Games released in 1987 sorted by popularity
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NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware3.7/5 rpg
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, treasures, and various items. The goal is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, located deep within the dungeon's lowest leve...
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor
DOS19874/5 adventure
Platoon
DOS19873.6/5 shooter
Bureaucracy
DOSMac OS19873.9/5 adventure
Bureaucracy is an abandoned text-adventure game designed by Douglas Adams (yes, the writer of The Hitchhiker Guide of the Galaxy), developed and published by Infocom in 1987. Bureaucracy is a peculiar interactive fiction; the game challenges you to solve frustrating bureaucratic problems in a world populated by strange characters.
Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge
DOS1987protected4/5 adventure
Tau Ceti
DOS19874.1/5 vehicle simulation
Thexder
DOS19873.6/5 action
Goody
DOS19873.5/5 action
The Last Mission
DOS19873.7/5 action
Top Gun
DOS19873.4/5 vehicle simulation
Top Gun is an abandoned flight combat simulation game developed by Ocean Software and released by Thunder Mountain in 1987 for DOS and a number of other 8 bit platforms. As the title suggests, Top Gun is based on the movie of the same name starring Tom Cruise.
Earl Weaver Baseball
DOS19874.1/5 sports
Infiltrator
DOS19874.3/5 simulation
Test Drive
DOS19874.2/5 racing
Test Drive is an abandoned racing game developed by Distinctive Software and released by Accolade in 1987 for DOS and Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64. This is the game that started the whole Test Drive franchise. Gameplay is fairly simple and consists of driving sports cars on a mountain road while avoiding police cars.
Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon
DOS19874/5 vehicle simulation
Karnov
DOS19873.5/5 action
Street sports baseball
DOS19872.9/5 sports
Phantasie 1
DOS1987protected3.8/5 rpg
Borland Eureka: the Solver
DOS19873.9/5 application
Borland Eureka: the Solver is an abandoned text-based application developed by Borland Software Corporation and released in 1987 for DOS. The product is designed to solve complex problems, generate tables and plots, and perform what-if analysis. The user writes an equation, sets options, and instructs the software to solve the problem. The pro...
Ford simulator 1
DOS1987freeware4/5 racing
Wizard's Crown
DOS1987protected4/5 rpg
Vegas Gambler
DOS19873.4/5 strategy
Airball
DOS19873.2/5 puzzle
Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients
DOS19874/5 adventure
3-D Helicopter Simulator
DOS19873.7/5 vehicle simulation
Uninvited
DOSMac OS19873.8/5 adventure
Dark Castle
DOS19873.5/5 action
Falcon
DOS1987protected4.1/5 vehicle simulation
Black Monday
DOS19873.5/5 simulation
Gnome Ranger
DOS19873.7/5 adventure
Gnome Ranger is an abandoned fantasy adventure game, developed and published by Level 9 Computing in 1987 for DOS. Gnome Ranger was designed by Peter Austin who also designed the sequel Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back.
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac OS19873.9/5 adventure