Classic Personal Computer (PC) Games

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  • Conquest

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Windmill Software GAME PUBLISHER:Windmill Software Copyright 1983, Windmill Software From Windmill Software, prolific developer of arcade clones comes Conquest, a nice twist on classic Joust. Trixter said it all in his review at MobyGames: “The Good:Conquesthas oversized graphics, which makes it much easier to…

  • Exterminator, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Windmill Software GAME PUBLISHER:Windmill Software Copyright 1983, Windmill Software The Exterminator is a lackluster clone of Centipede from Windmill Software, the preeminent clone house in early 1980s that basically tried to emulate Atari by cloning all of their coin-op classics. The idea behind The…

  • Rollo and The Brush Brothers

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Windmill Software GAME PUBLISHER:Windmill Software Copyright 1983, Windmill Software Rollo and The Brush Brothers is one of the rare games from Windmill Software that are not clones of Atari classics. The object is to maneuver a brush around each side of a screenful of…

  • Video Trek 88

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Windmill Software GAME PUBLISHER:Windmill Software Copyright 1982, Windmill Software One of the rarest Windmill Software game, Video Trek 88 is a fun text-based game that has the honor of being the very first commercial PC game based on Star Trek seriesreleased way back in…

  • Attack on Altair

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Windmill Software GAME PUBLISHER:Windmill Software Copyright 1982, Windmill Software Probably the rarest game from Windmill Software, maker of Digger, Attack on Altair is a shooter game that is entirely text-based and not a very good one, at that. If you have played Space Invaders…

  • Earl Weaver Baseball

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Eddie Dombrower GAME DEVELOPER:Mirage Graphics GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1987, Mirage Graphics One of the best sports games ever made, Earl Weaver Baseball is a revolutionary baseball game that introduces numerous features that are far more advanced than most contemporary games, including multiple camera angles, lifelike…

  • Jack Orlando

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:TopWare Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:TopWare Interactive Copyright 1998, TopWare Interactive One of the most overlooked CD-ROM adventure games ever made, although mostly due to limited distribution, Jack Orlando is a decent detective game that combines 1930s storyline with excellent cartoon graphics. You are Jack Orlando,…

  • Ms. Pac-Man

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Atari Games GAME PUBLISHER:Atari Games Copyright 1983, Hasbro Interactive The first true sequel to the classic Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man is a decent PC conversion of the Atari arcade game of the same name. This is also probably the only sequel that Atari converted to…

  • Jr. Pac-Man

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Thunder Mountain GAME PUBLISHER:Thunder Mountain Copyright 1988, Thunder Mountain Third in the Pac-Man series and the first Pac-Man game not converted to PC by Atari. Jr. Pac-Man stars the Pac Junior, the baby Pac who first appears in several intermission screens in Ms. Pac-Man,…

  • Super Pac-Man

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Thunder Mountain GAME PUBLISHER:Thunder Mountain Copyright 1991, Thunder Mountain The fourth Pac-Man game for PC, Super Pac-Man is the first “true” Pac sequel in the sense that it was the first one to be developed by the games original creator, NAMCO. This PC conversion…

  • Omikron: The Nomad Soul

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Quantic Dream GAME PUBLISHER:EIDOS Interactive Copyright 1999, EIDOS Interactive Omikron: The Nomad Soul is a very ambitious 3D cyberpunk action adventure that should be considered a true masterpiece that renews the market’s interest in the adventure genre. It’s got an outstanding plot, a truly…

  • CyberRace

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Cyberdreams GAME PUBLISHER:Cyberdreams Copyright 1993, Cyberdreams CyberRace is a very stylish cyberpunk racing game featuring the designs of famed artist Syd Mead (best known for his sets for Blade Runner the movie). Although storyline is superfluous in this kind of game, it is still…

  • Kharne: The Revelation

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dave Moore GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Dave Moore A very nice freeware graphical Roguelike game by Dave Moore. From the description at The Gratis Gamer: ?…formerly known as Shadowdale, [Kharne: The Revelation] is a freeware CRPG for WinXX based on TSR’s famous AD&D fantasy…

  • Blade Warrior

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Image Works GAME PUBLISHER:Image Works Copyright 1991, Image Works Blade Warrior is a very stylish arcade adventure game from Image Works/Mirrorsoft, set in a fantasy world. Although the premise and gameplay is not that different from most other fantasy hack-and-slash side scrollers, Blade Warrior…

  • Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.09

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Derek Smart GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1998, 3000AD Inc. Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.09 is an epic space simulation game that, after multiple false starts and bug-ridden first release, fully communicates designer?s Derek Smart?s visionary design to the public at large. If you are one of the…

  • Decisive Battles of American Civil War Vol. 2

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Roger Keating & Ian Trout GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Studies Group (SSG) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Studies Group (SSG) Copyright 1989, Strategic Studies Group (SSG) Decisive Battles in American Civil War games were an early attempt by SSG to offer an accurate portral of the war that became a hit…

  • Halls of Montezuma

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Roger Keating & Ian Trout GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Studies Group (SSG) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Studies Group (SSG) Copyright 1988, Strategic Studies Group (SSG) Last in the celebrated series of wargames based Battlefront, SSG? revolutionary game engine which was released on Apple II and Commodore 64 only. Like other…

  • Tower of The Ancients

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Fiendish Games GAME PUBLISHER:Small Rockets Copyright 2000, Fiendish Games Tower of The Ancients is a fun, fast-paced puzzle game that ranks among one of the best Tetris clones ever created, featuring spectacular graphics and sound effects. It is unfortunate that the game isnt very…

  • Halls of The Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Dreamers Guild, The GAME PUBLISHER:Encore Copyright 1997, Dreamers Guild, The One of the most underrated RPGs of all time, Halls of the Dead is the excellent sequel to The Faery Tale Adventure, classic RPG and MicroIllusions best-known game. This time, the three brothers from…

  • Descent II

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mike Kulas & Matthew Toschlog GAME DEVELOPER:Parallax Software GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1996, Parallax Software Descent 2 is a superb sequel to one of the most original shooters to come along in ages. If you call yourself a die-hard space shooter fan, but have never played any…

  • Chasm: The Rift

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Action Forms GAME PUBLISHER:WizardWorks Copyright 1997, Action Forms Chasm: The Rift is a marginally above-average first-person shooter that would have probably been better known had it been released before the likes of Quake II and Jedi Knights. Like most 3D shooters, Chasm incorporates only…

  • Skunny 32-Bit

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Magic Touch GAME PUBLISHER:WizardWorks Copyright 1997, Magic Touch Last and best entry in the semi-popular Skunny series of platform games from Magic Touch, starring a cartoony squirrel who looks like a distant cousin of Jazz Jackrabbit. First (and last) in the series to be…

  • Retribution

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Gremlin GAME PUBLISHER:Gremlin Copyright 1994, Gremlin Decent 3D shooter from Gremlin that tries hard to enhance the immersion with Wing Commander-style ?interactive screens? between missions, but didn?t quite succeed due to insipid plot and writing. The plot: as the name implies, fight to avenge…

  • Plasmaworm

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Richard Carlson & Iikka Keranen GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Eel GAME PUBLISHER:Cheapass Games Copyright 2001, Digital Eel Plasmaworm is an excellent modern version of classic freeware gem Pizza Worm, which in turn is the descendent of early arcade classics including Snakes and Nibbles. Instead of the pixellated worm…

  • Snooper Troops Case 2

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Patricia Relf & Deborah Kovacs GAME DEVELOPER:Tom Snyder Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Spinnaker Copyright 1982, Spinnaker One of the world’s first detective games for kids, Snooper Troops is a great edutainment title that truly stands the test of time. Second and last in a short-lived series from Tom…

  • Basket Manager, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1990, Simulmondo One of Simulmondo’s most obscure games, The Basket Manager is a game in one of the niche sub-genres in sport: basketball simulation. It can be regarded as the coaching simulation companion to their earlier Basket Playoff, an arcade-style…

  • Softporn Adventure

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chuck Benson & Gary Thompson GAME DEVELOPER:Sierra On-Line GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1984, Chuck Benson & Gary Thompson A true precursor to Sierra’s blockbuster hit Leisure Suit Larry series, Softporn Adventure was designed in 1983 for the Apple II computer by Chuck Benson, a database programmer who…

  • Mind Prober

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Human Edge GAME PUBLISHER:Human Edge Copyright 1984, Human Edge One of the many “psychoanalytical” programs released in mid-1980s, Mind Prober by Human Edge is an intriguing piece of software that tries to pinpoint your personality and gives advice based on your answers to questions,…

  • Star Trek TNG: Interactive Technical Manual

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simon & Schuster GAME PUBLISHER:Simon & Schuster Copyright 1994, Simon & Schuster At a time when other companies were trying to make “interactive movies”, Star Trek TNG: Interactive Technical Manual (STTNG:TM) proves that at least one publisher knew how to make truly effective use…

  • Age of Wonders

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Lennart Sas GAME DEVELOPER:Epic Megagames GAME PUBLISHER:Gathering of Developers Copyright 1999, Epic Megagames Age of Wonders is one of the most ambitious fantasy strategy games ever created, and also one of the most expensive: it was sold in most retail outlets for $54 or more –…

  • Settlers II Gold Edition, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Thomas H?usler GAME DEVELOPER:Blue Byte GAME PUBLISHER:Blue Byte Copyright 1996, Blue Byte In my opinion the best game in The Settlers series, The Settlers II Gold Edition is a great compilation of the original Settlers II and the Mission Pack add-on. Arguably one of the best-looking,…

  • Alien Olympics

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Dark Technologies GAME PUBLISHER:Mindscape Copyright 1994, Dark Technologies Alien Olympics is a decent PC conversion of an also-obscure Gameboy game of the same name, first released in 1992. The game is best described as Caveman Ugh-lympics fast forward to the future. Despite the zany…

  • Diggers

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Toby Simpson GAME DEVELOPER:Millennium GAME PUBLISHER:Millennium Copyright 1994, Millennium One of the better Lemmings-inspired games, Diggers is an interesting cross between Lemmings and The Humans, with a dash of Populous thrown in for good measure. The result is a fun strategy game with a lot of…

  • Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Timegate Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Strategy First Copyright 2001, Timegate Studios Without a doubt, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns is the best real-time strategy game I have played since Enlight’s underrated Seven Kingdoms II, hands-down. At first glance, Kohan appears to be another run-of-the-mill RTS game in the…

  • Time Runners 1

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

  • Miami Vice

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Richard Leinecker GAME DEVELOPER:Capstone GAME PUBLISHER:Capstone Copyright 1989, Capstone Yet another awful PC adaptation of a movie license by Capstone. In Miami Vice, you will take on the roles of Crockett and Tubbs from the movie (two players can play simultaneously in hotseat mode). Gameplay is…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1994, Simulmondo After having ruined some comics’ licenses, Simulmondo tried again, this time with completely own storyline and characters. The project was quite ambitious: Fabbri is one of Italy’s biggest magazine publishers, and the games were even advertised on television…

  • Trick or Treat

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:ACA Soft GAME PUBLISHER:ACA Soft Copyright 1993, ACA Soft One of the most obscure adventure games ever made, Trick or Treat is a decent point-and-click adventure by Spanish developer ACA Soft. The plot is nothing special, but still a nice change from the typical…

  • Time Out Sports Basketball

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andy LeBeis GAME DEVELOPER:Destiny Software Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Micro League Copyright 1994, Micro League A nice entry in Micro League’s short-lived “Time Out Sports” series, designed to provide bite-sized sporting entertainment for short coffee breaks between your spreadsheet or word processing. TOS Basketball is a simple and…

  • Gex

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Crystal Dynamics GAME PUBLISHER:EIDOS Interactive Copyright 1997, Crystal Dynamics Probably Crystal Dynamics’ least successful release, Gex is a decent platformer that tries too hard to emulate Earthworm Jim in playability and humor… but doesn’t quite get there. In Gex, you play a cocky 20th…

  • Highway Patrol II

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Microids GAME PUBLISHER:Microids Copyright 1990, Microids Highway Patrol II is a little-known racing game from Microids that boasts some innovative concepts that are sadly lost in lackluster implementation. As the title suggests, you play a highway patrol officer in a nondescript town somewhere in…