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/ Genres / Adventure / Deadline / Play in browser

Deadline - Play Online

DOS - 1984
Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Apple II - Atari 8-bit - Commodore 64 - Mac

For small DOS games like Deadline, you can play online immediately with your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera...). This feature is experimental, the game may not work properly.

Warning: game save should work, but you should try it early! Also, be careful to select the right game executable in the list above.

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 5 MB English English

Comments and reviews

Kayoz84 28 Mar. 2026

This game is listed as being made in 1984 but it looks like it may have been made in 1982? Is this a specific version of the game? The 1982 also appears in the initial load screen ans setup.

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paleluna 25 Apr. 2022

No matter what game executable I choose, it always says it failed to download game data and load the game file. I'm using Chrome.

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willow 11 Dec. 2019

cuz you have a f-- glitch i love it

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dosdude 04 Apr. 2019

Why wont the game load?

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