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  1. Syslinux icon
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    The Syslinux Project covers lightweight bootloaders for the MS-DOS FAT filesystem (SYSLINUX), network booting (PXELINUX), booting from the ISO 9660 filesystem (ISOLINUX), and Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 or Btrfs filesystems (EXTLINUX).

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
    • FreeDOS
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    4 alternatives
  2. XCOPY icon
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    XCOPY is a command used on PC DOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and related operating systems for copying multiple files or entire directory trees from one directory to another and for copying files across a network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
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    19 alternatives
  3. Gopherus icon
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    free, multiplatform, console-mode gopher client that provides a classic text interface to the gopherspace. Gopherus is published under the '2-clause' BSD license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • MS-DOS
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. Scorched Earth is a artillery video game in which tanks do turn-based battle in two-dimensional terrain, with each player adjusting the angle and power of their tank turret before each shot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
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    11 alternatives
  5. Jazz Jackrabbit is a platform game developed and published by Epic MegaGames. It was released in 1994 for PCs operating DOS, with subsequent Macintosh and Microsoft Windows releases in 1995 and 1996. It was one of the first games to bring the side-scrolling platformer style -...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
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    36 alternatives
  6. Norton Commander is a MS-DOS based file shell that was widely popular due to it's two column design. You could easily copy and move files between one folder or another, execute DOS commands and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • MS-DOS
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    16 alternatives
  7. Theme Hospital is a business simulation game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997, in which the player designs and operates a hospital. Like most of Bullfrog's games, Theme Hospital is permeated by an eccentric sense of humour.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PlayOnLinux (PlayOnMac)
    • MS-DOS
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    7 alternatives
  8. VFU icon
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    VFU is a text-based file-manager which can be run from a terminal. Includes internal text files viewer and editor. Customisable file associations, editor, user menu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GNU Hurd
    • Cygwin
    • Solaris
    • MS-DOS
    • NetBSD
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  9. Rogue icon
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    Rogue is a 1980 computer role-playing game created by Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, and Ken Arnold.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
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  10. Lord Ironfist is dead and the Kingdom is plunged into a vicious civil war by his feuding sons. At stake is the ultimate prize: control of the land and succession of the royal throne. Will you support the villainous usurper and lead the armies of evil or be loyal to the righteous...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • DOSBox
    • MS-DOS
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    Computer game series created by Steve Fawkner, in which role-playing elements are combined with turn-based strategy in a fantasy setting. The series includes four official games and two extension packs. Several remakes exist.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • DOSBox
    • MS-DOS
    Warlords II
    Warlords II
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    Warlords II
  12. ClassiCube icon
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    An alternative to the Java web game "Minecraft Classic" that was listed on the official Minecraft site but taken down in 2016-2017.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • Linux
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • MS-DOS
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Nintendo Wii / Wii U
    • Xbox
    • Playstation
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    14 alternatives
  13.  4 likes

    Mpxplay is a commander-style console audio player for DOS and Win32 operating systems, developed in OpenWatcom C v1.9.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • MS-DOS
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    11 alternatives
  14. Syndicate icon
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    Business is war in Syndicate, where you are the latest chip-enhanced prototype agent for the largest mega-corporation in the world, in an all-out war to control the American marketplace.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Origin
    • GOG.com
    • MS-DOS
    • Humble Bundle
    Syndicate
    Syndicate
    Syndicate
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    Syndicate Wars
    2 alternatives
  15. DRevitalize icon
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    DRevitalize is a program that repairs bad sectors (physical defects) on popular magnetic media (hard drives and also floppy drives to some extent) by generating a special sequence of high and low signals around the physically damaged area.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
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    8 alternatives
  16. BEYE (Binary EYE) is a free, portable, advanced file viewer with built-in editor for binary, hexadecimal and disassembler modes. It contains a highlight AVR/Java/i86-AMD64/ARM-XScale/PPC-64 and other disassembler, full preview of MZ,NE,PE,ELF and other.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BlackBerry QNX
    • FreeDOS
    • FreeBSD
    • MS-DOS
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    30 alternatives
  17. Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons: Episode 1: Marooned on Mars (Dec. 14th 1990) Episode 2: The Earth Explodes (1991) Episode 3: Keen Must Die! (1991) Commander Keen's very first adventure, and the debut of id's groundbreaking side-scrolling technology.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • DOSBox
    • MS-DOS
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    4 alternatives