Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (2024)

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.

Sid Meier's Colonization Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (2)

Sid Meier's Colonization is a strategy game themed on the European colonization of the New World, starting from the Discovery of America in 1492. The player has time until 1850 to reach independence.

Year: 1994 Genre: Strategy

4x aga business simulation historical battle history north america south america strategy turn-based strategy

Frontier: Elite II Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (4)Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (5)

The 350th game on GamesNostalgia is our favourite game ever: Frontier: Elite II. You can download here the PC version, which had a more advanced graphics engine, featuring texture mapping, compared to the Amiga version.

Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation

3d amiga original game polygons science fiction simulation space combat sim space flight texture map trading

Sensible World of Soccer 95/96 Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (7)

Sensible World of Soccer 95/96 is an improved version of Sensible World of Soccer, the soccer sim created by Sensible Software. It is considered by many the best game ever created for the Amiga.

Year: 1995 Genre: Sports

2 players football management multiplayer real-time soccer sports

Starcraft Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (9)Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (10)

StarCraft is one of the most influential real-time-strategy games ever created and one of the most important video games of all time. It was developed by Blizzard Entertainment, and it was initially released in 1998 for Windows.

Year: 1998 Genre: Strategy

aliens freeware real-time rts science fiction strategy

No One Lives Forever Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (12)

The Operative: No One Lives Forever, also known as NOLF, is a first-person shooter/stealth game created by Monolith Productions. It was published by Fox Interactive for PC in 2000.

Year: 2000 Genre: Shooter

3d action-adventure cold war espionage first-person humour shooter spy stealth

Lemmings Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (14)

Lemming is a puzzle-platformer created by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, DOS, and Atari ST in 1991. The game, one of the most successful games of the early 19...

Year: 1991 Genre: Puzzler

amiga original game puzzle strategy puzzler real-time

FIFA Soccer 96 Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (16)Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (17)

FIFA Soccer 96 is the third football (soccer) simulation released by Electronic Arts and it was the first to feature real-time 3D graphics. Developed by Extended Play Productions, ...

Year: 1995 Genre: Sports

football management soccer sports

Dune II: The Battle For Arrakis Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (19)Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (20)

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty is a real-time strategy game created by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Games in 1992. The game, also known as Dune II: Battle for Arrak...

Year: 1992 Genre: Strategy

movies real-time rts science fiction strategy war

Turrican II Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (22)Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (23)

Turrican II: The Final Fight is a run-and-gun game developed by Factor 5 and published by Rainbow Arts in 1991. The first version, designed by Manfred Trenz and Andreas Escher, was...

Year: 1991 Genre: Shooter

c64 original game commodore 64 cyborgs platform-shooter run and gun science fiction shooter walkabout

Superfrog Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (25)

Superfrog is a platformer created for the Amiga by Team 17 and released initially in 1993. One year later the game was ported to MS-DOS. With a lot of colors and nice animations, the game is totally violence free.

Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer

amiga original game cartoon hop and bop jumper platformer side-scrolling

Kick Off 2 Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (27)

Kick Off 2 is the sequel to Dino Dini's Kick Off, one of the most appreciated soccer sims of the '90s. Developed by Anco Software, it was published in 1990, one year later the firs...

Year: 1990 Genre: Sports

2 players amiga original game competitive football multiplayer soccer sports

Alien Breed 2 Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (29)

Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues is a sci-fi top-down shooter created by Team17 exclusively for the Amiga and released in 1993. It's the sequel to Alien Breed and Alien Breed: Special Edition 92.

Year: 1993 Genre: Shooter

2 players aga aliens amiga original game horror multi-directional multi-scrolling shooter shooter top-down

Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (31)

Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 is the second game in the Lotus arcade racing trilogy. It was developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1991 for the Amiga and Atari ST.

Year: 1991 Genre: Racing

2 players automobile licensed multiplayer racing split-screen street racing

The Last Ninja Best Abandonware games on GamesNostalgia (33)

The Last Ninja is an action adventure game developed and published by System 3 Software and released in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was ported to several other systems in subsequent years.

Year: 1987 Genre: Brawler

brawler commodore 64 isometric japan martial arts progressive beat-em-up

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