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The Terminator: Rampage
DOS1993 shooter
Pac PC
DOS1995freewareremake action
QBasic Nibbles
DOS1991freeware action
Scorched Earth
DOS1991protected strategy
Scorched Earth (1991) was the “mother of all games” long before Doom took the title. Two or more tanks face off on a randomly generated terrain, and your only mission i...
Powermonger
DOS1992 strategy
Powermonger takes the god-game formula of Populous and gives it teeth. Instead of playing benevolent deity, you’re more like a slightly cranky warlord, sending little soldier...
The Terminator: Future Shock
DOS1995 shooter
The Terminator: Future Shock is an abandoned science fiction first-person shooter game based on the popular Terminator movies franchise, set in a dystopian world where machines has...
Solo Flight
DOS1985 vehicle simulation
Not many people know that the first games created by Sid Meier were flight simulations. Solo Flight was published by MicroProse in 1983 for Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari, and a yea...
South Park: Cartman's Authoritah
Windows XP/98/952000 action
King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human
DOSMac OS1986protected adventure
King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human is a fantasy adventure game designed by Roberta Williams, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1986 for DOS and for other platforms su...
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected rpg
The Gene Machine
DOS1996 adventure
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware action-adventure
Castle Adventure is what happens when a medieval fantasy RPG gets crammed into a game smaller than your average selfie. ASCII graphics? Check. Typing commands like “GET SWORD...
Patrician 2: Quest for Power
Windows XP/98/952000protected simulation
Wasteland
DOS1988 rpg
Released in 1988 for DOS, Wasteland is the kind of game that quietly changed history while pretending to be just another post-apocalyptic RPG. Long before wastelands were fashionab...
Silent Service
DOSMac OS1985protecteddemo vehicle simulation
Silent Service is a submarine simulation game developed and published by MicroProse. The first game in the series, Silent Service, was released in 1985. It was designed by Sid...
Bombuzal
DOS1989 puzzle
Part puzzle, part platformer, part “what is even happening,” Bombuzal (1989, DOS) is a game where your job is to blow up every bomb on the screen—while not accide...
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Windows Vista/7/8DOSLinuxMac OS2009protected adventure
Templars, assassins, and a clueless American tourist named George. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 2D point-and-click masterpiece with more intrigue than a Vatican ba...
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected rpg
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series.&nbs...
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected strategy
Ultimate Soccer Manager
DOS1995 sports
Ultimate Soccer Manager taps into the irresistible fantasy of running a football club without ever leaving your chair. Instead of flashy graphics, it offers spreadsheets, statistic...
Alien Nations
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected strategy
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac OS1986 adventure
A text/graphic adventure from 1986 for DOS and Mac, Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy is the precursor to Kobayashi Alternative but far more playable. You explore alien worlds, so...
Risky Woods
DOS1992protected action
Pac-in-Time
DOS1993 action
Pac-in-Time is an abandoned action side-scrolling platformer game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and released by Mindscape in 1993 for DOS. Pac-in-time was but also published f...
Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle
DOS1993 rpg
As sequels go, Serpent Isle is less “more of the same” and more “everything is different, good luck.” Shipwrecked on a strange new land, you’ll deal w...
Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf
DOS1987 sports
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
DOS1988 adventure
Return to Ringworld
DOS1994 adventure
The sequel to Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch, Return to Ringworld throws you back into Larry Niven’s vast sci-fi universe—except this time, the puzzles are tougher...
Doom: The Roguelike
DOS2005freeware rpg
Long before indie developers made “roguelike” a buzzword, someone decided to fuse Doom with permadeath and ASCII graphics. The result: Doom: The Roguelike (2005). On pa...
Alien Syndrome
DOS1989 shooter
Alien Syndrome (1989) is a top-down shooter where you save hostages, shoot aliens, and scream internally because you’re always out of time. It’s frantic arcade action a...






























