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Saboteur 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Durell Software GAME PUBLISHER:Durell Software Copyright 1987, Durell Software Saboteur 2 is a fun beat ’em up game from Durell, a sequel to the first Saboteur which was released only on non-PC 8-bit systems including the ZX Spectrum computer. You play a mercenary “Saboteur…
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1000 Miglia
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1991, Simulmondo One of the first “historical racing games” ever made, 1000 Miglia from Italian developer Simulmondo is a great racing game that lets you experience the thrills of the “Mille Miglia,” a famous annual “one thousand miles” racing event…
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10th Frame Bowling
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Roger Carver & Bruce Carver GAME DEVELOPER:Access Software GAME PUBLISHER:Access Software Copyright 1987, Access Software Probably the best bowling game of the 1980s, 10th Frame Bowling is a fun bowling game for up to 8 players. Two gameplay modes are available: Open Bowling (a single match)…
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Ferrari Formula One
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Rick Koenig GAME DEVELOPER:Imagitec Design GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1989, Rick Koenig Ferrari Formula One is a decent F1 racing game from Rick Koenig and EA that offers a good feel for the event – but pales beside Accolade’s Grand Prix games in terms of realism…
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Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Blue Byte GAME PUBLISHER:UBI Soft Copyright 1990, Blue Byte Jimmy Conners Pro Tennis Tour (or simply Pro Tennis Tour in Europe) is a below average tennis game from Blue Byte. Although it has all the options you find in a typical tennis game (variable…
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3D World Boxing
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Gaetano Dalboni GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1992, Simulmondo 3D World Boxing is an average boxing game that looks better than it plays. Choosing from dozens of boxers available, you can either play a single match or an entire championship. The graphics are definitely the highlight…
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3D World Tennis
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Gaetano Dalboni GAME DEVELOPER:Simulmondo GAME PUBLISHER:Simulmondo Copyright 1993, Simulmondo Released shortly after 3D World Boxing, Simulmondo’s 3D World Tennis suffers from the same good graphics/bad execution faults. You can choose a pre-created player or create your own to go through the ATP tour, beating opponents in…
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World Class Rugby
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Denton Designs GAME PUBLISHER:Audiogenic Copyright 1992, Audiogenic World Class Rugby from Denton Designs and Audiogenic is one of the best rugby games ever made. The game features squads from the 16 countries which qualified for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, as well as a…
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Ironman Super Offroad
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jason Page GAME DEVELOPER:Leland GAME PUBLISHER:Virgin Interactive Copyright 1990, Leland Ironman Super Offroad is a fun old dirt track racer that is best played against a few friends (up to 4) on the same computer. Endorsed by Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, a famous dirt track racer, the…
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Devastator
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1984, Compute! Devastator is a neat little first person space shooting game included in the August 1984 issue of Compute! magazine. The premise: a menacing alien ship named Devastator has deployed several ships sent to place detonator charges on the…
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Chuck Yeager’s Advanced Flight Trainer
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Edward Lerner GAME DEVELOPER:Electronic Arts GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1987, Edward Lerner This is the first version of Edward “Ned” Lerner’s Chuck Yeager’s Advanced Flight Trainer, a popular non-military flight sim. The game lets you test pilot 14 different airplanes in different modes: racing, formation flying,…
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Czorian Siege
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Willen & Jeff Krantz GAME DEVELOPER:Computer Applications Unlimited GAME PUBLISHER:Computer Applications Unlimited Copyright 1982, Computer Applications Unlimited Czorian Siege is a straightforward Space Invaders clone: shoot the enemy ships from the ground. The game is fairly easy since you only need to worry about a…
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Xenocracy
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simis GAME PUBLISHER:Grolier Interactive Copyright 1998, Simis Xenocracy is an excellent but much overlooked space simulation, probably due to the combination of inadequate marketing (publisher Grolier Interactive has always focused more on touting their line of reference/educational CD-ROMs) and the huge number of higher…
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Transportation Game, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Peter Jackson & John Muckstadt GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1995, Cornell University More of an educational tool than an entertaining “game,” The Transportation Game is a good simulation of a regional distribution system. As a dispatcher in this turn-based simulation, your goal in the game…
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Distribution Game, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Peter Jackson & John Muckstadt GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1995, Cornell University More of an educational tool than an entertaining “game,” The Distribution Game is a good simulation game of a two level distribution system – the warehouse and the retailers. As owner of a…
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Ante-Up at the Friday Night Poker Club
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Wayne Russell GAME DEVELOPER:ComputerEasy GAME PUBLISHER:ComputerEasy Copyright 1990, Wayne Russell Ante-Up at the Friday Night Poker Club is an above-average poker game by ComputerEasy. The game lets you play 4 variants of poker against 4 computer-controlled players. The variants you can play are 5 Card Stud,…
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Casino Master
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Anonymous GAME PUBLISHER:Anonymous Copyright 1990, Anonymous Casino Master is a pretty decent casino game from an unknown developer (if you know who made this game, please let us know). In this “no frills” game, you can play the five mainstay gambling games: craps, blackjack,…
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Casino Craps
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Terry Hastings GAME DEVELOPER:Villa Crespo GAME PUBLISHER:Villa Crespo Copyright 1992, Terry Hastings Casino Craps is another solid entry in Villa Crespo’s long line of casino games. As the name implies, the game lets you play a game of craps. Similar to Ruckus Roulette and Ruckus Poker,…
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Alf’s Thinking Skills
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Vision Software GAME PUBLISHER:Vision Software Copyright 1988, Vision Software Alf’s Thinking Skills is a fun edutainment title for toddlers starring Alf, the beloved alien from a popular ’80s TV show. Similar to most other early childhood programs like The Playroom, Alf Thinking Skills offers…
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F-Zero
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Paul Hamilton GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Paul Hamilton F-Zero is a great remake of the classic Super Nintendo game of the same name by Nintendo. The game looks and plays remarkably similar to the original game, down to the details of each track and…
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Lunar Lander
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Claudio Chami GAME DEVELOPER:Atari Games GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Claudio Chami Lunar Lander is an amazingly faithful remake of Atari’s classic game of the same name, which was in turn based on Lander, an oldie freeware BASIC game designed by Leo Michels and popularized by David…
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Runner
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Onitama GAME DEVELOPER:Onion Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Onion Software Runner is a fun freeware arcade game from Japan. Your objective as a stick-man “Runner” is to destroy all enemies on the level to proceed to the next. The graphics are sparse, but the gameplay is…
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Table Tennis Pro
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Aidan McKenna GAME DEVELOPER:Grass Games GAME PUBLISHER:Grass Games Copyright 2002, Grass Games Although they follow one of the world’s most popular sports, table tennis fans are less lucky when it comes to finding a good electronic substitute. Unlike football, basketball, and baseball, computer versions of table…
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PaybackTime 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Kari Luojus & Niko Nevatie GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Kari Luojus & Niko Nevatie PaybackTime 2 is a great clone of the tactical combat portion of X-COM. The game is ideal for X-COM fans who want get right into the action without boring with…
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Extreme Chess
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Davidson & Associates GAME PUBLISHER:Simon & Schuster Copyright 1996, Davidson & Associates Powered by Fritz, the world-famous chess engine that beat both world champion Gary Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue, Extreme Chess is one of the strongest but sadly most underrated commercial chess programs…
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Robocode
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mathew Nelson GAME DEVELOPER:IBM GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, IBM RoboCode is an excellent freeware game from IBM that teaches the basics of Java in a competitive game setting: program robots (in Java, of course) to fight against other robots. This excellent article on IBM’s website traces…
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JellyFish Player 3.0
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Fredrik Dahl GAME DEVELOPER:JellyFish AS GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, JellyFish AS A breakthrough in backgammon games, JellyFish is a very strong backgammon program based on neural net algorithm that will challenge even the best backgammon experts. The official claims are lofty: “at the highest playing level…
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NBA Jam Extreme
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sculptured Software GAME PUBLISHER:Acclaim Entertainment Copyright 1996, Sculptured Software NBA Jam Extreme is an excellent sequel to Acclaim’s NBA Jam, based on an arcade game of the same name. The game suffered poor sales as a result of very high hardware requirement: even on…
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Star Trek: Starfleet Command
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Erik Bethke GAME DEVELOPER:Interplay GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1999, Interplay The 14 Degrees East division of Interplay has made every trekkie’s dream come true with Star Trek: Starfleet Command. An opportunity of a lifetime awaits as you take the helm as captain of not only the Enterprise,…
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Keep The Balance!
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Item Multimedia GAME PUBLISHER:JoWood Productions Copyright 2001, Item Multimedia From Austria’s JoWood Productions comes an ingenious and tough little puzzle game. Keep the Balance is chock full of tough puzzles and addicting gameplay. An evil jester has been unleashed into our universe. His objective…
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Globetrotter 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Deadline Games GAME PUBLISHER:Vision Park Copyright 2001, Deadline Games The most addictive edutainment title I have ever played since MECC’s oldie Amazon Trail for DOS, Globetrotter 2 is an outstanding release from Deadline Games of Denmark, published only in selected countries in Europe by…
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Mars Simulation Project
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Scott Davis GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Scott Davis Mars Simulation Project is an excellent freeware Java program that simulates how a potential human settlement on Mars might operate. The official description sounds too good to be true: “…[the] simulation is a multi-agent artificial society…
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3D Monster Maze
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:J.K. Greye Software GAME PUBLISHER:J.K. Greye Software Copyright 1981, J.K. Greye Software To put across how much this game scares me, I really should gibber uncontrollably for most of this review. If this image entices you, read on. Arguably the best game on the…
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Tumblebugs
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Voxar GAME PUBLISHER:GameTek Copyright 1995, Voxar Tumblebugs is a fun head-to-head action game similar to Atari’s classic Combat. The premise is simple: your goal is to chase and attack the other spaceship around the map until one of you is destroyed. There is a…
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Volcano
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Emmanuel Icart GAME DEVELOPER:Momor Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Momor Productions Volcano is a very fun and unique real-time “god game.” You play a god who could be benevolent (Gaia) or malicious (Thanatos); who either prevent villagers from deadly lava that is flowing from an erupting…
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International Rally Championship
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andrew Morris & Shaun Southern GAME DEVELOPER:Magnetic Fields GAME PUBLISHER:Europress Copyright 1997, Magnetic Fields International Rally Championship is an excellent sequel to Magnetic Fields/Europess’ 1996 Rally Championship, and is the fourth entry in Magnetic Fields’ long line of top-notch rally simulations that began in 1993 with…
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Klondike Moon
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Terraform Software GAME PUBLISHER:Terraform Software Copyright 1997, Terraform Software Klondike Moon (later released as Luna Ticks in Australia only) is a lackluster real-time strategy game that features some innovative units, but poorer-than-average gameplay hampered by a cumbersome interface. Set in the future, you play…
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World League Basketball
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:High Voltage GAME PUBLISHER:Mindscape Copyright 1998, Mindscape World League Basketball is an excellent, comprehensive, and vastly overlooked basketball game from Mindscape. The game has many features that set it apart from most other basketball titles. For starters, WLB lets you play international teams rather…
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SpaceWar
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:B. Seiler & Matthew Russell GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1985, B. Seiler SpaceWar is the first PC port of the first computer game ever made – what more needs to be said? The game was first released for DEC’s PDP-1 computer at MIT in 1960.…
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Battle Wrath
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Scott DeMers GAME DEVELOPER:Cerebral GAME PUBLISHER:Cerebral Copyright 1995, Cerebral Battle Wrath is a lackluster one-on-one SVGA fighting game sold as shareware briefly in 1995 – the first fighting game to use SVGA. The thoroughly average plot goes as follows: after death, great warriors were granted new…
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Siege!
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Edward Dellow GAME DEVELOPER:The Game Commission GAME PUBLISHER:The Game Commission Copyright 1992, The Game Commission Siege! is an interesting and unique board game that plays like a more ‘real-world’ version of Checkers. Your objective in the game is to control the most territory on the board…
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Dark Wizard
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:SEGA GAME PUBLISHER:SEGA Copyright 1994, SEGA Dark Wizard is an excellent and highly underrated fantasy wargame from SEGA. Kyote’s review at RPG Critic says it all about why fans of the genre should take a look at this SEGA CD underdog: “The golden lands…
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Alizarin Tetris
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Kiri Wagstaff & Westley Weimer GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Kiri Wagstaff & Westley Weimer One of the best Tetris clones I have ever come across, Alizarin Tetris (Atris for short) has everything you would want in a Tetris game: customizable colors and block sizes,…
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BZFlag
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chris Schoeneman & Tim Riker GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Chris Schoeneman & Tim Riker BZFlag is a great freeware multiplayer 3D tank battle game that has one of the best “Capture the Flag” gameplay I have seen. The game was first developed in 1992…
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Chromium B.S.U.
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mark Allan GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Mark Allan Chromium B.S.U. is an excellent vertical shooter that requires a 3D card that supports OpenGL. Inspired by classic shooter Raptor, Chromium B.S.U. is similarly fast-paced. The graphics are very nice: very detailed ships and backgrounds that…
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LBreakout 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Micheal Speck GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Micheal Speck One of the best Breakout/Arkanoid clones I have seen, LBreakout2 is a great Windows port of the Linux game of the same name, which is in turn the sequel to LBreakout which was released only for…