Games released in 1997
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Combat Chess
Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
Combat Chess (1997, Windows XP) takes the cerebral game of kings and adds swords, screams, and shameless violence. Every piece battle-animates into Mortal Kombat-lite fights when you capture another. It's like regular chess, but w...
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor
Windows XP/98/951997 strategy
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor (1997, Windows XP) took the RTS formula and flipped it into a weird deathmatch where you control a single unit and try not to die... horribly. It’s like a survival game set inside the Red...
Constructor
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1997protected simulation
Constructor is a simulation and strategy video game developed by System 3 and first released in 1997. In the game, players take on the role of a property developer with the goal of building and managing a city while dealing with v...
Dark Reign: The Future of War
Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
Before its sequel, there was Dark Reign: The Future of War (1997), a forward-thinking RTS that introduced mechanics ahead of its time, like customizable AI scripts for units. The result was a game that demanded brains as much as r...
Dilbert's Desktop Games
Windows XP/98/951997 action
Dungeon Crawl
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware 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...
Dungeon Keeper
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected strategy
Dungeon Keeper 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected strategy
Entrepreneur
Windows XP/98/951997 simulation
Escape from Dr. Colosso
DOS1997freeware shooter
Exile III: Ruined World
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware rpg
Extreme Assault
DOS1997 vehicle simulation
F/A-18 Korea
Windows XP/98/951997 vehicle simulation
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead
DOSWindows XP/98/951997 rpg
Fallout
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo rpg
The first Fallout game was released in 1997 by Interplay Productions and is widely regarded as one of the most influential RPGs of its time. The game begins in the year 2161, over 80 years after the nuclear war, with the play...
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
Windows XP/98/951997 sports
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 (also known as FIFA 98) is a football sports game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1997 for multiple platforms including Windows, Genesis, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES. FIFA: R...
Flying Corps
DOSWindows 3.x1997protected vehicle simulation
Grand Theft Auto
DOSWindows XP/98/951997 action-adventure
In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the ar...
Hercules
Windows XP/98/951997protected action
HTML Tads
Windows XP/98/951997freeware application
Ignition
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997 racing
Independence War
Windows XP/98/951997protected vehicle simulation
Interstate '76
Windows XP/98/951997protected racing
Interstate '76 is a vehicular combat video game developed and published by Activision. It was released in 1997 for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in an alternate history 1976, featuring a stylized 1970s atmosphere with a uniqu...
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
DOS1997 strategy
Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected rpg
Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey)
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected action-adventure
Lucky Luke
Windows XP/98/951997 action
Lula: The Sexy Empire
Windows XP/98/951997protectedNSFW simulation
Mageslayer
Windows XP/98/951997 action
Mageslayer is an action game developed by Raven Software and published by GT Interactive in 1997 for MS-DOS. It stands out as a top-down, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler inspired by games like Gauntlet, but with an original fantasy...
Magic: The Gathering
Windows XP/98/951997 strategy
Magic: The Gathering (sometimes also referred as Shandalar) is an abandoned strategy game based on the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, developed and released by MicroProse Software for Windows in 1997. MTG is s...