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1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac20033.4/5
4th & Inches
DOS1988protected3.2/5 Accolade
Abuse
DOSLinuxMac1995freeware3.9/5 Crack dot Com
Airball
DOS19873.2/5 MicroDeal
Albion
DOSWindows XP/98/9519954.2/5 Blue Byte Software
Albion is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by German studio Blue Byte Software. It was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for Amiga. Albion is notable for its blend of traditional RPG elements with a unique setting and storyline.The game takes place on the planet Albion, a world with a rich history and diver...
Alter Ego: Female Version
DOS19864.1/5 Activision
Alter Ego: Male Version
DOS19864/5 Activision
Altered Destiny
DOS1990protected3.8/5 Accolade
Altered Destiny is a sci-fi themed point and click adventure game designed by Michael Berlyn, developed and released by Accolade in 1990. Altered Destiny runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga.
Aquanox
Windows XP/98/952001protected3.1/5 Massive Development
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Windows XP/98/952001remake4/5
Battle Chess
DOS1988protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions
Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
Betrayal at Krondor
DOS1993protected4/5 Dynamix
Blood
DOS1997protected4.2/5 Monolith Productions
Bombuzal
DOS19893.5/5 Image Works
Cadaver
DOS19904/5 Bitmap Brothers
Capture the Flag
DOS19932.5/5
D/Generation
DOS19914/5 The Software Toolworks
Darklands
DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac1992protected4/5 MicroProse Software
Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG of that kind and beauty. The original game box contained a huge manual with info on european folklore (including the live...
Death Rally
DOS1996freeware4.1/5 Remedy Entertainment Ltd.
Decker
Windows2002freeware3.5/5
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...
Driller
DOS19874.3/5 Incentive Software
Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d environment, through a first person view. The goal of the game is to place a drilling rig in each of the 8 regions of the moo...
Dylan Dog: Murderers
DOS19923.7/5 Simulmondo
Epic Pinball
DOSMac1993protected3.7/5 Digital Extremes
Eric the Unready
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Legend Entertainment
Fast Food Dizzy
DOS19894/5 Codemasters
Feud
DOS19884/5 Binary Design
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
DOSWindows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1995 as a sequel to the original Gabriel Knight game, "Sins of the Fathers". The game was designed by Jane Jensen, who also wrote the story and script.In GK2 The Beast Within, players assume the role of Gabriel Knight...
GrailQuest
DOS19893.3/5 Artworx Software