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Space Commanders 2
DOS1985remake3.3/5
Spacewar
DOS19854.1/5
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer games and is often considered the first interactive video game. It was created in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen at the MIT. The game was developed on the PDP-1 minicomputer; this is a DOS port, released in 1985.Spacewar! features two spaceships, controlled by players, that ...
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation
Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative
DOS19854/5 Micromosaics
Striker
DOS19853.4/5
Batalia
DOS19862.8/5 The Right Brothers
Breakers
DOS19864.1/5 Synapse Software
Deep space: Operation Copernicus
DOS19863.9/5 Lerner Research
EGA-Roids
DOS1986freewareremake3.7/5 Designer Software
Hacker
DOSMac OS19864/5 Activision
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
DOS19864.2/5 Infocom
Ogre
DOS19864.2/5 Origin Systems
Psi 5 Trading Company
DOS1986protected4.1/5 Distinctive Software
Rad Warrior
DOS19864/5 Palace Software
Round 42
DOS19862.7/5
Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter
DOSMac OS19864.3/5 Sierra On-Line
Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line, released in 1986. It was created by the duo of Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, who later became known as the "Two Guys from Andromeda". The game is renowned for its humor and engaging story set in a science fiction universe.In Space Quest I playe...
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac OS19864/5 TRANS Fiction Systems
Starflight
DOS19864.1/5 Binary Systems
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...
Starglider
DOS19863.7/5 Argonaut Games
Trinity
DOS19864.1/5 Infocom
Adventure Construction Set
DOS19873.9/5 Electronic Arts
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021
DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.
Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon
DOS19874/5 Artech Studios
Arctic Fox
DOS19873.9/5 Dynamix
Astrotit
DOS1987NSFW3.5/5 Rudeware
Blort!
DOS19873.7/5 Hennsoft
Driller
DOS19874.3/5 Incentive Software
Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d environment, through a first person view. The goal of the game is to place a drilling rig in each of the 8 regions of the moo...
Elite
DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
Mach 3
DOS19873/5 Loriciels
Maniac Mansion
DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected4.2/5 LucasArts
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point and click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games and designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B movie. You can choose between many characters, each one with a peculiar ability useful to solve some of the puzzles. Man...