Abandonware DOS title

Game company profile: Cinemaware

From the archived official site: "Cinemaware was originally founded in 1985, and since then has become a leading developer of interactive entertainment software for next-generation game platforms and the Internet. Cinemaware's catalogue of hit game properties includes High Rollers CasinoTM, Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown®, Defender of the Crown®, SDI, The King of ChicagoTM, Sinbad and the Throne of the FalconTM, Rocket RangerTM, The Three Stooges®, Lords of the Rising SunTM, It Came from the DesertTM, WingsTM and the TV SportsTM franchise of sports games. These titles still reside among numerous "Best Games of All Time" lists in major game publications worldwide, have collectively sold millions of units across multiple platforms and are considered some of the most innovative games ever created."
Based in:
U.S.A. U.S.A.
Founded by:
Robert Jacob, Phyllis Jacob
Established in:
1985
Closed in:
1991
Cinemaware site:
Wiki page:
Cinemaware

Games by Cinemaware

A chronological list of games published or developed by Cinemaware from 1987 to 1991 on Abandonware DOS for DOS, Windows, Linux or Mac.
  • king-of-chicago
    1987DOSMacaction-adventure
  • the-three-stooges
    1987DOSactionfreeware
  • rocket-ranger
    1988DOSactionprotected
  • sinbad-and-the-throne-of-the-falcon
    1988DOSaction-adventurefreeware
  • s-d-i
    1989DOSaction
  • the-kristal
    1989DOSadventure
  • it-came-from-the-desert
    1990DOSaction-adventurefreeware

    It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, in the USA, and it's based on those old monster movies like Them! (also involving killer ants).

  • tv-sports-basketball
    1990DOSsportsfreeware
  • defender-of-the-crown
    1991DOSstrategyprotected

    Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue damsels.

  • tv-sports-baseball
    1991DOSsports
  • tv-sports-boxing
    1991DOSsportsfreeware