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name	publisher(developer)	year	tags	player opts	author(s)
Janitor Joe	author	1984	claiming falldamage instantdeath keys ladders lives robots score	single player	Kevin Bales
Shamus	IBM (Synapse Software)	1984	display-cga display-cga-composite femaleauthor instantdeath keys lives robots score	single player	Cathryn Mataga (programmer)
Swords of Glass	Keypunch Software	1986	amoeboids axes bees bows charactercreation crossbows dogs doors dungeoncrawler gridmove healingitems healingstations insects itemdurability keys knives magic meleeweapons mystics outlaws powerups rats shopping snakes sorcery staves subterranean swords weasels	single player, split-screen
Infiltrator	Mindscape	1987	aerodyne helicopter keys militantprotagonist multisequence rotorcraft savepassword stunning	single player
Trojan	Capcom	1987	bossbattles keys lives meleeweapons nofalldamage postapocalypse score swords	single player
Demon Stalkers: The Raid on Doomfane	Electronic Arts (Micro Forté)	1988	bows dandylike demonstalkers-series display-cga display-ega display-tga fallbackweapon keys leveleditor rats score search spu-pcspeaker spu-tandy thrownweapons	single player, shared-screen	Kelly Flock
Gauntlet	Mindscape (Atari)	1988	color-2bit color-4bit dandylike display-256x200 display-320x200 display-cga display-ega display-tga gauntlet-series hunger keys monsters npcgenerators score	single player, shared-screen
Snarf	author	1988	download fallbackweapon independentaim keys licensechange score	single player	Everett Kaser
Solomon's Key	U.S. Gold (Probe Software)	1988	europeanfae ghosts instantdeath keys lives magic monsters nofalldamage npcspawning score secrets timelimit walking	single player
Time Bandit	Microdeal (Michtron)	1988	display-cga display-ega display-tga display-vga ingametitle keys monsters timetravel	single player	Tim Purves
Avoid the Noid	Sharedata	1989	advergame keys lives score timelimit	single player
Gauntlet II	Mindscape	1989	3ormoreplayers arenashooter dandylike display-cga display-ega display-mcga display-tga display-vga gauntlet-series hunger ingametitle keys langinsignificant mp-cooperative npcgenerators projectilelimit score spu-pcspeaker spu-tandydac	single player, shared-screen	'Mugsie' (special thanks) 'Stomper' (special thanks) Bill Allen (special thanks) Inc. (port) Kevin Bulmer (graphics) Mindscape Richard Costello (programmer)
McDoe!: Madame Ching's Dungeon of Ecstasy	BSX International	1989	22ndcentury keys score	single player
McPop!: Madam Ching's Palace of Pleasure	BSX International	1989	22ndcentury keys score	single player
Night Hunter	Ubi Soft	1989	castle display-cga display-ega display-tga display-vga keys score undead undeadprotagonist vampireprotagonist vampires	single player
The Black Orb	author	1989	keys monsters	single player	Carl Erikson
Catacomb	Softdisk (PC Arcade)	1990	1life catacomb-series chargedattack display-cga display-ega elitemobs gog grid grid-micro grid-square healingitems keys magic monsters overpenetration potions score secrets sorcery unlimitedammo	single player	John Carmack
Chip's Challenge	Epyx;U.S. Gold (Audio Visual Magic)	1990	display-cga display-ega display-hgc display-tga display-vga keys savepassword spu-adlib spu-mt32 spu-pcspeaker spu-tandy timelimit	single player
Dungeons of Doom	author	1990	dungeoncrawler gridmove keys	single player	Arndt Hasch
Dunjax	author	1990	firearms keys ladders lives runandgun	single player	Dave Niec Jeff Mather
Fire King	SSG;Electronic Arts (Micro Forté)	1990	dandylike demonstalkers-series keys premadecharacters	single player
Rock 'n Roll	Rainbow Arts	1990	animateobjectprotagonist keys score teleporters	single player
The Dark Heart of Uukrul	Brøderbund (Digital Studios)	1990	amoeboids automap axes bludgeons bodyarmor books chiroptera combatmode commercial currency display-cga display-ega display-hgc display-mcga display-tga display-vga dragons dungeon dungeoncrawler elitemobs encounters-conditional encounters-random encounters-set feelies gamesaves gold gridmove group healingitems hunger itemdurability jewelry keyboard keys knives license-proprietary looting magic magic-instant magicfail magicweapons meleeweapons orcs poisoning polearms potions quitsave resting resuscitation safezone scrolls singleencounterrespawn spiders statuseffects staves subterranean swords teleporters theurgy turnbasedcombat undefinedelements whips wolves xp-deeds xp-killbonus xp-kills xp-other	single player
The Logic Master	Unicorn Software	1990	edu-logic ghosts keys	single player
Catacomb II	Softdisk	1991	1life catacomb-series chargedattack display-cga display-ega elitemobs gog grid grid-micro grid-square healingitems keys magic monsters overpenetration potions score secrets sorcery unlimitedammo	single player	John Carmack
Eye of the Beholder	SSI (Westwood Studios)	1991	3.5disk 5.25disk adnd axes beholders bludgeons bodyarmor bossbattles bows cephalopoids charactercreation classbased dataexport disguisedtriggers display-cga display-ega display-mcga display-tga display-vga dnd doors driders dualwielding dungeon dungeoncrawler dwarves elevators elves eob eob-engine eviloverlord fantasyworld femaleprotagonist fictionaluniverse forgottenrealms genderchoice giantinsects gridmove hazardouspowers heroprotagonist humans hunger insectoids inventory jewelry keys knives kobolds lockpicking lutris magic magicweapons maleprotagonist medieval meleeweapons monsters multiclassing oneeyedcreatures polearms pressureplates resting scummvm serious sewers skeletons slings sorcery spellmemory spu-adlib spu-pcspeaker spu-sb spu-tandy subterranean swords throwanything thrownweapons titularobject unarmedfighting undead weefolk xp-deeds xp-kills zombies	single player	Aaron Powell (art) Aaron Powell (graphics) Alan Marenco (playtester) American Lithographers Andrrignaud (manual) Andrrignaud (playtester) Bill Stokes (game design) Bill Stokes (level programmer) Bill Stokes (amiga programmer) Brett W. Sperry (director) Brett W. Sperry (original concept) Brett W. Sperry (story) Brett W. Sperry (game design) Brian Lowe (playtester) Chris Warshauer (playtester) Cyrus G. Harris (playtester) Dan Cermak (producer) David A. Lucca (game development support) David Boudreau of Louis Saekow Design (art) David Boudreau of Louis Saekow Design (graphic design) David Boudreau of Louis Saekow Design (dtp) Dwight Okahara (sound fx) Eileen Matsumi (manual) Eydie Laramore (game designer) Eydie Laramore (writer) Frank Klepacki (music) George MacDonald (producer) George MacDonald (manual) George MacDonald (game development) Glen Cureton (playtester) Glenn Sperry (playtester) Inc (special ibm testing) Inc (printing) James Young (playtester) Jason Ray (playtester) Jeff Shotwell (playtester) Joe Bostic (additional programming) Joe Bostic (game design) John C. Boockholdt (playtester) John Kirk (playtester) Joseph B. Hewitt IV (art) Joseph B. Hewitt IV (graphics) Kirk Nichols (art) Kirk Nichols (graphic design) Kirk Nichols (dtp) Kirk Nichols (pre-press production) Larry S. Webber (playtester) Marc Cram (writer) Mark Hall (playtester) Matt Collins (playtester) Michael Gilmartin (playtester) Misc Nicholas Beliaeff (game developer) Paul S. Mudra (game design) Paul S. Mudra (music) Paul S. Mudra (sound fx) Peter Gascoyne (art) Peter Gascoyne (graphic design) Peter Gascoyne (dtp) Phil Alne (playtester) Phillip W. Gorrow (original concept) Phillip W. Gorrow (original programmer) Phillip W. Gorrow (story) Phillip W. Gorrow (lead programmer) Phillip W. Gorrow (game design) Ray Garcia (pre-press production) Ren Olsen (art) Ren Olsen (graphics) Richard Wilson (manual) Rick Parks (art) Rick Parks (graphics) Robert Lupo (playtester) Scott Zielinski (playtester) SSI Top Star Computing Services Westwood Associates
Horror Zombies from the Crypt	Millennium Interactive (Astral Software)	1991	aircontrol harmfultouch instantdeath juggernauts keys ladders lives mansion rats retrypoints skeletons spu-pcspeaker subterranean thrownweapons undead vampires walking zombies	single player
Robomaze	MVP Software	1991	finiteammo keyboard keys robots	single player
Robomaze II: The Lobby	MVP Software (Wetware)	1991	display-ega download keys robots spu-pcspeaker	single player
Robomaze III: The Dome	MVP Software (Wetware)	1991	cpu-286 display-cga display-ega download joystick keys robots spu-pcspeaker	single player
Snake Snap	author	1991	claiming keys snakegame	single player	Andreas Klimke
Paganitzu	Apogee Software (Trilobyte)	1991	archeologistprotagonist display-cga display-ega instantdeath keys lives snakes spiders	single player	Keith Schuler
Lord of The Rings: vol.II: The Two Towers	Interplay	1992	3.5disk 5.25disk archaicearth arda bodyarmor book bows cdrom commercial cpu-286 cpu-386 dataimport display-cga display-ega display-mcga display-tga display-vga dos3 dos5 earth halflings highfantasy incarnateddivines keyboard keys license-proprietary lotr mouse mystics spu-adlib spu-mt32 spu-pas spu-sb spu-tandy swords uchronia weefolk	single player	Mark Whittlesey Scott Bennie
Steine!	author	1992	boulderdashlike claiming keys score timelimit	single player	Holger Kanzog
Super ZZT	Epic MegaGames	1992	keys leveleditor	single player
The Catacomb Abyss	Softdisk (Gamer's Edge)	1992	alone catacomb-series cemetery chiroptera display-ega firstpersonshooter gog keys magic middleprojection monsters sorcery undead walking wolf3dengine zombies	single player
The Summoning	SSI;Softgold Computerspiele (Event Horizon Software)	1992	3.5disk 5.25disk actionrpg axes backtrackingdenied bodyarmor bows cdrom charactercreation commercial controllablehelplessness cpu-286 cpu-386 dialog-tree dicemechanics display-vga dos3 energyregen-slow feelies genderchoice healingitems inventory keyboard keys knives license-proprietary limitedcapacity limitedsupplies magic magic-somatic meleeweapons monsters mouse multipleendings pressureplates printer protagonistnaming quickkeys randomizedattributes scrolls serious sewers shields sorcery spu-adlib spu-mt32 spu-pcspeaker spu-sb spu-tandy staves subterranean swords walking wordinput xp-literal	single player	Al Brown (editor) André Vrignaud (editor) Banta ISG (printing) Chris Straka (conceptual design) Chris Straka (creative design) Chris Straka (manual writer) Chris Straka (interaction writer) Chris Warshauer (playtester) Christina Watson (playtester) Davis A. Lucca (associate) Ed Puskar (music) Eileen Matsumi (editor) Event Horizon Software Frank Schurter (art) Frank Schurter (graphics) Inc: Inc: James Namestka (producer) Jane Yeager (art) Jane Yeager (graphics) John C. Boockholdt (playtester) John Kirk (playtester) Kurt Brown (additional music) Kym Goyer (test support) Louis Saekow Desiḡn (art) Louis Saekow Desiḡn (graphic design) Louis Saekow Desiḡn (dtp) Louis Saekow Desiḡn (pre-press production) Nicholas Beliaeff (producer) Producer) Scot Noel (story author) Scot Noel (short story 'an enemy of dreams') Strategic Simulations Thomas Holmes (ibm lead programmer) Thomas Holmes (conceptual design) Thomas Holmes (creative design) Thomas Holmes (sound effects) Timothy Michaels (additional programming) Tony Mollick (additional music)
Vegi	Heartsoft	1992	claiming keys lives snakegame	single player	Carsten Herzberg
Vocabulary Quest in the Land of the Unicorn	Unicorn Software Company	1992	5.25disk commercial currency display-ega display-vesa display-vga keyboard keys license-proprietary mouse spu-adlib spu-sb spu-sbpro trolls unicorns	single player
Secret Agent	Apogee Software	1992	3.5disk crystalcavesengine keys lives moneybags robots score specialagentprotagonist walking	single player
Alien Breed	Team17	1993	alienbreed aliens doors energyweapons firearms gog keys keys-disposable lives militantprotagonist mp-cooperative premadecharacters	shared-screen, single player
Betrayal at Krondor	Sierra (Dynamix)	1993	♫greensleeves 3.5disk attackmethods automap book cdrom circadiancycle combatmode cpu-386 crossbows cultists difficulty-single display-vga doors dwarves gog golems group hunger injuries inventory itemdurability keys lockpicking magic medieval meleeweapons midkemia mine mouse multiprotagonists nonlinear nooneleftbehind outlaws rotting rp-levelless saveanywhere serious shopping sorcery stamina steampowered subterranean swords titularevent titularlocale tragicending turnbasedcombat walking weefolk xp-literal	single player
Curse of the Catacombs	Froggman;Softdisk Publishing (Softdisk Publishing)	1993	1990s 20thcentury 2ndmillennium catacomb-series keys latemodernperiod magic middleprojection monsters plantcreatures present wolf3dengine	single player
Dungeon Hack	SSI (Dreamforge Intertainment)	1993	3.5disk adnd aesopsound alone automap charactercreation chosenone compass cpu-386 difficulty difficulty-aspects disguisedtriggers display-vga DnD dungeon dungeoncrawler dwarves elves eob-engine feelies forgottenrealms genderchoice gog gridmove halflings hunger illusionarywalls keyboard keys lockpicking magic mapgenerator medieval meleeweapons mercenaryprotagonist minimap monsters mouse printer solomission sorcery undead uvl-tiein weefolk	single player	Thomas Holmes (programmer)
God of Thunder	Software Creations;Impulse Games (Adept Software)	1993	10thcentury 1life aimdirlimit amoeboids bludgeons boomerangs bronzeage-theme chiroptera difficulty difficulty-ingame godlingprotagonist harmfultouch keys licensechange lighthearted magic medieval middleages mythicfigure norsemythology playerprofiles savior sorcery thrownweapons titularcharacter warriorprotagonist	single player	Adam Pedersen (lead level designer) Gary Sirois (graphics) Jason Blochowiak (programmer) Ron Davis (lead programmer) Roy Davis (music)
Heirs to Skull Crag	SSI (MicroMagic;SSI)	1993	2hmeleeweapons 3.5disk adnd adv-progress adv-static alienplanet autumnal axes basilisks beholders bludgeons bodyarmor bossbattles bows breathweapons caninoids cdrom cemetery charactercreation city clanguage classbased classbasedeq combatmode companion compass containers cpplanguage crossbows dataexport dataimport did difficulty dnd doors dragonprotagonist dragons dragons-western driders dungeoncrawler dwarves elves encounters-random encounters-set encounters-timed fantasyworld fatigue feelies femaleprotagonist fictionaluniverse forest forgottenrealms genderchoice genderpenalty ghosts giantanimals giantinsects giantmonsters giantspiders gnolls gnomes goblins godlingprotagonist goldboxengine golems gridmove group halflings hazardouspowers healingitems heroprotagonist highfantasy horses humanoids humans ichthyoids illusionarywalls inorganics insectoids inventory jewelry jinn joystick karma keys knives leveleditor liches lockpicking lowfantasy magic magicweapons maleprotagonist medieval meleeweapons mercenaryprotagonist militantprotagonist mindflayers missionbased monsters mouse multiclassing multipleendings multiverse mycoids mystics mythicalprotagonist naturalweapons orcs pascal polearms premadecharacters premadeprotagonist protagonistnaming ragtaggang randomdamage recruiting rescue resourcegeneration resting riding river romance ruins sentientartefact sewers shapeshifters shapeshifting sharedsetting shopping skeletons slings softscifi sorcery specieschoice spellmemory subterranean summery swords tentaclecreatures thrownweapons titlementioned tombstones town traps treants tutorial unarmedfighting undead unusualprotagonist uvl-tiein vampires vernal walking wasteland weefolk wintery wyverns xp-deeds xp-kills	single player	Al Brown (documentation) Annette Khartabil (german documentation translation) Banta ISG[company] (printing) Bill Sloan (design) Bill Sloan (programming) Bill Sloan (documentation) Bret Berry (producer) Brian Lowe (playtesting) Carol Tanguay (additional graphics) Carol Tanguay (artwor) Christoph Schmitz (project leader) Clyde Caldwell (cover art) Cyrus G. Harris (playtesting) David Blake (programming) David Boudreau (packaging) David Govett (music) Eileen Matsumi (documentation) Emma Tailleir (design) Emma Tailleir (playtesting) Eric Halloran (graphics) Eric Halloran (artwork) Forrest Elam (playtesting) George Alistair Sanger (music) Herb Perez (graphics) Herb Perez (artwork) James Young (associate producer) Jason Linhart (lead design) Jason Linhart (programming) Jason Linhart (director) John Ratcliffe (ibm digital sound driver) Jörgen Schlegel (design support) Joshua M. Cloud (playtesting) Kiri Naiman (level design) Kiri Naiman (scenario design) Kiri Naiman (documentation) Kristin Dodt (coordination) Kym Goyer (documentation) Leedara Sears (packaging) Markus Ludolf (german documentation translation) Nils Bote (quality assurance) Oliver Dannat (design support) Sandy Sturtevant (support) Tao Rodriguez-Seeger (design) Tao Rodriguez-Seeger (playtesting) Thomas A. MacMahon (design) Thomas A. MacMahon (playtesting) Wayne Horgan (design) Wayne Horgan (playtesting)
Red Crystal	Quantum Quality Productions	1993	3.5disk alternatesolutions axes bludgeons bossbattles castle charactercreation cinematics classbased commercial cpu-286 cpu-386 currency dialup display-vga dungeon encounters-allies encounters-literal encounters-neutral encounters-random encounters-respawn enemyhealthdisplay eviloverlord feelies giantspiders inaccurateinfo indoors inventory keyboard keys knives license-proprietary magic meleeweapons monsters mouse mp-cooperative multisequence mystics negotiatedresolutions nonlinear optionaltasks outdoors overworld potions protagonistnaming randomizedattributes sequences shopping sidetracked skeletons spu-gm spu-sb spu-sbpro stealingnpcs subterranean swords throwingaxes throwingknives thrownweapons town undead walking	single player, split-screen
Bio Menace	Apogee Software	1993	aimdirlimit alone ammotypes amoeboids apartmentbuilding chapters city crystals difficulty fallbackweapon firearms free2play gore grenades harmfultouch itempickup-auto keys ladders licensechange lighthearted lives maleprotagonist mines monsters multistart mutants nofalldamage rescue ruins runandgun score suicideattackers trees	single player	Jim Norwood
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold	Apogee Software (JAM Productions)	1993	aliens alone blakestone firstpersonshooter gog keys lives locationinfo maleprotagonist pushwalls score targetident wolf3dengine	single player	Apogee Software (publisher) Bobby Prince (music) Cygnus Multimedia Productions (contributing artist) Debra Berry (contributing artist) id Software (texture mapping engine) James T Row (author) Jeff Dee (contributing artist) Jerry K. Jones (author) Michael Maynard (author)
DOOM	id Software	1993	1life 22ndcentury aimassist alone anticipatorystockpiles armyofone backtracking bodyarmor bpjmindexed chainreactions cheatcodes clanguage claymation cloakednpcs demonicinvasion demons devsysnext68x devsysnextintel devsysnextppc doom-series doomwad doors dosextender elevators energyweapons everyonesdead explosiveobjects fatties findexit firearms firstpersonshooter gore graphicdeaths heads healthpickups hell hitscan idtech1 keys megacorps middleguns middleprojection militantprotagonist monsters moon mp-dm namelessprotagonist noingameintro nojumping noreloading npcstrife oopitems plasmaweapons possessed powerups randomdamage rocketjumping rockets rotaryguns sciencefantasy secrets secrets-levels serious shotguns singlegender spawners splatter twitchshooter walking walkingarmory	single player, cable/nullmodem, Internet	Adrian Carmack (graphics) Adrian Carmack (artwork) Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen 'Sandy Petersen' (design) David Taylor (programming) John Carmack (programming) John Romero (design) John Romero (programming) John Romero (level design) John Romero (tools programming) Kevin Cloud (graphics) Kevin Cloud (artwork) Martin Kolodziej (special thanks) Michael Abrash (programming) Paul Radek (sound) Paul Radek (audio drivers) Robert Prince (music) Robert Prince (sound effects) Sandy Petersen (level design) Shawn C. Green (design) Shawn C. Green (level design) Tom A. Hall (creative director)

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