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GAME DESIGNER:Damon Slye
GAME DEVELOPER:Dynamix
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1990, Dynamix
Arguably the best WW1 flight sim ever made, Red Baron is the legendary game from Damon Slye of Dynamix. Offering you the chance to be a pilot in World War One, Red Baron featrures 28 different aircraft from both the Allied and [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Munchhoff & Janz
GAME PUBLISHER:Munchhoff & Janz
Copyright 1997, Munchhoff & Janz
Metersteiner Beer Manager is a very well designed but little-known shareware business game from Germany that tackles an attractive business that is rarely depicted in a PC game. Mark Silva of RealBeer.com says it all about this [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Oleg Petrov
GAME DEVELOPER:Space Dream Factory
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2003, Space Dream Factory
One of the best fanmade game ever made and definitely a strong testament to what a group of dedicated fans can do, Danger and Opportunity is the amazing – and completely free – “preview campaign” for Babylon 5: [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Looking Glass Technologies
GAME PUBLISHER:EIDOS Interactive
Copyright 1995, Looking Glass Technologies
After revolutionizing the 3D dungeon romp genre with Ultima Underworld and its sequel, Looking Glass Technologies turned their attention to the genre that is the perfect match for their powerful physics engine: flight simulation. And so we have [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:David Thomas
GAME DEVELOPER:DataCal
GAME PUBLISHER:DataCal
Copyright 1992, David Thomas
Capitalist Pig is one of the most fun – and the most obscure – business simulations released in the early 1990s. In this innovative game that foreshadows Capitalism Plus years later, your job is to start a company from scratch and [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Charles Moylan
GAME DEVELOPER:Big Time Software
GAME PUBLISHER:Big Time Software
Copyright 1993, Big Time Software
Released in 1993 only for the Macintosh, Flight Commander is a great beginning to what would become Big Time Software’s highly underrated and unique line of air combat tactical simulations on PC that began with Flight [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Software Sorcery
GAME PUBLISHER:Time Warner Interactive
Copyright 1994, Software Sorcery
AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet is a fun but little-known submarine simulation from Software Sorcery, published by Time Warner in 1994. Featuring over 100 missions in 7 battlesets and a training area, as well as a detailed “Warbook” full [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Vicarious Visions
GAME PUBLISHER:Vatical Entertainment
Copyright 2000, Vicarious Visions
One of the most overlooked space simulations, Terminus is a great – and very realistic – futuristic space simulation from Vicarious Visions that strives to be the next generation of Elite – and mostly succeeds despite some technical flaws. David [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Don Gilman
GAME DEVELOPER:Advanced Gaming Systems
GAME PUBLISHER:Advanced Gaming Systems
Copyright 2003, Advanced Gaming Systems
Harpoon Classic 2002 Gold Edition is definitely the best – and most underrated – versions of Harpoon Classic series, which is hands down the most realistic naval simulation ever made for the PC. The game’s description [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Mekada
GAME PUBLISHER:Mekada
Copyright 1998, Mekada
One of the most obscure car-related games ever made, Gearhead Garage is an interesting ‘game’ that is actually less interesting than it sounds. Like the semi-popular toy line it was based on, the goal in Gearhead Garage is to fix up cars brought [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Psygnosis
GAME PUBLISHER:Psygnosis
Copyright 1996, Psygnosis
Combat Air Patrol is a very disappointing flight sim from Psygnosis – perhaps a good proof that the company should stick to what they do best: addictive action games. The review at Games Domain elaborate on why the game will not appeal to [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Domark
GAME PUBLISHER:Domark
Copyright 1995, Domark
Tank Commander is a fun and highly underrated tank combat game from Domark. The review at Tanksim.com says it all:
“Tank Commander was released in 1995 as a multi-play capable tanksim. The graphics are pre-Pentium and just adequate. If you can accept its limitations, [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Paul Grace
GAME DEVELOPER:Jane’s Combat Simulations
GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts
Copyright 1996, Jane’s Combat Simulations
A very good “bang for the buck” flight sim, ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighters is an excellent sequel to U.S. Navy Fighters as well as the first game released under EA’s “Jane’s Combat Simulations” label. According to MobyGames’ [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Brent Iverson
GAME DEVELOPER:Electronic Arts
GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts
Copyright 1994, Brent Iverson
One of the first entries in Electronic Arts’ successful flight sim series and the first flight sim to be released on CD-ROM, U.S. Navy Fighters is a fun flight sim that may disappoint die-hard armchair pilots due to its [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Will Wright
GAME DEVELOPER:Azeroth
GAME PUBLISHER:Maxis
Copyright 1994, Maxis
One of the rarest versions of Maxis’ genre-defining SimCity series, Simcity Classic is a good Windows 3.1 version of the original game, ported by Azeroth. The review on MobyGames says it all
“The Good:The original SimCity is a classic, and this is but [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Andy Hollis
GAME DEVELOPER:Jane’s Combat Simulations
GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts
Copyright 1997, Jane’s Combat Simulations
Longbow 2 is a new and improved sequel to EA’s bestselling AH-64D Longbow, one of Jane’s best releases. The game’s graphics engine is now 3D accelerated, and an amazing dynamic campaign engine was added to give you [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Aaron Massey
GAME DEVELOPER:Mallard
GAME PUBLISHER:VSCI Software
Copyright 1995, Mallard
The latest and most complete version of Aaron Massey’s lunar colony simulation that started with Moonbase and followed by Lunar Command. Although Lunar Commander 2 does not look very different from its 1993 version, the game features a lot of parameter [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Unique Development Studios (UDS)
GAME PUBLISHER:Paradox Entertainment
Copyright 2000, Paradox Entertainment
Airfix Dogfighter is a fun flight simulator that is perfect for the kid in all of us. James Kay’s review for the Games Domain says it all about this quirky underdog:
“Almost every kid – unless they were seriously [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Robert Dietz & Peter Beemt
GAME DEVELOPER:Software Toolworks
GAME PUBLISHER:Software Toolworks
Copyright 1985, Software Toolworks
Description at MobyGames says it all about this quirky piece of software gaming history – made back when Software Toolworks was still called “Software Library”
“Probably the first retro-collection ever foisted upon the buying public, [Golden [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:John Passfield & Steve Stamatiadis
GAME DEVELOPER:Gee Whiz! Entertainment
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2000, John Passfield & Steve Stamatiadis
Halloween Spirit Board is a cool “electronic toy” from the folks behind The Chronicles of Jaruu Tenk, a neat screen saver that I also reviewed on this site. The premise is that you [...]