List of good old DOS games

The era of DOS games is gone, but the DOS games are still floating around.

Among them one can find many special games which invented genres, or just were really niche and did something really well.

So if old graphics doesn't intimidate you, I am inviting you to check out the following games (without mentioning quests which deserve their own article):

1984

  • (Beyond) Castle Wolfenstein (the original)
  • Alley Cat
  • Soko-Ban (Remastered many times)
  • Spy Hunter
  • Tapper

1986
  • Donald Duck's Playground
  • Karateka

1987-1988
  • Bad Street Brawler
  • Rampage
  • Popcorn
  • Fire and Forget 2
  • Battle Chess

1989
  • Street Rod (SR2 @ 1991)
  • Shinobi
  • Outrun
  • Gauntlet2
  • Budokan: the Martial Spirit
  • Bubble Bobble
  • Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh
  • Action Fighter
  • Prince of Persia

1990
  • Wing Commander (WC2 @1991, WC3 @ 1994)
  • Commander Keen: First trilogy
  • Red Baron
  • California Games 2
  • Dangerous Dave
  • Italy90
  • North & South (Remastered)
  • Star Control
  • Test Drive 3
  • Zeliard

1991
  • Golden Axe
  • Gobliiins (g2 @ 1993, g3 @ 1994)
  • Eye of the beholder (1-3)
  • Defender of the Crown
  • Commander Keen: Second Trilogy
  • Civilization (Open sourced as a remake)
  • Cisco Heat
  • Another World
  • Volfied
  • The Rocketeer
  • The Games: Winter Challenge
  • Prehistorik (Prehistorik 2 @ 1993)
  • Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra
  • Lemmings (*2)
  • Jones in the Fast Lane
  • Joe and Mac Cavemen Ninja
1992
  • Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
  • Crazy Nick's Software Picks: King Graham's Board Game Challenge
  • Dune
  • Dune II
  • Jill of the Jungle 1-3
  • M&M IV
  • Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight
  • Rampart
  • Wolfenstein 3d & Spear of Destiny
  • Street Fighter 2
  • The Island of Dr. Brain
  • Ugh!
1993
  • Body Blows (Ultimate BB @ 1994)
  • Crazy Nick's Roger Wilco's Spaced Out Games Pack
  • Doom (D2 @ 1994)
  • Epic Pinball
  • Hoyle Classic Card Games
  • Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
  • Might and Magic 5: Darkside of Xeen (Might and Magic: World of Xeen @ 1994)
  • Mortal Kombat (mk2 @ 1994)
  • Pinball Dreams (PD2 @ 1994)
  • Sango Fighter (SF2 @ 1995)
  • Silverball
  • Skyroads (Xmas Special @ 1994)
  • The Incredible Machine (TIM2 @ 1994)
  • Warlords II
1994
  • Jazz Jackrabbit
  • Master of Magic
  • One Must Fall 2097
  • Pinball Fantasies
  • Raptor: Call of the Shadows
  • Theme Park
  • Wacky Wheels
  • Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
  • Archon Ultra
  • Blackthorne
  • Colonization

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