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La Abadia del Crimen
DOS19874.1/5 action-adventure
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.
Quest for Glory 3: Wages of War
DOS1992protected4.1/5 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 journeyed from the city of Shapeir to the savannahs and jungles of Fricana. The main plot revolves around the brewing conflict between two tribes, the Simbani and the Leopardme...
Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!
DOS19964.1/5 adventure
The Colonel's Bequest
DOS1989protecteddemo4.1/5 adventure
The Colonel's Bequest is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game was created by Roberta Williams, co-founder of Sierra On-Line.The game is part of the "Laura Bow" series, with the full title being "Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequ...
The Lion King
DOS19944.1/5 action
Raiden
DOS19944.1/5 shooter
Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...
Elite
DOS1987freeware4.1/5 vehicle simulation
Ardentryst
WindowsLinux20094.1/5 rpg
Borland DBase 5
DOS19944.1/5 application
Dreamweb
DOS1994freeware4.1/5 adventure
Dreamweb is a top-down point and click adventure set in a dark, cyberpunk city. You play as Ryan who has strange, violent, dreams. A top down perspective and the sheer number of items your character can pick up are just two of the peculiarities of this game. Dreamweb was developed by Creative Reality and published by Empire Interactive for DOS in 1...
Hexxagon
DOS19934.1/5 puzzle
Magnetic Scrolls Collection
DOS19914.1/5 adventure
Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves. The new window-based interface made text-adventuring easy even for gamers not used to a text-only interf...
MiG-29M Super Fulcrum
DOS19894.1/5 vehicle simulation
Realms of Arkania 2: Star trail
DOS1994protected4.1/5 rpg
Sherman M4
DOS19894.1/5 vehicle simulation
Times of Lore
DOS19894.1/5 rpg
Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
DOS1988protected4.1/5 adventure
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts). It was first released in 1988 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amiga, and others.The game follows the adventures of Zak McKracken, a tabloid newspaper reporter, as he uncovers a plot by a...
CD-Man v2.0
DOS19924.1/5 action
A-Train
DOSMac OS19924.1/5 simulation
Grand Prix Circuit
DOSMac OS19884.1/5 racing
Marathon 2: Durandal
Windows XP/98/95Linux19964.1/5 shooter
The 11th Hour
Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 adventure
Ys: The Vanished Omens
DOS19894.1/5 rpg
Ys: The Vanished Omens (also known as The Ancient Land of Ys) is an abandoned top-down open-world action RPG designed by Masaya Hashimoto, developed by Nihon Falcom and released by Kyodai Software Marketing for DOS in 1989. Ys: The Vanished Omens was published (earlier) for quite a few other home computers and console.
Prisoner of Ice
DOS1995protected4.1/5 adventure
3D Studio 3
DOS19934.1/5 application
Gold Rush!
DOS1988protected4.1/5 adventure
Grandmaster Chess
DOS1992protected4.1/5 strategy
Heavy Metal
DOS19894.1/5 vehicle simulation
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 vehicle simulation
Paperboy 2
DOS19914.1/5 action
Paperboy 2 is the sequel to the much acclaimed coin-op arcade hit Paperboy in which you have to deliver newspapers to subscribers while avoiding every kind of obstacle. Paperboy 2 is an isometric action game developed by Tengen and was released by Mindscape in 1991 for a number of platform. The DOS version of the game is abandoned.