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The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall
DOS1996freeware4.3/5 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
DOSMac OS1996protected3.9/5 strategy
The Smurfs
DOSWindows XP/98/9519964.1/5 action
Time Slaughter
DOS1996freeware4.1/5 action
Tomb Raider
DOS1996protected4/5 action-adventure
Toonstruck
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected4/5 adventure
Transland
DOS19963/5 shooter
TwinBlok
DOS19963.7/5 action
Ultimate Soccer Manager 2
DOSWindows 3.x19964/5 sports
Wembley Rugby League
DOS19963/5 sports
WWF in Your House
DOS19964.1/5 sports
X-Tetris
Windows XP/98/951996NSFW4.1/5 puzzle
Xenophage: Alien BloodSport
DOS1996freeware3.8/5 action
Yendorian Tales: Book I - Chapter 2
DOS19963.8/5 rpg
Z
DOS1996protected4/5 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...
Zeitgeist
Windows XP/98/9519963.6/5 rpg
Zeitgeist, also known as Jupiter Strike in North America, is a 3D space shooter developed by Taito and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation and Windows in 1996. Zeitgeist is a rail shooter: the player controls a spaceship that moves along a fixed path, with limited control over the ship's movement within...
Zork Nemesis
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected4.1/5 adventure
Adventure Game Studio (AGS)
Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS1997freeware3.9/5 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.
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 rpg
Assault Trooper
DOS19973.6/5 shooter
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected3.4/5 adventure
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a graphic adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997. It is the first in a series of games set around the legendary lost city of Atlantis. You play as Seth, a young hero who becomes entangled in the political and mysterious happenings of the city. Seth is tasked with finding the missing queen,...
Atomic Bomberman
Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 action
Baseball Mogul
Windows XP/98/9519973.9/5 sports