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Phantasie 1
DOS1987protected top-down party-based RPG
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS1987 top-down party-based RPG
Rings of Zilfin
DOS1987protected
Shard of Spring
DOS1987protected
The Bard's Tale
DOS1987 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown was developed by Interplay Productions and published by Electronic Arts for DOS and other systems. The game takes place in the fictional ...
The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I
DOS1987 action RPG
Wizard's Crown
DOS1987protected
2400 A.D.
DOS1988
Ah, 2400 A.D. A game where you can rebel against a robot police state… by slowly walking around in beige. Released in 1988, it’s what happens when you mix Orwellian dy...
Alien Fires 2199 AD
DOS1988 action RPG
Released in 1988, Alien Fires 2199 AD looks and plays like someone tried to translate a fever dream into a sci-fi RPG. You control some dude with a chin of steel and a crew that se...
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac OS1988
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released ...
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
DOS1988 board game
Released in 1988, BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is part RPG, part strategy, part “did I just die in the tutorial again?” You’re a young MechWarrior on...
Evets
DOS1988freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
Evets is a puzzle game that proves simplicity can be deceptive. With minimal graphics and a straightforward premise, it invites you in gently before revealing its true complexity. ...
Galdregon's Domain
DOS1988
Might and Magic 2: Gates to Another World
DOS1988 first-person party-based RPG
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World is a classic role-playing video game developed and published by New World Computing. It was originally released in 1988 for various home ...
Moraff's Revenge
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware roguelike
A year earlier, the other Omega (1988) hit DOS and Linux, and no, it’s not the same game wearing a disguise. This one blends sci-fi exploration with tactical decision-making,...
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected
Questron 2
DOS1988protected
Questron II is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) in 1988. It serves as the sequel to the original Questro...
Scavengers of the Mutant World
DOS1988 top-down party-based RPG
Scavengers of the Mutant World (1988) takes you to a post-apocalyptic wasteland where radiation has turned most life forms into something between a potato and a death machine. Your...
The Bard's Tale 2: The Destiny Knight
DOS1988 first-person party-based RPG
Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny
DOS1988 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima 5 takes a darker turn. Lord British is missing, and his regent, Lord Blackthorn, has turned Britannia into a police state where virtues are enforced at sword-point. You know...
Wasteland
DOS1988 top-down party-based RPG
Released in 1988 for DOS, Wasteland is the kind of game that quietly changed history while pretending to be just another post-apocalyptic RPG. Long before wastelands were fashionab...
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Bloodwych
DOS1989 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Step into a dungeon, take a left at the creepy skeleton, and say hello to Bloodwych, the 1989 DOS game that proves co-op first-person dungeon crawling can be both confusing and odd...
Citadel of the Black Sun
DOS1989canceled sandbox RPG
Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War
DOS1989 dungeon crawl, JRPG
In Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War, you’re not just fighting enemies—you’re reading their minds while doing it. This RPG mixes sci-fi exploration with telepathic abil...
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected
Based on the popular D&D module, Curse of the Azure Bonds puts you in control of a party of adventurers cursed with magical tattoos that force them into dangerous quests. You&r...
Demon's Winter
DOS1989protected top-down party-based RPG
In this 1989 DOS game, you survive in a post-apocalyptic world where demons have taken over. Scavenge for resources, fight off demonic creatures, and try to rebuild civilization. I...
Don't Go Alone
DOS1989 first-person party-based RPG
Don't Go Alone is the kind of title that doesn’t need a warning label—it’s the warning label. This horror-themed dungeon crawler from 1989 drops you into a world ...