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Desert Rats
DOS1986 strategy
Released in 1986, Desert Rats is a strategy game that puts you in charge of the North African campaign of World War II. Don’t let the cute title fool you—there are no a...
4th & Inches
DOS1988protected sports
Before Madden became a household name, 1988 gave us this DOS football classic, where plays are drawn like cave paintings and players move like molasses in January. Yet, for its tim...
Falcon
DOS1987protected vehicle simulation
Released in 1987, Falcon is the kind of flight simulator that politely informs you, within minutes, that you are not nearly as smart as you thought. This isn’t an arcade joyr...
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Windows XP/98/951999protected action-adventure
Omikron: The Nomad Soul (1999, Windows XP) is the kind of game that leans across the table and says, “What if we mashed every genre together and asked David Bowie to help?&rd...
Car and Driver
DOS1992 racing
Ever wanted to read Car and Driver magazine and then actually drive the cars featured in it? Well, someone in 1992 said “why not both?” and Car and Driver the game was ...
Toonstruck
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected adventure
Borland Paradox 4.5
DOSWindows XP/98/951993 application
Questprobe featuring The Hulk
DOS1984 adventure
NetHack - Falcon's Eye
Windows XP/98/952001freeware rpg
Dragon Lord
DOS1990 strategy
Dragon Lord (1990) is what happens when you let a fantasy novelist design a strategy game. You’re a would-be sorcerer trying to raise dragons, manage villages, and conquer la...
Beast
DOS1984 action
Beast is ASCII horror at its most gloriously minimal. You’re a brave soul (well, a smiley face) trapped in a dungeon with sentient blobs (the titular beasts) that want you ve...
Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas
DOS1990 adventure
In this 1990 point-and-click adventure, you find yourself in Las Vegas with no memory of how you got there. Solve puzzles, gather clues, and uncover the mystery behind your amnesia...
The Dig
DOSMac OS1995protecteddemo adventure
The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was originally released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for other platforms, including Mac OS and ...
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected rpg
If Baldur’s Gate was a sprawling epic, Shadows of Amn is the Shakespearean sequel with better everything: graphics, writing, drama. Your soul is stolen (again), your allies a...
Super Solvers: Spellbound!
DOS1991 puzzle
Pac-in-Time
DOS1993 action
Pac-in-Time is an abandoned action side-scrolling platformer game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and released by Mindscape in 1993 for DOS. Pac-in-time was but also published f...
Galdregon's Domain
DOS1988 rpg
Galdregon's Domain drops players into a fantasy world that feels like it was stitched together from dungeon maps, spellbooks, and a suspiciously large number of monsters. The premi...
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound
Windows XP/98/952003canceled rpg
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was an unreleased role-playing video game that was intended to be the sequel to the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate series. It was initially a...
System Shock 2
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected action-adventure
System Shock 2 is a first-person action role-playing video game developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios. It was released in 1999 and is known for its innovative gam...
Dalek Attack
DOS1992 shooter
Dalek Attack is the digital embodiment of Doctor Who’s “run for your life” mantra—except here, you can also shoot back. Playing as the Doctor or one of his ...
Crisis in the Kremlin
DOS1991protected simulation
Crisis in the Kremlin lets you step into the shoes of a Soviet leader during the late 1980s, facing the impossible task of guiding the USSR through economic collapse, political unr...
Cosmic Spacehead
DOS1993 action-adventure
Cosmic Spacehead is a cheerful point-and-click adventure wrapped in platformer segments, starring a purple alien who’s equal parts explorer and goofball. You’ll travel ...
Rockford: The Arcade Game
DOS1987protected puzzle
Wing Commander 3
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1994protected vehicle simulation
Hardball!
DOS1987 sports
CHAMP Kong
DOS1996remake action
Forget Peter Jackson’s version. CHAMP Kong brings the big ape back to his pixelated roots, where ladders were death traps and barrels were pure evil. This charming homage to ...
Archipelagos
DOS1989 puzzle
Archipelagos is like a fever dream after watching too much Myst. You’re dropped onto strange, floating islands inhabited by stone monoliths and evil terrain-infecting sludge....
Quest for Glory 3: Wages of War
DOS1992protecteddemo adventure
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War is an adventure/role-playing game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The player takes on the role of the Hero, who has journe...
The $100,000 pyramid
DOS1988 puzzle
Ever wanted to be on a game show without leaving your CRT-lit basement? The $100,000 Pyramid brings you that chance. You guess words. Your partner gives clues. Sometimes you wonder...
Fleet Command
DOS1999protected vehicle simulation
Fleet Command invites you to command modern naval forces with the calm authority of someone who definitely read the manual. This is strategy on a grand scale: radar screens glowing...






























