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Unnecessary Roughness
DOS1993 sports
Unnecessary Roughness takes American football and gives it a slightly rougher, more arcade-like edge. Released in 1993, it doesn’t aim for pure simulation, instead focusing on fa...
Psycho
DOS1988 adventure
In Psycho (1988), you’re tossed into a pixelated nightmare loosely inspired by Hitchcock’s classic, though Norman Bates might not recognize the place. You explore creep...
Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation
DOS1989 rpg
Archipelagos
DOS1989 puzzle
Archipelagos is like a fever dream after watching too much Myst. You’re dropped onto strange, floating islands inhabited by stone monoliths and evil terrain-infecting sludge....
System Shock
DOS1994protected action-adventure
System Shock drops you into a space station run by an AI that has clearly read too many villain manuals and decided to try them all at once. SHODAN, the game’s iconic antagon...
Doofus
DOS1994 action
Doofus (1994) is what happens when platformers go slightly off the rails. You guide a floppy-haired kid through surreal, cartoony landscapes filled with hazards that feel more anno...
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...
IBM Strategy Games
DOS1983 strategy
Praetorians
Windows XP/98/952003protected strategy
Praetorians is a real-time strategy (RTS) game originally released in 2003 by Pyro Studios. Set in the Roman Empire during its peak, the game offers a blend of strategy and tactics...
Daemonsgate
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected rpg
Daemonsgate is what happens when someone decides RPGs need more moral ambiguity, political intrigue, and sprawling maps that require an actual notebook to navigate. You’re to...
Street sports basketball
DOS1987 sports
In Street Sports Basketball (1987, DOS), forget polished courts and referees—this is basketball played between garages, with trash cans as sidelines and pride on the line. Th...
Overlord
DOS1994 vehicle simulation
Space Commanders
DOS1983remake shooter
Before Space Invaders clones flooded arcades, there was Space Commanders (1983, DOS), a bare-bones but addictive shooter where your mission is simple: don’t die. Rows of alie...
Deep space: Operation Copernicus
DOS1986 vehicle simulation
In this 1986 DOS game, you're piloting a spacecraft in the year 2123, defending the United Planets from the Andromedan Hegemony. It's like being the captain of a starship, but with...
Gnome Alone
DOS1991 strategy
In Gnome Alone, you step into the tiny boots of a gnome who really should have picked a quieter profession than “wandering into danger for no clear reason.” The game mi...
Jinxter
DOS1988 adventure
RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator
DOS1989 simulation
Before management sims became a genre unto themselves, RAPCON tried its hand at turning air-traffic control into entertainment. Surprisingly, it works—if you enjoy stress. Yo...
UFO 2000
Windows XP/98/95Linux2004freeware strategy
Imagine X-COM but with fewer excuses to blame the developers when you miss a 95% chance shot—because in UFO 2000 (2004), the chaos was entirely player-driven. A free, open-so...
Rolling Ronny
DOS1991 action
Challenge of the Five Realms
DOS1992protected rpg
Fancy saving a kingdom from impending doom in exactly 100 in-game days? Challenge of the Five Realms (1992) offers just that, blending RPG exploration with a looming deadline and s...
Metal Mutant
DOS1991 action
The Sporting News Baseball
DOS1988 sports
Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom
DOS1992protecteddemo adventure
Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom shifts the setting to a more exotic environment, adding variety to the familiar formula. Released in 1992, it introduces new challenges, new puzzles, and a s...
Navy Seal
DOS1989 action
Amberstar
DOS1992 rpg
Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Un...
Aces Over Europe
DOS1993 vehicle simulation
Strap into your Spitfire, because Aces Over Europe (1993, DOS) is here to show you that flying over 1940s Europe was as dangerous as it was polygonal. As a follow-up to Aces of the...
Wheel of Fortune New Second Edition
DOS1988 puzzle
Bananoid
DOS1991freewareremake action
Is it Breakout? Is it Arkanoid? No — it’s Bananoid, the fruitiest bat-and-ball clone you never asked for. With bananas, monkeys, and psychedelic colors, it feels like s...
Command Adventures: Starship
DOS1995 shooter
In Command Adventures: Starship (1995, DOS), you’re the captain, the admiral, and occasionally the guy who has to fix the hyperdrive when it’s on fire. This obscure gem...
Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street
DOS1988protected simulation
In Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street, you’re not sailing the high seas—you’re sinking companies from the comfort of an office chair. This business simul...






























