Games released in 1988 sorted by rating
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Lombard RAC Rally
DOS19884.4/5 racing
Mad Mix
DOS19884.3/5 action
Deluxe Paint 2
DOS19884.3/5 application
Deluxe Paint, often abbreviated as DPaint, was a popular bitmap graphics editor and animation software package. It was developed by Electronic Arts (EA) and released in the mid-1980s. Deluxe Paint was initially designed for the Commodore Amiga computer, which was known for its advanced graphics capabilities at the time.
Skate or Die
DOS19884.3/5 sports
Skate or Die is an abandoned sports game, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for DOS and a number of other platforms. Skate or Die is a multi-sport kind of game, including every kind of unconventional "sport" done on skateboard. A sequel, Ski or Die, was released an year later.
Battlehawks 1942
DOS19884.3/5 vehicle simulation
Impossible Mission 2
DOS19884.3/5 action-adventure
The Games: Winter Edition
DOS19884.3/5 sports
World Class Leader Board
DOS19884.2/5 sports
World Class Leader Board is a golf simulation game developed and published by Access Software and released in the late 1980s for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and PC. Players could choose their clubs, adjust their stance, and navigate through the virtual courses. World Class Leader Board was designed by Bruce ...
Battle Chess
DOS1988protected4.2/5 strategy
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.
F-19 Stealth Fighter
DOS1988protected4.2/5 vehicle simulation
The Train Escape to Normandy
DOS1988protected4.2/5 vehicle simulation
Star Wars
DOS19884.2/5 shooter
Rampage
DOS19884.2/5 action
Speedball
DOS19884.2/5 sports
The Twilight Zone
DOS19884.2/5 adventure
The Twilight Zone is an abandoned sci-fi themed adventure game based on the popular TV series of the same name. The Twilight zone released in 1988 by First Row Software Publishing for DOS and Amiga. At it's core, The Twilight Zone is a text adventure, so you have to type in commands, but it's supported by the graphics.
MicroProse Soccer
DOS1988protected4.2/5 sports
MicroProse Soccer is an abandoned action-oriented soccer game, developed by Sensible Software and released by MicroProse Software in 1988. The appeal of MicroProse Soccer was its simplicity and the smooth controls. In the United States it was known as Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer.
GW-BASIC 3
DOS19884.2/5 application
GW-BASIC (short for Gee Whiz BASIC) is a dialect of the BASIC programming language that was developed by Microsoft. It's one of the early implementations of BASIC and was included as the default programming environment in early versions of the MS-DOS operating system.GW-BASIC was initially released with MS-DOS 2.0 in 1983. Subsequent versions of MS...
Rocket Ranger
DOS1988protected4.2/5 action
Dream Zone
DOS19884.2/5 adventure
Classic Concentration
DOS19884.2/5 puzzle
Airborne Ranger
DOS19884.2/5 shooter
LHA
DOS19884.2/5 application
Zoom!
DOS19884.2/5 puzzle
Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny
DOS19884.2/5 rpg
Gold Rush!
DOS1988protected4.1/5 adventure
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
DOS19884.1/5 action
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac19884.1/5 rpg
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...
Infiltrator 2
DOS19884.1/5 simulation
Paperboy
DOS19884.1/5 action
Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite a few other platforms. Paperboy gameplay is peculiar: you control a boy riding a bicycle and your goal is to deliver as many newspapers as you can to a number of ho...
Kings of the beach
DOS19884.1/5 sports