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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
DOS1996 adventure
Released in 1996 for DOS, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo brings you back to foggy Victorian London, where murders, morphine, and moustaches abound. ...
Icewind Dale
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected rpg
Icewind Dale arrived in 2000 as a frosty sibling to the Baldur's Gate formula, trading political intrigue for glorious dungeon crawling in the forgotten corners of the Forgotten Re...
Zyll
DOS1984 adventure
Released in 1984, Zyll is what happens when a Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master learns to code and decides to build a text adventure inside a coffee machine. There are no graph...
Sid Meier's Covert Action
DOS1990protected simulation
Infidel
DOS1983 adventure
In Infidel, you play a not-so-noble adventurer whose moral compass is spinning like a broken ceiling fan. As a treasure-hungry explorer poking around an ancient Egyptian tomb, you ...
Ragnarok
DOS1993freeware rpg
Earl Weaver Baseball
DOS1987 sports
Named after the famously outspoken baseball manager, Earl Weaver Baseball takes the sport seriously, sometimes almost aggressively so. This isn’t about flashy graphics or arc...
ZZT
DOS1991freeware action
ZZT (1991, DOS) looks like it was drawn by an enthusiastic ASCII artist with too much time and not enough colors. And yet, it’s brilliant. Part action game, part puzzle adven...
Oliver & Company
DOS1989 action
Based on the Disney movie that taught us cats can sing, dance, and apparently navigate 1980s New York, Oliver & Company for DOS (1989) is a surprisingly earnest platformer. You...
Phantasie 1
DOS1987protected rpg
The Three Stooges
DOS1987freeware action
Platoon
DOS1987 shooter
Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
DOS1992 strategy
Bigger, deeper, and just as punishing, Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf (1992) expands the formula with more maps, more rulers, and more ways to fail spectacularly. Want to uni...
Whiplash
DOS1995 racing
Sokoban
Windows XP/98/951999 puzzle
Space Quest 1: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter
DOSMac OS1991 adventure
Ultimate Soccer Manager 2
DOSWindows 3.x1996 sports
Ultimate Soccer Manager 2 refines the original formula, adding more depth, more leagues, and a slightly more approachable interface. It still revolves around data, decisions, and d...
Ancients 2: Approaching Evil
DOS1994 rpg
A direct sequel to Deathwatch, Ancients 2: Approaching Evil is like returning to your childhood neighborhood, except everyone’s still trying to kill you. Released in 1994, it...
Harpoon II
DOS1994protected vehicle simulation
Harpoon II expands on the original with more content and a greater sense of scale, as if it decided the ocean was not quite big enough the first time around. The added depth makes ...
Troll's Tale
DOS1984 adventure
Stellar Crusade
DOS1988protected strategy
Iron Blood
DOS1996 action
Iron Blood (1996, DOS) is the kind of fighting game that makes you wonder if robots really need martial arts lessons. The story is wafer-thin—something about futuristic warri...
Ardentryst
Windows Vista/7/8Linux2009 rpg
Ardentryst is the indie platformer that tried really hard to be a Metroidvania and kinda pulled it off. With anime-style art, RPG elements, and two playable characters, it’s ...
Blue Force
DOS1993 adventure
Blue Force is a police procedural adventure game developed and released by Tsunami Games in 1993. Blue Force is a point-and-click adventure game that follows the protagonist, ...
Super Tetris
DOS1991 puzzle
Race Drivin'
DOS1992 racing
Race Drivin' is a 1990 arcade racing game developed and published by Atari Games. It's the sequel to Hard Drivin' (1989) and retains the same stunt-based driving mechanics wh...
Jumpman Lives!
DOS1991remake action
The Four Crystals of Trazere
DOS1992 rpg
Over the Reich
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 strategy
The Pawn
DOS1986 adventure
A text adventure with just enough graphics to remind you what year it is, The Pawn (1986, DOS) wraps you in a fantasy world where the puzzles are clever and the parser occasionally...






























