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Paintball Party
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Todd Cope GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Todd Cope Paintball Party is a fun multiplayer action game without blood and gore. The goal: annihilate up to 3 other players in a game of paintball, conducted in a furious 4-way split-screen action on the same computer.…
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PacWars2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Antonin Hildebrand & Iain Syme GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Antonin Hildebrand PacWars 2 is a fun multiplayer action game inspired by PacWars, a classic network action game released by Iain Syme in 1991. PacWars2 improves upon the original in many ways by adding better…
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Third World War
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Extreme Entertainment Group GAME PUBLISHER:Extreme Entertainment Group Copyright 1996, Extreme Entertainment Group Arguably the best game ever made for SEGA CD console, Third World War is an excellent game of global politics and economics. The game suffers from the same syndrome that plagues the…
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Virtual Plateau
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jim Albea GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1999, Jim Albea Virtual Plateau is a great freeware PC version of Plateau, a fun and unique board game designed by Jim Albea. The object of this interesting game is to either make a stack of pieces six tall,…
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Invader
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Henry Avetisyan GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Henry Avetisyan Invader is a solid computer implementation of Amazon, an intriguing 2-player board game based on chess invented in 1988 by Walter Zamkauskas of Argentina. In Amazon, one player controls 4 red pieces while the other controls…
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NimSim
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Dartcy Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Dartcy Productions Copyright 2001, Dartcy Productions NimSim is a fun PC version of Nim, one of the oldest mathematics-based 2-player games. The game of Nim is thought to originate in China, and has been the subject of interest for mathematicians and…
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Preben p? Eventyr 2000
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Preben Technologies GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Preben Technologies Preben p? Eventyr 2000 is one of the most addictive 3-minute games I’ve ever come across. You play Preben, a wannabe shooter at the bottom of the screen. Your goal: score as many points as possible…
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Kye
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Colin Garbutt GAME DEVELOPER:Anonymous GAME PUBLISHER:Anonymous Copyright 1992, Colin Garbutt Kye is a fun and addictive brainteaser designed by Colin Garbutt and marketed as shareware in 1992. Your goal is to find all the diamonds on each level. It is not as easy as it sounds,…
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Collex Plus!
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michael Treciokas GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Michael Treciokas Collex Plus! is the “definitive” version of A1 Collex, a fun and unique brainteaser. Your goal is to move your box around the board to collect all the numbered boxes in ascending order, as well as…
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DROD: Architects’ Edition
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Erik Hermansen GAME DEVELOPER:Caravel Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Caravel Software DROD: Architects’ Edition is a superb – and free – updated remake of the maddeningly addictive Deadly Rooms of Death (aka DROD). This is in turn a newer version of Caravel DROD, a freeware version…
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TechnoVenture
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ben Marty GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Ben Marty TechnoVenture is a fun and innovative platformer with strong puzzle elements, similar to classic Apogee games of yore. First released as shareware game for the Amiga, the game was converted to IBM PC in 1997, and…
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Ricochet
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Reflexive Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:Alawar Entertainment Copyright 2002, Reflexive Entertainment No, not just another Breakout clone, for this game by Reflexive Entertainment is one of the most original brick busting games yet. You start the game with a tutorial that slowly teaches you about all…
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Grey Wolf: Hunter of the North Atlantic
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Pro One GAME PUBLISHER:Pro One Copyright 1994, Pro One The submarine sim experts at Subsim.com says it all in a very thorough review about this marginally average, little-known WWII U-boat submarine sim: “The package containing the Grey Wolf – Hunter Of The North Atlantic…
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Football Limited
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Werner Krahe GAME DEVELOPER:Software 2000 GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1995, Software 2000 One of the rarest football games ever made, Football Limited by Software 2000 (released as Bundesliga Manager Hattrick in Germany) deserves to be much better known. Daniel Henriksen at Soccer Games Homepage says it all…
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Bridge Deluxe II with Omar Sharif
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Oxford Softworks GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1996, Oxford Softworks Bridge Deluxe II with Omar Sharif is a superb update of Oxford Softworks’ 1991 Omar Sharif on Bridge, also published by Interplay. Although the most obvious improvements are cosmetics – better graphics and lots of multimedia…
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PC Rally
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Dreams Multimedia GAME PUBLISHER:Digital Dreams Multimedia Copyright 1995, Digital Dreams Multimedia PC Rally is a below average shareware rally racing game from Spain’s Digital Dreams Multimedia. The game lets you drive either a Toyota Celica or a Lancia Delta HF Integrale in 30…
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Trucks
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Microfolies GAME PUBLISHER:Microfolies Copyright 1997, Microfolies Trucks is an interesting driving game that plays like a cross between Interstate ’76, Quarantine, and Terminal Velocity, except not nearly as innovative or fun as any of these games. This futuristic game is set on the planet…
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KartRace (beta)
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Mirinae Software GAME PUBLISHER:Mirinae Software Copyright 1996, Mirinae Software This is a beta version of KartRace, a fun kart racing game that was released only in Korea. The game is identical to the release version in every way except the beta notice. The game…
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Strike Base
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Markus Oberrauter GAME DEVELOPER:Max Design GAME PUBLISHER:Max Design Copyright 1996, Max Design Strike Base is a decent 3D space shooter that features good graphics for its time, created from an unusual mix of Voxel, 3D vector, and bitmap technologies. The typical save-the-world plot: you are pilot…
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College Slam
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sculptured Software GAME PUBLISHER:Acclaim Entertainment Copyright 1996, Sculptured Software College Slam is a fun basketball game that is essentially a carbon copy of Acclaim’s earlier NBA Jam Tournament Edition, except with NCAA teams and players instead of NBA ones. There are some additional features,…
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Bastard Operator from Hell: Servers Under Siege
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Electric Harem GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Electric Harem BOFH: SUS, tapping on the Bastard Operator from Hell legacy, is an overhead shooter game, very much like Tapan Kaikki, or older action “adventures” on 8- and 16-bit systems. To quote the story from readme file:…
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General Admission Sport Pinball: Baseball
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:General Admission GAME PUBLISHER:General Admission Copyright 1996, General Admission General Admission’s Sport Pinball series rank among some of the worst pinball games ever made. This Baseball edition is no exception: the table is boring once you pass the initial “ooh, sport-themed table” novelty in…
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Enchanter
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Marc Blank GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1983, Infocom Enchanter is the first entry in the Enchanter Trilogy, a series set in the Zork universe, except casting you as a magic user than a clueless adventurer. The premise is typical fantasy fare: you are a novice…
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Sorcerer
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Meretzky GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1984, Infocom Although it is the weakest game in the Enchanter Trilogy, Sorcerer is still a fun game that boasts some of the most memorable puzzles in Infocom canon. The game is set a few years after the events…
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Spellbreaker
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dave Lebling GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1985, Infocom After the somewhat disappointing Sorcerer, Infocom’s Enchanter trilogy ends with a spectacular bang in the name of Spellbreaker. This is everything a fantasy adventure should be: well-written, challenging, and satisfying. The only downside to the game I…
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Spiritwrak
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Daniel Yu GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Daniel Yu Spiritwrak is an excellent fanmade game set in Infocom’s Zork universe. Featuring spells from the Enchanter trilogy (which appear as prayers in the game) and the quirky humor of Zork trilogy, Spiritwrak casts you as a…
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Frobozz Magic Support
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Nate Cull GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Nate Cull My favorite fanmade Zork game, Frobozz Magic Support is a charming, hilarious, and entertaining short game set in Infocom’s famous gameworld. It seems the entire Frobozz Magic Company tech support staff has disappeared except for you.…
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Enlightenment
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Taro Ogawa GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1998, Taro Ogawa A well-deserved 5th place winner in the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition, Enlightenment is a fun but tough one-room treasure-hunting puzzle fest set in the Zorkian universe. Duncan Stevens’ comprehensive review at SPAG says it all: “Enlightenment…
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Zork: The Undiscovered Underground
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michael Berlyn & Marc Blank GAME DEVELOPER:Activision GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1997, Activision Zork: The Undiscovered Underground is a fun Zork game designed by ex-Infocom designers Michael Berlyn and Marc Blank, released as freeware to promote the release of Zork: Grand Inquisitor. The game is set in…
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Balances
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Graham Nelson GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1994, Graham Nelson Balances is a charming little fanmade game based on Infocom’s Enchanter games. From Carl Muckenhoupt’s succinct review: “A small unofficial sequel to Infocom’s Enchanter trilogy, based partly on their sample transcripts and partly on the need…
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Witness, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Stu Galley GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1983, Infocom The year, 1938. The place, Los Angeles. A wealthy but paranoid man has asked you, a police detective, for protection. But despite everything you do, the man is killed. Can you find who killed Freeman Linder? The…
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Deadline
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Marc Blank GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1982, Infocom Deadline was the first murder mystery game from Infocom and their third game overall (after Zork I and Zork II). Despite the limitations of an early parser and very difficult puzzles that require multiple restores, Deadline in…
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Suspect
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dave Lebling GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1984, Infocom Infocom’s third murder mystery game no longer puts you in the shoes of a police detective, but a nosy reporter who has been framed with the murder of Veronica Ashcroft, a famous superstar who has been murdered…
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Moonmist
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Stu Galley & Jim Lawrence GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1986, Infocom You are a famous young American detective who has been invited to Tresyllian Castle by your old friend Tamara Lynd. She is being haunted by the Tresyllian ghost, who seems intent on scaring her…
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Starcross
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dave Lebling GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1982, Infocom One of my most favorite sci-fi text adventures, Starcross is yet another masterpiece from Infocom, this time one of their earliest sci-fi releases. In the game, you play a black-hole miner who is captured by a drifting…
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Suspended
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michael Berlyn GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1983, Infocom The other “Expert” level sci-fi game from Infocom (the other being Starcross), Suspended is a unique and ambitious text adventure that suffers from an extremely high difficulty level and awkward implementation of simulation-style gameplay. Infocom introduced many…
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Stationfall
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Meretzky GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1987, Infocom Stationfall is an excellent sequel to classic Planetfall, although it does not have the same charm as its predecessor. The game is set 5 years after the events in Planetfall. Sent in a shuttle on a routine…
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Hollywood Hijinx
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dave Anderson & Liz Cyr-Jones GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1987, Infocom Matthew Murray’s review says it all about this fun, “light” adventure game from Infocom: “Though it could be viewed as simply another treasure hunt game from Infocom, Hollywood Hijinx stood out from the others,…
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Cutthroats
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michael Berlyn & Jerry Wolper GAME DEVELOPER:Infocom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1984, Infocom Matthew Murray’s short review of this underrated Infocom game: “An adventure game with an objective much different than that of typical adventure games, Cutthroats was a treasure hunt of a unique sort, as the…
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In the Days of Knights and Kings
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Softech GAME PUBLISHER:Softech Copyright 1988, Softech In the Days of Knights and Kings is an interesting early strategy game that depicts the events leading up to, and including, the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD that saw William of Normandy crowned king of…
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Stir Crazy Featuring Bobo
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Infogrames GAME PUBLISHER:Infogrames Copyright 1988, Deliege Sepp. Probably the rarest Infogrames game for PC ever made (alongside Sidewalk anyway), Stir Crazy is a nice collection of mini action games based on Bobo, a charming comic created by Belgian artist Paul Deliege. True to the…
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Queen of Hearts Maze Game, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:TexaSoft GAME PUBLISHER:TexaSoft Copyright 1982, TexaSoft The Queen of Hearts Maze Game and Treasure Hunt are two of the earliest commercial maze games, both released in 1982. There is nothing much to say, except that the first game is a top-down ASCII maze game…
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Treasure Hunt
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Ensign Software GAME PUBLISHER:Ensign Software Copyright 1982, Ensign Software The Queen of Hearts Maze Game and Treasure Hunt are two of the earliest commercial maze games, both released in 1982. There is nothing much to say, except that the first game is a top-down…
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Primal Rage
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Frank Kuan GAME DEVELOPER:Time Warner Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Time Warner Interactive Copyright 1995, Time Warner Interactive Chris McMullen of the Games Domain says it all about this excellent conversion of a hit coin-op fighting game: “Primal Rage has the standard plot.. you know the stuff.. ‘wizard’ etc..…
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Space Monopoly
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Vivash GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, David Vivash Space Monopoly is a neat clone of Sid Sackson’s classic Acquire board game with some new twists, although I could find no mention of Acquire at all in the game – which could be either a…
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Ludo
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Arnab Bose GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Arnab Bose Ludo is an excellent computer version of an Indian board game of the same name, which is also known as Parcheesi or Pachisi. In this game in which luck and skill are equally important, up to…
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Center Court Tennis
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Visutech GAME PUBLISHER:Visutech Copyright 1991, Visutech Center Court Tennis is an average tennis game that looks better than most tennis games at the time, but plays much worse than classics like Great Courts 2. All the options you could expect from a tennis game…
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Fate Axis
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:T-Rlam GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, T-Rlam Powered by MatrixEngine, Fate Axis is an excellent – and free- 3D fighting game from Japan. The game sports excellent animations, 6 choosable characters, and plenty of attack moves. The graphics are excellent, although the frame rate is…