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Dink Smallwood
Windows XP/98/951998freeware3.9/5 Robinson Technologies
Dink Smallwood is an action role-playing video game developed by Robinson Technologies. It was first released in 1997 for Windows and later became freeware. The game was created by Seth Robinson, and it gained a cult following for its humor.The game's plot revolves around the titular character, Dink Smallwood, a pig farmer who embarks on an epic ad...
Dope Wars
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Beermat Software
Dope Wars is a text-based simulation game that originated as a DOS program in the early 1980s, but gained popularity in its Windows version released in 1998. The game puts players in the role of a drug dealer navigating the underground economy of buying, selling, and transporting various illegal substances.In the Windows version of the game, player...
Wizard of Wor 98
DOS1998remake3.8/5
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Windows XP/98/9519994/5 MicroProse Software
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...
The Typing of the Dead
Windows XP/98/9519993.6/5 Smilebit
The Typing of the Dead is a unique video game that is essentially a typing version of the classic rail shooter arcade game The House of the Dead. It was first released in 1999 as an arcade machine and later for other platforms.In The Typing of the Dead, players use a keyboard to eliminate oncoming waves of zombies and other creatures by typing word...
Aquanox
Windows XP/98/952001protected3.1/5 Massive Development
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Windows XP/98/952001remake4/5
Ultra Mortal Kombat Vendetta
Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.8/5
Decker
Windows2002freeware3.5/5
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.5/5
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac20033.4/5