This turn based, historical game from Sid Meier is definitely a classic. Warfare games that includes ships and gunpowder are one of my favorite type of games. The feel of conquering another country and having obedient citizens, expanding territory, battling pirate ships, upgrading ship weaponry, recruiting and training crew is just what [...]

I’m back to give you another review on F-19 Stealth Fighter. This is a game produced by MicroProse Software, Inc. and was co-designed by the famous Sid Meier. A first person flight simulation for PC that actually is like the real thing. What I meant by the real thing is like a [...]

First off Wizardry 7 is a first person RPG (role playing game) that involves up to 6 characters in a party system and turn based gameplay.It is a complex game with many races such as Human, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Hobbit, Faerie, Lizardman, Dracon, Felpurr, Rawulf and Mook.I didn’t encounter the last [...]

Ultima IV is a classic roleplaying game made by Lord British and Origin Systems. Old games like this are quite rare and brings back memories of long ago quests and the urge to finish all the rpg’s that come out. It reminds me of the long hours that is required to see the outcome of [...]

Wing Commander is a first person flight simulation shooting game. With a science fiction story line and scenes, Galaga fanatics willbe jumping right into its cockpit and fly.
 
The intro movie of this game is quite good for its genre. It makes youfeel like watching old movies like Star Wars. Journeys into spacewith all kinds of [...]

As the name suggests, the objective is to construct and manage a towering skyscraper and keep its occupants happy. Offices, hotels, and condominiums give tenants places to live and work, while shops and restaurants provide commercial balance. Utilities such as hospitals and recycling centers become necessary as the tower grows in size. The player’s progress [...]

Test Drive is perhaps the longest running driving simulation franchise in the history of computer gaming. The first version came out in 1987 and the most recent game bearing the name was released last 2006. “Standard” game play options in current games such as being chased by police, playing a radio, and getting to use [...]

This is a COMPLETE SPOILER to the Alone in the Dark
game for the PC. It will get the player through quickly and assumes
the player either retains all (s)he reads or does not care at all about the
story that goes with the game. All unnecessary and used items are left
behind as soon as possible. [...]

XCOM: UFO Defense
Unofficial Strategy Guide and FAQ
by Kasey Chang (ksc1@aol.com)
released January 17, 2002
0 Introduction
0.1 A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR
Thanks for the tremendous response all over the net! The guide
was uploaded to practically to wherever XCOM and UFO are sold
(and probably far beyond), and many people have provided helpful
feedback that [...]

FROM: http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/
walkthroughs/jaggedalliancewalk.htm

By Wade D. Glasscock 76153.2466@compuserve.com
Contents:
Introduction
Section 1 — Game Objectives
Section 2 — Hiring, Firing & Dealing With Mercs &Natives
Section 3 — Game Tips
Section 4 — Breakdown of game items
Section 5 — If you’re in a money bind…
Section 6 — Cheats
Section 7 — Tips for saving your game
References
Letters

INTRODUCTION
Jagged Alliance is a combination Strategy, Role-Playing [...]

Released in 1994 for DOS this first game of the series tasks the player with freeing the island of Metavira from the greedy Santino. The player must recruit mercenaries as they explore, capture, and hold new territory. The natives harvest the valuable trees from which a revolutionary medicine can be extracted; a result of the [...]

Pirates! is Sid Meier’s firt foray into Strategy Gaming. Before Pirates! he was mainly involved in simulation games such as F-15 Strike Eagle and Silent Service. Just for that, this game deserves it’s place in history being the first attempt at strategy games of arguably THE GREATEST STRATEGY GAME DESIGNER OF ALL TIME. [...]

Alone in the Dark was one of the few horror computer games ever that truly gave a feeling of dread and fear to the player. It did this with wonderful sound effects, interesting camera angles, an engaging plot line, and fantastic 3D graphics for its time. Although it has a good combat system, Alone [...]

 
 
Master of Magic falls among the games which pioneered the 4X game genre. A new game world is randomly generated with every new game. The player can customize some aspects of generation (land mass size, strength of magic, etc.). The player can also customize the skills, spell choices, and appearance of the player’s wizard, as [...]

Master of Orion (MoO) is a turn-based science fiction computer strategy game designed by Steve Barcia, developed by Barcia’s company Simtex and published by Microprose in 1993. Although Alan Emrich coined the term “4X game” (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) in his review of the game, Master of Orion was not the first in this genre [...]

The Syndicate puts the player in charge of a player-named corporation in a gritty near-future cyberpunk-style world. Gameplay involves ordering a four-person team of cyborg agents around cities displayed in a fixed-view isometric style, in pursuit of mission goals such as assassinating executives of a rival syndicate, rescuing captured allies, “persuading” civilians and scientists to [...]

Ultima VI: The False Prophet, released by Origin Systems in 1990, is the sixth part in the computer role-playing game series of Ultima. It was the last in the “Age of Enlightenment” trilogy.
Some years after Lord British has returned to power, the Avatar is captured and tied on a sacrificial altar, about to be sacrificed [...]

This game is widely acclaimed as one of the if not THE greatest Boxing Game ever made for the Personal Computer. It featured motion captured graphics albeit the boxers were, well, boxes. In between bouts, you can train your player in improving speed, power or stamina. The game also feature quite advanced 3D capability [...]

Very well executed helicopter simulator. This game featured 4 helicopters that the player can use on varied missions:

AH-64A Apache Gunship – Attack helicopter with tons of firepower
UH-60 Blackhawk – Gunship/Cargo/Passenger Helicopter which replaced the venerable Huey of the Vietam War.
V-22 Osprey – Just recently in service Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft..converts from a helicopter to [...]

Before Street fighter or Mortal Combat, there was Budokan! Jean Claude Van Damme wannabes will love this game for it’s sporty martial arts combat. The player can utilize four martial art types in the game:

Bo – Classic Japanese long staff.
Karate – Unarmed martial arts fighting with hand and foot.
Kendo – Japanese fencing utilizing a wooden [...]