Classic Personal Computer (PC) Games

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  • Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Z-Axis GAME PUBLISHER:Acclaim Entertainment Copyright 2000, Z-Axis In the rarefied world of BMX racing, Dave “Miracle Boy” Mirra is a living legend in the extreme sports community. It is fitting, therefore, that Acclaim’s Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX successfully captures both his talents and the…

  • Hermit’s Secret

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Temple Software GAME PUBLISHER:Temple Software Copyright 1982, Temple Software The Phantom’s Revenge, Hermit’s Secret, and Castle Elsinore are three early pieces of IF from Temple Software that are of very little value except for its age . Hermit’s Secretis very similar to Colossal Cave:…

  • Subspace

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jeff Petersen & Rod Humble GAME DEVELOPER:Virgin Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1998, Jeff Petersen & Rod Humble One of the best – if not THE best – modern remake of Atari’s classic Asteroids, Subspace takes the concept and makes it even more addictive by turning it…

  • Bedlam 2: Absolute Bedlam

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Mirage GAME PUBLISHER:GT Interactive Copyright 1997, Mirage Bedlam 2: Absolute Bedlam is a better sequel to Bedlam, a decent isometric shooter in the same style as Crusader: No Remorse. Bedlam looks similar to Domark’s Total Mayhem at first glance. However, the units’ AI in…

  • FrontLine

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Metallic Clover GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Metallic Clover FrontLine is a fun platformer that plays like Abuse with stickmen. The basic premise is simple: shoot all the enemy stickmen who appear on the screen. You start the game with a gun and a few…

  • Douglas Circumstance

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Riko GAME DEVELOPER:Fallen Angel Industries GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Fallen Angel Industries Douglas Circumstance is an excellent anime-style platformer that will appeal to anyone who misses the days of 8-bit consoles. Darren McLeod’s review at Total Klik says it all: “If any of you grew up…

  • Afterburner 3D

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Brodaroda GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Brodaroda Afterburner 3D is an excellent fanmade remake of SEGA’s classic first-person shooter Afterburner. The game features excellent 3D graphics, great special effects, and even a nice soundtrack to round things off. Like Afterburner, your objective is simply to…

  • River Run

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Run Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Run Productions Copyright 1996, Run Productions River Run is a fun vertical scrolling shooter from Run Productions that plays like a modern remake of Activision’s River Raid, although there is no acknowledgement anywhere in the game. Your objective: fly a jet…

  • Butterfly 660

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Syndicate Studios GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Syndicate Studios Butterfly 660 is a fun freeware platformer that does what very few action games have tried to do: offer a solid storyline that develops as you play, with intriguing plot twists along the way. Unfortunately, this…

  • SnowCross

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Vicarious Visions GAME PUBLISHER:Wanadoo Copyright 2000, Vicarious Visions Snowcross is an above-average snowmobile racing game from Wanadoo. While it is not as fun as Konami’s popular line of snowboarding games, it is still a fun game that introduces a few interesting innovations in the…

  • Classic Basic Games

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Anthony Wood & David Ahl GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Anthony Wood This is a real blast from the past 🙂 Anthony Wood of AW Software has kindly programmed and released, for free of charge, a wonderful Microsoft BASIC interpreter for Windows 95 and above.…

  • Chair Chaser

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Anonymous One of the most unique racing games you will ever come across, Chair Chaser is an intriguing freeware game from a team of students at Konami’s computer gaming school in Japan’s Osaka (which is Japan’s equivalent of Digipen,…

  • Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Davide D’Aversa & Francesco Iorio GAME DEVELOPER:ProGraph Research GAME PUBLISHER:GotGame Entertainment Copyright 2002, ProGraph Research Here’s a riddle. What do you get when you cross an underappreciated detective who believes in aliens, Halloween Night, stolen candy, a kidnapped purple dog (actually a Tapir), and high-grade hijinks…

  • Lost Eden

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Cryo Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Virgin Interactive Copyright 1996, Cryo Interactive Paleontologists and scientists alike have researched the existence of the dinosaurs. From time to time, it has been theorized and speculated about what would have happened if man and dinosaur had co-existed on the earth.…

  • Nicky Boom

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Micro?ds GAME PUBLISHER:Micro?ds Copyright 1992, Micro?ds Nicky Boom and Nicky Boom 2 are two average platformers from Micro?ds, one of the oldest French companies in the business. Similar to WizKid or Soccer Kid, here you control a little kid as he makes his way…

  • Nicky Boom 2

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Micro?ds GAME PUBLISHER:Micro?ds Copyright 1993, Micro?ds Nicky Boom and Nicky Boom 2 are two average platformers from Micro?ds, one of the oldest French companies in the business. Similar to WizKid or Soccer Kid, here you control a little kid as he makes his way…

  • Dark Fall

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jonathan Boakes GAME DEVELOPER:XXv Productions GAME PUBLISHER:XXv Productions Copyright 2002, XXv Productions One of the best adventure games I have ever played, Dark Fall is also one of the very few games billed as “horror” titles that manage to be really scary. Essentially a one-man, self-published…

  • General Admission Sport Pinball: Basketball

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    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. Each game in the series presents one sport-themed table, and gets boring once you pass the initial “ooh, sport-themed table”…

  • General Admission Sport Pinball: Football

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    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. Each game in the series presents one sport-themed table, and gets boring once you pass the initial “ooh, sport-themed table”…

  • General Admission Sport Pinball: Ice Hockey

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    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. Each game in the series presents one sport-themed table, and gets boring once you pass the initial “ooh, sport-themed table”…

  • Duck City

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Alan Snow GAME DEVELOPER:Domestic Funk Productions GAME PUBLISHER:BMG Interactive Copyright 1996, Domestic Funk Productions Duck City is a wacky and fun collection of 6 action and puzzle games designed for kids of all ages. Designed by Alan Snow, creator of P.A.W.S, a wonderful “dog simulator” and…

  • Spud!

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Charybdis Limited GAME PUBLISHER:Alternative Copyright 1996, Charybdis Limited Roundly criticized by many reviewers as one of the worst adventure games ever made, Spud! is actually a pretty decent point-and-click 3D cartoon adventure from UK developer Charybdis Limited. Similar to Zork Nemesis, the game features…

  • Mega Maze

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:CapDisc GAME PUBLISHER:Philips Media Copyright 1996, CapDisc Mega Maze is a decent PC version of an underrated puzzle game of the same name which was published by Philips Media in 1995 for its short-lived CDi console. Your goal in the game is to guide…

  • Thexder 95

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Synergistic Software GAME PUBLISHER:Sierra On-Line Copyright 1995, Game Arts & Synergistic Software Thexder 95 is an excellent modern remake of the 1987 classic platformer that was developed by Japan’s Game Arts and published by Sierra in the West. The general play mechanics are left…

  • Hyper 3-D Pinball

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:NMS Software GAME PUBLISHER:Virgin Interactive Copyright 1996, NMS Software Hyper 3-D Pinball is a fun pinball game with 6 well-designed tables, each with its own theme. Marketed as Tilt! in Europe, the game featues beautifully rendered graphics with ball-lock video animations and multiple views.…

  • S.T.O.R.M.

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:ASC Games GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1996, ASC Games S.T.O.R.M. is a horrendous 3D underwater action game developed by ASC Games back when they were known as American Softworks. Your goal in this sci-fi action fest is simple: kill everything in sight by piloting…

  • Panzer General III: Scorched Earth

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:UBI Soft Copyright 1999, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Panzer General III: Scorched Earth is an excellent entry in SSI’s Panzer General series. The game continues to use the gorgeous 3D engine that powers Panzer General 3D Assault, but features…

  • Blow Up

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Eurosoft GAME PUBLISHER:Eurosoft Copyright 1988, Eurosoft Blow Up is a below-average clone of Boulderdash from UK-based Eurosoft, who released a number of games for the MSX computer in mid-1980s. The game is the same dig-the-path gameplay you have seen in Boulderdash, mixed with a…

  • 2 Fast 4 U

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Greenwood Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:Greenwood Entertainment Copyright 1996, Greenwood Entertainment 2 Fast 4 U is an average futuristic racing game from German developer Greenwood Entertainment. Although the VGA graphics looks nice and the music decent, the game suffers from bad physics and lackluster track design.…

  • Castle of the Winds

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Rick Saada GAME DEVELOPER:Epic Megagames GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1993, Rick Saada Castle of the Winds is a fun graphical Roguelike RPG designed by Rick Saada and published as shareware by Epic-Megagames. The game contains 2 episodes: the first was titled “A Question of Vengeance” and is…

  • Rings of Power

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jason Rubin & Andy Gavin GAME DEVELOPER:Naughty Dog GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1991, Naughty Dog Rings of Power is one of the rare isometric RPGs on SEGA Genesis (Megadrive in Europe) that is much more similar to computer RPGs than typical console fare. It also happens…

  • Space Conquest

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:John Kinkead GAME DEVELOPER:Starsoft Development GAME PUBLISHER:ComputerEasy Copyright 1990, Starsoft Development Space Conquest is a fun, albeit very obscure, 4X strategy game from Starsoft and ComputerEasy. The plot, according to description, is as follows: “…[it] is the year 2112. You are the captain of a colonization…

  • Carax ’95

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Bio_100% GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1998, Bio_100% Carax ’95 is a fun retro-style vertical shooter designed by Bio_100%, one of Japan’s oldest freeware design group (they also developed WinDepth, reviewed on this site). Carax ’95 resembles Galaxian and Space Invaders, in that you basically wait…

  • Acter World

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Zac Soft GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Zac Soft Acter World is a fun freeware clone of Taito’s classic Bubble Bobble. You control Princess Lina, who must kill all the enemies who have invaded the royal palace. You are equipped with a magical ring that…

  • Cash Invaders

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bas deReuver GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Bas deReuver In the crowded arena of Space Invaders clones (there must be hundreds of them floating around the WWW), Cash Invaders stands out from the rest with sheer size and playability. Inspired not only by Space Invaders…

  • Beyond the Nine Dragons

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Black Box GAME PUBLISHER:Black Box Copyright 1995, Black Box Beyond the Nine Dragons is an excellent travel guide on CD-ROM that introduces Southeast Asian countries that lie along the Mekong river: Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The game includes thousands of lines of…

  • Three the Hard Way

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ii Shenron GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Ii Shenron Three the Hard Way is an excellent freeware console-style RPG that features an excellent storyline, 40+ hours of gameplay, and a well-balanced combat system. Similar to Square’s Romancing Sa-Ga series (that was never released outside Asia),…

  • Laxius Power II

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Damianzeking GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Damianzeking A great sequel to one of the best freeware console-style RPGs, Laxius Power II is even larger and more polished than Laxius Power, the prequel which was already an epic-sized RPG. Everything that was great about the first…

  • Final Fantasy: Endless Nova

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Orochi Kusanagi GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Orochi Kusanagi Final Fantasy: Endless Nova is a fun console-style RPG inspired by Square’s popular Final Fantasy series. The setting, in the designer’s words, is as follows: “…[the] game is set in a solar system with the sun…

  • NemesisCrisis: Operation Gallant Thunder

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Taku-chan GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Taku-chan NemesisCrisis: Operation Gallant Thunder is another excellent freeware shooter from Japan. The game is similar to Rebel Assault, except with detailed polygonal 3D instead of photo-realistic digitized graphics. Gameplay is the same as other rail shooters: you view…

  • Baku Funshigi

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Anonymous Baku Funshigi is an interesting and quite unique 3D action game from Japan. The game plays like those cavefliers from Finland (or UrthWurm for that matter) – your only goal is to maneuver a tank to the exit…

  • Ochakumi

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tsumiru Studio GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Tsumiru Studio Ochakumi is a neat little arcade-style game from Japan that plays like an office version of Pac-Man. In the game, you play a cute anime-style secretary who has to collect various items that appear at random.…

  • Legend Cave

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Anonymous Legend Cave by Japanese freeware designer Deep Blue is a fun RPG/action hybrid similar to Game Arts’ Sorcerian. You control an anime hero has he or she (you can choose character at the beginning) numerous fantasy creatures in…

  • Solomon’s Key: Another Version

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tetsuo & Adas GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, Tetsuo & Adas Solomon’s Key: Another Version is a neat freeware clone of Solomon’s Key, a neat puzzle game from Tecmo that was released on just about every 8-bit computer and consoles including the PC – thought…

  • Russian 6 Pack

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Interplay GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1993, Interplay Russian 6 Pack is a fun collection of 6 puzzles and action games from Russia. The games are not terribly original, and like Paragon’s Troika, their quality is a mixed bag. A few games play like variants of…

  • Stanford Wong Video Poker

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Roger Pedersen GAME DEVELOPER:Villa Crespo GAME PUBLISHER:Villa Crespo Copyright 1990, Roger Pedersen Stanford Wong Video Poker is an excellent poker game from Villa Crespo, master of card/casino games. Similar to Amarillo Slim, the game is capable of finding best play for any hand and payoff schedule…

  • Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Take 2 Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Acclaim Entertainment Copyright 1997, TSR & Take 2 Iron & Blood – Warriors of Ravenloft is a case study of a great idea mired by horrendous execution. The premise is simple but very innovative: here is a 3D one-on-one fighting…

  • Evil Core: Fallen Cities

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Aaron Boucher & Tim Stotenbur GAME DEVELOPER:ABTS Intelligent Group GAME PUBLISHER:ABTS Intelligent Group Copyright 1998, ABTS Intelligent Group Evil Core – Fallen Cities is a highly innovative and underrated 3D space shooter that combines elements from multiple genres into a fun experience. The comprehensive review at…

  • Damage Incorporated

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Richard Rouse & Alan Roy GAME DEVELOPER:Paranoid Productions GAME PUBLISHER:WizardWorks Copyright 1998, WizardWorks Damage Incorporated is a fun but little-known first-person shooter based on the Marathon 2 engine that Paranoid Productions licensed from Bungie. The brief description at MobyGames goes as follows: “…[Damage Incorporated] incorporates a…

  • BassTour

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dick Olsen GAME DEVELOPER:Olsen Outdoors GAME PUBLISHER:Olsen Outdoors Copyright 1991, Dick Olsen BassTour and BassDuel is an excellent fishing game by Dick Olsen, who marketed his games as mail order shareware titles between 1991 and 1995. Although graphically dull, the games attracted a loyal following with…