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name	publisher(developer)	year	description	platform
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition	Brøderbund	1992		MS-DOS
Wetlands	New World Computing	1995		MS-DOS
Wacky Wheels	Apogee Software (Beavis Soft)	1994		MS-DOS
Violent Vengeance: The Universe Hero	SKC Soft Land;Soft-World (Accend)	1995		MS-DOS
Undersea Adventure	Knowledge Adventure;Edusoft (Knowledge Adventure)	1994		MS-DOS
They Call Me... The Skul	The Learning Company;SoftKey (Byron Preiss Multimedia Company;Saffire)	1996	In the North Putnam Maximum Security Correction Facility, strange things have been going on. Rumors of secret experiments taking place with some of the inmates, a strange Power Elite gang, and other criminals walking around with super powers. It it to this strange location that Steve Kane was taken when he was wrongly convicted of highway homicide. His life was saved on day by a man named Big John, which unleashed strange powers within him and turned him into the Skul. They Call me the Skul is one among a series of Virtual Comics. The main purpose of these products is to create an interactive comic book reader that can be sold on cd-roms and viewed on a computer screen. The product also features a shooter game. Inside the game, the player controls Skul as he flies across the city, shooting members of the Power Elite game on top of roofs. Skul can pick up different power-ups. These powerups will shield him from enemy fire, allow him to shoot rapid fire or fire in three directions. These power-ups can be combined. The game continues indefinitely allowing players to rank up a large score.	MS-DOS
The Treehouse	Brøderbund	1991	Requires 8088/8086 CPU, DOS 3.0 to 3.3, 640KB RAM, EGA/MCGA/Tandy/PCjr/VGA, Adlib/Disney Sound Source/PC Speaker/(Pro Audio Spectrum/Plus/16)/(PS/1 Audio Card)/Roland MT-32 (and LAPC-1)/Sound Blaster/Tandy DAC (TL/SL)/Tandy/PCjr sound, keyboard, mouse, PC joystick. 1 Player. Optional Printer. [Zerothis]	MS-DOS
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici	Blue Byte	1996	Veni, Vidi, Vici is the sequel of the well-known Settlers game. You start your settlement with only one main building. To build any other buildings, you first must find a source for stones and wood. So you start to build little roads where your men transport all the different goods along. There exist more than 30 different professions your men can have, and many different building types. Of course, there are other settlers in your area, too, so war is unavoidable. The graphics are now in SVGA, and the soundtrack is available as CD-Audio or MIDI.*** [84]	MS-DOS
The Settlers	Blue Byte	1994	A strategy game with cartoony graphics and an innocent line in humour. At the start of the level you choose a starting point, the intention being to get lots of flat land as well as resources to mine and ideally existing sources of trees, stones and water (for fish). Your people are vying for supremacy with up to 3 others. The gameplay focuses on resource management. Each building requires a certain amount of wood (and stones for some of them) to be constructed and requires particular resources to perform its function successfully. Food must be produced (either fish, bread (requiring a windmill, grain-farmer and baker) or pork (requiring a pig-farmer and butcher as well as the grain-farm) to feed the people working in mines to produce the iron, coal and gold (as well as additional stones). Huts and Watch-Towers are built to expand your territory, sometimes at the expense of an enemy's land (clever play involves targeting an area where your opponent has a crucial building, thus compromising his production). To finally win the level, you must defeat your opponents. Combat is fought one-at-a-time by the little soldiers and a victory results in all surrounding buildings being lost. The game features 30 preset missions. 6 tutorials missions will help beginners to learn the game mechanics. The game also offers the possibility to play semi-randomly (based on a 16-number key) generated maps. The map size varies from small maps, for quick matches, to large maps to, depending on how much RAM is available, huge maps, for very long matches as the fact that the in-game statistics can be displayed on a 50-hour scale illustrates. These semi-random maps can be played in single-player mode but can also be played by 2 players on one system, if you have 2 mice, in which case the screen is vertically split.* [22]Reviewed on a special folder about "god games". [22]** [37]	MS-DOS
The Orion Project	The Local Group	1994		MS-DOS
The Legend of Kyrandia	Virgin (Westwood)	1992	[media=youtube]_c5QrnYYk3Y[/media]	MS-DOS
The Island of Dr. Brain	Sierra On-Line	1993		MS-DOS
The Gene Machine	Vic Tokai (Divide by Zero)	1996	The Gene Machine is a point-and-click 2D adventure game with background images that give the perspective of 3D. The story begins in the 1880s in London. British gentleman Piers Featherstonehaugh (pronounced "fanshaw") 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 Fanshaw's goal to stop this ghastly activity and to catch the fiends behind it. Players step into the shoes of Piers as he and Mossop travel around the globe... and beyond. He will meet many unusual characters and talk with them during his quest .. including talking animals as well as people. Exploration is in 3rd person perspective and most puzzles involve the multitude of inventory items that can be found while exploring.*** [84]	MS-DOS
The Bard's Quest: Dungeons of the Unknown	VisionSoft	1994	[i]The Bards Quest I: The Legend of Isil Thania[/i] was a freely redistributable demo "shareware", that advertised parts 2 and 3 (registered/full versions). However, [i]Legend of Isil Thania[/i] was nearly identical to [i]The Star Light Festival[/i] which was the sample game that was included with [i]The Bard's Tale Construction Set[/i]. This [i]might[/i] have been a violation of the licensing agreement for the Construction Set (Interplay did nothing against the game regardless). Many fan complained of plagiarism. The Bard's Quest II: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (registered episode available individually) The Bard's Quest III: Dungeons of Darkness (registered episode available individually)	MS-DOS
The Bard's Lore: The Warrior & The Dragon	?	1998	The free full game can be downloaded, played and shared. The author sold real manuals, cluebooks, spellbook, and maps. Eventually the extra materials became free in digital downloads. The author declared "THE BARD'S LORE is now completely freeware, as of this date (Mars 2002)". However, he means pay-what-you-want a with $0 minimum and a $1 minimum if you choose to pay. "If you really like the game, you can of course deposit the former amount at $10 to my bank account. 1 dollar would be great but thanks to banking fees I cant go any lower.. =/ So if you feel up to it (i.e you liked the game enough to contribute to the maker)" And his Swiss bank account information is in the documentation. This used a patched version of The Bard's Tale Construction Set to provide variations and improvements on the original and allowed the author to create a unique adventure.	MS-DOS
The Adventures of Willy Beamish	Sierra (Dynamix)	1991		MS-DOS
Tetris Classic	Spectrum Holobyte;Mirrosoft (Spectrum Holobyte)	1992		MS-DOS
Star Trek - The Next Generation: A Final Unity	Spectrum Holobyte;MicroProse Software (Spectrum Holobyte)	1995	At last, a well-executed game based on the popular tv show follow-up to the original Star Trek show. The game doesn't waste any time: five minutes into gameplay, the player is confronted with a violation of Federation space, a group of alien defectors requesting political asylum, and a very large and pissed-off Romulan pursuit ship. This title's decent writing and Patrick Stewart's thespian baritone is excellent. In fact, the voice talent of the entire cast is here. Further, almost every aspect of the game: save-screens, astrogation, tactical combat, even the design of the manual is presented in a very attractive, straight-faced style consistent with nice Star Fleet Aesthetics. Players less interested in starship operations and more excited by living the lives of their favorite Star Trek characters may 'delegate' technical operations such as combat and power routing to crew members if they wish, but the hard-core, armchair starship commander can take full control - a very nice arrangement. In fact, if the game has a notable flaw, it may be that options are sometimes a little too open, and the player's range of choices a little too broad. Overall, this game offers an excellent extension of the feel of the show, and a solid game design as well. For its time, the production values are top notch. The film clips are impressive, and a "Holodeck" feature in the game allows you to watch cut scenes again and again to your heart's content. The graphics are well drawn, and all the main characters in ST:TNG are rendered in almost perfect fidelity with their real life counterparts. The voice acting stands out as one of the best voice tracks ever added to computer games. Ironically, the only real problem is that there is sometimes so much details in the background shots that, on occasions, it is difficult to pick out the hotspots.*** [22]	MS-DOS
Space Quest V: The Next Mutation	Sierra On-Line	1993	[media=youtube]g_9mOWJRk3o[/media]***2009-07-23 on Steam, by Activision (lang: eng)	MS-DOS
Space Adventure	Knowledge Adventure	1992		MS-DOS
Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge	ReadySoft	1991		MS-DOS
SimFarm	Maxis	1993		MS-DOS
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol. 3	Icom Simulations	1993		MS-DOS
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol. 2	Icom Simulations	1992		MS-DOS
Sensible World of Soccer	Time Warner (Sensible Software;Wave Software)	1995	The ultimate in football action and management. With over 24,000 players, 144 pre-set competitions, an international transfer market and a 20 season management option, you might as well give up your Arsenal season ticket!***CD-ROM version. [84]	MS-DOS
Screamer	Virgin (Graffiti)	1995	[media=youtube]vcksW8sictU[/media]	MS-DOS
Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose	Sierra On-Line	1991	A GAME YOUR CHILDREN WILL LOVE. Bestselling authoress Roberta Williams is a master storyteller, famous for her fantasy adventure games. Now, Sierra combines her magic touch with the classic rhymes of Mother Goose to create her first adventure game for kids. Mixed Up Mother Goose has been made so simple that even young children can play it when adults are out of the room. Once you get the program started, your child can take over because only a few keys are necessary. CHOOSE THE CHARACTER THAT LOOKS LIKE YOUR CHILD! Help your child pick from a variety of characters (male or female) to represent him or her in the game. Help them type their name to further personalize their character. Mother Goose can now use your child's name while talking to him or her throughout the adventure. YOUR CHILD BECOMES A HERO BY HELPING MOTHER GOOSE! Roberta Williams takes your child on an adventure in dreamland where he or she will help Mother Goose by finding missing pieces to some of her most popular rhymes. Find the missing sheep and take them back to Little Bo Peep. Help Little Miss Muffet find her Tuffet. Find the pail and return it to Jack and Jill. Your child will even go on a quest at the service of Old King Cole. Once the rhyme has been corrected, it comes to life in brilliant color and splendid animation, and the rhyme is performed for your child by the onscreen characters. Each is accompanied by a charming musical score so your child can sing along. FEATURES: * Up to twelve children can save their game according to their name. Great for brothers and sisters or classroom groups. * Easy-to-use menus make it simple to play, save the game, or select options such as joystick control. * Includes a free color map of Mother Goose Land. * Randomly located objects and characters allow your child to enjoy playing Mixed Up Mother Goose over and over again.	MS-DOS
Rise of the Triad: Dark War	Apogee	1994	Dark War and The HUNT Begins support a different set of sound hardware.*CD-ROM version. [22]You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. While scouting a remote island, you are suddenly surrounded by enemy troops with guns blaring. In the distance you see your boat--your only chance to escape--explode into matchsticks. In front of you is a huge fortress monastery, and your only chance to stop the madness. You are e quipped with awesome, high-tech weaponry like heat-seeking missiles, split missiles, and the Flamewall cannon, which leaves a trail of charred skeletons in its wake. You'll also find magical instruments and weapons so incredible they defy description. FEATURES Super huge levels - up to one million sq. feet, and up to 16 stories high! * Ten unique, real digitized enemies (actual Apogee employees!) * Thirteen hardcore weapons, including magical weapons. * Nearly every object can be destroyed - even mark walls with bullet holes! * Modem and network playable, up to 11 players via an IPX compatible network. * Adjustable violence/gore levels, from none (for children) to "excessive"! * 20 Megabytes of explosive graphics, animations, music and digitized sounds! * Play one of five players, each with unique attributes and abilities. * In modem or network play, each player can can select what they want to look like. * Look both up and down, up to 45 degrees, to see what is above and below. * Ten unique, digitized enemies in the game, plus four multi-stage bosses! * 15 incredible game hazards, like Spinblades, gun bunkers, huge boulders, Firejets, pits, Firechutes, Lavawalls, gas grates, and more. * Special effects galore: Fog, lightning with properly delayed thunder, parallaxing skies, real lights that illuminate walls (you can shoot the lights and the room gets darker), ricocheting bullets, wind sounds, and more. * Jump pads will spring you up into the air to jump over obstacles, walls, other players, (great in multiplayer games) and even to reach new weapons. * Many useful objects and power-ups, like a fireproof vest, gas mask, Mercury mode (enables the player to fly!), and even a special "god" and "dog" modes, both making the player invincible for a short time (with hilarious side effects). * 32 page full color game manual. MULTIPLAYER FEATURES * Supports modem, serial cable, and network multiplayer games with more specialized options than any game previously released. * Network games up to 11 players! * Each player can select one of the five unique characters, plus each player can choose from one of 11 uniform colors. (In team games, each team has the same uniform color.) * Nine unique Comm-bat games, such as Eluder, Capture the Triad, and Hunter. * RemoteRidicule allows players to send digitized voice messages to other players (an industry first!) * With a microphone, a player can even speak directly to the other players in network games! Great for team play or taunting others. * Play Comm-bat games in the normal game levels, OR use the special Comm-bat levels, which are specifically designed for fun multiplayer games. [Apogee]***Dark War was the commercial full version published in 1995, The Hunt Begins was the Shareware version published in 1994. I've never met anyone who knows the game with the full name, just Rise of the Triad or ROTT, never anything about Dark War or The Hunt Beginning.. Source code was released in Dec 2002 and is available at 3D Realm's website. [Sanguine]	MS-DOS
Return to Zork	Activision	1993	Sixth part in the famous "Zork"-series. "Return to Zork" is the first one in the serious which is not a "text-adventure", but features video-sequences and a "point-and-click"-interface.	MS-DOS
Red Baron	Sierra On-Line (Dynamix)	1990		MS-DOS
Rallo Gump	Just Softworks (Edge Creations;Homebrew Software)	1994		MS-DOS
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War	Sierra On-Line	1992		MS-DOS
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero - VGA Remake	Sierra On-Line	1992		MS-DOS
Prince of Persia	Brøderbund	1990	[22]* [63]* [37]***One of the best platform games of all time. Playable for hours without rest. You start in a dungeon unarmed and must make your way through numerous traps to find a sword, then take on numerous baddies as you make your way through the dungeon. Then face the ultimate enemy yourself! A must play.	MS-DOS
Powerslave Official Beta Version	Playmates (Lobotomy Software)	1995	This is effectively a 'shareware' demo of the final game. But this version supports a much wider array of hardware and options. I suspect there were some angry customers of the full version. For instance, this version works on Tandy 1000 where the final version did not.	MS-DOS
PowerSlave	Playmates (Lobotomy Software)	1996	This version is [i]significantly[/i] different form the original console version.	MS-DOS
Police Quest 3: The Kindred	Sierra On-Line	1991		MS-DOS
Piranha	Expert Software (D-Designs)	1996		MS-DOS
Omar Sharif on Bridge	Interplay Productions (Oxford Softworks)	1992		MS-DOS
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee	GT Interactive (Oddworld Inhabitants)	1997		MS-DOS
Nova 9	Dynamix	1991		MS-DOS
Nemesis: The Wizardry Adventure	Virgin Interactive (Sir-tech Software)	1996	Players control as an seemingly unremarkable peasant who was minding his own business when [spoiler=when someone;close spoiler]the society of Nitherin Mages[/spoiler] sent a fowl beast in an attempted kidnapping. A good wizard completely deck-out for battle just happened to be watching over the peasant while standing in a tiny boat in a nearby water (hmmm), and foiled the kidnapping. The High Council knows of the group responsible but not the reason, nor why they have such a specific target. The unremarkable present is charged to investigate and stop them. Individual item skill is gained by using said item. Spells can be learned. For battle, commands are selected and the player then clicked on the target. There is a great deal of talking to be done to complete the investigation. There are many puzzle to be solved. All done with the mouse or keyboard shortcuts. Conceived as a complex real-time adventure game with dialog and combat but with contrastingly simplified interface that is still "more than click-click-click". It does not take place in the same Universe as the main Wizardry series and gameplay has nothing in common with the main Wizardry series (even critics who loved the game gave it poor ratings for calling it "Wizardry").* [84]* [65]	MS-DOS
Monopoly Deluxe	Virgin Games	1992	Should not be confused with the original released 1989 with support for much older hardware.	MS-DOS
Mixed-Up Fairy Tales	Sierra On-Line	1991		MS-DOS
MicroLeague Baseball IV	Micro League;General Admission (Micro League)	1992		MS-DOS
Michael Jordan in Flight	Electronic Arts (Pacific Gameworks;ZCT Systems Group)	1993		MS-DOS
Mega Motion	PiXEL STORM ENTERTAINMENT (Virtual Visions)	1996		MS-DOS
Mario Teaches Typing	Interplay Entertainment	1992		MS-DOS
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds	Electronic Arts (Bullfrog)	1995	[media=youtube]5NoiGRt3pWo[/media]* [22][b]Minimum:[/b] MS-DOS 5.0 * 486 / 66 MHz CPU * 8 MB RAM * 8 MB free HD space * MS-compatible mouse [b]Recommended:[/b] * Pentium CPU * 4X CD-ROM drive * 16 MB RAM * VESA SVGA GPU * souncard Soundcard support: Sound Blaster, AWE32, WaveBlaster, AdLib, Pro Audio Spectrum, Roland MT32, General MIDI. Additional controller support: Joystick, i-Glasses, Gravis Gamepad, Joypad. [b]Multiplayer:[/b] * NETBIOS Multiplayer supports up to 8 players.***The game is unusual in the manner that it doesn't have an installer. Only sound setup, and the game executable which places some parts of the game to HD at first run (totaling at about 8MB initially), but mostly runs from the CD.	MS-DOS
Lord of The Rings: vol.II: The Two Towers	Interplay	1992	The legendary tale lives on, as The Two Towers picks up where the critically acclaimed The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 1 left off. The wicked Lord Sauron persists in his quest to capture the one true ring of power. But now the Evil Wizard Saruman, with his insatiable lust for power, is after it as well. You, the player, control a party of benevolent characters in this captivating, role-playing adventure as they battle orcs, trolls, wargs, ghosts, and oliphaunts. You'll travel through the dark and mysterious ghastly marsh of the eternal spirits and, ultimately, come face to face with the mysterious two towers. All the color and imagery of Middle-earth comes to life with state-of-the-art, 256 color VGA graphics, a new and enhanced interface, full musical score, digitized speech, and colorful animations. The Two Towers is a stunning sequel that will involve you deeply in the Tolkien experience.*Sauron is incarnate in Middle-Earth in physical form even if he does not make a visible appearance in this game.[spoiler=and;Maiar]Gandolf and Radagast are Maiar (low ranking angels, choral singers) incarnated in the humble form of men[/spoiler]* [22]* [52]* [37]***[b]data import[/b] - you need to run the save file through [code]convert.exe[/code]	MS-DOS

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