Classic Personal Computer (PC) Games

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  • Crazy Nick’s Pick: Leisure Suit Larry Casino

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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 1993, Sierra On-Line Sierra’s adventure games have always included little arcade sequences that, for the most part, offer a fun diversion from puzzles at hand. Crazy Nick’s Picks games are collections of these games-within-a-game with a budget price…

  • Crazy Nick’s Pick: Parlor Games with Laura Bow

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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 1993, Sierra On-Line Sierra’s adventure games have always included little arcade sequences that, for the most part, offer a fun diversion from puzzles at hand. Crazy Nick’s Picks games are collections of these games-within-a-game with a budget price…

  • Crazy Nick’s Pick: Robin Hood’s Game of Skill and Chance

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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 1993, Sierra On-Line Sierra’s adventure games have always included little arcade sequences that, for the most part, offer a fun diversion from puzzles at hand. Crazy Nick’s Picks games are collections of these games-within-a-game with a budget price…

  • Crazy Nick’s Pick: Roger Wilco’s Spaced Out Game Pack

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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 1993, Sierra On-Line Sierra’s adventure games have always included little arcade sequences that, for the most part, offer a fun diversion from puzzles at hand. Crazy Nick’s Picks games are collections of these games-within-a-game with a budget price…

  • Creepers

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Vestergaard & Michael Hiebert GAME DEVELOPER:Destiny Software Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Psygnosis Copyright 1993, Destiny Software Productions At first glance it would be easy to mistake Creepers for a Lemmings clone. Chunky, colourful graphics, toe-tapping music, levels dotted with pistons, flaming torches and obstacles for a six-pixel…

  • Crime and Punishment

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chris Newman GAME DEVELOPER:Mindscape GAME PUBLISHER:Mindscape Copyright 1984, Mindscape Most likely the only courtroom simulation in existence that lets you be the judge as opposed to the lawyers, Crime and Punishment is a unique and intriguing sim that is a result of many years of research…

  • Crime City

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steven Redpath GAME DEVELOPER:Impressions GAME PUBLISHER:Impressions Copyright 1993, Impressions This is a neat little adventure game that was released only in Europe with little fanfare. As the prodigal son whose father was arrested for crime he didn’t commit, it’s up to you to track down the…

  • Crime Does Not Pay

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Titus GAME PUBLISHER:Titus Copyright 1991, Titus Crime Does Not Pay is a fun platform game that is best described as a cross between King of Chicago and Disney’s Dick Tracy. Your goal as the mafia, strangely enough, is to get yourself elected as the…

  • Crime Fighter

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Peter Steffen GAME DEVELOPER:Steffen Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1999, Steffen Software Definitely the best gangster game I’ve ever played and one of the best shareware games ever, Crime Fighter is a game for up to 4 players where the objective is to commit as many crimes…

  • Crime Time

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Starbyte GAME PUBLISHER:Starbyte Copyright 1993, Starbyte Yet another casualty of the “good idea, bad execution” syndrome, Crime Time has an interesting (if overused) plot: framed for a murder and trapped in a hotel with a friend, you must find the real killer and clear…

  • Crisis in The Kremlin

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Larry Barbu GAME DEVELOPER:Spectrum Holobyte GAME PUBLISHER:Spectrum Holobyte Copyright 1991, Spectrum Holobyte Here’s your chance to prove Gorbachev right — or wrong. Your initial choice as either Ligachov, Yeltsin, or Gorbachov affects your initial posture in domestic and foreign policy which you can adjust at any…

  • Crossbow: Legend of William Tell

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Absolute Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:Absolute Entertainment Copyright 1989, Absolute Entertainment A fun, mindless shooting game that should be considered a true ancestor of today’s inexplicably famous 3D hunting games, gameplay Crossbow is simple: shoot anything that moves on the screen. You star the legendary archer…

  • Cruise for a Corpse

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Philippe Chastel & Paul Cuisset GAME DEVELOPER:Delphine Software GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1991, Delphine Software Cruise for a Corpse is a fun murder mystery that is long on presentation but short on gameplay. The plot is heavily inspired by Agatha Christie’s Murder on The Nile: the game…

  • Crusade in Europe

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Sid Meier & Ed Bever GAME DEVELOPER:MicroProse GAME PUBLISHER:MicroProse Copyright 1987, Firaxis Conflict in Vietnam, Crusade in Europe, and Decision in The Desert are three outstanding wargames, collectively released as “Command Series,” remain to this day some of the most well-balanced and fun wargames ever made.…

  • Crystal Maze

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Sean Fausett & Nick Westgate GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Jellyfish Design GAME PUBLISHER:Sherston Copyright 1993, Sherston A good multiplayer puzzle contest game based on an underrated British game show in the early ’90s, up to 16 players compete in Crystal Maze to be the first to get out…

  • Crystals of Arborea

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Silmarils GAME PUBLISHER:Silmarils Copyright 1990, Silmarils The precursor to highly successful Isharseries, Crystals of Arborea‘s story is Waterworld meets AD&D: as prince of Arborea, last refuge in the submerged world, embark on a quest to find 4 crystals and defeat the evil Morgoth to…

  • Cubulus

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Software 2000 GAME PUBLISHER:Software 2000 Copyright 1991, Software 2000 A fun variation of popular Rubik’s Cube, Cubulus features attractive graphics and simple yet potentially addictive gameplay. The goal is simple: use the up and down arrow keys next to each row of colored blocks…

  • Curse of Enchantia

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Robert Toone & Ian Sabine GAME DEVELOPER:Core Design GAME PUBLISHER:Core Design Copyright 1992, Core Design A good example of the “good concept butchered by poor execution” syndrome, Curse of Enchantia‘s only feature that is worth mentioning is the fact that it was one of the first…

  • Curses

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Graham Nelson GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1995, Graham Nelson This is the finest work of IF which I have played since Trinity, bar none. Curses is perhaps the most “literate” work of IF to come along in years. I really cannot say enough good things…

  • Custer’s Last Command

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jeff Lapkoff GAME DEVELOPER:Incredible Simulations, Inc. (ISI) GAME PUBLISHER:Incredible Simulations, Inc. (ISI) Copyright 1995, Incredible Simulations, Inc. (ISI) It was hot that day. With the temperature hovering near 100 degrees, the thin blue line of cavalry troopers moved in a northwesterly direction. Just off a forced…

  • Cyber Empire

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Denis Dyack & Rick Goertz GAME DEVELOPER:Silicon Knights GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1992, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Better known as Steel Empire in Europe, which sold better than its US incarnation, Cyber Empire is a fun sci-fi strategy game that combines furious tactical combat…

  • Cybercon III

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Assembly Line, The GAME PUBLISHER:US Gold Copyright 1992, US Gold Yet another classic Amiga game that failed miserably on the PC, Cybercon III is a fun futuristic shooter that features a vast array of high-tech gadgets despite a hackneyed plot. Your job: shut down…

  • Cybergenic Ranger

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michele Culp & Herb Ledebohm GAME DEVELOPER:Symtus GAME PUBLISHER:Symtus Copyright 1990, Symtus Trixter bashes this marginally underrated game so well at MobyGames that I’d like to quote it verbatim (and yes, I agree with him 100%): “Cybergenic Ranger bears my dubious title of “game that should…

  • Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Brad Gour & Don Mattrick GAME DEVELOPER:Accolade GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1989, Accolade Based on Grand Prix Circuit‘s engine, The Cycles was revolutionary for its time: it was the only motorcycle game at the time with a first-person perspective. Accolade continues its strong point in graphics, as…

  • Cylindrix

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tony Thibault GAME DEVELOPER:Goldtree Enterprises GAME PUBLISHER:SoftDisk Publishing Copyright 1996, Goldtree Enterprises Cylindrix is a 3-on-3 combat game with 360 degrees of freedom that is similar to Spectre VR but with a wider variety of ships, as well as the addition of drivers. Attack and be…

  • Cytron Masters

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dani Bunten GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1980, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Designer extraordinaire Dani (nee Dan) Bunten’s third game for SSI is Cytron Masters, a fun futuristic 2-player strategy game that not only pushes the Apple II’s hardware to…

  • D.R.A.G.O.N. Force

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Interstel GAME PUBLISHER:Interstel Copyright 1989, Interstel An average squad-level tactical game, D.R.A.G.O.N. Force is Interstel’s attempt to apply the same level of complex and realism used in Starfleet games to small-arms tactics . The result is mixed: while the game is decidedly more realistic…

  • D/Generation

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Robert Cook GAME DEVELOPER:Mindscape GAME PUBLISHER:Mindscape Copyright 1991, Mindscape D/Generation is a fun puzzle/adventure hybrid that looks similar to Mindscape’s earlier underdog Contraption Zack, although it’s based on a different engine. The puzzle focus of Zack gave way this time to stronger emphasis on plot and…

  • Daemonsgate

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Imagitec Design GAME PUBLISHER:GameTek Copyright 1993, Imagitec Design One of the few underdogs that failed commercially despite an ambitious marketing campaign… which in this case includes a 30-min “The Making of Daemonsgate” video with the first copies.. mine still works . The game really…

  • Dame was Loaded, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Beam International GAME PUBLISHER:Philips Media Copyright 1995, Beam International In case you’re wondering (like I did), this is the same Beam Software that published Melbourne House’s adventure games back in the ’80s. Too bad not many people in the U.S. knows of this fun…

  • Dance of the Planet 2.0

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:ARC Software GAME PUBLISHER:ARC Software Copyright 1990, ARC Software Easily the best astronomy software ever until its later versions and Maris’ Redshift 3, Dance of the Planets was recommended by my astronomy professor. It’s a surprisingly versatile program, given its small size, that is…

  • Dark Castle

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Lane Roathe GAME DEVELOPER:Eldridge Games GAME PUBLISHER:Three-Sixty Pacific Copyright 1987, Eldridge Games MobyGames says it all: “Dark Castle is a platform game that relies more on timing and careful planning than quick reflexes and shooting things. It’s clever–a thinking man’s platformer. One thing that contributes to…

  • Dark Century

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Taito GAME PUBLISHER:Taito Copyright 1990, Taito Taito’s Dark Century is a retro perspective on team deathmatch, offering you the chance to pit your team of tanks against another human or an AI opponent. Bots on your team are minutely configurable. Speed, attack patterns, and…

  • Dark Eye, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Russell Lees GAME DEVELOPER:inSCAPE GAME PUBLISHER:Time Warner Interactive Copyright 1996, inSCAPE Important note: The download here is NOT a zip file – you have to rename it first – please read the Technical Notes below after you download! Sorry to put this in the review text,…

  • Dark Heart of Uukrul

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ian Boswell GAME DEVELOPER:Brderbund GAME PUBLISHER:Brderbund Copyright 1990, Brderbund Arguably one of the best RPGs ever, this game has managed to somehow be excluded from every single Hall of Fame lists. Dark Heart of Uukrul rivals the best RPGs out there! Turn-based combat with great (albeit…

  • Dark Legions

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Denis Dyack & Rick Goertz GAME DEVELOPER:Silicon Knights GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1994, Silicon Knights The last game Silicon Knights produced for SSI is reminiscent of SSI’s own Archon and Archon Ultra, but with even better gameplay and more strategic options. Command a fantasy…

  • Dark Seed

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Cyberdreams GAME PUBLISHER:Cyberdreams Copyright 1992, Cyberdreams One of the most memorable (and few) science fiction- horror games ever released, Dark Seed is an interesting horror/scifi story based on the haunting artwork of H.R. Giger, creator of Aliens. As writer Mike Dawson, you must travel…

  • Dark Side, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Incentive GAME PUBLISHER:Domark Copyright 1991, Incentive After the success with Driller, Incentive continued to improve its 3D Freescape engine with this fun sci-fi action/adventure set on planet Tricuspid. To prevent the destruction of your world Evath, you must cripple a huge laser device by…

  • Darklands

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Arnold Hendrick GAME DEVELOPER:MicroProse GAME PUBLISHER:MicroProse Copyright 1992, MicroProse One of the very best RPGs ever produced, and definitely the BEST historical RPG ever, Darklands was unfortunately plagued with a slew of bugs when it was first released, many of which could critically damage system files.…

  • DarkSpyre

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Event Horizon GAME PUBLISHER:Binary Zoo Copyright 1990, Event Horizon Dreamforge’s first game as Event Horizon is a solid overhead RPG that deftly combines real-time action and physical puzzles (e.g. traps, switches) with traditional RPG gaming. The plot which involves arcane artifacts and the usual…

  • Das Boot

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Rich Banks & Paul Butler GAME DEVELOPER:Artech GAME PUBLISHER:Three-Sixty Pacific Copyright 1992, Artech A quirky action-oriented sub simulation that’s disappointing given Three-Sixty’s expertise in realistic wargames and reputation established with Harpoon. Although Three-Sixty obviously tries to imbue the game with realism, the game comes across as…

  • Daughter of the Serpent

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Eldritch Games GAME PUBLISHER:Millennium Copyright 1992, Eldritch Games Created by the same team that brought us atmospheric text adventure The Hound of Shadow, Daughter of the Serpent suffers from almost nonexistent puzzles and short length. Nevertheless, the plot, which involves ancient Egyptian curse and…

  • David Leadbetter’s Greens

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:MicroProse GAME PUBLISHER:MicroProse Copyright 1993, MicroProse Yet another diversification effort that was very underrated, Greens is MicroProse’s answer to the question: How do you compete with legendary golf sims Links and Jack Nicklaus? MicroProse signed up one of the best golf instructors around and…

  • David Wolf: Secret Agent

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Damon Slye GAME DEVELOPER:Dynamix GAME PUBLISHER:Dynamix Copyright 1990, Dynamix This early Dynamix game is a “cinematic” adventure reminiscent of Cinemaware games of yore, starring you as secret agent David Wolf. Gameplay borrows heavily from classic James Bond movies, but are well implemented thanks to designer Damon…

  • Day of the Viper

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Accolade GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1989, Accolade This fun action game puts you in command of Viper, a futuristic droid sent to capture a space army base back from GAR, a computer sentient gone berzerk (not unlike System Shock‘s Shodan). Your task is to find…

  • Deadly Rooms of Death

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Erik Hermansen GAME DEVELOPER:Webfoot Technologies GAME PUBLISHER:Webfoot Technologies Copyright 1996, Webfoot Technologies A fantastic but unfortunately very rare shareware puzzler, Deadly Rooms of Death consists of hundreds of rooms of insanely difficult puzzles. The idea is simple: you control a man with a sword that can…

  • Death Gate

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Glen Dahlgren GAME DEVELOPER:Legend Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:Legend Entertainment Copyright 1994, Legend Entertainment Death Gate is a great fantasy adventure based on best-selling novels by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. As young Haplo, member of the despised Patryn race, you are tasked with finding all pieces of…

  • Decision in the Desert

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Sid Meier & Ed Bever GAME DEVELOPER:MicroProse GAME PUBLISHER:MicroProse Copyright 1987, Firaxis Conflict in Vietnam, Crusade in Europe, and Decision in The Desert are three outstanding wargames, collectively released as “Command Series,” remain to this day some of the most well-balanced and fun wargames ever made.…

  • Deep Space: Operation Copernicus

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Paul Neurath GAME DEVELOPER:Sir-Tech GAME PUBLISHER:Sir-Tech Copyright 1987, Sir-Tech Deep Space: Operation Copernicus was the first 3D space shooter game I’ve played– it has neither good plot nor long campaign games but it *does* offer many enemy types and diverse mission objective. This was the first…

  • Defend The Alamo

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jeff Lapkoff GAME DEVELOPER:Incredible Simulations, Inc. (ISI) GAME PUBLISHER:Incredible Simulations, Inc. (ISI) Copyright 1994, Incredible Simulations, Inc. (ISI) At 4 am, the lone bugler stirred. He could lie still in the Texas cold no longer. He arose and faced the forbidding walls 250 yards away. A…