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New to abandonware? Start with this guide to play DOS games on Windows 7, 8 or 10, or on your Mac. Most games work fine without any tinkering, but some are hard to run properly.
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A large majority of our games catalog are DOS games, if you need to play Windows or Mac games, go to the bottom of the page or use the following table of contents. We have several other platforms now, specific pages are available for running these games. Also, don't miss our list of useful links for abandonware and this quick buying guide.
- Other platforms:
Why is this not working?
Most abandonware games on PC were created for the MS-DOS operating system. Today's computers no longer offer the same environment for the programs. Hopefully, some people were unhappy with this and created software to mimic the old computers operating system!
What program should I use?
Depending on your operating system, you have different possibilities.
For every operating system
DOSBox is the master DOS emulator, it works with almost every computer, and will be enough for a quick play of most games. Check the DOSBox website for more information. DOSBox works in Windows 10.
DOSBox Enhanced Community Edition, aka DOSBox ECE, is a good replacement of vanilla DOSBox. Many new features are added by the author YesterPlay, check the project website for a list of enhancements. Available for Windows and Linux.
You may use another program for many point and click games, ScummVM. You should check their compatibility page and search for the game you wish to play.
DOSBox has many frontend programs (complete list here) that give you a more appealing interface. DGBL is one of them, and it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. For quick way to play DOS games, you may also use IA Launcher, which launch games directly from the Internet Archive. Available for Windows (easy installer), Mac and Linux.
Windows (XP, Vista, Seven, 8, 10)
Most people are using Microsoft's Windows and an easy solution is available: D-fend Reloaded. It has a nice graphical interface, and a lot of things are done for you behind the scenes. The project has not been updated for years though, so you may prefer DGBL.
A possible alternative is LaunchBox, which supports DOS games but now tons of other platforms, including Windows and Steam games.
Mac OS X
Boxer is clearly the best DOSBox frontend on Mac, but it has not been updated since 2016. If you have updated to Catalina or above, the app won't work anymore. It has been partially ported to 64 bits, you can get it here or check the newest updates on this GitHub thread.
Linux
On Linux, you should use one of the cross-platform frontends like DGBL. Check the complete list on the DOSBox wiki
I need help this is not working!
Please note we do not provide support for running abandonware games. We strongly suggest you to ask for help on dedicated forums, like Abandonia or Vogons. You may also use the DosBox subreddit.
DOSBox setup
You should carefully read the DOSBox Wiki for a good walkthrough. Mac OS X users should pay attention to those instructions, although I recommend using Boxer.
DOSBox drag and drop (Windows)
Many of the standard DOS games can be played immediately with a drag and drop, after a standard DOSBox setup:
- download the game archive and unzip it ;
- drag and drop the game folder on the desktop icon of DOSBox ;
- the game folder will be mounted as C: - just type the name the right .exe file and press enter ;
- tips: use DIR command in DOSBox to list game files (if the list is big, use 'DIR /p'), and use the TAB key to autocomplete the .exe file name.
If you don't have the DOSBox shortcut on your desktop, the drag and drop works on the DOSBox executable file located in C:Program FilesDOSBox-0.xx
D-Fend Reloaded Setup
As a start, download the latest setup of D-Fend.
Once installed, follow the following steps (click on the pictures for full size). Screenshots taken in Windows 10 October 2016.
Step 1
Starting with a fresh D-Fend install, you should see this screen after launching the program. You can already launch DOSDox DOS to bring an operational MS-DOS system. Guess you want to play a GAME, so not much to do here.
Step 2
First, unzip the downloaded game somewhere. Then click on Extras > Open game folder... This is where you will put the game files.
Step 3
The game folder is the virtual drive used by the default D-Fend setup. For this tutorial, I unzipped the Mario Teaches Typing on the desktop, then moved the game folder to the Game Folder of D-Fend. The name of the folder itself is not important, but you should avoid spaces or special characters.
Step 4
Now that the game files are on the virtual drive, we must add the game to D-Fend. Click on Add > Add manually... > Add DOSBox Profile. A new window will appear, as shown in the video, the 'Profile editor'. We must set the program file by clicking on the folder icon at the right end of 'Program file'.
The explorer will show you the contents of the virtual drive. Navigate through the game folder until you see program files. Some game only has one file listed here, Mario Teaches Typing has two, usually, the right file to select is named after the game. This time, it's 'MARIO', select the file and click Open. You may also select a setup program the same way, as shown in the video. Useful for sound configuration most of the time.
Coming back to the Profile editor, we can see the executable file in the Program file field. The last thing to do is to set the name of the game in the Profile name field. Once this is done, click on Ok. The game appears in the list, double-click to run it and have fun!
D-Fend Reloaded Wizard
You may also use the game wizard in D-Fend Reloaded, it's simpler to add a game.
Step 1
After downloading and unzipping the game files somewhere, launch D-Fend, click Add > Add with wizard... A new window appears, 'Create new profile', Emulation type should be set to DOSBox. Click on Next.
Step 2
Click on the folder on the right side of the 'Program to be started'. Navigate to your folders to the game directory and find the proper executable file (see the second paragraph in Step 4 of the previous tutorial). Click on Open.
Step 3
D-Fend will auto-detect the game sometimes, you may also select one in the list as shown in the screenshot. By clicking Next, you get some additional information on the game, anyway, you can click Ok, the game will be listed in the main windows and ready to be played!
Additional steps and troubleshooting
Amongst different problems we have run into, here are some additional tips.
How to make DOSBox fullscreen
By default, DOSBox runs in windowed mode. To make DOSBox fullscreen, just press ALT and Enter. Press ALT and Enter again to get back to windowed mode. If you want DOSBox to always run fullscreen when launched, edit dosbox.conf (click on 'DOSBox 0.74 Options' in Start menu), change 'fullscreen=false' to 'fullscreen=true', save and close the text editor.
Games Running Too Fast or Too Slow
Many old games were made to run as fast as the computer could get, those may be too fast with DOSBox default CPU cycles. You have to reduce the CPU cycles with CTRL-F11 in DOSBox. Other frontend programs may use different shortcuts.
On the opposite, the default CPU cycles may be too low for 'recent' DOS games, you will have to raise the CPU cycles with CTRL-F12 in Dosbox. Other frontend programs may use different shortcuts. You can also skip frames in DOSBox to get better performances, use CTRL-F8 to increase the number of frames skipped. You can read more about performances in DOSBox on the official wiki.
Game setup
You may remember running SETUP.EXE to configure sound, have better graphics or enable mouse support. You should add the setup program to the Setup section, below the Program section in D-Fend, and launch it before playing the game.
DOSBox can emulate several sound cards, check out the wiki about sound setup. Most of the time, Sound Blaster or AdLib is the right choice.
Virtual Drive
Some games require you to emulate a floppy drive and have the game content mounted in it. To add this floppy drive, edit the game profile, click on Drives and add a new drive. You may use a folder or a real floppy image (.img) for the floppy content. Same goes for CD games.
PC-Booter Games
We have some PC-Booter games, theses games have to be booted to work. DOSBox can handle this fine, but these steps are not so clear.
Chuck Cartia gave us a nice walkthrough, using SpitFire Ace as an example:
1 - Create a folder to put your .img files in, for this example, on the C: drive make a folder named DriveImg.
2 - Now put the file spitfire.img in this folder. Add a line to the dosbox.conf file in the [autoexec] section:
boot c:DriveImgspitfire.img -l a
That's dash ell (for letter) and the drive letter you want to assign.
3 - Make sure you have any other references to this drive letter remmed out with the # like this:
#mount a a: -t floppy
or
#mount a s:install.
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4 - That's it... Save the dosbx.conf file and when you start DOSBOX, the game should boot and start automatically just like the good old days when you shoved the disk in and turned on the (Atari) computer.
After reading this, the explanation in the DOSBOX readme.txt file should make sense and you can figure out how to add more drives for multiple disk games.
Note: You don't need to use the IMGMOUNT command when you use the BOOT command. Don't forget to rem out the boot line and unrem your other line(s) when you want to use DOSBOX normally.
Memory Problems
Some games have memory problems at startup, like error message telling you 'Not enough memory'. You should try several combinations of options in the 'Memory' part of the profile, enabling loadfix first.
For additional help, you should ask your questions over the Vogons forums or the DosBox subreddit.
Font doesn't look right
Many old games relied heavily on standard fonts present in the operating system, you can get them at the The Oldschool PC Font Resource, made by VileR. Font pack mirror available here.
ISO and CUE/BIN files (CD images)
Some of the games are available as a CD image, a perfect copy of the original CD. For DOS games, DOSBox will read the images if the format is ISO or BIN/CUE. Several formats are possible, though: ISO, CUE/BIN, NRG, MDS/MDF. Usually, these images come with Windows games, scroll down for help on opening these.
DOS Games
For DOS games, it's quite straightforward: DOSBox allows you to mount these images directly, with the IMGMOUNT command. The IMGMOUNT command will perfectly mount ISO images, but can also mount CUE/BIN images. CUE/BIN images allow you to mount a game CD which has music tracks on it - many games of the late 90s used this system, and you could play the game music on a CD player.
If you use a DOSBox frontend, you will probably find a way to mount an image through the menus. One alternative is to mount these images with a mounting software (see below for Windows) and using the mounted image as a source in DOSBox using the MOUNT command.
Windows Games
For Windows games, you need an additional software to read the images. Many software is available, not all of them are free:
- Virtual CloneDrive: light freeware, no ads or adware installed, highly recommended.
- WinCDEmu: open source, totally free, also recommended.
- MagicISO MagicDisc: good freeware, supports Win98/ME for old machines.
- ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver: very light freeware, can create any disk type, has command line support. Core virtual disk driver available here.
- DAEMON Tools Lite: a free version is available, watch out for adware during installation, you can also pay a $4 licence for a clean installer.
Once installed, most of these software will allow you to mount an ISO or CUE/BIN image by simply double-clicking on it. Beware, some images contains additional data only readable by DAEMON Tools, making the disk image unmountable, or making the game unplayable without a crack / noCD. Having DAEMON Tools installed for these cases can be useful.
Mounting images on a Mac
On a Mac computer, ISO files can be mounted without installing anything, but CUE/BIN files require DAEMON Tools Lite Mac to be mounted easily (click on the Download link next to the buy button). You can also try to rename the BIN file as an ISO file: rename 'gamefile.bin' to 'gamefile.iso' and open the file - it may work!
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Arena Of The Mad King (aotmk) Mac Os Catalina
Distributed titles[edit]
Title | Platform(s) | Release date | Developer(s) | Ref. |
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Sigma 7 | Amstrad CPC | February 1987 | Durell Software | |
Rocket Ranger | DOS | 1988 | Cinemaware | |
Iron Lord | C 64, Amiga, DOS, +6 other | 1989 | Orou Mama, Ivan Jacot | |
Corsarios | PC Booter | 1989 | Opera Soft | |
Battle Chess | Atari ST | 1989 | Interplay Entertainment | |
Maniac Mansion | Atari ST | 1989 | Lucasfilm Games | |
Space Ace | Atari ST | 1989 | ReadySoft Incorporated | |
Toobin' | Amiga | 1989 | Teque Software Development | |
Twinworld | Amiga | 1989 | Blue Byte | |
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat | DOS | 1991 | Electronic Arts | |
The Perfect General | DOS | 1991 | White Wolf Productions | |
ActRaiser 2 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | 1994 | Quintet | |
Delta V | DOS | 1994 | Bethesda Softworks | |
Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad | Amiga | 1994 | Neon Software | |
Network Q RAC Rally | DOS | 1994 | Pixelkraft | |
The Elder Scrolls: Arena | DOS | 1994 | Bethesda Softworks | |
WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness | DOS | December 1995 | Blizzard Entertainment | |
Anvil of Dawn | DOS | 1995 | DreamForge Intertainment | |
Flight Unlimited | DOS | 1995 | Looking Glass Technologies | |
Jewels of the Oracle | Mac OS | 1995 | ELOI Productions | |
Microsoft Windows | ||||
Mega Man 7 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | 1995 | Capcom | |
Pro Pinball: The Web | DOS | 1995 | Cunning Developments | |
The Dig | DOS | 1995 | Lucasfilm | |
Diablo | Microsoft Windows | December 31, 1996 | Blizzard North | |
Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy | DOS | 1996 | Electric Demons | |
Network Q RAC Rally Championship | DOS | 1996 | Magnetic Fields | |
Nile: Passage to Egypt | Microsoft Windows | 1996 | Human Code | |
Star General | DOS | 1996 | Catware | |
Microsoft Windows | ||||
Earth 2140 | Microsoft Windows | 1997 | TopWare Interactive | |
East Front | Microsoft Windows | 1997 | TalonSoft | |
Riven: The Sequel to Myst | Mac OS | 1997 | Cyan Productions | |
Seven Kingdoms | Microsoft Windows | 1997 | Enlight Software | |
Speedboat Attack | Microsoft Windows | 1997 | Criterion Games | |
Grim Fandango | Microsoft Windows | November 1998 | LucasArts | |
Dracula's Secret | Microsoft Windows | 1998 | Corel Corporation, KLA Visual Productions | |
Extreme 500 | Microsoft Windows | 1998 | Ascaron Entertainment | |
Falcon 4.0 | Microsoft Windows | 1998 | MicroProse | |
Game, Net & Match! | Microsoft Windows | 1998 | Blue Byte | |
StarCraft | Microsoft Windows | 1998 | Blizzard Entertainment | |
The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 | Microsoft Windows | 1998 | TalonSoft | |
Asghan: The Dragon Slayer | Microsoft Windows | January 1, 1999 | Silmarils | |
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor | Microsoft Windows | June 1999 | New World Computing | |
Armored Fist 3 | Microsoft Windows | 1999 | NovaLogic | |
Missile Command | Microsoft Windows | 1999 | Meyer Glass Interactive | |
Rage of Mages II: Necromancer | Microsoft Windows | 1999 | Nival Entertainment | |
Sid Meier's Civilization II: Test of Time | Microsoft Windows | 1999 | MicroProse | |
Sinistar: Unleashed | Microsoft Windows | 1999 | GameFX Technology | |
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim | Microsoft Windows | April 20, 2000 | Cyberlore Studios | |
Grand Prix 3 | Microsoft Windows | July 28, 2000 | MicroProse | |
Mary King's Riding Star | Microsoft Windows | September 14, 2000 | Transmission Games | |
Real Myst | Microsoft Windows | November 15, 2000 | Cyan Worlds | |
Escape from Monkey Island | Microsoft Windows | November 16, 2000 | LucasArts | |
Mary King's Riding Star | PlayStation | December 22, 2000 | Transmission Games | |
Bang! Gunship Elite | Dreamcast | December 2000 | Rayland Interactive | |
Battle Isle: The Andosia War | Microsoft Windows | 2000 | Cauldron | |
Sergei Bubka's Millennium Games | Microsoft Windows | 2000 | Dinamic Multimedia | |
Ultimate Surfing | Game Boy Color | June 18, 2001 | Act Studio | |
Silent Hunter II | Microsoft Windows | December 10, 2001 | Ultimation | |
Rally Championship Xtreme | Microsoft Windows | 2001 | Warthog | |
Return of the Ninja | Game Boy Color | 2001 | Natsume | |
The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction | PlayStation | 2001 | Asylum Entertainment, VIS Entertainment | |
Ecks vs. Sever | Game Boy Advance | January 31, 2002 | Crawfish Interactive | |
Hooters Road Trip | PlayStation | 2002 | Hoplite Research | |
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf | Microsoft Windows | November 21, 2002 | Liquid Entertainment | |
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town | Game Boy Advance | February 19, 2004 | Natsume | |
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | Microsoft Windows | August 26, 2004 | NovaLogic | |
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time | PlayStation 2 | September 30, 2004 | Tri-Ace | |
Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates | Linux | May 2005 | Three Rings Design | |
Mac OS | ||||
Microsoft Windows | ||||
Sniper Elite | PlayStation 2 | September 30, 2005 | Rebellion Developments | |
Xbox | ||||
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne | PlayStation 2 | 2005 | Atlus | |
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege | Microsoft Windows | February 21, 2006 | Capcom | |
Darkstar One | Microsoft Windows | May 18, 2006 | Ascaron Entertainment | |
Star Trek: Encounters | PlayStation 2 | December 7, 2006 | 4J Studios | |
Star Trek: Tactical Assault | Nintendo DS | December 21, 2006 | Quicksilver Software | |
Asphalt: Urban GT 2 | PlayStation Portable | March 22, 2007 | Virtuos | |
The Dog Island | Wii, PlayStation 2 | April 26, 2007 | Yuke's | |
Final Fantasy IV | Nintendo DS | September 5, 2007 | Matrix Software | |
Petz: Dogz 2 and Catz 2 | Mac OS X, PC, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Wii | November 14, 2007 | Yuke's | |
Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword | Nintendo DS | June 26, 2008 | Team Ninja | |
Soulcalibur: Legends | Wii | August 22, 2008 | Project Soul | |
Peppa Pig: The Game | Nintendo DS | August 7, 2009 | Asylum Entertainment | |
Wii | November 27, 2009 | |||
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - The Crystal Bearers | Wii | February 4, 2010 | Square Enix | |
Peppa Pig: Fun and Games | Nintendo DS | March 26, 2010 | Asylum Entertainment | |
Wii | October 22, 2010 |
Cancelled titles[edit]
- Aliens Versus Predator for Game Boy Advance[1]
- America's Army: Rise of a Soldier for PlayStation 2
- Animalz Marine Zoo for Nintendo DS
- Arcatera for Dreamcast
- Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy for Nintendo 3DS[2]
- Assassin's Creed Utopia for Android, iOS[3]
- Babyz Party for Wii
- Bonx for Game Boy Advance
- Bratz: Formal Funk for PlayStation 2
- Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[4]
- Call of Juarez for Xbox
- Campus for PlayStation 2, Xbox[5]
- Charlie's Angels for Game Boy Advance, Xbox
- Cloudberry Kingdom for PlayStation Vita
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for GameCube
- Dance on Broadway for Nintendo DS
- Dragon Riders for Game Boy Color
- E.T.: Return to the Green Planet for PlayStation 2
- Far Cry Instincts for PlayStation 2
- F1 Racing Championship 2 for Windows, PlayStation 2
- Funky Barn for PlayStation 3
- Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado for Dreamcast
- Guitar Hits for PlayStation Portable
- Haze for Windows, Xbox 360
- Heroes for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[6]
- Imagine: Animal Doctor for Windows
- Killer Freaks from Outer Space for Wii U
- Killing Day for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[7]
- Larry Bond's Harpoon 4 for Windows[8]
- Might & Magic Raiders for Browser
- My Life Coach for Nintendo DS
- Petz: Monkeyz House for Windows
- Steep for Nintendo Switch[9]
- TMNT for PlayStation 3
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 for Windows[10]
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter for GameCube
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 for Wii
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Commander for Browser[11]
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier for Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder for PlayStation 2
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms for Wii U
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots for Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One[12]
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Critical Hour for PlayStation 2
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear for PlayStation 2
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
- V.I.P. for Dreamcast
- Wildwaters for Nintendo 64
References[edit]
- ^'Aliens vs. Predator comes to the Game Boy Advance'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'Assassin's Creed 3DS KIA'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'Assassin's Creed Utopia brings city-building to iOS, Android'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 to be reimagined into new IP'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'Campus [PS2/XBOX – Cancelled]'. unseen64.net. July 25, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^'Ubisoft finds Heroes'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'Ubisoft files Killing Day, Driver trademarks'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'Harpoon 4 down, but not out'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'Ubisoft Quietly Cancels Switch Game Steep'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'PC Ghost Recon 2 canceled'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'John Romero Takes on Ghost Recon'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^'Rainbow Six: Patriots Was Canceled to Allow for a 'Next-Gen Experience''. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-17.