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Rogue
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1984 rpg
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 an...
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. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B-mov...
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware rpg
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, t...
Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware rpg
Loom
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protecteddemo adventure
Loom is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now LucasArts). It was designed by Brian Moriarty and is known for its unique gameplay mechanics and emphasis on storytelling. Loom is distinctive f...
Quest for the Unicorn
DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware rpg
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. The game begins with the player's party investig...
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 players into a 100-level deathtrap where the ultima...
Darklands
DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1992protected rpg
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 o...
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Windows XP/98/95LinuxDOS1992protected rpg
Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant is a first-person perspective party-based RPG developed and released by Sir-tech Software in 1992 for Windows, Linux and DOS. Wizardry 7 is the seventh chapter in the Wizardry series and ...
Daemonsgate
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected rpg
Sam and Max Hit the Road
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1993protecteddemo adventure
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 and is based on the characters Sam and Max created by comic artist Steve Purcell. The game follows the ti...
Sango Fighter
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993freeware action
Shadow of the Comet
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected adventure
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected rpg
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.
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...
Marathon
Windows XP/98/95Linux1994freeware shooter
Pizza Tycoon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected simulation
Superhero League of Hoboken
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1994protected adventure
Superhero League of Hoboken is a humorous role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, developed by Legend Entertainment. It's a quirky mix of a traditional RPG and an adventure game, set in a post-apocalyptic world where New Jersey ...
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected adventure
Abuse
DOSLinuxMac OS1995freeware shooter
The year is 1995, and Abuse brings us one of the slickest, darkest run-and-gun shooters ever to crawl out of a DOS/Linux/Mac basement. You play a guy in prison for a crime he didn’t commit (sure, pal), armed to the teeth and...
Mirror Magic
Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware puzzle
Realms of Chaos
DOSMac OSLinux1995protected action
Terminal Velocity
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1995protected shooter
Afterlife
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1996protected simulation
Afterlife is a simulation strategy game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1996 for Microsoft Windows and later made available on other platforms. The game was designed by Michael Stemmle and was known for it...
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware rpg
ADOM is what happens when a rogue, a wizard, and a hungry troll walk into a dungeon and never come out. Released in 1996, this roguelike classic is brutal, brilliant, and unapologetically text-heavy. Permadeath is the norm, the st...
Inner Worlds
DOSLinux1996 action
Marathon 2: Durandal
Windows XP/98/95Linux1996 shooter
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected adventure
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more spe...
Toonstruck
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected adventure