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Dial-up modem

Hardware entity

Multiplayer by dialing directly to the other player's computer (by phone number) instead of establishing an internet connection through which to play.

80
games
15
platforms

Alternate name: Dial-up internet

The American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation (Apple II E)
The American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation
IIE 1986
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation (Windows)
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
WIN 1999-06
Duke Nukem 3D (MS-DOS)
Duke Nukem 3D
DOS 1996-01-29
Modem Wars (Commodore 64)
Modem Wars
C64 1988
688 Attack Sub (MS-DOS)
688 Attack Sub
DOS 1988
War, Inc. (MS-DOS)
War, Inc.
DOS 1997-09-04
P-51 Mustang Attack Flight Simulator (Tandy Color Computer)
P-51 Mustang Attack Flight Simulator
COCO 1984
Panzer Battles (Macintosh OS Classic)
Panzer Battles
MAC 1990
Chasm - The Rift (MS-DOS)
Chasm - The Rift
DOS 1997-09-30
Uprising (Windows)
Uprising
WIN 1997-10-10
Urban Assault (Windows)
Urban Assault
WIN 1998
Doom II (MS-DOS)
Doom II
DOS 1994-05-05
Pretty much impossible to use without an emulation layer nowadays because dial-up modems have been outdated and obsoleted (no longer sold) in most parts of the world.

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Games by year

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The first Dial-up modem video game was released in 1978.

Electronic Arts, SSI and PBI Software published most of these games.

Platforms

MS-DOS 22
Windows 19
Mac OS Classic 12
Apple II E 8
OS/2 3
Linux 3
Win3.1 3
BeOS 2
Tandy Coco 2
Mac OS X 1
Atari ST 1
TRS-80 1
Commodore PET 1
C64 1
Atari 400/800 1

Most common companies

Electronic Arts9
SSI3
PBI Software3
Activision3
Delta Tao Software3
Open Quartz Team2
Interplay2
MicroPlay Software2
Hasbro Interactive2
Japan Software Engineering Shop 2