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V.G. Custom
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Ton Tan Nerw GAME PUBLISHER:Ton Tan Nerw Copyright 1999, Ton Tan Nerw V.G. Custom is the sequel to V.G. Max, an all-girls Hentai (i.e. adult content) anime 2D fighting game developed by Ton Tan Nerw/Giga. The game, like most Giga titles for Windows 95/98,…
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Knapsack Problem, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Leonard Richardson GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Leonard Richardson A fun Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style entrant in the LOTECHComp, although its essentially just a clever implementation of a logic puzzle. As Mark Silcox points out, The Knapsack Problem is …a dressed-up optimization problem rather than a game…
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One Week
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Papillon GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Papillon Mark Silcox, competition organizer, says it all about this fun Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game that was entered in the 2001 the LOTECHComp: “[One Week is] a nicely-written rendering of the week in a teenaged girl’s life leading up to the…
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FailSafe
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jon Ingold GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Jon Ingold FailSafe is a great sci-fi game that is very well-written game from Jon Ingold, author of several modern IF classics like The Mulldoon Legacy and My Angel. FailSafe is set in a pretty standard I would…
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Mulldoon Legacy, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jon Ingold GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1999, Jon Ingold Reputedly the largest z-code (Inform format) IF title ever made, The Mulldoon Legacy is a very ambitious game by Jon Ingold that will challenge even the most hardened experts and will take anyone months to solve.…
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Time: All Things Come to an End
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andy Phillips GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Andy Phillips Time: All Thing Come to An End is a tough, puzzle-oriented IF game that boasts a lot of challenging-but-always-logical puzzles, but suffers from a very unforgiving design. Specifically, you can get irrevocably stuck in some places…
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Heist
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andy Phillips GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1997, Andy Phillips Heist is a fun, but quite difficult IF title that focuses more on presenting challenging puzzles than on telling an absorbing story. Like Andy Phillips later games (most notably Enemies and Time: All Things Come to…
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Enemies
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andy Phillips GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1998, Andy Phillips The second game from Andy Phillips is Enemies, a fun modern mystery/horror adventure that has a much more interesting plot than his other games (with the exception of Heroines Mantle, a true modern IF classic). As…
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XOP
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Christopher Emirzian GAME DEVELOPER:ToastSoft GAME PUBLISHER:ToastSoft Copyright 2001, ToastSoft XOP is one of the best shareware vertical shooters I have come across in recent memory. Although graphically the game is nothing to marvel at the graphics are more reminiscent of DOS games than todays 3D-accelerated game…
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Strayfire
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Kurt Miller GAME DEVELOPER:Gradient Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Gradient Studios Copyright 2002, Gradient Studios Strayfire is a very fun, very good looking shareware vertical shooter powered by OpenGL and DirectX. The combination of jaw-dropping graphics and fast-and-furious gameplay makes Strayfire one of the most visually pleasing shooters to…
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Barrel Patrol 3D
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Miles Vignol GAME DEVELOPER:Fathom Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Fathom Entertainment Barrel Patrol 3D is a fun fanmade remake of Ripoff, a late 1970s Vectrex game in which you must defend your stash of fuel cells from invading pirates. In Barrel Patrol 3D, you must protect…
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Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The [Solid Gold]
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Douglas Adams & Steve Meretzky GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1987, Infocom Arguably the best Infocom game ever made, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was an instant hit when it was first released in 1984. So it is no surprise that it was chosen as one…
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Leather Goddess of Phobos [Solid Gold]
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Meretzky GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1988, Infocom One of the best Infocom games ever made, Leather Goddess of Phobos a big hit when it was first released in 1986. So it is no surprise that it was chosen as one of five games to…
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Planetfall [Solid Gold]
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Meretzky GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1988, Infocom Planetfall is one of Infocoms most successful game that was updated and re-released as Solid Gold edition in 1988. The entire Solid Gold line was sadly not very well known, perhaps because most people assumed it was…
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Cybernoid 2: The Revenge
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Raffaele Cecco & Graham Goring GAME DEVELOPER:Hewson GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Graham Goring Cybernoid 2 is yet another brilliant remake of a classic non-PC game from Retrospec, possibly the best retro-remake group today who concentrates on remaking classic games for the PC ? free of charge.…
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Last Chance to See
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Douglas Adams & Mark Cowardine GAME DEVELOPER:Voyager Company GAME PUBLISHER:Voyager Company Copyright 1993, Voyager Company We think of Douglas Adams as the author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy–in other words, as a superb chronicler of other-worldly life forms and one of the funniest people…
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Turn It
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Kingsoft GAME PUBLISHER:Kingsoft Copyright 1990, Kingsoft Turn It is a simple solitaire Mahjongg game that is set up a bit differently from normal: instead of a mountain of tiles, you just see a whole screenful of tiles at the beginning of the game, all…
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Out of the Park Baseball 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Markus Heinsohn GAME DEVELOPER:Out of the Park Developments GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Out of the Park Developments As easy as it is to make a decent baseball simulation, making a great one requires that little touch of insight that baseball is a great game where great…
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Quest for the Rings, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Magnavox GAME PUBLISHER:Magnavox Copyright 1981, Magnavox The Quest for the Rings was the first and arguably best adventure/RPG game produced for the Odyssey², one of the early 80s console systems (whose main competition at the time was the Atari VCS). QFTR is a remarkable…
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Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Magnavox GAME PUBLISHER:Magnavox Copyright 1981, Magnavox The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt is the third and last game in Magnavox elaborate Master Strategy series for the Odyssey², which are complicated epics that incorporated board game elements and complex rules with simplistic video game components.…
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Zool
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:George Allan GAME DEVELOPER:Gremlin GAME PUBLISHER:Gremlin Copyright 1993, Gremlin Zool and Zool 2 are above-average 2D platformers from Gremlin that are quite obviously ri….err, I mean, inspired by SEGAs best-selling Sonic games. Instead of the quirky hedgehog, you control a similar-looking cartoon character: Zool, the Ninja…
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Zool 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:George Allan GAME DEVELOPER:Gremlin GAME PUBLISHER:Gremlin Copyright 1994, Gremlin Zool and Zool 2 are above-average 2D platformers from Gremlin that are quite obviously ri….err, I mean, ?inspired? by SEGA?s best-selling Sonic games. Instead of the quirky hedgehog, you control a similar-looking cartoon character: Zool, the ?Ninja…
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Fury of the Furries
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Franck Perruchot GAME DEVELOPER:Kalisto GAME PUBLISHER:Kalisto Copyright 1993, Kalisto Fury of the Furries is a great cartoon platformer/puzzle game from Kalisto that was released only in Europe (as an interesting side note, Kalisto released a very similar game based on the same engine called Pac-in-Time in…
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Xenopods
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tom Hall GAME DEVELOPER:SoftDisk Publishing GAME PUBLISHER:SoftDisk Publishing Copyright 1989, SoftDisk Publishing Xenopods is a decent overhead shareware shooter game from Softdisk, designed by Tom Hall (of later id Software fame). The plot is very standard sci-fi clich? youve seen a zillion times before: you are…
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Arcade Fruit Machine
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Zeppelin Games GAME PUBLISHER:Zeppelin Games Copyright 1993, Zeppelin Games Arcade Fruit Machinefrom Zeppelin Games is a nice computer conversion of a fruit machine ? known as ?slot machine? in the US. Although it?s not a full-fledged casino game, Arcade Slot Machine is still very…
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Fracas
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Smozzie GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Smozzie Fracas is an excellent freeware wargame that looks and plays like Risk the board game, but with many enhancements. Your goal is to conquer the world map by annihilating other players up to six, any of which can…
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Monty Python’s Flying Circus
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Core Design GAME PUBLISHER:Virgin Interactive Copyright 1990, Virgin Interactive Monty Pythons Flying Circus is a hilarious action game based on the much more hilarious TV series of the same name starring Monty Python, UKs best-known comedy group. You control one of Mr. Gumbies from…
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Taipan for Windows
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Labs GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Digital Labs Taipan for Windows is a great fanmade remake of Taipan!, a classic historical trading game for Apple II based on James Clavell’s best-selling novel of the same name. This version is extremely faithful to the original…
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Machines, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Zeppelin Games GAME PUBLISHER:Merit Studios Copyright 1996, Merit Studios The Machines is an okay overhead shooter game similar in style to Team 17s (vastly superior) Alien Breed or freeware classic C-DOGS. The plot, as is common for this kind of game, is negligible: in…
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Chromatron 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Sean Barrett GAME DEVELOPER:Silver Spaceship Software GAME PUBLISHER:Silver Spaceship Software Copyright 2002, Silver Spaceship Software Chromatron 2 is an excellent shareware puzzle game designed by Sean Barrett. The game is a great sequel to the original Chromatron, a freeware guide-the-laser-beam-to-target game. The concept of both games…
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Spych
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Pawel Slawinski GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Paweł Sławiński Spych is a fun freeware logic game by a freelance Polish designer that provides many hours of puzzle-solving fun in under 100KB of space. The game is reminiscent of X-Land/Epics shareware game Adventures of Robbo, in…
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Genocide
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:James Payne GAME DEVELOPER:Pyrosoft GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, James Payne Genocide is a fun freeware artillery game from PyroSoft that has SVGA graphics and great sound effects (EMS memory required). Although there are numerous artillery games on the Internet, Genocide is undoubtedly one of the better…
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P.A.W.S
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Alan Snow GAME DEVELOPER:Domestic Funk Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Organa Copyright 1995, Organa One of the best CD-ROMs ever made in any category, P.A.W.S is a very entertaining dog simulation CD-ROM designed for kids based on the prize-winning book (sadly now out of print) How Dogs Really Work…
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Book of Lulu, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Romain Victor-Pujebet GAME DEVELOPER:Dada Media GAME PUBLISHER:Organa Copyright 1995, Organa One of the greatest CD-ROMs ever made, The Book of Lulu is a wonderful childrens tale that will move you in the same way as Le Petit Prince (a.k.a. The Little Prince) and Winnie the Pooh…
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Project Paradise
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Adrian Maleska GAME DEVELOPER:Ikarion GAME PUBLISHER:Alternative Copyright 1997, Ikarion Project Paradise is a fun cyberpunk/fantasy action/adventure game that unfortunately was never released outside Europe. The setting is similar to Bullfrogs more famous Syndicate: in a dark future, only one powerful syndicate rules the world. Both technologies…
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A2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Olli Lyytinen & Jaakko Lyytinen GAME DEVELOPER:Anonymous GAME PUBLISHER:Anoymous Copyright 2001, Olli Lyytinen & Jaakko Lyytinen A2 is a great sequel to AUTS, one of the best caveflyer shooters from Finland. A2 improves upon the original in every aspect, including 16-bit graphics, improved enemy AI, built-in…
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Assault Wing
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ville Nurmi & Mikko Tiihonen GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Ville Nurmi & Mikko Tiihonen Assault Wing is a fun shareware caveflyer from Finland that that has been released as freeware. If you have never played a caveflyer before, the idea is simple: two or…
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Space Hawk
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tobias Hellman GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Tobias Hellman Space Hawk is a decent caveflyer multiplayer shooter inspired by Amiga classic Gravity Force. Formerly meant to be released as shareware, the game has been made freeware by the author. The concept is simple: equip your…
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Liquid War
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Christian Mauduit & U-Foot GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Christian Mauduit & U-Foot Liquid War is a very unique and addictive wargame designed for multiplayer. The games real-time nature and complete lack of conventional units may make it look more like a psychedelic action game…
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PacVenture: Pac’s Odyssee
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ezequiel Cabrera GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Ezequiel Cabrera One of the best-looking and fun clones of arcade classics youll likely come across, PacVenture – Pac’s Odyssee is very nice Pac-Man clone that adds detailed SVGA graphics, 3D/isometric view, and a lot of diverse worlds…
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Viking Siege
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Cliff Edwards GAME DEVELOPER:EBro Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Cliff Edwards Viking Siege is a great DOS version of hnefa-tafl (literally Kings table), a great Scandinavian board game that was immensely popular across northern Europe in the dark ages. The game is similar to chess in…
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Hua Rong Dao
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jim the Standing Bear GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Jim the Standing Bear Hua Rong Dao is a great PC version of classic Chinese sliding-tile puzzle game with a simple premise: on a 2D board, rearrange rectangular and square blocks of varying sizes to get…
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Black Hole
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:George Pachikov GAME DEVELOPER:ParaGraph GAME PUBLISHER:ParaGraph Copyright 1993, ParaGraph Black Hole is one of the few games released by ParaGraph, one of the leaders in virtual reality/3D technologies. Designed by company founders George Pachikov, the game is a fun arcade/puzzle game that plays like a cross…
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Beyond The Black Hole
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Grenewetzki GAME DEVELOPER:Software Toolworks GAME PUBLISHER:Software Toolworks Copyright 1989, Software Toolworks Beyond The Black Hole is a decent cross between Pong and Arkanoid. Your goal is to use two paddles to make a rotating orb hit objects in the middle of the screen. The game…
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Black Box
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Eric Solomon & Michael Haugrud GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1993, Michael Haugrud Black Box is a great PC version of a 1978 Parker Brothers board game of the same name that emphasizes logical deduction. Sort of a 3D version of Mastermind, your goal in this…
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TerraFire
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Owen Thomas GAME DEVELOPER:ORT GAME PUBLISHER:ORT Copyright 1998, ORT TerraFire is a fun arcade shooter featuring excellent ray-traced graphics and smooth 360-degree parallax scrolling. As the games description says, you will pilot a ship …through heavily defended underground caverns, past wind tunnels, fire-walls and subterranean lakes.…
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CrossCraze
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Owen Thomas GAME DEVELOPER:ORT GAME PUBLISHER:ORT Copyright 2001, ORT CrossCraze is a great word puzzle game for 1 to 4 players that plays like a cross between Scrabble and a crossword puzzle. You basically compete with friends or against the computer by placing letters on a…