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Aldo's Assault
DOS1991 action
Think of Aldo's Assault as what happens when Mario forgets his plumber license and joins a bootleg army. This 1991 DOS gem throws you into a side-scrolling frenzy of ladders, barre...
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
DOS1994protected shooter
Super Bubble Mania
DOS1997 action
The Castle of Dr. Malvado
DOS2001 action
Nobunaga's Ambition 2
DOS1989 strategy
Tunnels of armageddon
DOS1989 racing
Tunnels of Armageddon is a video game developed by Logical Design Works and released in 1989 by California Dreams for various home computer systems, including DOS, the Commodore 64...
Guardians: Agents of Justice
DOS1997canceled strategy
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected adventure
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is a delightful blend of detective noir, sci-fi weirdness, and FMV acting that swings between charming and unintentionally hilarious. You step int...
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected adventure
Chicago 90
DOS1989 racing
In Chicago 90, you either play as the cops or the crooks in a top-down, crime-infested, vaguely Windy City-esque setting. Think of it as a proto-GTA with more sirens and fewer mora...
Modem Wars
DOS1988 strategy
Basketball Challenge
DOS1987 sports
Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science
DOS1992 puzzle
Bust-A-Move Again
DOSWindows XP/98/951996 puzzle
If you've ever wanted to pop bubbles while being taunted by adorable dinosaurs, Bust-A-Move Again (1996, DOS) is your jam. It’s like Tetris met a bubble tea menu and had a hy...
American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation
DOS1986 vehicle simulation
If your idea of high-octane excitement involves wind direction, tacking angles, and sail trim, then American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation is your digital paradise. This 1986 DOS...
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS1986 adventure
Don’t let the cartoony name fool you: Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror wants to unsettle you, and it’s surprisingly good at it. This early horror adventure mixes clas...
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 ...
Prisoner of Ice
DOS1995protected adventure
Zork III: The Dungeon Master
DOS1984 adventure
The final part of the original trilogy, Zork III ditches treasure-hunting in favor of introspection, moral puzzles, and the looming presence of the Dungeon Master—basically t...
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware rpg
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randoml...
Disc
DOS1990 sports
Released in 1990, Disc feels like a relic from a parallel universe where Frisbee is the most important sport in history. The game is minimalist to a fault: you throw discs, catch d...
WinRisk
Windows 3.x1992 strategy
Morphman
Windows XP/98/951993 adventure
Xtrek
DOS1991freewareNSFW adventure
Xtrek is a multiplayer-focused space simulation that captures the spirit of cooperative and competitive gameplay long before it became mainstream. Players pilot ships, complete obj...
Crystals of Arborea
DOS1990 rpg
In Crystals of Arborea, you lead a team of heroes on a quest to defeat the evil Lord of Chaos and restore balance to a shattered world. It’s part RPG, part strategy game, wit...
Computer Diplomacy
DOS1984 strategy
Do you enjoy betrayal, backstabbing, and pretending to be a global power while actually being terrible at geography? Computer Diplomacy is the digital version of the classic board ...
Waterloo
DOS1989protected strategy
Waterloo (1989, DOS) is not here to entertain you with flashy graphics or arcade thrills. Instead, it calmly places Napoleon and Wellington on the table and expects you to think. A...
Ultimate Body Blows
DOS1994protected action
Ultimate Body Blows is a fighting game that boldly enters a genre dominated by arcade giants and says, “We can do this on a PC keyboard.” Inspired heavily by Street Fig...
Tracon for Windows
Windows 3.x1993 vehicle simulation
Psion Chess
DOSMac OS1985 strategy
Before AI could annihilate grandmasters, Psion Chess was already humbling humans back in 1985. Available for DOS and Macintosh, this game wasn’t flashy, but it didn’t n...






























