The retro games below are considered abandonware because they are not currently for sale on GOG, Steam, or other game stores. Download them for free and enjoy the nostalgia for the 80s and 90s with this selection of the best titles for Amiga, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, SEGA Genesis, and more. All provided with the correct emulator. If you think some of these games should not be listed as abandonware, please contact us.
Elite Advanced is a reverse-engineered version of the famous space trading sim Elite by David Braben and Ian Bell. This new edition was created by AmiGer for the Amiga and released in 2005.
Year: 2005 Genre: Simulation
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It Came from the Desert is an action-adventure game by Cinemaware, inspired by 1950s "B" movies, initially released for the Amiga in 1989. Later it was ported to MS-DOS. With Defe...
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Boulder Dash is a popular strategy/maze game initially created by Peter Liepa and Chris Gray for Atari 8-bit and released in 1984. The game, published by First Star Software, was p...
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Life Force is a Shoot ‘em Up created by Konami as an arcade and released in 1986. One year later it was released for the NES, and later ported to MSX, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and other platforms.
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Universal Warrior is a sci-fi shooter created by Zeppelin Games for the Amiga, released in 1993. Later it was ported to MS-DOS. The game designed and programmed by Mark Gornall and...
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Steel Panthers is a turn-based historical wargame developed by Strategic Simulations Inc and published by Mindscape in 1995 for MS-DOS. The game was designed by Gary Grigsby, consi...
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Cybercon III is a first-person sci-fi adventure game released in 1991 for the Atari ST and Amiga and later ported to MS-DOS in 1993. Designed by Ricardo Pinto, it stands as a remar...
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Battle Isle 2, also known as Battle Isle 2200 in America, is a top-down turn based strategy game released in 1994. It was developed by Blue Byte Software, who also published the game in Europe.
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Knight Lore is an isometric action-adventure developed by Tim and Chris Stamper and published by Ultimate Play The Game. The title was released in November 1984 for ZX Spectrum and one year later for MSX, BBC Micro, and Amstrad CPC.
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ToeJam & Earl is a comedy action-adventure created by Johnson-Voorsanger Productions for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis in 1991. The two aliens must find the ten pieces of their broken ship, exploring several randomly generated levels.
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Putty is a 2D action platformer created by System 3 and produced by Mark Cale, known for The Last Ninja. It was published in 1992 for the Amiga. One year later it was ported to A...
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Flight Simulator II is the second iteration of the flight simulator series created by subLOGIC. The series started in 1979 with the first Flight Simulator for the Apple II. Flight ...
Year: 1987 Genre: Simulation
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Premier Manager is a football/soccer management sim published by Gremlin Graphics. It was developed by Realms of Fantasy in 1992 for the Amiga and Atari ST. Later, it was ported to Acorn Archimedes and MS-DOS.
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Gradius is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Konami, initially in 1985 as an arcade. The game was ported to MSX and NES in 1986 and released outside Japan with the name "Nemesis.
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