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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac OS1984freeware4.2/5 adventure
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
Alone in the Dark
DOS1992protected4.1/5 action-adventure
Adventure Construction Set
DOS19873.9/5 rpg
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
Mega Man X
DOS1995protected4/5 shooter
Astrotit
DOS1987NSFW3.5/5 shooter
Nebulus
DOS19884.1/5 action
Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home computer systems, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and others. It later saw ports to different platforms. Neb...
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo4.1/5 adventure
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1995 as a sequel to the original Gabriel Knight game, "Sins of the Fathers". The game was designed by Jane Jensen, who also wrote the story and script.In GK2 The Beast Within, players assume the role of Gabriel Knight...
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected3.9/5 rpg
Populous
DOS19893.9/5 strategy
Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...
StarBlade
DOS19903.9/5 action
Dragon Wars
DOS1990protected3.7/5 rpg
Another World
DOS1991protected4.1/5 action-adventure
5th Fleet
DOS19943.9/5 strategy
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
DOSMac OS1996protected3.9/5 strategy
SimHealth
DOS19943.7/5 simulation
Dungeon Crawl
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware4/5 rpg
Dungeon Crawl (also known as Linley's Dungeon Crawl from the name of the original programmer: Linley Henzell) is a classic roguelike: an RPG with permadeath, procedural generation and high replayability. Dungeon Crawl was released on 1997 but it's not maintained anymore. The spiritual successr of Crawl is DCCS (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup).
Prehistorik 2
DOS1993protected4.1/5 action
Turbo Prolog 2.0
DOS1986protected4.1/5 application
Ant Attack!
DOS1994freeware3.7/5 action
Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf
DOS19872.3/5 sports
Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True
DOS19873.9/5 adventure
Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle
DOS19934.1/5 rpg
After the well received Ultima 7 The Black Gate, Origin decided that their Ultima engine could be used for one more game. Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle begins right after The Black Gate ends. This time the Avatar travels to a whole new land, far away from the usual Britannia. Serpent Isle brings its own charm to the series; exploring new lands...
Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity
DOS1994protected3.8/5 rpg
Darklands
DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1992protected4/5 rpg
Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG of that kind and beauty. The original game box contained a huge manual with info on european folklore (including the live...
Once Upon a Forest
DOS19953.9/5 adventure
Omnicron Conspiracy
DOS19894.1/5 adventure
Might and Magic: World of Xeen
DOSMac OS1994protecteddemo4/5 rpg
Might and Magic: World of Xeen is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, which is a combination of two games: Clouds of Xeen and Darkside of Xeen. These games were part of the Might and Magic series, a franchise of RPGs developed by New World Computing. World of Xeen represents the merging of these two games into a single, interconnect...
The Incredible Machine
DOS19934.2/5 puzzle
The Incredible Machine (part of The Incredible Machine series) is a single-player peculiar DOS physics-puzzle game developed by Jeff Tunnell Productions and published by Sierra On-Line in 1993. The goal of the game is to build strange complicated contraptions using the few pieces at your disposal. When you feel pretty sure that your contraptio...
B.A.T. 2 : The Koshan Conspiracy
DOS19924.2/5 adventure
In Extremis
DOS19933.5/5 shooter