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First post, by Aui

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Hi everyone – I just rediscovered a set of CDs some of which I had a long time ago:

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Here is what I remember:
- The number of games was (and still is) overwhelming. I could never remember if I had already tried a game or not
- There were a lot of horrible games (sometimes amusingly bad)
- There were also some really good games (including some well known classics)
- There were some games I played once, found them great and then did not find them again
- There were a lot of games I never got to run at all.
- The collections are called "Mustang" Shareware 201, 202,etc...

Here is my plan – I want to try to recall and get to know as many of these games as possible - which is daunting. So, if anyone feels bored – please help and post about your favorites and all the other good ones and bad ones.
The games exist as CD images (e.g. on the IA) and I would assume it is legal to SHARE them or download them elsewhere ?! Also anybody who can suggest similar great shareware collections – please SHARE.

So - what are your favourite Shareware titels

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Reply 1 of 8, by Aui

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One of my all time classics "ASTROFIRE" It is a nice clone of the original ASTEROIDS with a few extras and great sound effects. Plays great and is a lot of fun.

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Reply 2 of 8, by leileilol

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I prefer 1o1 OnLy ThE BeSt GaMeS, which of course ONLY has the BEST games, like:

- Bernie
- Brudal Baddle
- Champions of Zulula
- Codename RED KEY
- FBI FRED
- Depth Dwellers (it is AWSOME !)
- Heros
- Hurdles
- Hypercycles
- Metal Grind
- Outlaw
- Ricky Rat
- Zorro

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long live PCem

Reply 3 of 8, by gaffa2002

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Some years ago, with the help of some good folks here in Vogons, I managed to compile two collections. One with freeware and other with shareware games (all for DOS). Right now they are both on archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/gaffa-dos-shareware-pack
Each collection is meant to be burned to a CD-ROM and run directly from DOS (there is a simple installer menu for extracting each game).

Here is the list of games that were included in the shareware one (around 230 games), you can say that this list is more or less curated as I tried to add only the "good" ones, according to my personal taste, of course 😀

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3D Space Fighter
4D Boxing
Abmis The Lion
Absence
Abuse
Actua Soccer
Albion
Alien Attack!
Alien Breed: Tower Assault
Alien Cabal
Alien Rampage
Alien Trilogy
Amulets and Armor
Ant Run
Aquanoid
Arctic Adventure
Argon
Arkanoid
Astro Fire
Astro3D
B.A.D
Backlash
Baldies
Baller and Forget
Balloon Challenge
Balloons
Bananoid
Baryon
Battle Arena Toshinden
Big Red Racing
Billy The Kid Returns
Bio Menace
Black Knight
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Blast ZONE!
Block-Man
Blood
Bluppo
Body Blows
BombAway
Bomber
BOOM! Master
Boppin
Breakin
Bust a Move 2
Cannon Fodder
Carmageddon
Carmageddon: Splat Pack
Catacomb Abyss 3D
CD-Man
CHAMP Asterocks
CHAMP Galagon
CHAMP Galaxia
CHAMP Kong
CHAMP Ms. Pac-Em
CHAMP Pac-Em
Charlie The Duck
Charly The Clown
Chasm: The Rift
Cheesy Invaders
Clyde's Adventure
Clyde's Revenge
Cold Dreams
Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy
Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars
Constructor
Cool Spot
Corncob 3D
Corridor 7
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crazy Drake
Cyril Cyberpunk
Dark Ages
Dark Wolf
Death by Dark Shadows
Deathball Incarnate
Deep Fortress
DEFCON 1
Descent
Descent 2
Desert Storm Command
Destruction Derby
Diamond Dash
Dig It!
Doom
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem 2
Duke Nukem 3D
Dynamine
Epic Pinball
Eradicator
Evasive Maneuvers
Extreme Pinball
F-22 Lightining II
Fate
Fecal Fred
Fifa 97
Fifa International Soccer
Fire and Ice
Flying Tigers
Flynn Sprint
Fourth Generation
Frog man
FX Fighter
Galactix
Genewars
Gobman
Grand Theft Auto
Guimo
Halloween Harry
Heretic
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Hocus Pocus
Home Run Derby
Hubie
In Search of Doctor Riptide
Inner Worlds
Interpose
Invasion of The Mutant Space Bats of Doom
Jasper's Journeys
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare
Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare 95
Jetpack
Jill of The Jungle
Johnny Bazookatone
Jump'n Bump
Kaboom
Krypton Egg
L. Runner 2
Ladder Man
Ladder Man III
Last Knight at Camelot
Lemmings
Lode Runner Live
Magic Carpet
Magic Pockets
Mario Bros VGA
Megaman X
Monster Bash
Mutant Earth
Nascar Racing
Nebula Fighter
NHL Hockey '96
Night Raid
Ninja Rabbit
Nitemare 3D
Oh no! More Lemmings
One Must Fall 2097
Operation Body Count
Outlaw 97
Overkill
Paganitzu
Paper Airplane
Pea Shootin' Pete
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Illusions
Powerslave
Pray for Death
Primal Rage
Prospector
Quake
Quarantine
Quiver
RADIX: Beyond The Void
Raptor: Call of The Shadows
Ravage
Rayman
Realms of Chaos
Redneck Rampage
Rise of The Triad
Risky Woods
Santa's Rescue
Scorched Earth
Seek And Destroy
Shadow Warrior
Shadowcaster
Side Line
Silverball
Sim City 2000
Sim-Pizza
Skunny Kart
Skunny Wild West
SKYNET
Skynet
SLIX
Slicks'n Slide
SLIPSW
Slipspeed
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Stargunner
Super Acid Block Attack
Super Stardust 96
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Superfrog
Superkarts
System Shock
Tekwar
Tennis Elbow
Terminal Velocity
Thanatos 3D
The Adventures of Captain Comic
The Chaos Engine
The Incredible Machine 2
The Last Half of Darkness
The Need for Speed
The Terminator: Rampage
The Varginha Incident
Theme Hospital
TIE Fighter
Time Slaughter
Tomb Raider
Traffic Department 2192
Trolls
Tubular Worlds
Tyrian
Ultimate Body Blows
Vigilance on Talos V
Vinyl Goddess From Mars
Wacky Wheels
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Witchaven
Wolfenstein 3D
World Rally Fever
Worms
X-Men: Children Of The Atom
Xargon
Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport
Xmas Lemmings
Xmas Lemmings 92
Z
Zool
Zool 2
Zorro
Zyclunt

My opinion on the ABSOLUTE BEST titles? Try Outlaw 97, Time Slaughter, Guimo or Fecal Fred 😁

LO-RES, HI-FUN

Reply 4 of 8, by MadMac_5

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Aui wrote on 2025-08-05, 08:28:

One of my all time classics "ASTROFIRE" It is a nice clone of the original ASTEROIDS with a few extras and great sound effects. Plays great and is a lot of fun.

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Oh man, I haven't played that game since 1998! It was so much fun, and I found it on a Night Owl compilation CD that my uncle gave me. When we had a lot of snow days stuck at home back in 1996/1997, I would go through that CD-ROM and look for hidden gems.

Reply 6 of 8, by Aui

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Outlaw 97 - never played this one but it was recommended already twice so I gave it a SHOT...

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Its like Streetfighter in the wild west, you can even destroy the environment. I feel this is probably twice the fun with another person.

Reply 8 of 8, by gaffa2002

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Aui wrote on Yesterday, 22:45:

Outlaw 97 - never played this one but it was recommended already twice so I gave it a SHOT...

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Its like Streetfighter in the wild west, you can even destroy the environment. I feel this is probably twice the fun with another person.

Don’t forget the fatalities:
https://youtu.be/1fX9ljcFjww?si=TKl9I1Eqmit7slTW

Thats the full version, though.

Note: The video isn’t mine, it seems leileilol posted it judging by the username

LO-RES, HI-FUN

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