Most Popular Dos Games - Page 58
The Hermit's Secret
1982
The Hermit's Secret
1982
Another simple treasure crawl interactive fiction by Temple Software: Explore a fantasy realm where a hermit is rumoured to live, and find his fabulous treasure.The Wizard's Castle
1980
The Wizard's Castle
1980
The Wizard's Castle is a text-based role-playing game. The player creates a character, choosing between the races of elf, human, dwarf, and hobbit, distinguished by their personal statistics (strength, intelligence, and dexterity). The player can also choose the initial weapons, armor, and items to take on the quest. When all is ready, the hero ventures into the dungeon. Gameplay is in some ways similar to a text adventure, with text descriptions replacing graphics. Simple commands are used to move from room to room, consult a map, or look around. However, many times the player only needs to choose from a several options for the current situation, such as during battles. There are vendors the protagonist can trade with, mystical pools which can give or take away power, warps to far parts of the castle, numerous monsters to fight and assorted treasures to find.Chess
1981
Chess
1981
Chess was written in March, 1980 and converted to IBM PC in December, 1981. This is probably the very first chess game running in MS-DOS. Taking it's age into account, it's no surprise that the game features only text-mode graphics. The chess board and the pieces are drawn using ASCII characters. For the same reason, it's also no surprise that the user input is based just on keyboard commands. In Chess there is no multiplayer mode - you play only against the computer. As usual, in this kind of game, you can select the A.I.'s skill level. The game offers 24 difficulty levels.Space Strike
1982
Sopwith
1984
The Orion Conspiracy
1995
The Orion Conspiracy
1995
The Orion Conspiracy is a sci-fi point-and-click adventure game from Divide by Zero and Domark about a bereaved father trying to solve the mystery of his astronaut son's death.Traffic Department 2192
1994
Traffic Department 2192 is a top down shooter game in which the player pilots a futuristic "hoverskid" about a war-torn city. The game emphasizes story, with cutscenes before each mission following the arc of troubled pilot Lt. Velasquez. There are three episodes containing twenty missions each, with varied mission objectives.Cyberstrike
1994
Cyberstrike
1994
CyberStrike is a futuristic 3D combat online game by Simutronics Corporation, involving team combat between customizable mechs, each of which is controlled by a different player. Initially exclusive to the GEnie online service, it opened in February 1993, and later that year it caused Computer Gaming World magazine to create the new category of "Online Game of the Year" so it could be awarded to CyberStrike. In 1994 it was offered in stores by MicroProse.Links 386 Pro
1992
Links 386 Pro
1992
The follow up to Links - The Challenge of Golf, Links 386 Pro features Harbour Town Golf Links course. Numerous improvements included photo-realistic SVGA graphics, improved physics, split screens, male/female golfers with different shirt colors, and enhanced sound effects.Earthrise: A Guild Investigation
Earthrise, also known as Earthrise: A Guild Investigation, is an adventure game designed and programmed by Matt Gruson and published for MS-DOS in 1990 by Interstel. The player assumes the role of an astronaut sent to an asteroid base to investigate why it has ceased communication. It uses a combination of a text-based interface with EGA graphics.Dunkle Schatten 2: Im Netzwerk gefangen
1996
Dunkle Schatten 2: Im Netzwerk gefangen. (Dark Shadows 2: Trapped in the network) is the sequel to the adventure Dunkle Schatten. Like the first game it was published by the German Federal Ministry of Interior as part of the FAIRSTÄNDNIS campaign against racism and violence. The story sets two years after the first. Kartsen attends a vocational school. He gets the assignment to design the new school homepage. Taking place in the mid 1990's the internet is a fairly new medium for him. During his researchs he discovers that a local group of Neonazis uses the internet to organize themself. Can Karsten prevent the planned assault on a home for asylum seekers?Dunkle Schatten
1994
Dunkle Schatten
1994
Dunkle Schatten ("Dark Shadows") is a point-and-click adventure. It was distributed for free by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior as a "countermeasure" against violence and anti-semitism. Karsten and his friends are helping to build a youth centre in their free time. But soon the peace in the town is disturbed by racially-motivated crimes. What started as graffiti on the school wall ends in an arson attack on a local shop from a turkish immigrant. Even the opening of the youth centre is at risk. Karsten and his friends try to find the ones who are responsible for the crimes.Captain Zins
1994
Duke Nukem 3D: Kill-A-Ton Collection
1997
Duke Nukem 3D: Kill-A-Ton Collection is a compilation consisting of Duke Nukem 3D and several authorized expansion packs, the original side-scrolling games and various utilities. The content on the discs are as follows: Disc 1: Duke Nukem Duke Nukem II Duke Nukem 3D and the Plutonium PAK upgrade Various utilities (including the Build level editor and RTSMaker for editing Remote Ridicule sounds) and extras (such as FAQs and MIDI files) Shareware versions of Death Rally, Raptor: Call of the Shadows, Rise of the Triad, Terminal Velocity and Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport Disc 2: Game Wizards Interactive Game Guide for Duke Nukem 3D Disc 3: Duke Nukem 3D desktop themes and screen saver Duke it out in D.C. Duke Xtreme Duke!ZONE II (the 500 user-created levels from Duke!ZONE are not included in this release) Unlike some of the other collections, the Kill-A-Ton Collection does not include the original CD pressings. The Kill-a-Ton Collection is out of print, and unopened boxes are now highly sought by collectors.Reflex Point
1985
Merchant Prince
1994
Battles of Destiny
1992
Hammer of the Gods
1994
The Gene Machine
1996
The Gene Machine
1996
Piers Featherstonehaugh and his faithful servant, Mossop, arrive back home to discover a talking cat on their doorstep. The cat tells them of an outlandish plot concerning genetic mutations gone haywire. It then becomes Featherstonehaugh goal to stop this ghastly activity and to catch the fiends behind it.
