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DOS1995 strategy
Cossacks: The Art of War
Windows XP/98/952001protected strategy
An expansion to the original, Cossacks: The Art of War refines, expands, and generally cranks up the chaos. New units, new campaigns, and more ways to accidentally bankrupt your na...
Puzznic
DOS1990 puzzle
Taito’s Puzznic (1990) takes the idea of matching tiles and injects a surprising amount of strategy. You slide blocks to align pairs, but each move requires forethought&mdash...
Dragon Lord
DOS1990 strategy
Dragon Lord (1990) is what happens when you let a fantasy novelist design a strategy game. You’re a would-be sorcerer trying to raise dragons, manage villages, and conquer la...
Strife
DOS1996protecteddemo shooter
Strife from 1996 is a first-person shooter game developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Velocity, based on the Doom engine. It's often remembered for being one of the ear...
War of the Lance
DOS1990protected strategy
WitchavenRL
Windows Vista/7/8Linux2013 rpg
Power Drift
DOS1990 racing
Power Drift feels like a rollercoaster decided it wanted to be a racing game. The tracks are tilted, twisted, and occasionally seem designed by an architect who had a personal grud...
Gunboat
DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
Gunboat trades fighter jets for naval tension, placing you in command of a small but heavily armed vessel navigating hostile waters. The gameplay mixes simulation detail with actio...
System Shock 2
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected action-adventure
If System Shock was a warning, System Shock 2 is the full-blown nightmare that follows. This time, the horror seeps into every corner of the experience, blending RPG mechanics with...
Monopoly
DOS1985 strategy
Angel 3
DOS1990NSFW adventure
Angel 3 is that kind of DOS game where you sit down thinking "I'll give it five minutes" and three hours later you're still trying to figure out what just happened. Released in 199...
Video Casino
DOS1987 strategy
Tracon 2
DOS1990 simulation
Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern
Windows XP/98/952001 action-adventure
In Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern, you don’t just ride dragons—you babysit them, talk to them, and occasionally save the world while trying not to fall off mid-fligh...
Spaceward Ho!
Windows 3.xDOS1992 strategy
With a name that sounds like an interstellar pirate greeting, Spaceward Ho! is actually a strategic space colonization game, not an intergalactic dating sim. It's got a simple inte...
Renegade
DOS1988 action
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
DOS1991protected action
In Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine, Keen infiltrates a massive space station engineered to obliterate planets like it’s swatting flies. This is Keen at his most tech...
Sexy Droids
DOS1992NSFW puzzle
Hannibal
DOS1993 strategy
Released in 1993, Hannibal is a strategy game that asks you to think like a military commander facing impossible odds—and occasionally impossible interface decisions. Inspire...
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected rpg
Dragons of Flame (1989) was SSI’s continuation of the Dragonlance saga, following up on Heroes of the Lance. Like its predecessor, it was a side-scrolling action RPG that tes...
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Windows XP/98/951999protected action-adventure
Omikron: The Nomad Soul (1999, Windows XP) is the kind of game that leans across the table and says, “What if we mashed every genre together and asked David Bowie to help?&rd...
Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball
DOS1995freewareremake sports
Released in 1995 for DOS, Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball is what happens when someone decides regular volleyball isn’t chaotic enough. Picture stick figures with the agility of c...
Global Effect
DOS1992 simulation
Global Effect takes a slightly different angle, blending strategy with a more experimental edge. It’s not always clear what it wants to be, but that’s part of the appea...
Avalon
DOS1998freeware rpg
In Avalon (1998, DOS), you are a wizard, possibly a hero, definitely confused. This fantasy RPG drops you into a world of magic, mayhem, and menu navigation straight out of a Tolki...
Wizball
DOS1987 shooter
Wizball is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Sensible Software and originally released for various home computer platforms in 1987. The game was published by Ocean ...
Pong v.2.1 clone
DOS1984 action
Omni Play Basketball
DOS1990 sports
If you’ve ever wanted to command a basketball team without having to actually dribble or break a sweat, Omni Play Basketball (1990, DOS) has your number. The game lets you ma...
Pang remake
DOS1992remake action
Paperboy
DOS1988 action
Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite...






























