Fantasy games sorted by release date
Dwarves and elves, trolls and gnolls, dragons and wyverns, arcane magic, ancient deities, sword and sorcery! It's not just medieval, it's a soup of imagination and reality in equal parts, mixed in a bubbling cauldron, ready to be served in your favourite old tavern.
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Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero
DOS1989 Sierra On-Line
Heroes of the Lance
DOS1989protected U.S. Gold
Hillsfar
DOS1989protected Westwood Studios
Journey: The Quest Begins
DOS1989 Infocom
Keef the Thief: A Boy and his Lockpick
DOS1989 Naughty Dog
Knights of Legend
DOS1989 Origin Systems
Knights of Legend is a tactical role-playing game (RPG) released by Origin Systems in 1989 for MS-DOS, the Apple II, and the Commodore 64. Known for its complex gameplay and strategic depth, the game provides a turn-based combat e...
Legacy of the Ancients
DOS1989 Quest Software
Legend of the Red Dragon
DOS1989 Robinson Technologies
Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle
DOS1989protected Softdisk Publishing
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS1989 Activision
Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero
DOS1989protected Sierra On-Line
Satan
DOS1989 Dinamic Multimedia
Stormlord
DOS1989 Hewson Consultants
Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy about the scantily clothed fairies in the game.
Sword of Aragon
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Tangled Tales
DOS1989 Origin Systems
Targhan
DOS1989 Silmarils
The Crack of Doom
DOS1989 Beam Software
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
DOS1989 Digital Studios Limited
The Kristal
DOS1989
The Magic Candle
DOS1989 Mindcraft Software
The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The wh...
The Quest for the Time-bird
DOS1989 Infogrames
The Usurper
DOS1989 Sir-tech Software
Times of Lore
DOS1989 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 Ori...
Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation
DOS1989
War in Middle Earth
DOS1989 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 i...
Ys: The Vanished Omens
DOS1989 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: Th...
Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom
DOS1989 Tom Snyder Productions
More illustrations, more intrigue, more doom. The Crystal of Doom continues the hybrid of comic-style storytelling and light role-playing with just enough choices to make you feel clever (or guilty). This time, you’re chasin...
Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
DOS1989 Infocom
With Zork Zero, Infocom decided to throw everything into the cauldron: graphics, mouse support, and a jester who won’t shut up. A prequel to the original trilogy, it’s stuffed with puzzles, jokes, and deeply Zorkian no...
Betrayal
DOS1990protected
Ah, Betrayal—a game with a name that really sets the tone. Is it about backstabbing? Politics? Lost love? Not really. It’s actually a hybrid of strategy and role-playing where you move pieces around a map like a fantas...
Cadaver
DOS1990 Bitmap Brothers
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a grave-robbing dwarf with a flair for interior dungeon decoration? Cadaver grants that peculiar wish. As Karadoc, you’ll wander an eerie fortress filled with traps, puzzles, and enough...