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Some shareware games were full versions that requested a donation to register the software if it was found to be useful. Most later shareware games included the first episode in a series, or had less levels or features than the registered version. Freeware games may be former shareware or commercial software, or games that have always been freeware. Public domain games are games that the copyright holder has officially abandoned all rights into the public domain (abandonware). Whenever the legal status of a shareware game is unknown, it is presumed to continue to be shareware.

All shareware games	All freeware games	Public domain
Full version shareware	Former commercial software
Partial game shareware	Former shareware
	Always freeware

Search for games by video mode

Games are listed by supported video modes. Games that have native support for more than one standard are listed under each supported standard. Video modes that have more than one resolution can be searched by resolution, or all games can be viewed by clicking on the name of the standard.

ASCII refers to games that are text-based; ASCII is not a video mode. Monochrome ASCII games can be played on Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA) or higher graphics cards, and color ASCII games can be played on CGA or higher graphics cards; all newer graphics standards are backwards compatible with these text modes.

Text modes

ASCII
Monochrome text
40×25×16c text
80×40×16c text

Graphics modes

Hercules	CGA	Tandy	EGA	VGA	8514
720×348 mono	160×100×16c	320×200×16c	320×200×16c	320×200×256c	640×480×256c
	320×200×4c		640×200×16c	320×240×256c	1024×768×256c
	640×200 mono		640×350 mono	640×400×256c
			640×350×16c	640×480 mono
				640×480×16c

Any graphics modes that exceed the capabilities of a VGA graphics card are called Super VGA or SVGA. VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) defined 23 graphics and 5 text modes that allowed for higher resolutions and/or color depths. As of the 2.0 specification, no further modes will be defined, allowing software to use any resolution, provided the graphics card is capable of displaying it.

VESA Defined Modes
Mode 100h   640×400×256c
Mode 101h   640×480×256c
Mode 102h   800×600×16c
Mode 103h   800×600×256c
Mode 104h   1024×768×16c
Mode 105h   1024×768×256c
Mode 106h   1280×1024×16c
Mode 107h   1280×1024×256c
Mode 108h   80×60 text
Mode 109h   130×25 text
Mode 10Ah   132×43 text
Mode 10Bh   132×50 text
Mode 10Ch   132×60 text
Mode 10Dh   320×200×15-bit
Mode 10Eh   320×200×16-bit
Mode 10Fh   320×200×24-bit
Mode 110h   640×480×15-bit
Mode 111h   640×480×16-bit
Mode 112h   640×480×24-bit
Mode 113h   800×600×15-bit
Mode 114h   800×600×16-bit
Mode 115h   800×600×24-bit
Mode 116h   1024×768×15-bit
Mode 117h   1024×768×16-bit
Mode 118h   1024×768×24-bit
Mode 119h   1280×1024×15-bit
Mode 11Ah   1280×1024×16-bit
Mode 11Bh   1280×1024×24-bit

Graphics mode	320×200	640×400	640×480	800×600	1024×768	1280×1024
16 color				Mode 102h	Mode 104h	Mode 106h
256 color		Mode 100h	Mode 101h	Mode 103h	Mode 105h	Mode 107h
15-bit (32k)	Mode 10Dh		Mode 110h	Mode 113h	Mode 116h	Mode 119h
16-bit (64k)	Mode 10Eh		Mode 111h	Mode 114h	Mode 117h	Mode 11Ah
24-bit (16M)	Mode 10Fh		Mode 112h	Mode 115h	Mode 118h	Mode 11Bh

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Games are listed by the year the first version was released.

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