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Pang remake
DOS1992remake action
Metropolis
DOS1987 adventure
Babylon 5: I've Found Her
Windows XP/98/952003freeware vehicle simulation
Released in 2003 for Windows XP, Babylon 5: I've Found Her is the kind of fan-made game that makes you question whether it’s actually fan-made or secretly a pilot for a new sci-fi show. You pilot sleek Starfuries in this spa...
Jeopardy! Junior Edition
DOS1989 puzzle
HappyLand Adventures: X-mas Edition
DOS2000freeware action
Classic Hangman
DOS1983 puzzle
Dragonsphere
DOS1994protecteddemo adventure
Dragonsphere is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1994 by MicroProse. It's set in a fantasy world where you play as a sorcerer named Callash, tasked with saving the land of Granville from an evil sorceress named Sanwe. ...
Visual Basic 3
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1993 application
Visual Basic 3 (VB3) is a programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) released by Microsoft in 1993. It is part of the Visual Basic (VB) series, which is known for its ease of use and rapid application develo...
Magnetic Crane
DOS1989 puzzle
Hoverforce
DOS1990 shooter
Metaltech: Earthsiege
DOS1994 vehicle simulation
3D Cyber Blaster
DOS1992remake sports
If Doom and Laser Tag had a baby raised by dial-up modems, it would be 3D Cyber Blaster. Released in 1992, this shooter has you blasting neon enemies in a world that looks like a Tron-themed laser maze. The sound effects are glori...
Caverns of Chaos
DOS1992 adventure
Inspector Gadget: Global terror!
DOS1992 adventure
Tass Times in Tonetown
DOS1986 adventure
Return to Kroz
DOS1990freeware action
Kroz returns, and with it, your CRT monitor’s worst nightmare: ASCII graphics! Return to Kroz takes you back to a time when @ meant “you,” and everything else was trying to kill you. Using only your wits, a whip,...
Interphase
DOS1989 shooter
Archery
DOS1985freeware sports
Archery (1985) is what happens when someone says, “Hey, what if we made a bow-and-arrow game with the graphical fidelity of a cave painting?” You shoot arrows. That’s it. You aim, fire, and pray the pixel lands w...
Aaargh
DOS1988 action
Aaargh (1988) is exactly what you’ll scream as your giant monster stomps through cities with all the grace of a drunk kaiju. On DOS, this arcade-ish game lets you smash stuff, roast villagers, and battle other monsters in du...
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
DOS1997 strategy
Champion of the Raj
DOS1991 strategy
Back to the Future Part 2
DOS1990 action
1990’s Back to the Future Part 2 for DOS is a game that tries very hard to be as confusing as time travel itself. You’re Marty McFly, zipping between timelines, avoiding paradoxes, and trying to not get arrested for pi...
Arnie 2
DOS1993 shooter
Arnie 2 is the unofficial Schwarzenegger sim where you run around shirtless with guns bigger than your torso, blowing up helicopters, bunkers, and bad guys in increasingly ridiculous quantities. The plot is somewhere between Comma...
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, it’s a flight sim that drops you into WWI&...
Shooting Gallery
DOS1990 shooter
Superfrog
DOS1994protected action
Questprobe featuring Human Torch and The Thing
DOS1985 adventure
Demon Stalkers
DOS1989 action
Infiltrator
DOS1987 simulation
Popeye 2
DOS1992 action