showing 14 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | rank | |
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| 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 |
| Angband | author | 1992 | Angband is a free, single-player dungeon exploration game where you take the role of an adventurer, exploring a deep dungeon, fighting monsters, and acquiring the best weaponry you can, in preparation for a final battle with Morgoth, the Lord of Darkness. | labelimagesubject | |
| Heirs to Skull Crag | SSI (MicroMagic;SSI) | 1993 | Heirs to Skull Crag is the game, exclusively available in no other package game, real game, actual game, existing game, playable game, completable that comes the the Unlimited Adventures game creator which is in every other videogam database with tools to create AD&D based adventures, or even other types of adventures based on the Gold Box Engine. The executable is "FRUA.EXE" and the letters stand for "Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures". But UA is by no means limited to the Forgotten Realms setting. Materials from other settings are included and players are free to create their own or download UGC from the aforementioned site. | labelimagesubject | |
| Reaping the Dungeon | Frontline Software | 1993 | Dungeon Rogue is pretty much the same game with updated title screen mentioning how to get free copy of episode 2 (and I find the method ridiculous). It also comes with Windows installer even though the game is as much a DOS game as it ever was.***[b]Minimum:[/b] * DOS 3.0 * 286 CPU * 490k free conventional memory***Rather unusual Roguelike in my experience, with the Sci-Fi setting and constant search for oxygen sources lest you suffocate, it was strangely refreshing change to what I was playing at the time. | labelimageminimize | |
| Valhalla | Optyk (Norsehelm Production) | 1993 | Originally commercial game, but later released as freeware (without sound effects and music though). |  | labelimageminimize |
| DOOM | id Software | 1993 | [b]npc strife[/b] - they don't do this automatically, but will beat up their allies if subjected to friendly fire. This is a "feature" repeated in many games using the Doom engine. [b]possessed[/b] - the humans you encounter are controlled by demonic spirits or some such, not zombies or anything.***DoomEd as well as the DOS version of DOOM were developed on a several platforms running NeXTSTEP 3.3. NeXTSTEP's design didn't really care if these systems were 68k, x86, or PPC:[quote=John Romero]In fact, with the superpower of NeXTSTEP, one of the earliest incarnations of DoomEd had Carmack in his office, me in my office, DoomEd running on both our computers and both of us editing one map together at the same time. I could see John moving entities around on my screen as I drew new walls. Shared memory spaces and distributed objects. Pure magic.[/quote] [Zerothis]***There was also an expansion to Doom called [game=#162120]The Ultimate Doom[/game] that added fourth episode, "Thy Flesh Consumed", into the mix.***Doom launched First-Person shooters as one of the dominant genres in PC gaming(although Wolfenstein 3D had established the genre), and also launched the PC as a viable gaming platform Superb level design, well-designed weapons and truly frightening atmosphere. The pseudo-3D levels (Doom's engine didn't allow for levels to be multi-layered) were the best looking and immersive of the time and are still enjoyable today. Also one of the PC's most copied games, its influence rings true in the vast array of First-person shooters. This has been both a blessing and a curse for gamers, as unimaginative and poorly executed Doom-clones swamped release schedules in the mid-to-late 90s. Doom was originally released as shareware, allowing Doom to gather a massive following very quickly.***My first digital addiction.. pure nostalgia. Think back and feel the atmosphere again that was hanging around your DOS machine when it was playing those sinister midi files... what a game! [Roland] | | labelimageminimize |
| Ancient Domains Of Mystery | author | 1994 | # averted tags/concepts # level scaling - only present in a cave northwest of Terinyo, the small village you encounter early on. Otherwise non-existant.***Latest version: 1.1.1 (as of 2002-11) |  | labelimageminimize |
| Doom II | id Software | 1994 | [22]***[media=youtube]tt3E7S8me2E[/media]***[b]boss battles[/b] - the Icon of Sin if nothing else.***Let the Obsession begin. Again. This time, the entire forces of the netherworld have overrun Earth. To save her, you must descend into the stygian depths of Hell itself! Battle mightier, nastier, deadlier demons and monsters. Use more powerful weapons. Survive more mind-blowing explosions and more of the bloodiest, fiercest, most awesome blastfest ever! Play DOOM II solo, with two people over a modem, or with up to four players over a LAN (supporting IPX protocol). No matter which way you choose, get ready for adrenaline-pumping, action-packed excitement that's sure to give your heart a real workout. [?]***This game is one of the most popular games when 3D shoot-em's first became popular. It involves total carnage of evil demons, zombies and monsters with an arsenal of shotguns, chainguns, missiles, BFG, Plasma, Pistol, and Chainsaw. | | labelimagesubject |
| The Ultimate Doom | GT Interactive (id Software) | 1995 | [media=youtube]K0nlO87evhY[/media]***The complete megahit game that set the world afire. Plus All-New Episode IV: Thy Flesh Consumed. The demons came and the marines died. Except one. Your are the last defense against these hell-spawned hordes. Prepare for the most intense mutant-laden, blood-splattered action ever! The texture-mapped virtual world is so real, you don't just play DOOM - you live it. The Ultimate DOOM takes you beyond anything you've ever experienced. First, you get all three original episodes - that's 27 levels of awesome, explosive excitement. Then it really blows you away with an all-new episode: Thy Flesh Consumed. Now you're dead meat. Just when you think you're getting pretty good at DOOM, you get hit with Perfect Hatred, Sever the Wicked and seven other expert levels never seen before! They're so incredibly tough, the first 27 levels will seem like a walk in the park! [?]***Comes on 5 3½ disks.***[b]Minimum:[/b] * MS-DOS 5.0 * 33 MHz 386 CPU * VGA GPU * 4 MB RAM * 20 MB free HD space * Sound Blaster or AdLib SPU [b]Recommended:[/b] * 8 MB RAM***The Ultimate Doom takes you far beyond the realms of your experience. All three original episodes of the greatest, splattertastic, adrenaline pumping game ever made are here - that's 27 levels of doomongerous gameplay to challenge even the most hardened gamer. But that's just for starters... Then, but only if you're tough enough, you can pick up the gauntlet of an all-new episode... Thy Flesh Consumed. Those fiendish geniuses from id have delved deep into their twisted psyches to present you with the ultimate Doom experience yet - nine new levels of the most torturous, twisting and toughest action imaginable. Will you prove big enough to meet the challenge? [Box blurb]***Retail version of shareware [i][game=#19653]Doom[/game][/i] that included fourth episode: "Thy Flesh Consumed" which was not present in the registered version of the shareware release. The fourth episode is not considered canon either, as the story involved with it is intentionally ridiculous (avenging the murder of your white pet rabbit). | | labelimagesubject |
| Final Doom | id Software (TeamTNT) | 1996 | Two New, 32-Level DOOM II Episodes. Evilution: Far from earth, the UAC recommenced their experiments on on of the moons of Jupiter. A spaceship, mistaken for a supply vexxel on radar, hovered above the base. Hideous demons poured out, blanketing the base with death. All your comrades were quickly slaughtered or zombified. This time, it's not about survival. It's about revenge. The Plutonia Experiment: Every effort has been made by the nation's top scientists to close the seven interdimensional Gates of Hell, but one portal remains open. Alone, you must infiltrate the ravaged complex, defeat the demon Gatekeeper and seal the last Hell-hole before the undead are prepared to, once again, take over the world. [?]***Includes two "campaigns": * [i]TNT: Evilution[/i], with the events set on Io. * [i]Plutonia Experiment[/i], with the events set on Earth. Oddly it seems neither of the storylines take the player to Hell unlike in all other Doom games. |  | labelimagesubject |
| MAngband | ? | 1997 | labelminimizeminimize | ||
| Baldur's Gate: Edition spéciale | Interplay Productions | 1998 | labelminimizeminimize | ||
| Nethack: Falcon's Eye | - | 2000 | labelminimizeminimize | ||
| Iter Vehemens ad Necem | IvanDev | 2001 | Latest version: 0.50 (as of 2004-12-10) | labelimageminimize |
