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Rescue at Rigel
DOS1983 rpg
Black Friday
DOS1983 simulation
Black Friday (1983) isn’t about shopping mayhem—though you might wish it were after trying to figure out what’s going on. This early DOS title is part stock marke...
The Kristal
DOS1989 adventure
Iron Cross
DOS1994 strategy
Released in 1994 for DOS, Iron Cross is a historical strategy game that tries very hard to make military planning look sexy. Spoiler: it doesn’t. You’re dealing with Wo...
Star Wars 2
DOS1989 shooter
The Patcher 6.1
DOS1993 application
The Patcher 6.1 (1993, DOS) is one of those utilities-turned-experiences that makes you feel like a digital surgeon. Instead of saving lives, you’re poking around system file...
Stellar Trader
Windows Vista/7/82008freeware simulation
Rayman Forever
DOSWindows XP/98/951998protected action
Acheton
DOS1987 adventure
Acheton (1987, DOS) is one of those text adventures where the game cheerfully tries to kill you every five minutes — and does so with words. You're tossed into a sprawling, b...
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...
Epic Pinball
DOSMac OS1993protected action
Epic Pinball is what happens when a small team says, “Sure, let’s make a pinball game,” and accidentally creates one of the most addictive shareware hits of the d...
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
Windows XP/98/951997protected adventure
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Revolution Software. Released in 1997. The game follows the continuing adventures of George...
Starquake
DOS1988 action
Starquake is a weird DOS science fiction platform game developed by Bubble Bus Software in 1988 and designed by Stephen Crow and Dave Collins. The Commodore 64 version bo...
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected adventure
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy is the sort of time-travel adventure that casually suggests you might want to prevent one of the most infamous assassinations in history befo...
Mad Mix
DOS1988 action
At first glance Mad Mix resembles a familiar maze chase, but it quickly reveals several wonderfully eccentric twists. Instead of relying solely on quick movement, players can trans...
Arx Fatalis
Windows XP/98/952002protected rpg
Arx Fatalis is basically what happens when someone takes “dungeons and dragons” way too literally. You start trapped in a gloomy underground world because—oops&md...
FreeDOS Shell
DOS2002freeware application
Pit Fighter
DOS1991 action
Pit Fighter is an arcade-style fighting game that was originally released in arcades in 1990 by Atari Games. It was later ported to various home gaming platforms, including DOS, th...
Devastator
DOS1984 shooter
Back in 1984, Devastator promised arcade-style action on DOS, which is another way of saying “prepare for blocky graphics and relentless difficulty.” It’s a shoot...
BC's Quest for Tires
DOS1984 action
In BC's Quest for Tires, you play a loincloth-wearing caveman who’s riding a unicycle through danger, because apparently that’s how courtship worked in 1984. The goal? ...
Mini Putt
DOS1988 sports
ZZT
DOS1991freeware action
ZZT (1991, DOS) looks like it was drawn by an enthusiastic ASCII artist with too much time and not enough colors. And yet, it’s brilliant. Part action game, part puzzle adven...
Stone Age
DOS1992 puzzle
Titan
DOS1989 action
X-Fighter
DOS1987 shooter
X-Fighter feels like one of those early experiments where developers were still figuring out what “space combat” should even look like. It is simple, direct, and unapologetical...
ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs
DOS1992 vehicle simulation
ATAC (1992) is what you get when someone says, “What if we made SimCity, but for waging the War on Drugs?” You play as the head of an anti-narcotics task force, deployi...
Highway Patrol 2
DOS1990 racing
Highway Patrol 2 puts you on the side of the law, chasing down offenders with determination and a bit of flair. The gameplay focuses on pursuit and control, asking you to balance s...
Off Shore Warrior
DOS1988 sports
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2005protected simulation
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite...
Burger Blaster
DOS1983 action
Before BurgerTime stole the fast-food spotlight, there was Burger Blaster—a game where you build burgers by shooting them. With a gun. Because why not? This early arcade-styl...






























