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Sid Meier's Pirates!
DOS1987protected simulation
Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge
DOS1991 racing
Mega Man X
DOS1995protected shooter
Infestation
DOS1990 shooter
Infestation drops you onto a hostile alien world where the welcome committee consists mostly of things with too many legs and way too many teeth. The game mixes exploration and act...
Chrono Quest II
DOS1989 adventure
GATO
DOS1984 vehicle simulation
If you’ve ever dreamed of commanding a submarine in the middle of the Cold War but didn’t want to deal with actual torpedoes, GATO is your safe harbor. Released in 1984...
Take Down
DOS1989 sports
Take Down lets you relive the golden era of SWAT fantasies—when every problem could be solved with tactical entry and a well-placed flashbang. As leader of an elite anti-terr...
Pac-in-Time
DOS1993 action
Pac-in-Time is an abandoned action side-scrolling platformer game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and released by Mindscape in 1993 for DOS. Pac-in-time was but also published f...
Front Lines
DOS1994 strategy
Front Lines, released in 1994, is a straightforward DOS action game that wears its inspiration proudly. You’re thrown into military combat scenarios with minimal narrative fr...
Midway Campaign
DOS1983 strategy
President Elect: 1988 Edition
DOS1987protected simulation
President Elect: 1988 Edition is a political simulation game developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in the mid-1980s. The game simulates U.S. presidential elec...
4th & Inches
DOS1988protected sports
Before Madden became a household name, 1988 gave us this DOS football classic, where plays are drawn like cave paintings and players move like molasses in January. Yet, for its tim...
International Soccer
DOS1994 sports
International Soccer from 1994 delivers football in its most straightforward digital form: pass, shoot, and wonder why your defenders are wandering elsewhere. It captures the excit...
Ikari III: The Rescue
DOS1990 action
Ikari III: The Rescue takes the military action of its predecessors and adds one crucial ingredient: punching. Released in 1990 for DOS, it shifts from run-and-gun chaos toward bea...
The Wizard of Oz
DOS1985 adventure
Red sky at morning
DOS1993 strategy
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo adventure
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Presto Studios, released in 1995 as a sequel to The Journeyman Project. The Journeyma...
Litil Divil
DOS1993protected action
Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue
DOS1988 action
Bright colors, friendly faces, and zero existential dread: Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue knows its audience and delivers exactly what it promises. Designed for younger players, it ...
Telengard
DOS1985freeware rpg
Telengard is one of the earliest computer role-playing games, released in 1982 for various home computers like the Commodore 64, Apple II, and TRS-80 and later for PC. It was devel...
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun
DOS1989 sports
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun, released in 1989 for DOS, is a platformer that looks cheerful but hides a surprisingly mean streak. Set in a circus filled with traps, clowns, and ...
QBasic Nibbles
DOS1991freeware action
Battle Isle
DOS1991protected strategy
Turns out war is a lot tidier when it’s turn-based. Battle Isle (1991) gives you neat little hexagons to move your units on, like a very angry board game. It’s got stra...
Fates of Twinion
DOS1993 rpg
Fates of Twinion, released in 1993 for DOS, is a classic action-adventure platformer with a fantasy twist and a surprisingly playful tone. You control a hero navigating colorful wo...
Waterworld
DOS1997 strategy
Based on the famously chaotic 1995 movie, Waterworld (1997, DOS) somehow manages to be more confusing than the film itself—and that’s saying something. This action-adve...
Crisis in the Kremlin
DOS1991protected simulation
Crisis in the Kremlin lets you step into the shoes of a Soviet leader during the late 1980s, facing the impossible task of guiding the USSR through economic collapse, political unr...
Earthworm Jim
DOS1995protected action
By the time Earthworm Jim hit DOS, its reputation already preceded it, and it largely lived up to the hype. This is a platformer that thrives on absurdity: a worm in a spacesuit, b...
Blue Max: Aces of the Great War
DOS1990protected vehicle simulation
Forget missiles—Blue Max: Aces of the Great War takes you back to when air combat meant leather helmets, canvas wings, and a healthy fear of gravity. Released in 1990 for DOS...
Cavequest
DOS1985 rpg
Back in 1985, Cavequest asked: what if you mixed ASCII graphics with deadly bats and claustrophobia? The answer: a punishingly hard maze crawler that’ll have you screaming at...
Free D.C.!
DOS1991 adventure
Released in 1991, Free D.C.! is one of those games that feels like a time capsule of early PC experimentation. It mixes political satire with arcade-style action, letting you fight...






























