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DOS1984 adventure
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 caffeinated spiders and a physics engine that took ...
Beyond the Black Hole
DOS1989 action
Beyond the Black Hole promises an interstellar voyage into mystery—and delivers... a disorienting 3D shooter that kind of feels like flying a cardboard spaceship through a kaleidoscope. The idea is noble: space combat meets ...
Nomad
DOS1993 vehicle simulation
Ikari III: The Rescue
DOS1990 action
Robot Odissey
DOS1985 strategy
Guerrilla War
DOS1987 shooter
Druglord
DOS1991 simulation
Caesars Palace
DOS1989 strategy
More smoke-filled backrooms than a noir film and enough slot machines to trigger déjà vu—Caesars Palace is your low-res Vegas getaway. You're given a pile of chips and left to your vices: blackjack, poker, roul...
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign
DOS1988 strategy
Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles
DOS1988 strategy
Round 42
DOS1986 shooter
Backgammon
DOS1984 strategy
Dragonfly
DOS1986 shooter
Alien Fires 2199 AD
DOS1988 rpg
Released in 1988, Alien Fires 2199 AD looks and plays like someone tried to translate a fever dream into a sci-fi RPG. You control some dude with a chin of steel and a crew that seems perpetually confused. The interface is clunky,...
Pinball Magic
DOS1990 action
Monopoly (Adam Stevens)
DOS1998 strategy
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye
Windows 3.xMac OS1990 puzzle
First Expedition
DOS1988 vehicle simulation
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS1991 rpg
In Ancients 1: Deathwatch, you gather your pixelated party and set off to cleanse a city of evil, or at least try not to get mugged by slimes. It's a dungeon crawler in classic DOS fashion — grid movement, turn-based battles...
Captain Blood
DOSMac OS1988 action-adventure
Captain Blood is a space exploration video game released in 1988. It was developed by the French company ERE Informatique, and it was designed by Philippe Ulrich and Didier Bouchon. The game is set in a futuristic universe, where ...
Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue
DOS1992 action
Postman Pat 3 is a retro video game based on the popular British children's television series Postman Pat. Released in 1992 by Alternative Software, it was available for platforms like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 6...
Farenheit 451
DOS1984 adventure
Balance of the Planet
DOSMac OS1990 simulation
Environmental doom simulator? Check. Grim statistics? Double check. Balance of the Planet lets you tinker with carbon emissions, wildlife extinction, and deforestation until you either save the world or make it slightly more inhab...
Gengis Khan
DOS1989 strategy
Advanced Tactical Fighter 2
DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Strap in and squint at the horizon—Advanced Tactical Fighter 2 wants you to dogfight like it’s the Cold War and your joystick is a weapon of mass confusion. Released in the golden era of chunky graphics and keyboard gy...
Vaxine
DOS1991 shooter
Yacht Racing Simulator
DOS1986 racing
Yacht Racing Simulator proves that even in the '80s, developers were brave enough to turn the thrilling world of rich people boating slowly into a video game. With graphics that could charitably be called “minimalist” ...
Spaceward Ho!
Windows 3.xDOS1992 strategy
Udoiana Raunes
DOS1998 adventure