Classic Personal Computer (PC) Games

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  • Pool of Radiance

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Brad Myers GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1988, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) In the annals of RPG gaming, few series can boast of being “pioneers” of the genre more than SSI with its “Gold Box” series, all based on AD&D…

  • Curse of the Azure Bonds

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:George MacDonald GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1989, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) In the annals of RPG gaming, few series can boast of being “pioneers” of the genre more than SSI with its “Gold Box” series, all based on AD&D…

  • Secret of the Silver Blades

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Shelley GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1990, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) In the annals of RPG gaming, few series can boast of being “pioneers” of the genre more than SSI with its “Gold Box” series, all based on AD&D…

  • Pools of Darkness

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Shelley GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1991, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) In the annals of RPG gaming, few series can boast of being “pioneers” of the genre more than SSI with its “Gold Box” series, all based on AD&D…

  • Champions of Krynn

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Shelley GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1990, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) The weakest of all Gold Box games in my opinion, SSI’s games based on “Dragonlance” AD&D setting are still decent enough to merit attention by all RPG fans.…

  • Death Knights of Krynn

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Shelley GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1991, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) The weakest of all Gold Box games in my opinion, SSI’s games based on “Dragonlance” AD&D setting are still decent enough to merit attention by all RPG fans.…

  • Dark Queen of Krynn, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:George MacDonald GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1992, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) The weakest of all Gold Box games in my opinion, SSI’s games based on “Dragonlance” AD&D setting are still decent enough to merit attention by all RPG fans.…

  • Wild Metal Country

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:DMA Design GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1999, Rockstar Games Wild Metal Country is the second release in Rockstar Games’ popular (and widely appreciated) “Free Download” series, which brings to gamers everywhere full version downloads of the company’s classic games. Unlike Grand Theft Auto, the sleeper…

  • Dungeon Master’s Assistant Volume I

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1988, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Dungeon Master’s Assistant Volume I and Volume II are not games but a pair of useful utility programs that prospective AD&D dungeon masters can use to help generate and…

  • Dungeon Master’s Assistant Volume II

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1989, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Dungeon Master’s Assistant Volume I and Volume II are not games but a pair of useful utility programs that prospective AD&D dungeon masters can use to help generate and…

  • Hudson City Sector One

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Goldtree Enterprises GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Goldtree Enterprises Hudson City Sector One is a little-known utility program – more appropriately “gamemaster’s aid” – for use in managing ongoing games of pen & paper RPGs set in Hudson City, part of HERO Games‘s award-winning “Dark…

  • Panic Soldier

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Trigger Software GAME PUBLISHER:Trigger Software Copyright 1997, Trigger Software Panic Soldier is an interesting squad-level RTS from Trigger Software, a short-lived German developer. The game is reminiscent of Z and Strike Squad in its emphasis on individual soldiers, but unfortunately comes out less than…

  • Boxindanga

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bob Whitehead GAME DEVELOPER:Activision GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2004, Anonymous Now this is what I call nostalgia! Boxindanga is an amazingly faithful remake of Boxing, a classic game from Activision that was released for Atari 2600 system over 20 years ago. Like the original classic, you will…

  • Diamaze

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Herring GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1990, Steve Herring Diamaze is a fun little ASCII game in the same tradition as early “maze games” such as Kroz series. That is, a game that blends action and puzzle together in a neat little package. The game…

  • Touchdown Football [Imagic]

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mark Klein GAME DEVELOPER:Imagic GAME PUBLISHER:IBM Copyright 1984, IBM Not to be confused with a poor 1996 game of the same name, Touchdown Football is one of the first American football games ever released for the PC. Designed by Imagic and published by IBM in 1983,…

  • Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations: Expanded Multimedia Edition

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Learn Technologies GAME PUBLISHER:Time Warner Interactive Copyright 1996, Learn Technologies Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations: Expanded Multimedia Edition CD-ROM is a superb reproduction of the wonderful reference tool by the same name – a classic book of quotations that is widely hailed as the best book…

  • KKND2: Krossfire

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Justin Halliday GAME DEVELOPER:Beam International GAME PUBLISHER:Melbourne House Copyright 1998, Beam International Krush, Kill, ‘n’ Destroy: Krossfire (a.k.a. KKND2 is a fun post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game from Australian developer Beam International. Similar to its ‘prequels’ KKND and KKND: Extreme, KKND2 is a marginal contribution to the…

  • Enclosure

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Femo Duo Entertainment GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2004, Femo Duo Entertainment The second effort from amateur developer Femo Duo Entertainment, Enclosure is a very fun murder mystery game with a lot of sci-fi trappings. You play Mike Goodman, a small-time con artist who was hired…

  • Extreme Assault

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Erik Simon GAME DEVELOPER:Blue Byte GAME PUBLISHER:Blue Byte Copyright 1997, Blue Byte Extreme Assault is an addictive 3D action game from Blue Byte, a prolific UK developer responsible for excellent Battle Isle series. Probably the best-looking action game ever made for DOS, the game boasts superb…

  • AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Software Sorcery GAME PUBLISHER:Time Warner Interactive Copyright 1994, Software Sorcery AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet is a fun but little-known submarine simulation from Software Sorcery, published by Time Warner in 1994. Featuring over 100 missions in 7 battlesets and a training area, as well…

  • Silent Steel

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chuck Pfarrer GAME DEVELOPER:Tsunami Media GAME PUBLISHER:Tsunami Media Copyright 1996, Tsunami Media One of the very few “interactive movies” that I really enjoy, Silent Steel from Tsunami is one of the best games made during the period of “full-motion video fad” that gripped the adventure genre…

  • Expendable

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Rage Software GAME PUBLISHER:Rage Software Copyright 1998, Rage Software Expendable is a fun 3D action shooter that is Rage’s sequel-of-sorts to Incoming. Bob Mandel of Adrenaline Vault says it all in his thorough review: “More than any other offering I have played with this…

  • Premiership, The

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Codemasters GAME PUBLISHER:Codemasters Copyright 1994, Codemasters The Premiership is a decent football (soccer to you Americans) management simulation from Codemasters. Your job, as the name implies, is to guide a team of your choice to the top of British premier league. While it won’t…

  • Flight Commander

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Charles Moylan GAME DEVELOPER:Big Time Software GAME PUBLISHER:Big Time Software Copyright 1993, Big Time Software Released in 1993 only for the Macintosh, Flight Commander is a great beginning to what would become Big Time Software’s highly underrated and unique line of air combat tactical simulations on…

  • Last Defender

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Miguel Perez GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2004, Miguel Perez Last Defender is a great horizontal shooter from Miguel “MIG2” Perez, amateur designer who is best known for Lost Valley RPG game. The game features outstanding graphics, addictive and frantic shooting action, and well-designed levels and…

  • Legal Crime

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Byte Enchanters GAME PUBLISHER:Byte Enchanters Copyright 1997, Byte Enchanters Legal Crime is a great Internet-only real-time strategy game from Byte Enchancters that died an early death, despite a very novel premise and well-designed game engine. Adrenaline Vault’s review says it all: “In Legal Crime,…

  • Machines of Destruction

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Fallen Angel Industries GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2004, Fallen Angel Industries Machines of Destruction is a very fun – but also very difficult – arcade/racing gem from Fallen Angel Industries. Best played in multiplayer mode, the game, in the developer’s words, is “…a mixture of…

  • Sanity: Aiken’s Artifact

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Monolith Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Fox Interactive Copyright 2000, Monolith Productions One of the most underrated action/adventure hybrids in recent memory, Monolith’s Sanity: Aiken’s Artifact is a fun and creative game that showcases how versatile the powerful LithTech engine (that powers No One Lives Forever) can…

  • Diver Down

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:grenideer GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2003, grenideer Diver Down is a great fanmade freeware RPG – the first finished game using Verge, a new and promising RPG creation program. What I like most about the game is the much-better-than-average writing and setting, which is a…

  • Project Eden

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Core Design GAME PUBLISHER:EIDOS Interactive Copyright 2001, Core Design Definitely one of the best action/adventure hybrids I have ever played, CORE Design’s Project Eden is the game is the culmination of everything the design team has learned while developing the mega-hit Tomb Raider games.…

  • Beyond Good & Evil

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michel Ancel GAME DEVELOPER:UBI Soft GAME PUBLISHER:UBI Soft Copyright 2003, UBI Soft Beyond Good & Evil (BGE) is the rare gem that comes along only every once in a while: a wonderfully fresh and unique game that spans across multiple genres and manages to be better…

  • Warzone 2100

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Pumpkin Studios GAME PUBLISHER:EIDOS Interactive Copyright 1999, Pumpkin Studios Warzone 2100 is a fun and highly underrated real-time strategy game from small UK-based outfit Pumpkin Studios. The very thorough review at Intelligamer.com says it all: “Hang on a second, I know what you’re thinking.…

  • Final Conflict [1997]

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sound Source Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Sound Source Interactive Copyright 1997, Sound Source Interactive A very lackluster RTS in every sense of the word, Final Conflict won’t raise any eyebrows or lure any Command & Conquer fans away from their screen. Despite being made in 1997,…

  • Dracula: Reign of Terror

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Per Simonsson & Peter Pettersson GAME DEVELOPER:ComputerHouse GAME PUBLISHER:Softkey Copyright 1997, ComputerHouse Dracula: Reign of Terror is an interesting empire management game from Sweden that deserves more attention than it got for the unique setting alone – although flawed design and repetitive gameplay may explain its…

  • Panzer General for Windows 95

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1997, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) This is a hard-to-find version of Panzer General, one of the best wargames ever created. The original DOS version, released in 1994, was hailed worldwide as the first wargame…

  • Hesperian Wars

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michal Janacek & Jarek Kolar GAME DEVELOPER:Pterodon GAME PUBLISHER:Modern Games Copyright 1998, Pterodon Hesperian Wars is a neat real-time strategy game from Czech developers Pterodon, best known for Vietcong first-person shooter. Set in the fantasy world of Hesperia, the game lets you choose which of the…

  • L’Affaire Morlov

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Nova Media GAME PUBLISHER:Titus Copyright 1996, Nova Media One of the most obscure FMV (full-motion video) adventure games ever made, L’Affaire Morlov is a surprisingly decent spy thriller adventure game once you get used to the annoying interface. You play Paul Keirn, a journalist…

  • Evidence: The Last Resort

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Microids GAME PUBLISHER:BMG Interactive Copyright 1997, Microids Evidence is a fun and quite underrated adventure game from French developer Microids. You are Dan Singer, reporter from Channel Z. You just broke up with your girlfriend Sarah Hopkins when she calls you, claiming she has…

  • Anchor: The Last Hope of the Brilliant Ocean

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Hauray GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Hauray Yet another weirdly-named but addictive freeware gem from Japan, Anchor is a great coffee-break game that plays like a cross between my favorite underwater anime game Oden Todo Fish and SubHunt. In the words of our forum regular…

  • Forbes Corporate Warrior

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Simon & Schuster GAME PUBLISHER:Byron Preiss Multimedia Copyright 1997, Byron Preiss Multimedia Forbes Corporate Warrior is a thoroughly average and repetitive FPS that is noteworthy only for a curious attempt to set the kill-everything-in-sight gameplay in the business world. Official blurbs already make it…

  • Spider-Man: The Sinister Six

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Byron Preiss Multimedia GAME PUBLISHER:Byron Preiss Multimedia Copyright 1996, Byron Preiss Multimedia The Sinister Six is a thoroughly bad adventure game adaptation of the hit Spider-Man franchise. Following the plot of the comic book of the same name, the gameplay is straightforward: choose what…

  • Shikun

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jay White GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2004, Jay White Shikun is a simple but addictive action game that sports bright anime-style graphics, fun arcade-ish gameplay, and enough surprises for multiple replays. Your goal: collect chickens using either a net or seeds which you can use…

  • Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Lorne Lanning GAME DEVELOPER:Oddworld Inhabitants GAME PUBLISHER:GT Interactive Copyright 1997, Oddworld Inhabitants Abe’s Oddysee and Abe’s Exoddus are two superb first games in Oddworld Inhabitants’ uniquely compelling Oddworld series. Similar to Delphone’s cross-genre classic Out of this World, the Oddworld games offer a superb blend of…

  • Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Lorne Lanning GAME DEVELOPER:Oddworld Inhabitants GAME PUBLISHER:GT Interactive Copyright 1998, Oddworld Inhabitants Abe’s Oddysee and Abe’s Exoddus are two superb first games in Oddworld Inhabitants’ uniquely compelling Oddworld series. Similar to Delphone’s cross-genre classic Out of this World, the Oddworld games offer a superb blend of…

  • International Superstar Soccer 3

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Konami GAME PUBLISHER:Konami Copyright 2002, Konami First of all, let me make this clear: THIS GAME IS NOT PRO EVO SOCCER/WINNING ELEVEN Fine. Now that I’ve warned about this, let me explain a bit further. By the turn of the millenia, the ISS franchise…

  • Fritz 2.00

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mathias Feist GAME DEVELOPER:ChessBase GAME PUBLISHER:ChessBase Copyright 1993, ChessBase Fritz 2.00 is a great program that is currently the most powerful artificial chess player in the world. This is the early version of Deep Fritz 8, the program that tied 2:2 in an exciting match with…

  • Delirium

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mika Halttunen & Josh Schroeder GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2004, Mika Halttunen Delirium is a fun reflex-oriented puzzle game that plays like a cross between Tetris and Bubble Bobbles. The official blurb explains the premise: “[The] basic idea is rather simple: clear the level from…

  • Liberty Crime Squad

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tarn Adams GAME DEVELOPER:Bay Twelve Games GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2004, Bay Twelve Games Liberty Crime Squad is a fun little tongue-in-cheek “lite” Roguelike RPG game inspired by Oubliette, a 1983 Roguelike. You may not like the game very much if your political orientation is anything like…

  • Mission: Mainframe

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jerry Plemons & Brian Shankman GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1987, Jerry Plemons & Brian Shankman Mission: Mainframe is a fun but very little known Roguelike RPG – released as public domain as far back as 1987. One of the first sci-fi Roguelikes ever made, the…

  • GearHead

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    From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Pyrrho12 GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2004, Pyrrho12 The world’s first giant robot (“mecha” in Japanese) Roguelike, GearHead is a fun and addictive open-source Roguelike. The official page explains the best features of the game very well: “GearHead comes equipped with two different ways to control…