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Prehistorik 2
DOS1993protected action
Prehistorik 2 builds on the first game’s formula but smooths out the rough edges. The controls are tighter, the levels more inventive, and the humor dialed up a notch. Once a...
Worms
DOSMac OS1995protecteddemo strategy
The Humans
DOS1993protected puzzle
Comanche: Maximum overkill
DOS1992 vehicle simulation
If you ever wanted to fly a helicopter that looks like it belongs in a Michael Bay fever dream, Comanche: Maximum Overkill (1992, DOS) is for you. This voxel-powered beast puts you...
M.U.D.S. - Mean Ugly Dirty Sport
DOS1990 sports
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993 strategy
With Gary Grigsby’s War in Russia, the scale somehow gets even bigger, and the margin for error even smaller. This is strategy at its most unforgiving, where moving a unit on...
Curse of Enchantia
DOS1992 adventure
In Curse of Enchantia, a young boy is whisked away to a magical world full of bizarre creatures, tricky puzzles, and an alarming number of ways to die. The game’s whimsical a...
Manhunter 2: San Francisco
DOSMac OS1989 adventure
IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf
DOS1983 sports
IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf from 1983 proves that even the earliest PC games understood the timeless joy of smacking a tiny ball toward disappointment. It is exactly what it promises...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: the Action Game
DOS1989 action
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game from 1989 takes the same beloved film and asks a crucial question: what if archaeology required more jumping? This adaptation tr...
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion
DOS1991protected action
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion turns up the difficulty (and the body count) by tossing Dave into a gothic nightmare of zombies, ghosts, and bloodthirsty critters. Armed with...
Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds
DOS1982 rpg
Wizardry 2: The Knight of Diamonds takes the classic dungeon crawl and adds a few extra twists, like more mazes to get lost in and puzzles designed to make you question your life c...
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
DOS1992protected rpg
This sequel takes the same D&D-in-space formula and tries to go bigger, bolder, and... okay, maybe just more complicated. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed continues the galactic strug...
Daughter of Serpents
DOS1992 adventure
Part interactive novel, part point-and-click adventure, Daughter of Serpents (1992) is one of those games that makes you feel like you stumbled onto a forgotten pulp novel. Set in ...
Patton vs. Rommel
DOS1987 strategy
Pang remake
DOS1992remake action
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Windows XP/98/951999protected vehicle simulation
Star Trek: Starfleet Command (1999, Windows XP) is a dream come true for anyone who memorized warp core schematics. It’s a tactical space combat simulator that rewards patien...
Barbie
DOS1992 action
Released in 1992, Barbie for DOS is what happens when someone asks, “What if pink could be a video game?” You play as Barbie on a quest to collect accessories and win K...
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
DOS1986 adventure
Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard
DOS1994 rpg
Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is a curious mix of puzzle and strategy, wrapped in a fantasy setting that feels both familiar and slightly peculiar. The mechanics encourage careful pla...
Maniac Mansion
DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected adventure
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point-and-click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games, designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. T...
Voodoo island
DOS1985 adventure
Angband
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware rpg
If you’ve ever thought The Lord of the Rings needed more ASCII and fewer hobbit feelings, Angband is your jam. Since 1992, this dungeon-crawling roguelike has been throwing p...
Microsoft COBOL 1.12
DOS1984 application
Rendezvous with Rama
DOS1985 adventure
Rendezvous with Rama is an interactive fiction (text adventure) game released in 1984. Telarium, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, was known for producing narrative-driven games ...
Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition
DOS1996 action
By 1996, Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition on DOS felt like the veteran fighter returning for one last round. You could finally play as the bosses, which was a childhood dream...
Sleuth: A Murder Mystery
DOS1983freeware simulation
Full Throttle
DOS1995protecteddemo adventure
Few adventure games manage to feel as effortlessly cool as Full Throttle. Released in 1995 by LucasArts, it places you in the boots of Ben, the gravel-voiced leader of the Polecats...
DND
DOS1984 rpg
Before there was Baldur’s Gate or Skyrim, there was DND. This 1984 DOS dungeon crawler is as old-school as it gets, complete with ASCII graphics, endless hallways, and monste...
Die Hard
DOS1989 shooter
Before “yippee-ki-yay” became gaming shorthand for chaos, Die Hard (1989) tried to capture the movie’s skyscraper shootout on DOS. You play as John McClane, trapp...






























