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Super Street Fighter 2
DOS19964.3/5 action
Super Street Fighter II is an enhanced version of the iconic arcade fighting game Street Fighter II, developed and published by Capcom. It was released in 1993 as an upgrade to Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting and introduced several new features, characters, and gameplay mechanics to the series.Super Street Fighter II expanded the roster wit...
SWIV 3D
DOS19963.8/5 shooter
Syndicate Wars
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1996protected4/5 strategy
Syndicate Wars is the sequel to the much acclaimed Syndicate developed by Bullfrog in its golden years. Like its predecessor, Syndicate Wars is a real-time tactics strategy game set in a cyberpunk dystopian world involving excessive violence, mega-corporations, bleak urban environment. Syndicate Wars also supports a multi-player co-op mode via LAN.
Tempest 2000
DOS1996remake4.2/5 shooter
Tempest 2000 is a video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation. It was released in 1994 for DOS, Mac, the Atari Jaguar console, etc. Tempest 2000 is an enhanced remake of the original Tempest, which was released in arcades in 1981.In Tempest 2000, players control a claw-shaped ship that moves around the edges of geometric sh...
Tetris (Academysoft)
DOS19963.7/5 puzzle
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4/5 adventure
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...
The Dame Was Loaded
DOS1996protected4.2/5 adventure
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall
DOS1996freeware4.2/5 rpg
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall is an old school first-person 3D RPG developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1996 for DOS. Daggerfall is the second chapter in popular The Elder Scrolls series. The open world gameplay, the procedural generation of dungeons and the freedom of exploring and taking on the quests at your own pace are some of the...
The Gene Machine
DOS19963.8/5 adventure
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
DOS19964/5 adventure
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
DOSMac1996protected3.9/5 strategy
The Smurfs
DOSWindows XP/98/9519964.2/5 action
Time Slaughter
DOS1996freeware4.1/5 action
Tomb Raider
DOS1996protected4.1/5 action-adventure
Toonstruck
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4.1/5 adventure
Transland
DOS19963/5 shooter
Ultimate Soccer Manager 2
DOSWindows 3.x19963.9/5 sports
Wembley Rugby League
DOS19963/5 sports
WWF in Your House
DOS19964.2/5 sports
X-Tetris
Windows XP/98/951996NSFW3.9/5 puzzle
Xenophage: Alien BloodSport
DOS1996freeware3.9/5 action
Yendorian Tales: Book I - Chapter 2
DOS19963.8/5 rpg
Z
DOS1996protected4.1/5 strategy
Z is a real-time strategy game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and originally released in 1996 for MS-DOS. It's known for its fast-paced gameplay, humorous style, and distinctive art design.In Z, players control a robot army across various battlefields, aiming to conquer territories and defeat enemy forces. The game features a tongue-in-cheek narr...
Zork Nemesis
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1996protected4.1/5 adventure
Adventure Game Studio (AGS)
WindowsLinuxMac1997freeware3.9/5 application
Adventure Game Studio (AGS) is a software development tool that enables users to create point-and-click adventure games. It was originally created by Chris Jones and has been used by game developers to produce a variety of 2D adventure games. AGS provides a scripting language, a visual editor, and various other tools to simplify the game developmen...
African Adventure
DOS1997remake3.6/5 adventure
Age of Empires
Windows XP/98/951997protecteddemo4.2/5 strategy
Age of Empires, published by Microsoft and developed by Ensemble Studios, is one of the most popular historical RTS and started a successful series. The player must guide a civilization from prehistory to the iron age, battling other civilizations, building and gathering resources.
Aleshar World of Ice
DOS19973.8/5 rpg
Alien Cabal
DOS1997freeware3.9/5 shooter
Amulets & Armor
DOS1997freeware4.1/5 rpg
Amulets & Armor is a first-person ARPG (action RPG) with a fantasy setting. It was developed and published as shareware for DOS by United Software Artists in 1997. Amulets & Armor became freeware in 2013. Gameplay is mission-based; the player can take up quests in any order and even complete the same quests over and over.