Party-based games sorted by release date

Party-based applications

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  Gateway to the Savage Frontier

  DOS1991protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
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  HeroQuest

  DOSMac19913.9/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

  HeroQuest is a classic video game adaptation of the popular board game HeroQuest, released in 1991 by Gremlin Interactive. HeroQuest faithfully recreates the turn-based, dungeon-crawling, and role-playing gameplay of the board game. Players take on the roles of different heroes, including a barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard, as they explo...

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  Megatraveller 2: Quest for the ancients

  DOS19913.6/5 Paragon Software
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  Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra

  DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
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  Planet's Edge

  DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
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  Pools of Darkness

  DOS1991protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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  Spirit of Adventure

  DOS19914/5 Attic Entertainment Software
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  The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

  DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software
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  Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

  DOS19914/5 Origin Systems

  Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.

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  X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

  DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
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  Amberstar

  DOS19923.9/5 Thalion

  Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows. Amberstar was developed and published by Thalion for DO...

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  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.

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  Captive

  DOS19923.8/5 Mindscape
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  Challenge of the Five Realms

  DOS1992protected3.7/5 MicroProse Software
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  Dark Queen of Krynn

  DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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  Darklands

  DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac1992protected3.9/5 MicroProse Software

  Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG of that kind and beauty. The original game box contained a huge manual with info on european folklore (including the live...

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  Dungeon Master

  DOS19924.2/5 FTL

  Dungeon Master, released in 1987 by FTL for Atari ST and later for Amiga and DOS, is a classic dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) that holds a special place in the hearts of many nostalgic gamers. Dungeon Master is considered the father of first-person, 3D, grid-based dungeon crawlers.

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  Ishar: Legend of the Fortress

  DOS1992protected3.9/5 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...

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  J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers

  DOS19923.9/5 Interplay Productions

  J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings II was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1992. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tol...

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  Laser Squad

  DOS19924/5 Target Games Limited

  Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.

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  Might and Magic 4: Clouds of Xeen

  DOS1992protected3.8/5 New World Computing
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  Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny

  DOS1992protected4.2/5 Attic Entertainment Software
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  Shadowlands

  DOS19924/5 Teque
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  The Four Crystals of Trazere

  DOS19924/5 Mindscape
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  The Magic Candle 3

  DOS19924/5 Mindcraft Software
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  Treasures of the Savage Frontier

  DOS1992protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
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  Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate

  DOS19924.3/5 Origin Systems

  Ultima VII: The Black Gate is a top-down RPG where you, the Avatar, have to find out what's happening in Britannia by solving quests, meeting interesting NPCs and fight hordes of headleass monsters. The land of Britannia is shaken by mysterious earthquakes, a new religion (the Fellowship) is spreading and is replacing the old virtues, and who is th...

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  Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant

  Windows XP/98/95LinuxDOS1992protected4.3/5 Sir-tech Software

  Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant is a first-person perspective party-based RPG developed and released by Sir-tech Software in 1992 for Windows, Linux and DOS. Wizardry 7 is the seventh chapter in the Wizardry series and it's part of the Dark Savant trilogy, set in a world where sci-fi themes (space travel, androids) are mixed with fantasy...

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  Ambush at Sorinor

  DOS19933.7/5 Mindcraft Software
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  Betrayal at Krondor

  DOS1993protected4.1/5 Dynamix