showing 3 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetHack | Stichting Matematisch Centrum & M.Stephenson | 1985 | 'NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering the detail of the dungeon and not simply killing everything in sight - in fact, killing everything in sight is a good way to die quickly. Each game presents a different landscape - the random number generator provides an essentially unlimited number of variations of the dungeon and its denizens to be discovered by the player in one of a number of characters: you can pick your race, your role, and your gender.' [From official site]***Freeware, the newest version- v.3.4.0- 03.2002 | labelimagesubject |
| Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar | Origin (Origin Systems) | 1985 | Comes on two 5.25' disks. In 1997 the full version of this game was 'made available for free download' at selected sites by Origin. However, it remains proprietary and not defined as "freeware" or "public domain" (these downloads can disappear or the priced raised at any time at Electronic Art's option). Several homebrew upgrades exist for this game that add features such as VGA graphics and Midi sound. The xu4 project allows this game to run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS 8, Mac OS X, and other operating systems. xu4 Also allows extensive modding of the graphics, enemies, items, and certain game logic. The Ultima series continued to innovate with the release of each game in the series. With the 4th game released for Apple ][ and then ported to IBM-PC, the genre was taken to bran new places. There is no evil big bad enemy to defeat, and the point of the game is not to take advantage of people to get stuff to go defeat the enemy. Rather, the point of the game is for the main character to become a champion of virtue. The goals are literally honesty, humility, honor, spirituality, valor, justice, compassion, sacrifice, courage, truth, and love. Actions, inactions, even words can have less than apparent unhelpful or helpful consequences. Yes, there are still monsters to fight and treasures to find, but this makes up less than 1/8th of the game and the care and purpose in handling these things is more important than the end result. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| D/Generation | Mindscape (The Software Toolworks) | 1991 | A secret project is out of control at Genoq Corporation, a biotech research lab in Singapore. The building is in total chaos. The security system is on full alert, blasting everything that moves. All the employees have been killed or trapped. D/Generation has taken over. And by fate or accident, you must now battle this ominous force...an organism that uses virtual reality to disguise itself. D/Generation is an intelligent organism that actually controls reality to become the chair you are sitting on, the floor you are walking on, or even the entire room. If you are to survive, you must solve the mystery and destroy the D/Generation. Bit by bit, you gather pieces of the puzzle from Genoq survivors and an occasional computer terminal. It's a race against time with ingenuity and determination your own weapons. Features: • Over 120 rooms filled with traps and surprises • Innovative full-room cutaway perspective • Bizarre organisms use virtual reality to disguise themselves • Full VGA graphics support • Unique storyline and humorous animation*** [17]*** [22]*** [52]*** [37] | labelimagesubject |
