The best fixed screen games

In a fixed screen game there is no scrolling, neither vertical nor horizontal. In a fixed screen video game, the screen doesn't move in any way. Anything but the screen can usually move anyway, but gameplay is restricted to the fixed screen. Early arcade games where typically fixed screen games: scrolling was harder to obtain in the early age of video gaming.

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Spacewar

DOS19854/5

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 ...

Paratrooper

DOS19824/5 Orion Software

Rampart

DOS19924/5 Atari

Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...

X-Tetris

Windows XP/98/951996NSFW4/5

Sierra Championship Boxing

DOSMac OS19854/5 Evryware

Sierra Championship Boxing is an abandoned sports boxing game, developed by Evryware and released by Sierra On-Line in 1985. You can issue instructions to the boxer between rounds, create custom boxers or choose from a list of predefined boxers.

The Pawn

DOS19864/5 Magnetic Scrolls

Fast Food Dizzy

DOS19894/5 Codemasters

CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.

Death Sword

DOS19883.9/5 Palace Software

Death Sword (also known as Barbarian in Europe), is a fighting game developed by Palace Software, set in a fantasy world full of huge sword-wielding barbarians. Compared to modern brawlers, Death Sword gameplay may seem slow, but at the time it was considered adequate. Instead of rushing into multiple chain combos, the slow pace allow the players t...

Pong v.2.1 clone

DOS19843.9/5

Goblins 3

DOS1994protecteddemo3.9/5 Coktel Vision

Goblins 3 (also known as Goblins Quest 3) is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Coktel Vision. It was released in 1993 as the third installment in the Gobliiins series. The game was created by Pierre Gilhodes and features a unique combination of puzzle-solving and humor.Gameplay in Goblins 3 revolves around controlling a te...

Acid Tetris

DOS1998freewareremake3.9/5

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS19973.9/5 Legend Entertainment

Genocide

DOS1996freeware3.9/5

Knight Games

DOS19883.9/5 Mastertronic

Olympic games were something back in the 80s and the 90s: Winter Games, Summer Games, California Games, anything-you-can-think-of games. Some imaginative developer thought that the world needed a different kind of "multisport" action game and came up with he idea behind Knight Games.

Life & Death

DOSMac OS19883.9/5 The Software Toolworks

Life & Death is a medical simulation game developed by Software Toolworks and released in 1988 for MS-DOS computers. It aimed to provide players with a realistic simulation of the life of a surgeon. The game puts players in the role of a surgeon at a hospital, where they must diagnose and treat various medical conditions, perform surgeries, and...

Hard Hat Mack

DOS19843.9/5

The Goonies

DOS19853.9/5 Datasoft

M Labyrinth

DOS19933.9/5 Gamos

Willow

DOS19883.9/5 Brian A. Rice

Pushover

DOS19923.9/5 Red Rat software

Pushover is a puzzle platformer video game developed by Red Rat Software and released by Ocean Software in 1992. It was initially available for the Commodore Amiga and later ported to various other platforms, including MS-DOS and SNES.In Pushover, players control a character named G.I. Ant, a marching ant with the goal of arranging a set of dominoe...