Shareware MS-DOS Games

Shareware put the first episode of a game on a disk anyone was free to copy, and sold the rest by mail order. Apogee built a business on the idea with Commander Keen in 1990, and id Software's Doom spread the same way three years later. For many players the shareware episode was the whole game — and it is still the part that can be shared freely today.

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Wacky Wheels
Wacky Wheels – MS-DOS cover art
Wacky Wheels is a colorful and fast-paced kart racing game released in 1994 for MS-DOS by Apogee Software. Set in a whimsical world populated by cartoon animals, the game puts players behind the wheel of quirky characters racing across imaginative…
Genre: Racing
Release: 1994
Developer: Beavis Soft
Publisher: 3D Realms

Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem – MS-DOS cover art
Released in 1991 by Apogee Software, Duke Nukem is the game that introduced one of PC gaming's most iconic action heroes. This classic side-scrolling platformer follows Duke as he battles the evil Dr. Proton and his army of Techbots across three…
Genre: Platformer
Release: 1991
Developer: 3D Realms
Publisher: -