark citizens from the Tahr Carog world. Similarly, your opponent uses his army of creatures to fight you. Each character type in Dark Legions has its strengths and weaknesses. Use them well - you will be victorious. If you fail, abject humiliation will be the least of your worries. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Darker | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Simulation ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Your side of the planet is constantly in total darkness, but the Delphins have adapted to this life. The Halons used to live in the light, but recent events have caused their side of the planet to fall dark, and now they are attacking you to take over your technology. Your job as a Delphin pilot is to stop them and take down their attacking ships. ❞ |
| Death Rally | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Racing ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Enter the corrupt racing world of Death Rally, where defensive driving means annihilating your opponents. You'll become ravenous for the power and glory of being the best at Death Rally, but first, you must pay your dues. Put the pedal to the metal and smash, blast and obliterate the competition to earn the chance to face the undefeated master, "The Adversary." Make deals with loan sharks and mob bosses to get the cash you need to build the ultimate battle racing machine. Remember, no trick is too dirty, and no spectator is too innocent - in your savage quest for the checkered flag. ❞ ❝ Based on Komppa's work, Remedy released Death Rally for Windows as proprietary freeware on 20 October 2009. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Descent: Anniversary Edition | 📌 ┃ Year (Descent) ‣ 1995 ┃ Year (Descent: Levels of the World) ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Add-on |
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❝ You begin deep below the surface of Lunar Base I, where an unknown alien race has taken over the chasm of the Post-Terran Mining Corporation. Lunge down mine shafts, twist around never-ending tunnels and fight past robotic menaces in a 360° 3D environment. Move up, move down, shoot everything everywhere. Hang onto your senses (and your lunch) as you drop down mine shafts on a ride that'll leave you spinning. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Descent II | 📌 ┃ Year (Descent II) ‣ 1996 ┃ Year (Descent II: The Infinite Abyss) ‣ 1996 ┃ Year (Descent II: Vertigo Series) ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Add-on |
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❝ You're about to plunge over the edge and into the depths of Descent II. Suddenly warped into the outer reaches of the Zeta Aquilae System, your new mission sends you into the black depths of treacherous alien mines. You blast through enemy robots with powerful new tools, leaving their flaming hulks in your exhaust. Your ultimate goal is to exterminate the alien robot stronghold from the enemy Alien Base and claim total control. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Desert Strike and Jungle Strike | 📌 ┃ Year (Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf) ‣ 1994 ┃ Year (Jungle Strike) ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ A self-proclaimed general named Kilbaba is invading one of his neighbours. Installing himself as a dictator, Kilbaba quickly begins fortifying his position with military weapons and installations, including facilities for building nuclear bombs. The United States decides to send in a single helicopter, piloted by you and aided by a co-pilot, to infiltrate and destroy Kilbaba's forces in a series of swift strikes. ❞ — Desert Strike ❝ Ibn Kilbaba, son of Kilbaba Sr., threatens to annihilate America. Kilbaba hires Carlos Ortega to help him set up his nuclear weapons program deep in South America. Carlos Ortega, the world's most notorious drug lord, also yearns to seek revenge. The United States sends you to fight them. You will fight Ibn Kilbaba and Carlos Ortega's private armies with the Comanche attack helicopter. ❞ — Jungle Strike |
| Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms | 📌 ┃ Year (Earthworm Jim) ‣ 1995 ┃ Year (Earthworm Jim 2) ‣ 1995 ┃ Year (Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms) ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Compilation |
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❝ Earthworm Jim, a spineless superhero, wriggles back into action as the Groovy Guardian of Goodness in an incredible journey of cheese-curdling proportions. Left unconscious by a massive cow-induced blow to the head and clad in his indestructible, high-tech super suit, Earthworm Jim continues the battle for truth, justice and well-aerated soil. He sure needs you through his 3D fun house of a brain. But beware, there is an evil lurking, a presence in his mind, a dark unseen force at work - Jim's brain is a dangerous place! Whacked-Out Environments: Enter Jim's psyche, where he comes face to face with his fears, happiness, memories and fantasies. ❞ — Earthworm Jim ❝ From Evil the Cat's Circus of the Scars to the planet of Meat, join Jim on a madcap chase across the galaxy. Saving cows, thwarting lawyers and outsmarting Psy-Crow are all in a day's work for Jim. Are you up to the challenge? Can you handle the awesome new weapons? Excellent! Then stop reading this. Take it up to the front counter and try it at home! Trust no one, play it yourself or eat dirt! ❞ — Earthworm Jim 2 ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫. Earthworm Jim is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. Earthworm Jim 2 is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Electroman | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1992 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ After drifting off to sleep late one night at the planetary base, Jacek woke to discover that his unit had lost all its power. Climbing the darkened stairway, he found that alien beings had invaded the HQ and killed all humans - including his wife and children! Only his friend Placek remained, and together they escaped to another planet. Now, it is time for revenge. Spending all his insurance money, Jacek underwent many costly operations, giving him superhuman strength and senses. He armed himself with weapons and set out for the conquered station. Jacek is unaware that the aliens have rebuilt the station with numerous security systems built to keep him out. Can you help our hero? ❞ ❝ Though initially offered under a shareware license, the game was released as freeware by the developer on June 25, 2006, under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| F-22 Lightning II | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Simulation ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Roam through the blood-red skies over a vast terrain. Play with life and death. Preferably engage your opponent from behind. You've never experienced anything like this. You'll be amazed by the gameplay of F22 Lightning II, be speechless by the unique graphics and witness it in digital stereo sound. ❞ |
| Fade to Black | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Patched ‣ Cinematic flickering bugfix |
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❝ Lock and load as you jump into this adrenaline rush. Conrad, the hero from "Flashback", awakes from his cryogenic sleep to find himself in the clutches of his old enemies, the Morphs. With your heart in your throat, battle through the solar system in a three-dimensional environment. Know how to win the confidence of the Ancients, these mysterious people, and discover the powers of the Pyramid. Overcome the terror that invades you in these mazes infested with danger, and exhaust your limits to conquer the Morph invaders. ❞ |
| Flashback | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ You are Conrad B. Hart, Galaxis Bureau of Investigation Agent, stranded on a far-away planet after discovering an alien plot to overtake Earth. You must travel and find your way through four planets back to Earth and foil the aliens' sinister and deadly plans. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| God of Thunder | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ You are Thor, The God of Thunder! Your father is Odin, the mightiest Norse God and the ruler of Asgard. Odin must fall into a deep sleep (known as the Odinsleep) every few hundred centuries to rejuvenate his power. Your half-brother is Loki, The God of Mischief. Loki has seized the opportunity of this most recent Odinsleep and obtained the help of his most powerful allies to take control of Midgard (Earth). ❞ ❝ On March 27, 2020, Ron Davis released the source code, music and sound effects as public-domain software on SourceForge. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Evil grows darkest in the shadow. This chapter comes to its evil conclusion with Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders. Undead creatures and bestial horrors have done the unthinkable - callously slaughtering your entire race. But the nightmare has just begun. Wielding ungodly weapons such as the Firemace or Hellstaff and casting spells from the tomes of power, you must seek your vengeance or die trying. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on Steam 💰. A Heretic + Hexen Collection release is available on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Hexen: Beyond Heretic | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ While you were battling the evil forces of D'Sparil, the other Serpent Riders were busy sowing the seeds of destruction in alternate dimensions. One such dimension is the decaying world where Hexen takes place. A world littered with the mangled corpses of nonbelievers and inhabited by the undead followers that executed them. Only three humans: a warrior, a mage, and a cleric - have escaped the leaders' vicious spell. Three brave souls have the sword to crush the evil regime that threatens to destroy the world forever. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Iron Helix | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Strategy ┃ Platform ‣ Windows 3.1x ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Iron Helix is a science fiction thriller that immerses you in a fast-paced virtual reality filled with danger and intrigue. Control a robot probe whose mission is to stop a renegade starship on an automated course of destruction. Prevent intergalactic war and the spread of a deadly virus by destroying the doomsday weapon - code name Iron Helix. Navigate through dozens of condors and rooms. Search for ways to stop the looming annihilation while eluding the ship's deadly defender robot. ❞ |
| It Came from the Desert | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1990 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Adventure ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ A crawling terror whose towering fury no one can escape. A new dimension in terror that will have you screaming for mercy. Ants, twenty feet tall, go marching one by one, using your hometown as a human picnic basket! Panic grips the city as these monster-sized mutations strike terror all over again. Witness science fiction become fact as the unimaginable becomes real and the impossible becomes true! You will marvel as the screen explodes with action so real you can feel the desert wind chap your parched lips. Sound effects are so eerie you can hear the distant marching of giant harvester ants on the prowl! ❞ ❝ A collection of Cinemaware games is available as Cinemaware Anthology: 1986-1991 release on Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Jetpack | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ Use your Jetpack model L1069-E to explore 100 hazardous levels of dungeons! Equipped with Jet Turbines and armed with a powerful Phase Shifter, you quest for precious gems through dungeons full of treasures and peril. ❞ ❝ Jetpack is a platform game available as freeware, developed by American studio Adept Software and originally published as shareware by Software Creations in 1993. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Little Big Adventure | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Adventure ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Chilling dreams of destruction and doom fill your mind. You feel compelled to warn the world. In doing so, the tyrannous Dr. Funfrock imprisoned you. Are you in prison because of a dream? You know in your soul that you must escape somehow and discover the meaning behind this mystery. As Twinsen, prophet and saviour, you embark on a surreal and suspenseful journey. You cross continents to save the world and stop your evil nemesis. Your enemies may overtake you at any moment. Relentless you must be, for only those who remain pure can overcome the peril that awaits. ❞ ❝ In October 2021 both Little Big Adventure 1 and 2 engines source code were released under the GPL. ❞ — Wikipedia ❝ The free original version is available on GOG 🆓 and Steam 🆓. The updated and enhanced version is available on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Little Big Adventure 2 | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1997 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Adventure ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Twinsen, the plucky hero of Relentless, returns to face his greatest challenge ever. When strange aliens arrive from a neighbouring planet and begin kidnapping magicians and children, Twinsen uncovers an evil plot to obliterate his homeworld. In an epic adventure that will propel him across the galaxy, Twinsen must defeat the aliens and their evil god, the Dark Monk, and save his planet. ❞ ❝ In October 2021 both Little Big Adventure 1 and 2 engines source code were released under the GPL. ❞ — Wikipedia ❝ The free original version is available on GOG 🆓 and Steam 🆓. The updated and enhanced version is available on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Lode Runner: The Legend Returns | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Puzzle ┃ Platform ‣ Windows 3.1x ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ You're Jake Peril, the ultimate bounty hunter and all-around hero type, racing underground through the Evil Empire to regain the world's stolen treasures. If you do the job right, you'll be rich and famous - if not, you'll be ripped to bits by the deadly Mad Monks. Zap traps for these masters of murder and mayhem with your trusty laser pistol, or foil them with transporters, gas, ooze, and even bombs! ❞ |
| Magic Carpet Plus | 📌 ┃ Year (Magic Carpet) ‣ 1994 ┃ Year (Magic Carpet: Hidden Worlds) ‣ 1995 ┃ Year (Magic Carpet Plus) ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Add-on |
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❝ Wizards discovered how to extract mana from nature. And though it initially had beneficial uses, the quest for it made the lands barren. Worse, many corrupt wizards began turning to mana for their nefarious purposes, eventually leading to war. The battling wizards began using more destructive spells and summoning deadly monsters, which often turned against them. One wizard hoped to end everything with an all-powerful magic spell but instead only left the worlds shattered. Only his apprentice survived. His goal is to restore the world to equilibrium. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Absolute Darkness enshrouds the city, revealing a gateway to indescribable evil. Through this portal, you must descend to defeat the Demon Lord and his minions. Once more, your fate is sealed by the Demon as you unfurl the magic carpet and battle hordes of vile creatures to purge the Netherworlds of evil. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Mega Man X | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ No Manual |
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❝ Near the end of his life, Dr. Light succeeds in creating the first of a new series of robots that will change the world. Able to think and make decisions, this new robot holds great danger and possibilities. Fearful of the possible consequences of unleashing his creation on the World, Dr. Light decides to seal him in a capsule and test his systems until they are reliable. The future will have to choose his fate. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫. The Mega Man X Legacy Collection release is available on Steam 💰. ❞ |
| MegaRace | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Racing ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Patched ‣ 1.1 |
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❝ This race is so full of sound and fury, so graphic and realistic that you will squirm in your seat as you squeal around futuristic 3-0 cities in custom war wagons loaded with weapons. You'll have so much fun so fast it will make your head spin. Remember, your life depends on speed, cunning, and aggression. And you're going to need them all. You can't avoid tricky scum like Hammerhead and King Kool as their gangs try to take you out. But if you knock them off first, you can grab their guns and get going on the ride of your life. It's do or die. You haven't seen anything like this because there's never been anything like MegaRace. Strap yourself into this brave new world of battle racing and take it to the limit! ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on Steam 💰 and Zoom 💰. The MegaRace 1+2 bundle is available on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1997 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Puzzle ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ As Abe, you can whistle, laugh, hiss, and fart. In a lush world of diabolical danger where everyone wants to eat you, you are the skinny guy with no weapons. Run, jump, hide, scramble and talk your way past the ugliest bunch of carnivorous crustaceans ever created. Unlock your special powers to figure out your foes, and you might save your race. If not, you are for dinner! Enter Oddworld, a surreal, sensory overload of pure gaming and claim your destiny. Saviour. Or salami. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰, Steam 💰, and Zoom 💰. ❞ |
| One Must Fall: 2097 | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Governments are puppets to big corporations. One of the largest corporations is "World Aeronautics and Robotics" (WAR). If you want to get ahead in the competitive corporate corridors of WAR, you need to master the use of human-assisted robots (HARs). These gigantic robots' purposes include defence and controlling far-flung planetary outposts. The next outpost up for colonization is Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The highly-paid job as pilot of the WAR representative will compete fiercely, and you must qualify for the position by proving your worth in the arena. It will be the grandest one-on-one combat since the Roman Era. ❞ ❝ In February 1999, the game was declared freeware by the developers. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Out of This World | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1991 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ There was only one chance out of one million such an accident could happen. As for the consequences, nobody could have foreseen them. Certainly not Lester, who finds himself lost in an unknown and utterly hostile world. However, he will rediscover the genuine meaning of freedom won by fighting, the feeling that each day is a new victory. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Prince of Persia CD Collection | 📌 ┃ Year (Prince of Persia) ‣ 1990 ┃ Year (Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame) ‣ 1993 ┃ Year (Prince of Persia CD Collection) ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Compilation • Copy Protection |
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❝ While the sultan is fighting a war in a foreign land, his vizier Jaffar, a wizard, seizes power. His only obstacle to the throne is the sultan's daughter. Jaffar locks her in a tower and orders her to become his wife, or she dies within 60 minutes. You are thrown prisoner into the palace dungeons. To free her, you must escape the dungeons, get to the palace tower and defeat Jaffar before time runs out. ❞ — Prince of Persia ❝ The evil magician Jaffar assumes your identity, steals your beloved princess, and casts you out of the palace as a beggar. With ferocious palace guards in pursuit, you flee from rooftop to rooftop, through caverns, across a desert island, passed into ruins and beyond. ❞ — Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame |
| Quake | 📌 ┃ Year (Quake) ‣ 1996 ┃ Year (Quake Mission Pack No. 1: Scourge of Armagon) ‣ 1997 ┃ Year (Quake Mission Pack No. 2: Dissolution of Eternity) ‣ 1997 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Add-on |
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❝ The government had been experimenting with teleportation technology and developed a working prototype called a Slipgate; the mysterious Quake compromised the Slipgate by connecting it with its teleportation system, using it to send death squads to our dimension to test the martial capabilities of humanity. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Road Rash | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Racing ┃ Platform ‣ Windows 9x ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ No Manual |
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❝ Fight through the levels against other bikers, finish high and use the prize money to customise your motorbike. Sound simple? Add the hazards of oncoming traffic, suicidal pedestrians, street furniture, other road users, and crossroads - and it becomes quite a handful. ❞ |
| Robbo | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Puzzle ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ After pulling too many mischievous pranks, Robbo found himself destined to live in a horrid maze designed to prevent the intelligent little robot from escaping. It is up to you to end Robbo's frustration and torture and find a way to freedom. Beware! Along the way, you will encounter giant spiders blocking the corridors, powerful cannons shooting missiles in random directions, and deadly electromagnets designed to destroy all metal objects, including Robbo! That is just the beginning. ❞ ❝ On 25 June 2006, after obtaining approval from the rights holders, Maciej Miąsik released the three games from Epic Puzzle Pack, including The Adventures of Robbo, through the Classic DOS Games website under the Creative Commons BY-SA 2.5 license as freeware. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM | 📌 ┃ Year (Star Wars: TIE Fighter) ‣ 1994 ┃ Year (Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Defender of the Empire) ‣ 1994 ┃ Year (Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM) ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Simulation ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Join the Imperial Navy and Save the Galaxy! Pirates raid interstellar traders. Terrorists threaten the galaxy. Through their treachery on Yavin, the alliance of Rebels and other criminals has threatened the very foundation of the Galactic Empire. As an Imperial Navy starfighter pilot, you will safeguard imperilled lives throughout the galaxy. Only the Emperor can save us from chaos and destruction. Join his cause in eliminating this rebel uprising. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫. A Special Edition release is available on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Star Wars: X-Wing - Collector's CD-ROM | 📌 ┃ Year (Star Wars: X-Wing) ‣ 1993 ┃ Year (Star Wars: X-Wing - Imperial Pursuit) ‣ 1993 ┃ Year (Star Wars: X-Wing - B-Wing) ‣ 1993 ┃ Year (Star Wars: X-Wing - Collector's CD-ROM) ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Simulation ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ It is the dawn of the Rebellion. The Old Republic: gone, The Senate: abolished, The Jedi Knights: exterminated. Now, the Emperor seeks to crush the last remaining opposition. Against the overwhelming might of the Galactic Empire stands a small but growing Rebel Alliance. Scattered resistance groups are uniting, and what is needed most now are Starfighter pilots. Will you join their struggle to end this tyranny and become a hero of the Rebellion? ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫. A Special Edition release is available on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Stargunner | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ Deep within the Andromeda galaxy, the people of Zile grow restless and greedy. The Zilions secretly prepare for a massive strike against the nearby planet Ytima. Fearing such an attack, the Ytimians train an elite squad of "Stargunners." Their mission: To strike and wipe out the Zilions' three strongholds, where the Zilion war fleets await the launch order. Good will triumph if the Stargunners can surprise the Zilions and destroy most of their fleet. ❞ ❝ On June 22, 2005, Stargunner was released as freeware. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Syndicate Plus | 📌 ┃ Year (Syndicate) ‣ 1993 ┃ Year (Syndicate: American Revolt) ‣ 1993 ┃ Year (Syndicate Plus) ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Strategy ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Add-on |
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❝ In 2096, a massive corporation known as Megacorps divided the world into multiple regions. In Syndicate, you are a Megacorp Marketing Director, using cybernetically altered Company Agents in a race to control the New World Order. Enter the Syndicate. Step into a dark future where 'changing your mind' takes on a new meaning. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Syndicate Wars | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Strategy ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Syndicate closed with the global domination of the World by The Corporation. Now, a hundred years later, they have become complacent. Things are going wrong. The chip controlled by the minds of the world's population has started to malfunction, and once again, the citizens are perceiving reality as it is - grim. A new religious cult has sprung up. They are gaining a large number of converts to their cause. While in the cities, marauding gangs of bikers are taking advantage of the disorganization of the Corporation and gaining control of whole city precincts. It is the dark and gloomy setting for Syndicate Wars. This time, you can be a Corporation executive determined to place The Corporation back in control and further his career. You can be a Church Elder or the leader of the biker gang. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰. ❞ |
| Terminal Velocity | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ In the far future, armadas from surrounding systems have suddenly waged war on Earth, destroying critical installations and major cities. Earth is now on its knees. You are a pilot from the Ares Squadron flying the fastest, most dangerous crafts ever made. Currently, you are in the TV-202, a fighter few can handle. Given that the previous model, the TV-101, has chalked up more dead pilots than any experimental craft in history, many consider you lucky to be alive. You are in a flying coffin, outgunned and outmanned. But think how good a Saved-the-Known-Galaxy title will look on your resume. ❞ ❝ This version is the original/legacy release for DOS. This game is not abandonware 🚫 and a Boosted Edition release is available on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1990 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Abandonware ┃ Media ‣ Floppy Disk ┃ Copy Protection |
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❝ The evil Mysterio is a master of illusions and Hollywood special effects. When he lures Spider-Man into a movie studio to rescue Mary Jane Parker, he has Spider-Man right where he wants him! Spider-Man is fighting on Mysterio's turf - six movie sets packed with robots, electrified floors, doors that aren't there and walls coated with a chemical that keeps Spidey's webs from sticking! Mysterio has even turned gravity upside-down and sideways in some of his scenes! ❞ |
| The Lost Vikings | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Puzzle ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Floppy Disk ┃ Copy Protection |
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❝ Three hairy Norsemen set the stage for a decade of legendary adventure. Meet Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout - your typical, borderline-insane Vikings who happen to get abducted by aliens. Now it's up to you to slash, smash and solve their way home, an intense arcade action. Pillage and plunder your way through 35 levels of mind-bending arcade action. Combine the unique skills of three distinct Viking personalities to conquer dozens of marauding foes. ❞ ❝ In 2014, the game was added to Battle.net as a free download emulated through DOSBox. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Time Gate: Knight's Chase | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Explore the eerie museum of the Middle Ages. Dodge the deadly blows of the grim Black Knights. Rescue your fiancee Juliette from the claws of the Inquisition. Back through time and clash with Wolfram, the lord of the dark forces. But take care! Only one path exists to return to 1995: the TIME GATE. Are you ready to step through the Gates of Time? Will you be able to unravel the secrets of the cursed Order? Can you solve the mystery of the Knights Templar's Treasure? And you, William Tibbs - Are you ready to take up this challenge? ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫 and is still for sale on GOG 💰 and Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Tomb Raider Gold | 📌 ┃ Year (Tomb Raider) ‣ 1996 ┃ Year (Tomb Raider Gold) ‣ 1998 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Proprietary ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Adventurer Lara Croft is on a quest to recover the pieces of an ancient artifact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style, she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way toward the truth of its origins and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun cartridges in her wake. Get ready to cross the globe and take on impossible odds while exploring Incan ruins, Ancient Rome, Egyptian Pyramids, and the Lost City of Atlantis in search of the fabled Scion. ❞ ❝ This game is not abandonware 🚫. Tomb Raider 1+2+3 release is available on GOG 💰. Tomb Raider I is also available on Steam 💰. ❞ |
| Xargon | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ Trapped in a fantasy world of bizarre creatures and landscapes, guide archeologist Malvenious through dangerous lands and out of Xargon alive! Avoid spears, spikes & mechanical mashers as you fight lizards, trolls, enormous spiders and deadly purple hoppers through breathtaking 256-colour scenery & animation. Be prepared to lose touch with reality in this new magical adventure. ❞ ❝ Allen Pilgrim declared the registered version freeware and released the source code on August 4, 2008. ❞ — Wikipedia |