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The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty
DOS19913.8/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
DOS19914/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.
Vengeance of Excalibur
DOS19913.9/5 action RPG
Amberstar
DOS19924/5 top-down party-based RPG
Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows. Amberstar was developed and published by Thalion for DO...
Angband
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
DOS1992protected4/5
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.
Captive
DOS19923.9/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Challenge of the Five Realms
DOS1992protected3.7/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Cobra Mission
DOS1992NSFW4.1/5 JRPG
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5
Darklands
DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac1992protected4/5 sandbox RPG
Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG of that kind and beauty. The original game box contained a huge manual with info on european folklore (including the live...
Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery
DOS19923.2/5
Dungeon Master
DOS19924.2/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Dungeon Master, released in 1987 by FTL for Atari ST and later for Amiga and DOS, is a classic dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) that holds a special place in the hearts of many nostalgic gamers. Dungeon Master is considered the father of first-person, 3D, grid-based dungeon crawlers.
Heimdall
DOS19923.9/5
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
DOS1992protected3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is a first-person grid-based RPG developed by Silmarils and released in 1992 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST. Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is the second game, part of the Ishar game series (the first being Crystals of Arborea). Ishar is a classic RPG like Wizardry or Might & Magic and it plays the same way, but the en...
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers
DOS19923.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings II was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1992. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tol...
Legends of Valour
DOS19924.2/5 sandbox RPG, action RPG
Might and Magic 4: Clouds of Xeen
DOS1992protecteddemo3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG
Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen is a role-playing video game developed and published by New World Computing in 1992. It's part of the long-running Might and Magic series. In Clouds of Xeen, players explore the world of Xeen, which is composed of four elemental realms: air, earth, fire, and water. The game features a first-person perspective and ...
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight
DOS19924.2/5 action RPG
Moria
DOS1992freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected4.1/5
Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny
DOS1992protected4.1/5 first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Shadowlands
DOS19923.9/5
Shadowlands is a video game released in 1992 for MS-DOS and Amiga platforms. Developed by Teque London Ltd and published by Domark, it's an isometric action-adventure RPG with puzzle-solving elements.In Shadowlands , players control a party of characters navigating through a dark and mysterious realm known as the Shadowlands. The goal is to ex...
Sword Quest 1: The Search
DOS19923/5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
DOS19923.7/5 action RPG
The Four Crystals of Trazere
DOS19924.1/5
The Magic Candle 3
DOS19923.9/5 top-down party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected4.1/5
Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate
DOS19924.3/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima VII: The Black Gate is a top-down RPG where you, the Avatar, have to find out what's happening in Britannia by solving quests, meeting interesting NPCs and fight hordes of headleass monsters. The land of Britannia is shaken by mysterious earthquakes, a new religion (the Fellowship) is spreading and is replacing the old virtues, and who is th...
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
DOS1992protected4.2/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is one of the first free-roaming first-person 3D ARPG (action RPG) ever created. The Stygian Abyss is the dungeon of the same name, part of the land of Britannia, and it's set in the Ultima universe created by Richard Garriott. Ultima Underworld was designed by Paul Neurath, developed by Blue Sky Productions and...