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Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dungeon Crawl
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware4/5
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 on 1997 but it's not maintained anymore. The spiritual successr of Crawl is DCCS (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup).
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Secret of the Silver Blades
DOSMac OS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
The Magic Candle
DOS19894/5 Mindcraft Software
The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
DOS1992protected3.8/5 Silmarils
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is a first-person grid-based RPG developed by Silmarils and released in 1992 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST. Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is the second game, part of the Ishar game series (the first being Crystals of Arborea). Ishar is a classic RPG like Wizardry or Might & Magic and it plays the same way, but the en...
The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty
DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS19943.9/5
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager
DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Spirit of Adventure
DOS19914/5 Attic Entertainment Software
Drakkhen
DOS19893.8/5 Infogrames
Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero
DOS1989protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Bethesda Softworks
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected4/5 BioWare
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn is a party-based real-time with pause CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe that shares the same gameplay as the sequel: the much acclaimed Baldur's Gate. Shadows of Amn was developed by BioWare and released by Black Isle Studios in 2000 for PC (Windows) and Mac.
Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire
DOS1990protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire is a the second chapter in the Sierra beloved Quest for Glory series. Trial by Fire is an adventure game with RPG elements (at the very start the player must choose a class from the three available: fighter, wizard, thief) set in a fantasy setting inspired by Middle East lore. It was developed ad released by Sierra ...
Crystals of Arborea
DOS19904.2/5 Silmarils
Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva
DOS1996protected4/5 Attic Entertainment Software
Quest for glory 3: Wages of War
DOS1992protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Quest for glory 3: Wages of War is the third game in the Quest for Glory series. It's an adventure game at heart but, in the tradition of the Quest for Glory games, involves combat and classes like an RPG. Quest for Glory III was designed by Corey Cole and Lori Ann Cole, developed and released by Sierra On-Line in 1992 only for DOS.
Bloodwych
DOS19893.8/5
Bloodwych is an abandoned RPG set in the fantasy world of Trazere. Two players can play at the same time in split screen mode, a feature that was unusual at the time, especially for an RPG. Bloodwych was released in 1989 by Image Works for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum.
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Angband
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine
DOS19973.9/5 SW Games
Pools of Darkness
DOSMac OS1991protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Pools of Darkness is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It is the fourth entry in the "Gold Box" series of Dungeons & Dragons games, which are based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) ruleset. The game was released in 1991 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platform...
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom
DOS1994protecteddemo3.5/5 Silmarils
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is a role-playing video game developed and published by Silmarils, released in 1993. It is the sequel to Crystals of Arborea and the second installment in the Ishar series. Set in the fantasy world of Kendoria, the game follows the adventures of a group of adventurers as they journey across the land to defeat the evil so...
Hack
DOS1984freeware3.8/5