Where to download old 286/386 Dos-based games?

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Start date Sep 19, 2004
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Nostalgia for 1980s games has led to discussions about where to find and download classic titles. Key sources include the official 3D Realms website, which offers downloads of old Apogee games, and abandonware websites that host a variety of retro games. Notable recommendations for finding these games include dosgames.com and cdos.org, which provide access to a range of DOS games from that era.

Sep 19, 2004

Saint

i felt nostalgia about the 1980s old games, where can i get them ?

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Sep 19, 2004

TALewis

Here are a bunch of old Apogee / 3D Realms games:

http://www.3drealms.com/downloads.html

Just looking at the list brings back some memories.

Sep 20, 2004

dduardo

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I would look for abandonware websites

Oct 26, 2004

BTruesdell07

another site

www.dosgames.com

Nov 7, 2004

poolwin2001

check this out
http://cdos.org/

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