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SCUD: Industrial Revolution
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bill Person GAME DEVELOPER:Segasoft GAME PUBLISHER:Segasoft Copyright 1998, Segasoft SCUD: Industrial Revolution is a decent top-down action game based on SCUD: The Disposable Assassin, a wacky and successful comic book hero created by Rob Shrab in 1993. You control SCUD, the yellow coin-operated assassin robot as…
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Min-Ha-To
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Randy Pearson GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Randy Pearson Min-Ha-To is a great PC version of a fun card game of the same name, which is essentially the Korean equivalent of the Japanese game of Hanafuda (or “flower cards” as it is known in the…
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UEFA Champions League 1996/97
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Krisalis GAME PUBLISHER:Philips Media Copyright 1997, Krisalis UEFA Champions League 1996/97 is the first soccer game licensed by UEFA. Released to coincide with UEFA’s 1997 Euro Cup, this 3D soccer game from Krisalis is a fun, highly underrated game that was slightly better known…
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subLOGIC Football
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Quest Inc. GAME PUBLISHER:subLOGIC Copyright 1984, Quest Inc. subLOGIC Football is an oldie American football game developed by Quest Inc. and published by subLOGIC in 1984. The game is very primitive even by 1984 standards. There is only a few teams you can control…
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Cybernoid
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Raffaele Cecco GAME DEVELOPER:Hewson GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Sunteam Cybernoid is an excellent PC remake of a classic Spectrum/Commodore shooter, released by Hewson in 1988. Although it looks like a typical 2D side-scroller, only a few minutes with the game will reveal a well-designed balance between…
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Mille Bornes
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Richard Tom GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1990, Richard Tom Mille Bornes (which means “a thousand milestones” in French) is an excellent PC game based on a popular French card game of the same name. Brief rules from CentralConnector.com: “Mille Bornes is a card game for…
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F1 Manager Professional
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Software 2000 GAME PUBLISHER:Software 2000 Copyright 1997, Software 2000 F1 Manager Professional is an excellent, comprehensive, and highly underrated F1 manager game by German developer Software 2000. The game lets you control every aspect of F1 team management, from manufacturing and financing, to race…
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Total Football Management
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Software 2000 GAME PUBLISHER:Europress Copyright 1997, Software 2000 Total Football Management (known as Bundesliga Manager 97 in Germany) is the sixth entry in Software 2000’s long line of excellent football management games that started with The Manager in 1992. As with other entries in…
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Cybermercs
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Impact GAME PUBLISHER:Digital Impact Copyright 1999, Digital Impact Cybermercs is a decent Diablo-style action/RPG hybrid that is disappointingly too shallow to appeal to fans of either camp. You controls cybernetically-enhanced mercenaries who has been recruited – naturally – by a government in its…
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Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Saffire GAME PUBLISHER:Midway Copyright 1998, Saffire Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. is a little known, competent PC version of Midway’s Playstation and N64 game of the same name. Although the game is far from classics like the Tekken series, it is still much better than the horrible…
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Last Bronx
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:SEGA GAME PUBLISHER:SEGA Copyright 1998, SEGA Last Bronx is a decent fighting game from SEGA that is a lot of fun, although it is not as good as Virtua Fighter series. Edward Fielding of the Games Domain says it all in his review: “A…
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Stocks & Shares
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Travis Spomer GAME DEVELOPER:Green Eclipse GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Green Eclipse Stocks & Shares is a fun and free bite-sized stock market simulation – meaning that a complete game won’t take you more than a few minutes to complete. The realism can’t be compared with true…
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Tournament Dreams
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:.400 Software Studios GAME PUBLISHER:.400 Software Studios Copyright 2003, .400 Software Studios .400 Studios’ Tournament Dreams is the most complete college basketball simulation to come along in ages. 320 American universities complete with recruitment budgets, pre- and post-season tournaments and academic suspensions. Though clearly…
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Mean Cuisine
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Derek Yu & Jon Perry GAME DEVELOPER:Blackeye Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Blackeye Software Mean Cuisine is another quality freeware gem from Blackeye Software, makers of the outstanding Eternal Daughter. This time, they brought us not another epic platformer, but a nice Pac-Man-style game. The designer’s…
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Twisted Metal 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:SingleTrac GAME PUBLISHER:Sony Interactive Copyright 1996, SingleTrac The second in the Twisted Metal series of car combat games, and the last to be developed by SingleTrac, Twisted Metal 2 is considered by most of its fans to be the pinnacle of the series. Combat…
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Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:NicK Hagger GAME DEVELOPER:Blue Tongue GAME PUBLISHER:MicroProse Copyright 2000, Blue Tongue Squad-based real-time strategy games are, for the most part, a rare lot. Only this, Commandos and Ground Control really spring to mind. Well, Gunlok, too, but I only thought of that because I can see…
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Radio Zonde
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Anonymous Radio Zonde is a good-looking vertical shooter made by the design team of Dogma, a great fighting game you can find on this site. Although the graphics is excellent and the gameplay very smooth, Radio Zonde is unfortunately…
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Legend of the Seven Paladins
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Accend GAME PUBLISHER:Accend Copyright 1994, Accend One of the most elusive FPS games ever, Legend of the Seven Paladins (a.k.a. Rock ‘n Shaolin) is a decent Taiwanese FPS coded with Ken Silverman’s Build Engine. The game’s developer Accend apparently used the Engine illegally as…
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ZugyA
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sprite GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Sprite ZugyA is another excellent freeware shooter from Sprite, one of Japan’s oldest freeware developing team who was behind Vampire, a great Castlevania clone. Although the game’s graphics is not as sharp as GunViper or Amanagi, ZugyA has plenty…
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Second Age
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Anno Room GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Anno Room Second Age is an excellent 3D giant robot (“mechas” in Japanese) action game set in space. The game offers excellent mecha designs, fun gameplay, and a variety of modes including Story, Practice, and 2-player. You can…
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Vampire
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sprite GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Sprite Vampire is a great fanmade Castlevania-inspired game from Sprite, one of Japan’s oldest freeware developers. The game plays remarkably similar to Konami’s classic, except you now control a heroine. Armed with a whip similar to Konami’s hero, you…
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Xadlak Plus
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sprite GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1997, Sprite Xadlak Plus is a very fun horizontal shooter from Japan, featuring excellent illusion of depth, parallax scrolling, and plenty of cool enemies and backdrops. Despite heavily ‘borrowing’ from other shooters (most notably Gradius series) and some pixellation of…
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Laser Chess
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Eric Tucker & Mike Duppong GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Eric Tucker Laser Chess is an excellent Java fanmade version of a fun chess variant of the same name that first appeared on the Atari ST in the April 1987 issue of Compute! magazine as…
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MaxIt
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:P. Leabo GAME DEVELOPER:IBM GAME PUBLISHER:IBM Copyright 1982, P. Leabo MaxIt is a nicely coded DOS version of a fun two-player board game of the same name. This turn-based board game plays on an 8×8 grid as follows: each cell on the board contains a number…
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Think Quick!
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Leslie Grimm & Sid Weber GAME DEVELOPER:Learning Company, The GAME PUBLISHER:Learning Company, The Copyright 1987, Learning Company, The From MobyGames’ description: “A dragon has taken over the Castle of Mystikar. To defeat the dragon, you must find the parts to build an enchanted knight which are…
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Seawolf
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) GAME PUBLISHER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) Copyright 1982, International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) Seawolf is a decent BASIC game released by IPCO, the first PC publication, way back in 1982. You are the captain of a submarine who is…
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Xwing Fighter
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) GAME PUBLISHER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) Copyright 1982, International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) XWing Fighter is a decent BASIC game released by IPCO, the first PC publication, way back in 1982. You are an X-Wing pilot leading an attack…
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Rocket Lander
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:IBM GAME PUBLISHER:IBM Copyright 1982, IBM Rocket Lander is a good – but very rare – conversion of the hit arcade game Lunar Lander. From Mobygames’ description: “The object of the game is to land a space craft on the landing pad while avoiding…
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Girlfriend Construction Set
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tom Scheffler GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1989, Tom Scheffler Girlfriend Construction Set is an interesting early “girlfriend simulation” program that isn’t realistic (I doubt we could ever be able to simulate human relationship realistically in a game – let alone with 1989 technology), but is…
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Droids
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) GAME PUBLISHER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) Copyright 1982, International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) Droids is a neat little action/strategy game for one to four players that plays like a cross between Pac-Man and the old board game MaxIt. The…
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Black Box (IPCO)
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) GAME PUBLISHER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) Copyright 1982, International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) Black Box is an early PC version of a 1978 Parker Brothers board game of the same name that emphasizes logical deduction. Sort of a 3D…
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Oil Barons (Epyx)
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tom Glass GAME DEVELOPER:Epyx GAME PUBLISHER:Epyx Copyright 1983, Tom Glass One of the rarest Epyx games ever made, Oil Barons is a fun turn-based business strategy game for one to eight players. From Mobygames’ description: “…[the] object of the game is to accumulate the most wealth…
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Vegas Bandit
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Computer Specialties GAME PUBLISHER:Computer Specialties Copyright 1994, Computer Specialties Vegas Bandit is a decent slot machine simulation. The game is very simple: you start the game with 100 coins, and can bet 1 to 3 coins each time. After betting, click on the handle…
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Reader Rabbit
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Learning Company, The GAME PUBLISHER:Learning Company, The Copyright 1989, Learning Company, The One of The Learning Company’s early edutainment classics, Reader Rabbit is a fun and timeless game designed to teach 3-7 kids reading and spelling skills. There are four different word games to…
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Wizard’s Castle, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) GAME PUBLISHER:International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) Copyright 1981, International PC Owners Inc. (IPCO) A very primitive early text-only RPG, The Wizard’s Castle is another release by IPCO, the world’s first publication for PC. From MobyGames’ description: “…A long time…
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AeroStyle
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Takas GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Takas AeroStyle is an excellent freeform aerial combat shooter that sports a very intuitive mouse-driven interface, crisp SVGA graphics, and fun gameplay. Your goal in the game is simply to pilot a biplane similar to Sopwith and kill everything…
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Strain
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Eric Zimmerman GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Eric Zimmerman An interesting action game, Strain is an artificial-life inspired game developed by Eric Zimmerman with Peter Berry, John Sharp, and Patrick Heilman. The official blurb: “[using] the keyboard as a physical object (rather than as a…
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Survival
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:InterActive Vision GAME PUBLISHER:InterActive Vision Copyright 1995, InterActive Vision Survival is an obscure post-apocalyptic strategy game from InterActive Vision that deserves to be much better known. Set in a bleak post-nuclear war world, your job is to take a band of ragtag survivors out…
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Hexodus Chess
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Grzegorz Sidorowicz GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Grzegorz Sidorowicz Hexodus Chess is a very nice PC implementation of hexagon chess, a difficult chess variant that is most popular in Eastern Europe. The game is basically chess played on a hexagonal board. Needless to say, this…
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Jetpac PC
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Ultimate Play the Game GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Anonymous Jetpac PC is an excellent PC remake of Jetpac, one of the best action games made for the Spectrum ZX computer. Similar to good old Atari classics of yore, your goal in the game is…
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Power Surge
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:MicroValue GAME PUBLISHER:MicroValue Copyright 1998, MicroValue Power Surge is a decent drag racing game from MicroStyle. An exciting sport that is unfortunately not simulated enough by racing games, drag racing is a contest of acceleration and raw speed between two cars over a distance…
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Reiner Knizia’s Samurai
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Reiner Knizia & David Adams GAME DEVELOPER:Klear Games GAME PUBLISHER:Klear Games Copyright 2003, Klear Games One of the best board game conversions I have ever seen, Reiner Knizia’s Samurai is a superb PC version of Samurai, a great abstract board game by Reiner Knizia released simultaneously…
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Gorilla 2: The Return
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dani Julien & Matthew Zacharias GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Dani Julien & Matthew Zacharias Gorilla 2: The Return is a superb fanmade sequel to Gorilla, Microsoft’s classic QBASIC game in which two gorillas fought to the death atop city buildings with explosive bananas. This…
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No Respect
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Appeal Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1997, Appeal Entertainment No Respect is a fun 3D action game from Appeal, published by OCEAN. In the game, you play a mercenary who flies a futuristic hovercraft-style vehicle in a fight against other mercenaries. Your goal is to…
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Leo the Lion
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Leryx Longsoft GAME PUBLISHER:Flair Copyright 1997, Leryx Longsoft Leo the Lion is a below average platformer from Poland starring – well, Leo the lion. Think of the game as Disney’s Lion King, minus good cartoons and interesting gameplay. So what is left? A hodgepodge…
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Mahjong House 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Anonymous GAME PUBLISHER:Anonymous Copyright 1995, Anonymous Mahjong House 2 is a fun Japanese-style Mahjong game from Japan. This is not the solitaire tile-removal game known in the West, but the Chinese multiplayer game that plays similar to Rummy. The difference between this version and…