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Akalabeth: World of Doom
DOS1981freeware3.7/5 California Pacific Computer
Akalabeth is a RPG game allegedly developed in just one summer by the Ultima franchise creator Richard Garriott. It's a dungeon crawler with wire-frame black and white graphics. Akalabeth is played in both first person 3d and top down view points.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
DOS19813.9/5 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a role-playing video game that was first released in 1981. It's one of the pioneering titles in the dungeon-crawling genre and one of the first computer role-playing games (CRPGs).Developed by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead, and published by Sir-Tech, Wizardry was initially released for the ...
Adventure in Serenia
DOS19823.6/5 Sierra On-Line
Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds
DOS19823.9/5 Sir-tech Software
Zork I: The Great Underground Empire
DOS19824.2/5 Infocom
Zork is one of the most popular text-adventures and one of the first interactive fiction games ever created. The first Zork was developed in the seventies and ported on various platform by Infocom in the early 80s. Infocom was one of the most prolific developers of text-adventures for home computers and created memorable interactive fiction ga...
Beneath Apple Manor
DOS1983freeware4.1/5
Enchanter
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
Oubliette
DOS19833.3/5
The Hobbit
DOS19833.9/5 Beam Software
Ultima 2: Revenge of the Enchantress
DOS19834/5 Origin Systems
The second chapter of the Ultima saga is much similar to the first one (same top down visual, same dungeon 3d visual, same gameplay), although there are many small improvements. The series begins to take the shape of the detailed, deep, rpg saga that gamers will always remember.
Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn
DOS19833.8/5 Sir-tech Software
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
DOS19834.3/5 Infocom
Archon: the Light and the Dark
DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
Below The Root
DOS19843.7/5 Dale Disharoon, Inc.
Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware4.2/5
DND
DOS19844.1/5
Dragon World
DOS19844.2/5 Telarium
Hack
DOS1984freeware3.8/5
ICON: Quest for the Ring
DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom
King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown
DOS19844.3/5 Sierra On-Line
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the popular series of King's Quest. Developed by Sierra On-line, King's Quest is an early adventure game (one of the first animated adventures), a step up from the classic graphical interactive fiction of the time. The player can use the keyword both to move the character around the game world ...
Lords of Midnight
DOS1984remake3.8/5 Beyond Software
Rogue
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac19844.2/5 Artificial Intelligence Design
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor. Rogue became popular around 1980 on mainframes and later ported to various platforms, including DOS in 1984. Rogue is simply the father of all the roguelike games that c...
Sorcerer
DOS19844.1/5 Infocom
Troll's Tale
DOS19843.5/5 Sierra On-Line
Zork III: The Dungeon Master
DOS19844/5 Infocom
Zyll
DOS19843.9/5 IBM
9 Princes in Amber
DOS19854.1/5 Telarium
Amulet of Yendor
DOS19853.6/5 Keypunch Software
Cavequest
DOS19853.3/5
Doomdark's Revenge
DOS19853.9/5 Beyond Software
Doomdark's Revenge is a strategy and role-playing video game developed by Mike Singleton and originally released in 1985 for DOS and various home computer systems, including the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64. It is the sequel to the earlier game Lords of Midnight and is known for its unique combination of strategy, adventure, and story...