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It Came from the Desert
DOS1990freeware action-adventure
It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, ...
Colonization
DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected strategy
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are si...
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected strategy
Flight of the Intruder
DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Little Big Adventure
DOS1994protected action-adventure
Italy 1990
DOS1990 sports
Bubble Ghost
DOS1988 action
Your uncle is dead, but his ghost can still blow out candles. That’s the premise. Bubble Ghost is a quirky physics puzzler where you guide a delicate bubble through haunted rooms by gently blowing on it—yes, literally ...
F-16 Combat Pilot
DOS1989 vehicle simulation
Patrician 2: Quest for Power
Windows XP/98/952000protected simulation
F-14 Tomcat
DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Star Wars: X-Wing
DOS1993protected vehicle simulation
Super Pac-Man
DOS1982 action
Air Strike USA
DOS1990 vehicle simulation
Released in 1990, Air Strike USA is what you'd get if Top Gun had a baby with a Saturday morning cartoon. You pilot a heavily armed jet through side-scrolling skies, shooting down everything that moves and quite a few things that ...
Jet
DOS1985 vehicle simulation
One-on-One Basketball
DOS1988 sports
Before NBA 2K made your thumbs cry, there was One-on-One Basketball. You get to control either Larry Bird or Julius Erving in a thrilling display of 80s pixelated hoop dreams. The court looks like it was drawn with a ruler and thr...
Montezuma's Revenge
DOS1984 action
Montezuma's Revenge is a platforming video game that debuted in 1984. It was designed by Robert Jaeger and originally published by Parker Brothers. The game was available on a variety of platforms, including the Atari 2600, Atari ...
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
DOS1993 action-adventure
Alpha Centauri
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected strategy
Sid Meier took one look at Earth and said, “Let’s leave this dump.” Thus, Alpha Centauri (1999, Windows XP) was born - a 4X strategy game that takes Civilization to space, then adds philosophy, moral dilemmas, an...
Guilty
DOS1995 adventure
Jeopardy!
DOS1987 puzzle
Welltris
DOS1989 puzzle
Welltris is a puzzle video game designed by Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris. Released in 1989, Welltris offers a fresh take on the block-dropping mechanics of Tetris, expanding the gameplay into a 3D environment. Simil...
DOS Navigator v 1.5
DOS1991freeware application
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
DOS1990protected action
AutoCAD 2.5
DOS1986 application
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected rpg
Champions of Krynn is a RPG released in 1990 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and is the first game in the Dragonlance Gold Box series. It is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruleset and set in the world of Krynn, ...
Aquanox
Windows XP/98/952001protected vehicle simulation
Dive into Aquanox (2001), where post-apocalyptic submarines battle it out beneath the ocean in a world that’s half Waterworld, half neon rave. With moody lighting and dialogue that screams “we’re trying to be dee...
Jill of the Jungle 3: Jill Saves the Prince
DOS1992 action
Maniac Mansion Deluxe
Windows 10/112004freewareremake adventure
Maniac Mansion Deluxe is the unofficial sequel to the acclaimed point & click adventure game released by LucasFilm in 1987. Maniac Mansion Deluxe it's a fan-made adventure developed by LucasFans Games and released in 2004 and ...
The Hound of Shadow
DOS1989 adventure
Gauntlet 2
DOS1989 action