The Punisher

Long before comic-book games became blockbuster spectacles, The Punisher (1990, DOS) delivered gritty vigilante action with a side of pixelated attitude. You step into Frank Castle’s boots, blasting your way through criminals with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. The gameplay is straightforward: shoot, reload, repeat until the streets are marginally safer or significantly emptier. The graphics may be primitive, but the spirit is pure pulp—grim, loud, and unapologetically over-the-top. It’s the kind of game that practically smells of gunpowder and revenge. Not refined, but undeniably entertaining in that “late-night action VHS” sort of way.