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Liverpool: the Computer Game
DOS1992 sports
Doom
DOS1993protecteddemo shooter
Doom was released by id Software in 1993. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential and groundbreaking video games of all time, particularly within the first-person shoo...
Axe of Rage
DOS1989 action
If Conan had a bad day and took it out on a few dozen goblins, you'd get something close to Axe of Rage. This 1989 DOS hack-n-slash isn't exactly subtle—you're a barbarian, t...
Conqueror
DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Conqueror is what happens when a tank simulator and an arcade game go on a date and forget their purpose. You drive a tank in a pseudo-3D landscape, blow up stuff, and command squa...
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protecteddemo strategy
The Quest for the Time-bird
DOS1989 adventure
Based on the French comic series, The Quest for the Time-bird (1989, DOS) offers a fantasy adventure full of personality, odd creatures, and enough lore to fill a small library. Th...
Kurtan
DOS1990 puzzle
Little-known but oddly captivating, Kurtan (1990, DOS) feels like someone’s ambitious homebrew fantasy experiment gone right. You play a wandering warrior exploring a pixelat...
Operation Harrier
DOS1990 shooter
The Sporting News Baseball
DOS1988 sports
Noctropolis
DOS1994protected adventure
Noctropolis feels like stepping into a fever dream of a comic book you read when you were twelve and maybe shouldn’t have. A surreal noir adventure with gothic heroes, femme ...
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware rpg
Exile II: Crystal Souls is the kind of RPG that quietly sneaks into your life and then refuses to leave your thoughts. Released in 1996, it looks humble, even a bit scruffy, but be...
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
DOS1983 shooter
Released in 1983 for DOS, Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator is what happens when early arcade design meets Federation bureaucracy. Vector-style graphics make you feel like ...
One-Nil Soccer Manager
DOS1992 sports
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, inc...
Elevator
DOS1986freeware action
Elevator is one of those early arcade-style games that sounds boring on paper and becomes oddly stressful in practice. You’re navigating elevators, rescuing people, and avoid...
Legend of the Red Dragon
DOS1989 rpg
Legend of the Red Dragon (1989) isn’t so much a traditional game as it is a slice of online history. This BBS door game allowed players to log in, fight monsters, flirt with ...
Lyle in Cube Sector
Windows XP/98/952006 action-adventure
Lyle in Cube Sector (2006, Windows) looks like it fell out of a lost NES cartridge and landed straight on your hard drive. This indie metroidvania has you tossing cubes, exploring ...
Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation
DOS1988 strategy
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII...
Melody Maker 3
DOS1992 application
Hard Drivin' 2
DOS1990 racing
Hard Drivin' 2 takes everything its predecessor attempted and pushes it a little further, like a sequel that insists it has matured but still enjoys causing vehicular embarrassment...
Beverly Hills Cop
DOS1990 action-adventure
Take Eddie Murphy’s swagger, remove the charm, add some DOS chiptunes, and you get Beverly Hills Cop—a game adaptation that asks: “What if being a wisecracking de...
Grand Slam Bridge
DOS1986 strategy
Grand Slam Bridge is exactly what it says on the tin, which is both comforting and slightly intimidating if you are not already fluent in the mysterious language of card games. In ...
Joan of Arc
DOS1989 strategy
Heart of China
DOS1991 adventure
Heart of China is an adventure game that leans heavily into storytelling, weaving a tale of intrigue and danger across exotic locations. The narrative is its strongest asset, pulli...
Ace 2.02
DOS2001 application
Veil of Darkness
DOS1993protected action-adventure
Space Miner
DOS1983 shooter
The Perfect General
DOS1991 strategy
Strategy fans, sharpen your wits: The Perfect General (1991, DOS) marches onto the battlefield with hex-based tactics, satisfyingly crunchy mechanics, and a strict “no button...
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
DOSMac OS1993 action
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, ...
X-Men: The Official Game
Windows XP/98/952006 action






























