Classic Personal Computer (PC) Games

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  • Kingmaker

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Graham Lilly GAME DEVELOPER:Avalon Hill GAME PUBLISHER:Avalon Hill Copyright 1994, Avalon Hill Avalon Hill’s first release after long absence is a severely underrated and undersold game. Kingmaker is a wonderful PC conversion of an AH board game. Choose to be either Lancaster or York in the…

  • King’s Bounty

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jon Van Caneghem GAME DEVELOPER:New World Computing GAME PUBLISHER:New World Computing Copyright 1990, New World Computing Back when I became instantly addicted to this fantasy strategy game, I wondered why it didn’t sell better than it did, and why so few magazines recognized its quality. Years…

  • King of Dragon Pass

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Dunham & Greg Stafford GAME DEVELOPER:A-Sharp GAME PUBLISHER:A-Sharp Copyright 1999, A-Sharp King of Dragon Pass combines elements of roleplaying, strategy (resource management) and simulation into a very unique game. The game is placed in late-Bronze Age fantasy world Glorantha, a world resembling Viking legends added…

  • King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (AGI version)

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Roberta Williams GAME DEVELOPER:Sierra On-Line GAME PUBLISHER:Sierra On-Line Copyright 1989, Sierra On-Line AGI was the in-house, parser-based EGA game engine that Sierra used for its adventure games in mid-80s (e.g. Police Quest 1, King’s Quest 3, Leisure Suit Larry 1). King’s Quest 4 was finished with…

  • King’s Table: Legend of Ragnarok

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Imagitec Design GAME PUBLISHER:GameTek Copyright 1993, GameTek King’s Table is an excellent computerized version an ancient Scandinavian board game of the same name. The arrangement of the pieces and differing objectives of the two sides set King’s Table apart from Chess or Draughts. White…

  • Klass of ’99

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Richard Jordan GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1999, Richard Jordan Skool Daze is a classic and one of the most original Spectrum games ever, released by Microsphere in 1985. In it you played a naughty schoolboy named Eric. It’s almost the end of the school term,…

  • Knight Games

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jon Williams GAME DEVELOPER:English Software GAME PUBLISHER:Mastertronic Copyright 1987, Mastertronic Knight Games is a fun collection of medieval sports that is similar to Epyx’s California Games in playability and unique events, although the graphics is inferior and the controls are not as intuitive. Prove your valor…

  • Knight Moves

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Alexei Pajitnov GAME DEVELOPER:Spectrum Holobyte GAME PUBLISHER:Spectrum Holobyte Copyright 1997, Spectrum Holobyte The company’s blurb is right this time: “Knight Moves successfully combines stunning computer-generated characters with mind-boggling, addictive gameplay. The playing piece is a noble knight with its signature one-over-two-up “L” move. The object of…

  • Knight Orc

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Level 9 Computing GAME PUBLISHER:Level 9 Computing Copyright 1989, Level 9 Computing Level 9’s breakthrough game and the game that first showcases its new robust engine, Knight Orc was one of the first games to give a voice to a villain: in this case,…

  • Knights of Legend

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Todd Porter GAME DEVELOPER:Origin Systems GAME PUBLISHER:Origin Systems Copyright 1989, Origin Systems Knights of Legend ranks to this day among the most detailed RPGs ever created. It was designed to allow for future expansion packs that, unfortunately, never came out. In your mission to vanquish the…

  • Knights of The Desert

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chuck Kroegel GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1983, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) “An operational simulation of Rommel’s Desert Campaigns in North Africa during World War II, [Knight of the Desert] was one of the first games to offer multiple stacking…

  • Knights of The Sky

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jeffery Briggs GAME DEVELOPER:MicroProse GAME PUBLISHER:MicroProse Copyright 1992, MicroProse A fun World War 1flight sim from one of the most respected flight sim developers– this game’s strength lies in its dizzying array of planes you can fly and good graphics (for its time). The campaign mode,…

  • Knowledge Adventure

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Knowledge Adventure GAME PUBLISHER:Knowledge Adventure Copyright 1990, Knowledge Adventure The first in the successful “Adventure” series, Knowledge Adventure is a multimedia almanac that features clever hyperlinks from one screen to the next (long before the World Wide Web was born) in the spirit of…

  • Kobayashi Naru

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Mastertronic GAME PUBLISHER:Mastertronic Copyright 1987, Mastertronic One of the strangest adventure games ever made, Kobayashi Naru (despite the misspelling on the box as Kobyashi Naru) has an innovative interface (choose a verb among icons and specific noun from the description of the scene to…

  • Kristal, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Fissionchip Software GAME PUBLISHER:Cinemaware Copyright 1990, Cinemaware One of Cinemaware’s last releases before the company disbanded and one of the few games it did not develop in-house, The Kristal is a zany outer-space adventure game that combines traditional adventure with arcade sequences that occur…

  • Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Castleworks Gameware GAME PUBLISHER:Merit Studios Copyright 1993, Merit Studios Kronolog presents one answer to the intruguing question: What would the future be like if Hitler’s Nazi had won World War II? You are Dr. Hoffman, American scientist by day and leader of an underground…

  • LA Crackdown

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Epyx GAME PUBLISHER:Epyx Copyright 1988, Epyx LA Crackdown is an excellent police/detective game that will really benefit from a facelift for the 90’s, because the gameplay is already excellent. You’re an undercover FBI agent-in-command who must expose an illegal smuggling ring. Although there are…

  • Laffer Utilities, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Al Lowe GAME DEVELOPER:Sierra On-Line GAME PUBLISHER:Sierra On-Line Copyright 1990, Sierra On-Line This zany program would probably have been named Laffer Dis-utilities if not for the negative effects on potential sales 🙂 This is a collection of counter-productive programs featuring everyone’s favorite nerd Larry Laffer that…

  • LameDuke

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:3D Realms GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1994, 3D Realms This beta was released by 3D Realms in 1997 to celebrate one-year anniversary of its immense hit Duke Nukem 3D. Most likely however, the release was to prove that the game had in fact been under…

  • Lancelot

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Level 9 Computing GAME PUBLISHER:Datasoft Copyright 1990, Level 9 Computing As King Arthur’s favorite knight Lancelot, set out on a quest for the Holy Grail and save a myriad of imprisoned knights and damsels in distress along the way. A welcome change from the…

  • Lane Mastodon vs. The Blubberman

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Meretzky GAME DEVELOPER:Tom Snyder Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1988, Infocom Infocom released Lane Mastodon, the world’s first “interactive comic book” in 1988 with little fanfare and even lesser reaction from the gaming public. Apart from being the first electronic comic book, Lane Mastodon and all…

  • Laser Light

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Pixel Painters GAME PUBLISHER:Pixel Painters Copyright 1994, Pixel Painters Pixel Painter’s second release is a fun and innovative puzzle game in which you have to arrange mirrors to reflect the laser light from the source to required target in each level. The puzzles get…

  • Laser Squad

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Julian Gollop GAME DEVELOPER:Krisalis GAME PUBLISHER:Krisalis Copyright 1992, Krisalis A relatively unnoticed game at the time of its release that suddenly became heavily sought after after the phenomenal success of its successor X-COM, Julian Gollop demonstrated his knack for deep and addictive strategy games in this…

  • Laser Surgeon: The Microscopic Mission

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Robert Clardy GAME DEVELOPER:Synergistic Software GAME PUBLISHER:Activision Copyright 1987, Activision In this difficult game that could make you go blind, you’re shrunk to the size of a cell and injected into a patient’s body (hrm… where have we heard that before?) to perform surgeries on different…

  • Last Action Hero

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Psygnosis GAME PUBLISHER:Psygnosis Copyright 1994, Psygnosis A fun but easy action game based on the Disney movie of the same name, Last Action Hero follows the movie’s plot closely– as an all-brawns-but-no-brains hero you must rescue the kids from the clutches of the town’s…

  • Last Express, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jordan Mechner GAME DEVELOPER:Smoking Car Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Brderbund Copyright 1997, Brderbund One of the most original and atmospheric adventures ever released, The Last Express is a masterpiece that exemplifies what storytelling should be. You are Robert Cath, who boards the train in Paris to meet a…

  • Le Fetiche Maya

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Silmarils GAME PUBLISHER:Silmarils Copyright 1989, Silmarils Silmarils’ first action / adventure game is a great game of exploration and survival that sets the stage for many more survival games to come. As intrepid explorer, buy equipments and tools and head into the wild Yucatan…

  • Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Meretzky GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1992, Infocom Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2 is one of the most sought-after oldies in existence. It is ironic, then, that it happens to be one of the worst computer games ever made in any genre. Even more ironic…

  • Legacy of The Ancients

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:John Dougherty & Charles Dougherty GAME DEVELOPER:Quest Inc. GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1988, Quest Inc. A classic RPG from Electronic Arts, this game became an instant classic once it was released on the Commodore 64. One of the best “solo” RPG ever, everything in this game…

  • Legacy: Realms of Terror, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Stephen Hand & Matt Innes GAME DEVELOPER:Magnetic Scrolls GAME PUBLISHER:MicroProse Copyright 1993, Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls’ last game is a hugely underrated adventure game with RPG elements based on its “Magnetic Windows” system last seen in Collection 1 and Wonderland. The cliche beginning (explore your inheritance…

  • Legend

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:James Taglione GAME DEVELOPER:Mindscape GAME PUBLISHER:Mindscape Copyright 1991, Mindscape Sure winner of the “games with the most monikers” award if there were such a thing, Legend is a great RPG that is also known as Empire and Four Crystals of Trazere. Despite the typical kill-the-big-foozle plot,…

  • Beasts & Bumpkins

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Worldweaver Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1997, Worldweaver Productions Beasts and Bumpkins is a great Settlers-style gem that is one of the very few games from software giant Electronic Arts that were released very quietly without any marketing hype, and only in Europe. And…

  • Legend of Djel

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Coktel Vision GAME PUBLISHER:Coktel Vision Copyright 1987, Coktel Vision Probably Coktel’s only action game, Legend of Djel is a very strange game that combines quick reflexes with minimal strategic elements. Everything about the game is simply strange, including the plot, which casts you as…

  • Legend of Faerghail

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Veith Schogenhummer & Olaf Barthel GAME DEVELOPER:reLINE Software GAME PUBLISHER:reLINE Software Copyright 1990, reLINE Software A fun, detailed European RPG that could easily be the precursor of the classic complex RPG Blades of Destiny in its solid database of monsters, NPCs, weapons, and numerous quests. Combat…

  • Legend of Kyrandia, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Brett W. Sperry & Michael Legg GAME DEVELOPER:Westwood Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Westwood Studios Copyright 1994, Westwood Studios Arguably among the best adventure games series ever, Kyrandia games tell the stories set in the fantasy land of Kyrandia, told from 3 different perspectives: Brandon (a hero chosen to…

  • Legend of Kyrandia, The: Hand of Fate

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Rick Gush GAME DEVELOPER:Westwood Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Westwood Studios Copyright 1994, Westwood Studios Arguably among the best adventure games series ever, Kyrandia games tell the stories set in the fantasy land of Kyrandia, told from 3 different perspectives: Brandon (a hero chosen to save the land), Zanthia…

  • Legend of Kyrandia, The: Malcolm’s Revenge

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Rick Gush GAME DEVELOPER:Westwood Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Westwood Studios Copyright 1994, Westwood Studios Arguably among the best adventure games series ever, Kyrandia games tell the stories set in the fantasy land of Kyrandia, told from 3 different perspectives: Brandon (a hero chosen to save the land), Zanthia…

  • Legend of The Sword

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:PSS GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbird Copyright 1987, PSS Legend of the Sword is a well-written fantasy adventure that was revolutionary in many ways for its time despite its being relatively unknown: fluid mouse support, on-screen map, compass rose, and some RPG elements such as random encounters…

  • Legend of Valour

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Synthetic Dimensions GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1993, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Legend of Valour is a novel experiment in 3D RPG by SSI that was billed as “better than Ultima Underworld.” Unfortunately, the game not only falls far short of its lofty…

  • Lemmings Paintball

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Psygnosis GAME PUBLISHER:Psygnosis Copyright 1996, Psygnosis Arguably the most short-lived and underrated of all Lemmings, Lemmings Paintball stars everyone’s favorite furry animals, but this time around the challenging (but frustrating) puzzles in the first games are reduced to a version of “capture the flag”…

  • L’Empereur

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Kou Shibusawa GAME DEVELOPER:KOEI GAME PUBLISHER:KOEI Copyright 1989, KOEI An ambitious game that chronicles the life of Napoleon Bonaparte from his days as army commander to the ruler of empire, L’Empereur is a solid strategy game that simplifies many of RTK’s statistics and tactical-level commands in…

  • Les Manley 2: Lost in L.A.

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Manley Associates GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1992, Accolade Lost in L.A. is the inferior sequel of Search for the King, a funny Leisure Suit Larry clone released 2 years earlier. In a nod to the unfortunate adventure trend, the versatile parser in Search for the…

  • Les Manley in: Search for The King

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Cartwright GAME DEVELOPER:Manley Associates GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1990, Accolade A milder version of Sierra’s Leisure Suit Larry, the lovable nerd Les Manley finds himself in this wacky adventure where he must literally search heaven and earth for the King himself. The text parser is very…

  • Lexi-Cross

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Peter Oliphant GAME DEVELOPER:Interplay GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1990, Peter Oliphant This hugely underrated game was also designed by one of the most underrated designers. (Peter Oliphant was responsible for many hits for Cinemaware before he joined Interplay and became one of their best programmers). This is…

  • LHX Attack Chopper

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Brent Iverson GAME DEVELOPER:Electronic Arts GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1990, Electronic Arts Well, this is a 1990 game sporting some really interesting concepts. Player of Su-25 Sthurmovik will feel right at home as the menu system is the same. The VGA graphics are nice, very clear,…

  • Liberty or Death

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:KOEI GAME PUBLISHER:KOEI Copyright 1989, KOEI Based on the U.S. Revolution, Liberty or Death puts a new spin on KOEI’s main game engine in various novel ways: to raise popular support, “give food to the populace” is replaced by “write a gazette”; soldiers are…

  • Life and Death

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Myo Thant & Mike Manyen GAME DEVELOPER:ISM Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Software Toolworks Copyright 1988, Software Toolworks Arguable the best doctor games ever produced for the PC (well, Theme Hospital comes close, but that is more of a management game), Life & Death 1 and 2 put you…

  • Life and Death 2: The Brain

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Myo Thant GAME DEVELOPER:ISM Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Software Toolworks Copyright 1990, Software Toolworks Arguable the best doctor games ever produced for the PC (well, Theme Hospital comes close, but that is more of a management game), Life & Death 1 and 2 put you in the role…

  • Lighthouse

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sierra On-Line GAME PUBLISHER:Sierra On-Line Copyright 1997, Sierra On-Line My “Top Dog” for this game comes with a huge warning: I am biased for difficult games. That said, Lighthouse is the game for you if you, too, are an experienced adventurer who revel in…

  • Lightspeed

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andy Hollis GAME DEVELOPER:MicroProse GAME PUBLISHER:MicroProse Copyright 1991, MicroProse Lightspeed and Hyperspeed are without a doubt two of the most underrated space sims of all time designed by celebrated Gunship 2000 and F-15 Strike Eagle III designer Andy Hollis. Although billed as “adventure/strategy” games, they are…