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The Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate
DOS19904.2/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ultima 6: The False Prophet
DOS1990protected4.2/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac1990protected4.1/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
DOS1990freeware4/5 top-down party-based RPG
After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...
Xenomorph
DOS19904/5
Zeliard
DOS19904/5 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
Zeliard is a fantasy platformer - JRPG hybrid with metroidvania gameplay elements developed by Game Arts and released for DOS in 1990. Zeliard is a single-player game.
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS19913.8/5 first-person party-based RPG
Conan: the Cimmerian
DOS19914.2/5 action RPG
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected4/5
Dragonflight
DOS19913.6/5 top-down party-based RPG
Dusk of the Gods
DOS19913.7/5
Eye of the Beholder
DOS1991protected4.2/5 first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon
DOS1991protecteddemo4.3/5 first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon is a first-person party-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1991 as a sequel to the successful "Eye of the Beholder" game.Set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, specifically the Forgotten Realms ...
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor
DOS1991protected3.9/5 first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
DOS1991protected4.1/5
HeroQuest
DOSMac19913.9/5 dungeon crawl, board game
HeroQuest is a classic video game adaptation of the popular board game HeroQuest, released in 1991 by Gremlin Interactive. HeroQuest faithfully recreates the turn-based, dungeon-crawling, and role-playing gameplay of the board game. Players take on the roles of different heroes, including a barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard, as they explo...
MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients
DOS19913.6/5 top-down party-based RPG
MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is the sequel to MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy. It is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1991, developed by Paragon Software. Like its predecessor, MegaTraveller 2 is set in the expansive Traveller universe.In MegaTraveller 2, players continue their journey in the Third Imperium, ...
Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra
DOS1991protected4/5 first-person party-based RPG
Moraff's World
DOS19913.5/5 dungeon crawl
Neverwinter Nights
DOS1991protected4/5
Obitus
DOS19913.5/5 dungeon crawl
Obitus is a role-playing video game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1991 for various platforms including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It combines elements of role-playing games (RPGs) and action-adventure games and is set in a fantasy world.In the game, players control the protagonist who finds themselves transported to the realm of Obitus ...
Planet's Edge
DOS1991protected4/5 top-down party-based RPG
Pools of Darkness
DOSMac1991protected4.2/5
Pools of Darkness is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It is the fourth entry in the "Gold Box" series of Dungeons & Dragons games, which are based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) ruleset. The game was released in 1991 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platform...
Spirit of Adventure
DOS19914/5 first-person party-based RPG
The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty
DOS19913.8/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
DOS19914/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.
Vengeance of Excalibur
DOS19913.9/5 action RPG
Amberstar
DOS19924/5 top-down party-based RPG
Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows. Amberstar was developed and published by Thalion for DO...
Angband
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike