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Times of Lore
DOS19894.1/5 Origin Systems
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.
Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation
DOS19893.4/5
War in Middle Earth
DOS19893.9/5 Synergistic Software
War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy world of Middle-earth, specifically focusing on the events depicted in "The Lor...
Ys: The Vanished Omens
DOS19894.1/5 Nihon Falcom
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.
Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom
DOS19893.8/5 Tom Snyder Productions
Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
DOS19894/5 Infocom
Betrayal
DOS1990protected4/5
Cadaver
DOS19904/5 Bitmap Brothers
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Crystals of Arborea
DOS19904.2/5 Silmarils
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff
DOS19903.8/5 Softdisk Publishing
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate
DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
DarkSpyre
DOS19903.8/5 Event Horizon
Dragon Lord
DOS19904.2/5 Spotlight Software
Dragon Strike
DOS1990protected3.2/5 Westwood Studios
Dragon Wars
DOS1990protected3.7/5 Interplay Productions
Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp
DOS1990protected4.1/5 Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
Dungeon Explorer
DOS19903.5/5
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
DOS19904/5 Interplay Productions
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings I was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1990. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tolkien and it's focused on the f...
Keys to Maramon
DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software
King's Bounty
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 New World Computing
King's Quest 5: Absence makes the heart go yonder
DOSWindows 3.x1990protected3.8/5 Sierra On-Line
Kingdom of Kroz 2
DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software
Legend of Faerghail
DOS19903.9/5 Electronic Design Hannover
Legend of Faerghail is a role-playing video game developed by Electronic Design Hannover and published by Rainbow Arts. It was released in 1990 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is set in the fantasy world of Faerghail, where the player controls a party of adventurers on a quest to defeat the evil sorcerer Daldras.The game...
Loom
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protecteddemo4.2/5 LucasArts
Loom is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now LucasArts). It was designed by Brian Moriarty and is known for its unique gameplay mechanics and emphasis on storytelling. Loom is distinctive for its interface, which revolves around musical notes and spells. The protagonist, Bobbin Threadbare, is a young weaver ...
Lost Adventures of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.3/5 Apogee Software
M.U.D.S. - Mean Ugly Dirty Sport
DOS19904/5 Golden Goblins
Onslaught
DOS19904/5 Arc Developments
Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire
DOS1990protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire is a the second chapter in the Sierra beloved Quest for Glory series. Trial by Fire is an adventure game with RPG elements (at the very start the player must choose a class from the three available: fighter, wizard, thief) set in a fantasy setting inspired by Middle East lore. It was developed ad released by Sierra ...
Rastan
DOS19903.5/5 Taito