Abandonware DOS retro gaming spotlight
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Electronic Games Arcade Awards - 1981
5th October 2024top games and awardsElectronic Games was a magazine published in the United States between the 1980s and the 1990s. It was one of the first computer magazines entirely dedicated to video games, and it wasn't that common in the early 80s.The Arcade Awards was perhaps the first "game of the year" type ... -
Interactive Achievement Awards - 1997
1st September 2024adventure, RPG, shooter, sports, strategy, top games and awardsThe Interactive Achievement Awards (IAAs), now known as the D.I.C.E. Awards, are an annual awards ceremony honoring outstanding achievements in the video game industry. The IAAs were established by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) in 1998 to recognize excellence in various categories within the gaming ... -
The best DOS and Windows game designers of the past
10th August 2024Abandonware DOS updates, the history of video games, top games and awardsDuring the formative years of the gaming industry, games were typically crafted by a compact team of programmers, with a central figure known as the "designer" spearheading the creative vision. Charged with conceptualizing the initial idea and mapping out the gameplay mechanics and content framework, the designer played a pivotal ... -
1001 Video games you must play... abandonware version
8th June 2024the history of video games, top games and awards1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die is a book that compiles a list of notable video games from various platforms, genres, and time periods that are considered significant in the history and development of the medium. The book is part of the "1001 Before You Die" series, which ... -
CODiE Awards 1995: Doom 2, Nascar, Under a Killing Moon
6th April 2024top games and awardsIn 1995 America Online granted access to the internet. The Oklahoma City bombing and the nervine gas attack in Japan happened. In 1995 Microsoft presented its own operating system Windows 1995 to the world.Some CODiE Awards winners made the history of video gaming. Doom 2 was an excellent sequel to one of the ... -
GameSpy's 25 Favorite PC Games of the '90s
24th February 2024action, adventure, puzzle, racing, RPG, shooter, strategy, top games and awards"The 1990s were landmark years for PC gaming, giving rise to three of the most deeply ingrained genres on the platform, and delivering memorable classics in the role-playing and adventure genres that the PC had long been known for. To celebrate this monumental decade we've put together some reflections ... -
GameSpy Greatest PC Games of All Time: The '80s
27th January 2024action, adventure, RPG, simulation, sports, strategy, top games and awardsThis is a special feature of the popular (and old!) video games site GameSpy. These games were handpicked by the GameSpy staff to be part of the best PC games published in the 80s. GameSpy Online, often referred to as GameSpy, was a division of IGN Entertainment that provided a ... -
GDC Spotlight Awards - 1997
16th December 2023top games and awardsIn 1997 Princess Diana died in a car crash, Hong Kong returned under China rule and the stock markets crashed (again). The first Harry Potter book is published in United Kingdom, scientists cloned the first sheep (Dolly) and Microsoft released Interet Explorer 4 (yes, four).Cinemas were full of people watching Titanic, ... -
CODiE Awards 1999: Starcraft, Unreal, Lego Loco
25th November 2023shooter, sports, strategy, top games and awardsIn 1999 we surpassed 6 billion inhabitants in the whole world. In Europe, the new currency - called EURO - replaces national currencies. In the USA, Napster is released, and if you don't remember it, go looking for it on Wikipedia! Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 5 (five!).Movies released in 1999: Star Wars: The ... -
CODiE Awards 1998: Diablo, Red Alert, Riven
14th October 2023top games and awardsIn 1998 happened something that would later change the whole world and the way we use the Internet: Google was founded. In the U.S.A. Bill Clinton is having trouble with Monica Lewinsky. In Russia the Rouble devaluates quickly. Microsoft releases Windows 98 (now abandonware...?). Some of the most popular ... -
GDC Spotlight Awards - 1999
23rd September 2023top games and awardsThe Spotlight Awards (GDC) was hosted annually by the Game Developers Conference from 1997 to 1999. Its focus was on the video and computer game industry. The Spotlight awards took a lot of gaming platforms into consideration, but 1999 awarded many PC games.The best video games for 1999 according to the Spotlight ... -
Game Critics Awards (E3): 1999
12th August 2023top games and awardsThe Game Critics Awards is a annual award event that happens just after the very popular E3 video game conference. The Game Critics Awards take place since 1998.In 1999, Freelancer was the game to play and won four prizes. A few of these winners still have a cult following: Outcast, Homeworld, ... -
Wolfenstein 3D: the grandfather of FPS
22nd July 2023shooter, top games and awardsWolfenstein 3D is the first-person shooter that popularized the whole genre in the early 90s and is considered one of the greatest games ever made. Wolfenstein 3D was designed by John Romero and Tom Hall (id Software) and released as shareware by Apogee Software in 1992 for DOS. Wolfenstein 3D is ... -
CODiE Awards 1994: Myst, SimCity 2000, IndyCar Racing
1st July 2023top games and awards1994 was the year of Myst. To me, the huge success of Myst was a mystery. Myst was an ok game, different from many other titles, but I didn't see it as a groundbreaking innovative product. I know that many of you will frown reading this, but it really didn't ... -
StarCraft: RTS by Blizzard
24th June 2023strategy, top games and awardsStarCraft is a classic RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh. StarCraft takes the Warcraft experience to a sci-fi setting with an interesting story, three very different races (the militaristic Humans, the alien Zerg and the religious Protoss) and one of the ... -
Electronic Games Arcade Awards: 1983
19th May 2023top games and awardsElectronic Games was the first magazine dedicated to the video game world, published in the United States. Electronic Games ran from October 15 1981 to 1997 under different titles (Computer Entertainment, Intelligent Gamer, etc). The magazine is notable for holding the first Game of the Year Award ceremony, called (obviously) the Arcade Awards. ... -
CODiE Awards 1993: A-Train, Links 386, Wolfenstein 3-D
8th April 2023shooter, simulation, sports, top games and awardsIn 1993 the games awarded by the CODiE Awards aren't the most remembered of that decade. Looking at this meager list, the only game that stands out after all these years is Wolfenstein 3-D, which is simply the father of Doom and all the first-person shooters that came after that.1993A-Train ... -
CODiE Awards 1997: Tomb Raider, Monty Python, Links
18th March 2023top games and awardsIn 1997 quite a few interesting things happened around the world. Scientists cloned Dolly the sheep, Hong Kong was handed over to China by the UK, the Mars Pathfinder probe landed on... Mars. In fiction, the first book of Harry Potter was published in the UK, Titanic literally hit cinemas all ... -
CODiE Awards 1991: SimEarth, Carmen Sandiego and fairy tales
4th February 2023top games and awards1991 was the year of a few peculiar games.SimEarth was an unusual new addition to the Sim brand (thank you Maxis). I loved SimCity and SimAnts but I could never get into SimEarth.King's Quest V was the last chapter of the popular King's Quest series. I have to ... -
Game Critics Awards in 1998: Homeworld, Half-Life, Grim Fandango
23rd December 2022top games and awardsThe Game Critics Awards is a annual award event that happens just after the very popular E3 video game conference. The Game Critics Awards take place since 1998.As you can see, 1998 saw the birth of great classics for every kind of gamer: Half-Life for shooter lovers, Homeworld for RTS gamers, ...