Inner Worlds
By Sleepless Software (1996) An enchanting platform game that few have likely heard of, Inner Worlds features great graphics, sound, music, variety and game mechanics. The protagonist in the game may remind you a bit of Jill of the Jungle, but the gameplay here is more indepth, with various items to pickup and use. Your character can also change forms, from a woman to a wolf. Very impressive...
Read MoreHumbug
By Graham Cluley (1994) Humbug is a rare text adventure game and is a truly classic of the text adventure genre. There is a lot of locations to explore in this very lengthy but well written adventure game. Download Humbug
Read MoreGofer Pop
By Joseph Parnau (1991) Goferpop (aka ‘Gofer Pop’, ‘Gopherpop’ or ‘Gopher Pop’) is a rather stupid and extremely simplistic game where the object is to shoot gophers with your gun as they pop their heads out of the ground. Slightly gory, and extremely simple in every way, this probably won’t hold your interest for long. Download Gofer...
Read MoreEliza
By Michael Day (1988) Eliza was an early attempt at computer AI. The idea was that it would be something like a computer therapist, where you would enter your problems and it would reply with further probing questions to help you with your problems. In practice, due to the simplistic algorithms used, it was most often a thoroughly frustrating experience. This thing is probably good for a laugh...
Read MoreDoom, the Roguelike
By Kornel Kisielewicz (2005) Making the famous DOOM 3D shooting game into a RogueLike, turn-based RPG game with text ‘graphics’ sounds like the recipe for disaster. But this RPG based on the original DOOM games actually plays very well. While more simplistic than games like Nethack or ADOM, DOOMRL focuses more on combat (of course!) and weaponry, so it is faster paced than more...
Read MoreDigger
By Andrew Jenner (1999) Quite similar to the classic games DigDug and Mr.Do, this game gained some sort of PC gaming cult status. I had a couple of requests for this one since starting the site, so I figured I’d better add it. It plays well, offers lots of command line options, and you can TURN OFF THE MUSIC! (It’s not that bad for PC speaker music, but after playing games and...
Read MoreDedale
By ????????? (1986) The most simplistic maze game you’re likely to find. The object is to guide your player to the exit of randomly generated mazes. That’s it, no fancy powerups, enemies, etc. Just basic graphics and PC speaker sound effects. Nothing special or exiciting but it does work, the executable file is only 29k in size, and might be appropriate for young children. Download...
Read MoreCore War
By Kevin A. Bjorke If you’re interested in programming, you may want to take a look at Core War. In this game, you write a program which then duels against programs written by other people. Its a bit like programming a robot which then battles with other robots to see which one is best. The programming language is based on assembly, which is definitely not easy to learn! Download Core War...
Read MoreCochese
By Mark Mengelt (1994) A pushing puzzle game, where you must collect various ‘bad’ things (drugs, needles, etc.) and get to the exit within a certain number of moves. The graphics are fairly average MCGA fare, and there’s no sound effects, but it could be enjoyable nonetheless. Download Cochese (Mega-Upload) Download Cochese...
Read MoreChart Wars
By Osiris Games (2001) This text-based simulation definitely won’t appeal to everyone, but if you’ve ever had visions of running your own record company, and enjoy simulation games you might want to download this game. You create your own record company, then attempt to sign the right bands to try to earn the most money. It includes lots of stats, numbers, but don’t expect fancy...
Read MoreBreakout
By Ken Silverman (1991) This is a simple clone of the Atari bouncing game also called breakout. It has some good colour cycling and the controls are decent. You much more freedom then the original Download Breakout (mega-upload) Download Breakout...
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