Underdog games: underrated worth playing
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Grand Slam Bridge
DOS19863.4/5 Cybron corporation
Hill Street Blues
DOS19914/5 Krisalis
Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based on a TV series.
Hugo's House of Horrors
DOS19903.9/5 Gray Design Associates
Hugo's House of Horrors is an adventure game developed by David P. Gray and released in the early 1990s. The game is a text-based adventure with simple graphics, and it gained popularity for its witty and often tongue-in-cheek approach to the horror genre.The story of the game revolves around the main character, Hugo, who receives a letter from his...
I have no Mouth and I Must Scream
DOS1995protected4.1/5 The Dreamers Guild
International Moto X
DOS19964.3/5 Renegade
Jagged Alliance
DOS1994protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
Jazz Jackrabbit
DOS1994protected3.8/5 Epic MegaGames
Knight Games
DOS19883.9/5 Mastertronic
Olympic games were something back in the 80s and the 90s: Winter Games, Summer Games, California Games, anything-you-can-think-of games. Some imaginative developer thought that the world needed a different kind of "multisport" action game and came up with he idea behind Knight Games.
Legions
Windows 3.xMac19943.7/5 Mindscape
Magic Carpet
DOSMac1994protected3.8/5 Bullfrog
Magic Carpet is an action shooter game set in a fictional Middle East developed by Bullfrog and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS and Macintosh. Your goal is to fly around a magic carpet and collect mana to expand your castle. When you reach the required mana "equilibrium" you move on to the next world and so on.
Monuments of Mars
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1991freeware3.3/5 Scenerio Software
Normality
DOS1996protecteddemo3.8/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Normality is a first-person adventure video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1996. The game is set in a dystopian future where a totalitarian regime known as the One True Government (OTG) controls the city of Neutropolis. The player takes on the role of Kent, a rebellious citizen who opposes the oppressive rule of the OTG. The ...
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Windows XP/98/9519954.1/5 Activision
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a platform video game that was originally released in 1994. It is a sequel to the classic 1982 game Pitfall! but features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics. The game was developed by Activision and initially released for various platforms, including PC, the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNE...
Power Drift
DOS19903.9/5 Sega
QBasic Gorillas
DOS1991freeware4/5 Microsoft
Red Baron
DOS1990protected4.1/5 Dynamix
Redneck Rampage
DOS1997protected4/5 Xatrix Entertainment
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Scorched Earth
DOS1991protected4/5
Shadowgate
DOSWindows 3.xMac19884/5 ICOM Simulations
Shadowgate is an abandoned fantasy-themed adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and released by Mindscape in 1988 for Macintosh, DOS, and also for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, NES. Shadowgate uses the ICOM MacVenture engine (Deja Vu, Uninvited). Shadowgate was later remade in an enhanced version for Windows 3.1.
SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony
DOS19914.1/5 Maxis
Snood
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1996freeware4.1/5
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Windows XP/98/9519994/5 MicroProse Software
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...
Starflight
DOS19864.1/5 Binary Systems
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...
Stormlord
DOS19893.9/5 Hewson Consultants
Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy about the scantily clothed fairies in the game.
Supaplex
DOS1991freeware4.1/5 Think!Ware Development
Super Cauldron
DOS19923.9/5 Titus Interactive
Superfrog
DOS1994protected3.8/5 Team 17
Swap
DOS19923.5/5 Microids
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.5/5