The best modem games
Games supporting modem play can be played by multiple players on PCs connected using... guess what?... a modem. Back in the day, being able to play via modem didn't involve Internet at all.
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Terminal Velocity
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1995protected Terminal Reality
Icewind Dale
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected Interplay Productions
Dark Reign: The Future of War
Windows XP/98/951997protected Auran Games
Lords of the Realm
DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected Impressions Games
Lords of the Realm is top-down kingdom simulation game set in medieval Europe (England and Germany), designed by Christopher J. Foster and David Lester, developed by Impressions Games and released 1994 for DOS, Windows and Amiga.
Total Annihilation Kingdoms
Windows XP/98/951999protected Cavedog Entertainment
Dark Reign 2
Windows XP/98/952000protected Pandemic Studios
Alpha Centauri
Windows XP/98/951999protected Firaxis Games
Cultures
Windows XP/98/952000protected Funatics Software
Wing Commander: Armada
DOS1994protected Origin Systems
Wing Commander: Armada is space combat simulation game developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS. Wing Commander: Armada is part of the Wing Commander game series and was published before Wind Commander III. Armada is focused on multiplayer battles but it can be played in single player mode too. It features differe...
Big Red Racing
DOS1995 The Big Red Software Company
Chasm: The Rift
DOS1997 Action Forms
Dark Legions
DOS1994protected Silicon Knights
5th Fleet
DOS1994
Combat Chess
Windows XP/98/951997protected Minds Eye Productions
Shadow Warrior
DOS1997protected 3d Realms
Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
DOS1995 Activision
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected Atomic Games
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
DOS1994protected Apogee Software
Powermonger
DOS1992 Bullfrog
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating enough resources (such as food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.
Populous
DOS1989 Bullfrog
Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected Bullfrog
Hardball 4
DOS1994 MindSpan
Blood & Magic
DOS1996 Tachyon Studios
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
DOSMac OS1996protected Blue Byte Software
Armor Alley
DOSMac OS1991
Billy The Kid
DOS1990 Level 9 Computing
Need for Speed II: SE
Windows XP/98/951997 Electronic Arts
Need for Speed II is a racing video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 1997 as the second installment in the popular Need for Speed series. NFS2:SE focused on high-speed racing with exotic cars. It featured a variety of modes, including single-player races, multiplayer, and a tournament mode where players could...
Shadow of Yserbius
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Krazy Ivan
Windows XP/98/951996 Psygnosis
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Windows XP/98/951999 MicroProse Software
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...