Classic Personal Computer (PC) Games

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  • RON4: I Spy

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Anthony GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Anthony The Reality on The Norm (RON) games are a series of short games started by some AGS developers. The idea behinds them is that of sharing characters and setting to create a world that seems more alive than…

  • RON5: Nihilism

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Captain Mostly GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Captain Mostly The Reality on The Norm (RON) games are a series of short games started by some AGS developers. The idea behinds them is that of sharing characters and setting to create a world that seems more…

  • Grandest Fleet 2, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bruce Williams Zaccagnino GAME DEVELOPER:Fogstone Enterprises GAME PUBLISHER:Quantum Quality Productions (QQP) Copyright 1995, Quantum Quality Productions (QQP) The Grandest Fleet 2 is the never-released sequel to The Grandest Fleet, QQPs underrated naval wargame that updated the classic Lost Admiral with SVGA graphics and more emphasis on…

  • Ford Simulator 3

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:SoftAd Group, The GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1992, Ford Company Ford Simulator 3 is the third entry in SoftAd/Fords excellent promotional game series that saw a new game released every year from 1989 to roughly 1994 to showcase new Ford car models that debuted during…

  • Johnny Bazookatone

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:US Gold GAME PUBLISHER:Acclaim Entertainment Copyright 1997, US Gold Johnny Bazookatone is a smart-looking platformer that unfortunately plays much worse than it looks. Despite having a somewhat novel protagonist (purple-hair guitar-toting dude), it isnt much different from hundreds of other platform games that have…

  • Royal Flush Pinball

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Amtex GAME PUBLISHER:Amtex Copyright 1994, Amtex Last in Amtex underrated line of pinball games that began with Tristan Pinball and followed by Eight Ball Deluxe, Royal Flush Pinball is based on a famous real-life electro-mechanical pinball table of the same name designed by Ed…

  • Crush, Crumble & Chomp!

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:J. W. Connelley & Jon Freeman GAME DEVELOPER:Epyx GAME PUBLISHER:Epyx Copyright 1983, Epyx One of the most original and influential games ever made, Epyx Crush, Crumble & Chomp!. The description in the manual is enough to tell you why this game is special: [the game] gives…

  • Tyrian 2000

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jason Emery GAME DEVELOPER:World Tree Games GAME PUBLISHER:Symmetry Entertainment Copyright 2000, World Tree Games Tyrian is one of the best top-down shooters ever made for the PC, period. With excellent graphics, smooth animations, and many inventive enemies and levels, it remains one of the best-loved shooters…

  • Nyet 3: The Revenge of The Mutant Stones

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Peter Schnitzer GAME DEVELOPER:Proline Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1993, Proline Software One of the most original and best Tetris clones ever made, Nyet 3 makes the basic align-the-falling-blocks gameplay of Tetris much more fun with the addition of money, which you collect when beating a level,…

  • Barney Bear Goes to School

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Krohne & Stephen Beam GAME DEVELOPER:Free Spirit GAME PUBLISHER:Free Spirit Copyright 1991, Free Spirit The Barney Bear series are excellent edutainment titles aimed at teaching the basics of various subjects to toddlers aged 1 to 4 years old. Aside from being some of the finest…

  • Barney Bear Goes to Space

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Krohne & Stephen Beam GAME DEVELOPER:Free Spirit GAME PUBLISHER:Free Spirit Copyright 1992, Free Spirit The Barney Bear series are excellent edutainment titles aimed at teaching the basics of various subjects to toddlers aged 1 to 4 years old. Aside from being some of the finest…

  • Barney Bear Goes to Farm

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Krohne & Stephen Beam GAME DEVELOPER:Free Spirit GAME PUBLISHER:Free Spirit Copyright 1993, Free Spirit The Barney Bear series are excellent edutainment titles aimed at teaching the basics of various subjects to toddlers aged 1 to 4 years old. Aside from being some of the finest…

  • Trojan

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:CAPCOM GAME PUBLISHER:CAPCOM Copyright 1987, CAPCOM One of CAPCOMs harder to find PC conversions of arcade classics, Trojan was one of the early arcade titles, including Commando, that established CAPCOM as the premier arcade game maker. The banal plot: in a post-apocalyse era, the…

  • Nine Lives of Secret Agent Kat, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bill Fisher GAME DEVELOPER:SoftLab Laboratories GAME PUBLISHER:SoftLab Laboratories Copyright 1991, SoftLab Laboratories The Nine Lives of Secret Agent Kat is one of the most obscure and underrated shareware adventure games of all time. Designed by Bill Fisher, designer of The Last Half of Darkness, Nine Lives…

  • Masashikun Hi!

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Kenta Cho GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1998, Kenta Cho Masashikun Hi! is a wacky school olympics game involving silly scribbled stick figures. Although the game is in Japanese and all the action is portrayed only by stickmen, the game is surprisingly playable, and reasonably realistic.…

  • Cyril Cyberpunk

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Reality Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Reality Studios Copyright 1996, Reality Studios A great platformer similar to the ever-popular Commander Keen series. Mutant killer teddy bears from space threaten the earth. Young Cyril Smith grabs his pellet gun and cyberboard, and heads off to meet the alien…

  • Zyll

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Marshal Linder & Scott Edwards GAME DEVELOPER:IBM GAME PUBLISHER:IBM Copyright 1984, IBM Although subtitled A Text Adventure Game, Zyll is actually a revolutionary text-only RPG that introduces many concepts that have not since been seen together in one game. The basic plot: you have been transported…

  • RobotWar

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Silas S. Warner GAME DEVELOPER:MUSE Software GAME PUBLISHER:MUSE Software Copyright 1981, MUSE Software One of the best games ever made in any genre, RobotWar is a strategy/puzzle/simulation hybrid masterpiece by Silas Warner, creator of Castle Wolfenstein for MUSE Software. The game is best described as a…

  • People’s General

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Paul Murray GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1998, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) People’s General is an extension of SSI’s famous ?Five Star General’ series that include some of the best selling computer wargames in history, and it shows in this…

  • Time Gate: Knight’s Chase

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Infogrames GAME PUBLISHER:Infogrames Copyright 1996, Infogrames One of Infogrames? most underrated games, Time Gate: Knight?s Chase is a fun time-travel game based on the acclaimed Alone in The Dark engine, but with more emphasis on puzzle-solving than fighting. You are William Tibbs, a young…

  • G-Nome

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:7th Level GAME PUBLISHER:7th Level Copyright 1997, 7th Level One of the most underrated giant robots games ever made, 7th Level’s G-Nome is an excellent first-person ‘mech game similar to Sierra’s Earthsiege series. Ty Brewer encapsulates both the high and low points of the…

  • Moraff’s Revenge

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Moraff GAME DEVELOPER:MoraffWare GAME PUBLISHER:MoraffWare Copyright 1988, MoraffWare Moraff’s Revenge is one of those really old games, made back in the days when no one had heard of CGI and Sega Master System was hot stuff, that you now download to kill time, boot up,…

  • Dungeons of The Unforgiven

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Moraff GAME DEVELOPER:MoraffWare GAME PUBLISHER:MoraffWare Copyright 1993, MoraffWare Last and most graphically advanced game in Steve Moraff’s long-running series of dungeon crawl RPGs that began with 4-color Moraff’s Revenge. Game description at MobyGames sums it up nicely: “Dungeons of the Unforgiven is Moraff’s World/Moraff’s Revenge…

  • Moraff’s World

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Moraff GAME DEVELOPER:MoraffWare GAME PUBLISHER:MoraffWare Copyright 1991, MoraffWare Second and best in Steve Moraffs quirky RPG series, Moraffs World expands the kill-monsters-get-treasure premise of Moraffs Revenge by adding more sophisticated gameplay features, and many times larger gameworld. Description as MobyGames says it all: There are…

  • Moraff’s Stones

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Moraff GAME DEVELOPER:MoraffWare GAME PUBLISHER:MoraffWare Copyright 1992, MoraffWare Shareware buffs will no doubt have heard of Steve Moraff, author of a series of cult classic RPGs that bear his name. Moraff’s Stones is the more obscure entry, not least because it is not an RPG.…

  • Diggers 2: Extractors

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Nova Spring GAME PUBLISHER:Vic Tokai Copyright 1995, Nova Spring A fun sequel to Diggers, an underrated Lemmings clone, Diggers 2: Extractors is to the original what Lemmings: Chronicles is to Lemmings: it adds more levels, more tools, and more challenge. The overall objective, should…

  • Elevator

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Bayliss GAME DEVELOPER:Wordworks GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1986, Wordworks Elevator is a fun oldie freeware gem that was a cult favorite around numerous BBSs (Bulletin Board System) in mid-1980s. Like all good action games, Elevator is easy to learn but maddeningly difficult to master. The goal…

  • X-Fighter

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Bayliss GAME DEVELOPER:Wordworks GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1986, Wordworks A fun little freeware gem from David Bayliss, X-Fighter is a simple top-down shoot-em-up that is deal for a few minutes of simple, clean arcade fun in 4-color graphics. Gameplay can be summed up in two words:…

  • Chain Reaction

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:A. A. Wright GAME DEVELOPER:Durell Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1990, A. A. Wright Chain Reaction is a popular puzzle game that was invented in mid-1980s for the Commodore 64 and other computers, and new versions are continually being made for new systems, including Windows and handheld…

  • Autobots

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Scott Emmons GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1989, Scott Emmons A simple but fun puzzle game that plays like a primitive spiritual predecessor to Deadly Rooms of Death. The goal from game manual: clear levels by making robots smash into one another. You do this by…

  • Dangerous Dave

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:John Romero GAME DEVELOPER:SoftDisk Publishing GAME PUBLISHER:SoftDisk Publishing Copyright 1990, SoftDisk Publishing One of John Romero’s earliest games before he became world-famous as one of id Software legends, Dangerous Dave is a fun platformer similar to Super Mario. You are Dangerous Dave, a little precocious kid…

  • Dave’s Risky Rescue

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tom Hall GAME DEVELOPER:SoftDisk Publishing GAME PUBLISHER:SoftDisk Publishing Copyright 1992, SoftDisk Publishing Third game starring a familiar precocious kid in SoftDisks popular Dangerous Dave series, which are games that got id Software founders Tom Hall, John Romero, and John Carmack considerable fame as the best shareware…

  • Dave Goes Nutz

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tom Hall GAME DEVELOPER:SoftDisk Publishing GAME PUBLISHER:SoftDisk Publishing Copyright 1993, SoftDisk Publishing Last and arguably best in SoftDisks cult classic Dangerous Dave series that were id founders most famous games before Wolfenstein 3. In Dave Goes Nutz, once again the evil Nemesis has nabbed Dave’s little…

  • Flying Saucer

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:PostLinear Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:Software 2000 Copyright 1998, PostLinear Entertainment Flying Saucer is one of the most original flight sims ever made, but was unfortunately never released because developer PostLinear went under shortly after finishing the game. Instead of the usual fly-the-modern-jet theme, Flying Saucer…

  • Dangerous Dave in The Haunted Mansion

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tom Hall GAME DEVELOPER:SoftDisk Publishing GAME PUBLISHER:SoftDisk Publishing Copyright 1991, SoftDisk Publishing Second in id Software/SoftDisk’s acclaimed Dangerous Dave series and first in the excellent platform trilogy entitled “All New Misadventures of Dangerous Dave,” Dangerous Dave in The Haunted Mansion remains to this day one of…

  • Captured by Pirates!

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Green GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1992, PCT Captured by Pirates! is a fun turn-based board game of ship-to-ship combat among pirates on the high seas for 1-4 players, any of which can be computer-controlled. Each player begins the game with a fleet of 20…

  • Druid: Daemons of the Mind

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Matt Sott GAME DEVELOPER:Sir-Tech GAME PUBLISHER:Mindscape Copyright 1995, Sir-Tech PC Gamer gets it mostly right with their review of Druid: Daemons of the Mind, one of the most underrated “light” RPGs ever made: “Druid: Daemons of the Mind, developed by Synthetic Dimensions [Sir-Tech’s in-house design team],…

  • Stonekeep

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chris Taylor GAME DEVELOPER:Interplay GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1995, Interplay One of the best “cinematic” RPGs ever made, Stonekeep is an excellent introductory-level single-player first-person RPG that boasts very high production value, but unfortunately suffered in the market due to some game-crashing bugs that should have never…

  • Dragonball Z Millennium

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Anonymous GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Unknown A great fanmade fighting game based on Dragonball Z, one of Japan’s most famous manga/anime series. The game is based on M.U.G.E.N., a powerful 2D fighting game engine that lets you create your own fighters, program their special…

  • Oil Barons

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Earl Long GAME DEVELOPER:StarSoft Development GAME PUBLISHER:StarSoft Development Copyright 1992, StarSoft Development Oil Barons is a great business sim about the oil industry that successfully simulates the ins and outs of the business, including many characteristics that are peculiar to the industry (e.g. setting cartel prices…

  • CyberBykes

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:GameTek GAME PUBLISHER:GameTek Copyright 1995, GameTek Terrible cyberpunk racing game that could have been much more, CyberBykes sports unconvincing graphics, irritating soundtrack, and an extremely frustrating gameplay that takes far too much effort to be fun. It does offer a few novelties, including head-to-head…

  • First Samurai

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Raffaele Cecco GAME DEVELOPER:Vivid Image GAME PUBLISHER:Image Works Copyright 1991, Vivid Image Excellent action/adventure hybrid from Vivid that was much more popular on the Amiga than PC, First Samurai has a thin background story of a young apprentice warrior who follows the Demon King, (the game’s…

  • Lethal Weapon

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:OCEAN GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1992, OCEAN Lackluster platform game based on the movie of the same name. Technically it is very good, with smooth scrolling and nice sprites, both of which are rarely seen on PC games back then. But other than that, it’s…

  • Pool Challenge

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dale Jurich GAME DEVELOPER:Human Engineered Software (HESware) GAME PUBLISHER:IBM Copyright 1984, Dale Jurich One of the first “realistic” pool games for the PC, PC Pool Challenges lets you play straight pool or 8 ball with up to 4 players in an incredibly customizable simulation. Description from…

  • Heavy Metal

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Access GAME PUBLISHER:Access Copyright 1989, Access Good conversion of Access Software’s C64 oldie Heavy Metal. The game covers three different combat vehicles, recreated in three different action games. All three are military shoot’em ups – Access style. There’s a “Main Battle Tank” sequence with…

  • Bruce Lee

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ron Fortier GAME DEVELOPER:Datasoft GAME PUBLISHER:Datasoft Copyright 1987, Datasoft One of the first semi-realistic side-scrollers for PC. MobyGames has the scoop on this martial arts classic: “Bruce Lee is a decent platform game with a lot of action thrown in. Reflexes are needed to pass certain…

  • Bruce Lee Lives: The Fall of Hong Kong Palace

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Henrik Markarian & Troy Heere GAME DEVELOPER:Software Toolworks GAME PUBLISHER:Software Toolworks Copyright 1989, Software Toolworks Fun martial arts game staring Asia’s most famous martial artist. Description from MobyGames goes as follows: “You are Bruce Lee, the only man that can fight back against Master Po and…

  • Prohibition

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Infogrames GAME PUBLISHER:Infogrames Copyright 1987, Infogrames Decent first-person shooting game from Infogrames, similar to Capone but with much less variety of enemies to shoot at. Nothing more, nothing less. If you can stomach blurry CGA graphics and must collect every shooting game in existence,…

  • Lose Your Marbles

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mark Bradshaw GAME DEVELOPER:SEGA GAME PUBLISHER:SEGA Copyright 1997, SEGA An extremely addictive puzzle game, Lose Your Marbles from SEGA was marketed as the game that is better than Tetris. “More addictive than Tetris or your money back!” is SEGA’s claim, and it is not much further…

  • Terra Probe

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Derrick Dixon GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Derrick Dixon In 1984, First Star released a low profile, unassuming puzzler called Boulderdash that would become the company’s best selling series and sparked numerous clones even decades after its release. The game could perhaps best be described…