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Home Alone
DOS1991 action
Home Alone attempts to capture the chaotic charm of the film, placing you in the shoes of a child defending a house with questionable safety standards. Released in 1991, it mixes s...
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1992 adventure
Day of the Viper
DOS1990 shooter
Released in 1990, Day of the Viper is a first-person shooter before shooters really found their footing. Imagine a blend of Doom and a bargain-bin puzzle game, but with robots. You...
The adventures of Willy Beamish
DOS1991 adventure
The adventures of Willy Beamish is a point-and-click adventure that perfectly captures the chaos of being a kid with too much imagination and not enough discipline. Willy is consta...
A Personal Nightmare
DOS1989 adventure
A Personal Nightmare (1989) blends horror and detective work into one spooky little cocktail of 1980s DOS game design. You return to your hometown to find it overrun by demonic pos...
Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab
DOS1993freeware action
Mutants! Explosions! Green slime! Bio Menace kicks off with Dr. Mangle’s Lab, a side-scrolling blast of carnage where you, Snake Logan (yes, really), shoot your way through a...
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1986 adventure
Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld
Windows XP/98/952000canceled strategy
Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld is the ghost of a game that never was. Announced, teased, and then buried alive by shifting studio priorities, it exists only in the fever d...
Dark Seed
DOS1992 adventure
When H.R. Giger is involved, you know things will get weird. Dark Seed (1992) is a point-and-click horror adventure where you play Mike Dawson, a man haunted by nightmarish visions...
Steel Panthers
DOS1995 strategy
Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series...
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers
DOS1992 rpg
Italicized title: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers. Continuing the ambitious adaptation of Tolkien’s saga, this sequel expands both the scope a...
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected strategy
Released in 2001 for PC, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is what happens when someone looks at Age of Empires II and says, “This is good, but what if there were AT-ATs stom...
Ball Race
DOS1988 racing
Emmanuelle: A Game of Eroticism
DOS1989NSFW adventure
Emmanuelle: A Game of Eroticism is less about eroticism and more about awkward curiosity. Released in 1989, it’s a slow, text-heavy experience filled with suggestion, innuend...
Night Shift
DOS1990 puzzle
Night Shift is a 1990 action game with a wonderfully unusual premise: instead of saving the world, the player is busy working a night shift. Naturally, this is not an ordinary job,...
Heart of China
DOS1991 adventure
Heart of China is an adventure game that leans heavily into storytelling, weaving a tale of intrigue and danger across exotic locations. The narrative is its strongest asset, pulli...
The Game of Harmony
DOS1990 puzzle
In Search of Dr. Riptide
DOS1994 action-adventure
In Search of Dr. Riptide from 1994 is a science-fiction adventure with enough eccentricity to fill several galaxies. Players investigate mysteries, solve puzzles, and generally que...
MegaRace
DOS1994protected racing
Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine
DOS1997 rpg
In The Tyrants of Thaine, the graphics get a modest upgrade, but the soul remains pure: this is RPG comfort food. You’re once again cast as the world's most overworked advent...
Interstate '76
Windows XP/98/951997protected racing
Interstate '76 is what happens when vehicular combat, 1970s funk, and action-movie swagger collide magnificently. Released in 1997, it combines stylish storytelling with explosive ...
Indianapolis 500
DOS1989 racing
Indianapolis 500 in 1989 was one of the earliest racing simulators to take itself very seriously, and that seriousness paid off. Rather than arcade thrills, it focused on realism, ...
Supremacy: Your Will Be Done
DOS1990 strategy
Supremacy: You Will Be Done (also known simply as Overlord) is a rare example of mix between real-time strategy and science fiction themed 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploid, eXterm...
Brutal Sports Football
DOS1993 sports
Take American football, remove the rules, add swords and fireballs, and throw in some screaming. That is Brutal Sports Football. This is not about touchdowns. This is about surviva...
Frogger
DOS1983 action
Frogger needs very little introduction, yet it still deserves respect. Originally released in 1983, this deceptively simple game asks you to guide a frog across busy roads and trea...
Stunt Car Racer
DOS1989 racing
Stunt Car Racer is an abandoned first-person 3D perspective racing game designed by Geoffrey J. Crammond, developed and released by Microstyle in 1989 for DOS and many other platfo...
1869
DOS1992 simulation
If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a 19th-century merchant sailing the high seas with a suspiciously optimistic outlook on international trade, 1869 is your jam. It throws yo...
Transarctica
DOS1993 vehicle simulation
Capitalism 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected simulation
If spreadsheets are your love language, Capitalism 2 is pure romance. This brutally detailed simulation lets you create your own corporate empire from scratch—manufacturing, ...
Wasteland
DOS1988 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...






























