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221B Baker Street
DOS19864/5 strategy
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
Mixed-up Fairy Tales
DOS19914.1/5 adventure
Business Simulator
DOS19873.9/5 simulation
Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.
Conan: the Cimmerian
DOS19914.2/5 rpg
Frederik Pohl's Gateway
DOS19924.1/5 adventure
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel Gateway. Tt was designed by Michael Verdu and Glen R. Dahlgren and published by Legend Entertainment in 1992.
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected4.2/5 rpg
Might and Magic: World of Xeen
DOSMac1994protecteddemo4/5 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...
Double Dragon
DOS19884/5 action
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
DOS19924.2/5 action
Fascination
DOS1991NSFW3.8/5 adventure
Z
DOS1996protected4.1/5 strategy
Z is a real-time strategy game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and originally released in 1996 for MS-DOS. It's known for its fast-paced gameplay, humorous style, and distinctive art design.In Z, players control a robot army across various battlefields, aiming to conquer territories and defeat enemy forces. The game features a tongue-in-cheek narr...
Life & Death
DOSMac19883.9/5 simulation
Life & Death is a medical simulation game developed by Software Toolworks and released in 1988 for MS-DOS computers. It aimed to provide players with a realistic simulation of the life of a surgeon. The game puts players in the role of a surgeon at a hospital, where they must diagnose and treat various medical conditions, perform surgeries, and...
Icewind Dale
Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected3.9/5 rpg
Impulse Tracker
DOS1995freeware4/5 application
Impulse Tracker was a popular music tracker software developed by Jeffrey Lim in the late 1990s. Impulse Tracker utilized a tracker-style user interface, which was common in the demoscene and among enthusiasts of chiptune and electronic music. The interface is characterized by a grid of rows and columns where users input note and instrument da...
Aleshar World of Ice
DOS19973.8/5 rpg
Holiday Island
Windows 3.x19964/5 simulation
Blood
DOS1997protected4.2/5 shooter
Blue Force
DOS19934.1/5 adventure
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
DOS19834.3/5 adventure
Magic Carpet
DOSMac1994protected3.8/5 shooter
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.
Total Annihilation Kingdoms
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 strategy
Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon
DOSMac1989protected3.9/5 adventure
Civilization II: Test of Time
Windows XP/98/951999remake4.3/5 strategy
Civilization II: Test of Time is an abandoned turn-based strategy game developed by Atari and released by MicroProse Software in 1999 for Windows. Civilization II: Test of Time is a remake of the cult classic Civilization 2, without the involvement of Sid Meier (the creator of the Civilization franchise). Test of Time includes fantasy and science f...
Mega lo Mania
DOS19924.2/5 strategy
Mega lo Mania, also known as Mega-Lo-Mania: The Battle for Elysium in some regions, is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Image Works. It was originally released in 1991 for various platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and later on other systems like the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive). The ...
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
Windows 3.x1989freeware4.1/5 simulation
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition is a geopolitical strategy game developed by Chris Crawford and released in 1985. It is considered a classic in the genre of political and strategic simulation games. The game is set during the height of the Cold War, specifically in 1986, and it allows players to step into the shoes of either the United Stat...
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound
Windows2003canceled3.4/5 rpg
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was an unreleased role-playing video game that was intended to be the sequel to the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate series. It was initially announced by Black Isle Studios, a division of Interplay Entertainment, back in 2002. The Black Hound was being developed using the Infinity Engine, the same engine used i...
Scorched Earth
DOS1991protected4/5 strategy
Industry Giant 2
Windows XP/98/952002protected4/5 simulation
Sega Rally Championship
Windows XP/98/95Windows19953.3/5 racing
SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony
DOS19914.1/5 simulation