Abandoned software

Software concept

Any software (libraries, APIs, or such) or software components that are no longer developed, maintained, or supported by their (former) developers.

Alternate name: Deprecated software

Any games using these are likely difficult or impossible to run on more modern systems than what was last supported.

See also: outdated technology

This is a container group; its children are:

Direct3D Retained Mode	Uses the Direct3D Retained Mode API, deprecated after DirectX 3.0 and no longer supported on Windows Vista or later.	1996 / 2000	4 games
DirectPlay	Uses the now deprecated network communication portion of the DirectX API. (too short)		3 games