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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Dragon's Lair	Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media	1989	Long ago, in a magical time, a good King named Aethelred ruled a peaceful kingdom. Now his kingdom had many treasures, but its greatest prize was Princess Daphne, the King's only child. Brave Knights and handsome Princes came from afar just to pay her court, for she was a maiden of exceeding beauty and grace. But, though they laid vast riches at her feet and pleaded most earnestly for her hand, Princess Daphne refused them all. For her heart had long been given to another... Dirk the Daring, the King's champion and bravest Knight. Then one dark day, Singe, an evil dragon who ruled over a shadowed land, appeared in Aethelred's kingdom and demanded that the king deliver up his kingdom and people to him. When Aethelred refused Singe's vile demand, the monster kidnapped the beautiful Daphne and imprisoned her in a crystal sphere in the horrible dungeons beneath his enchanted castle. Singe then sent Aethelred this message: Relinquish your kingdom before the setting sun or your beloved daughter will perish. Aethelred and all the people of the kingdom were plunged into despair. All except for Dirk who vowed to go to the enchanted castle and free the Princess ... if he could survive the dungeon's many perils ... if he could reach the Dragon's lair.* [124]* [87]* [49]* [17]* [83]* [33]*** [52]
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.
Red Baron	Sierra On-Line (Dynamix)	1990
Castle of Dr. Brain	Sierra On-Line	1991	The EGA+Tandy version was sold in a separate package.*The EGA+Tandy version was sold in a separate package.* [22]* [52]*[media=youtube]5a6I3qEuDzw[/media]
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp	ReadySoft	1991	DRAGON'S LAIR II: TIME WARP Spirited away to a wrinkle in time, Daphne will be forced to marry the evil wizard Mordroc if you, Dirk the Daring, cannot save her. Transported by a bumbling old time machine, your quest begins. But hurry, for once the casket of doom has opened, Mordroc will place the Death Ring upon Daphne’s finger, and she will be lost forever in the Time Warp.* [142]* [33]* [52]* [37]
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus	Sierra On-Line	1991	According to Sierra, the DOS version required for the original (disk version) is literally "DOS". Since DOS 3.0 was the first to use 286 features, I'm using that in this game entry (DOS 6.22 will run on an 8080). The disk versions of the game can officially be patched to be identical to the CD version which required DOS 5.0.* [22]* [52]*** [37]
Jones in the Fast Lane	Sierra On-Line	1991	Jones in the Fast Lane is a simulation of a person's life, presented as a turn-based strategy game. You can play by yourself, or compete with other human players or the computer-controlled Jones. At the beginning of the game you determine what your goals are, in four categories - Money, Happiness, Education and Career: the higher your goals, the longer the game. The game itself is presented as something akin to a board game. The board represents the city where you live. Each turn (here, a turn represents a week of your life) you have limited time to act, and you have to choose how to spend it. Walking somewhere else costs you time, as well as working, learning, and looking for a job. The first thing you should do is looking for a job at an employment center. Since initially you have no education, experience or work history, you can only choose the simplest, lowest-paying jobs - such as a janitor or a cook. Later on, as you enroll into various courses at an university, you'll get smart enough to get the high-ranking jobs. But remember that some jobs require you to buy and wear expensive clothes. Work isn't mandatory, and you can dedicate time to working whenever you feel like it. The money you get can be spent in many ways. You can buy a snack at a fast food restaurant (you should eat something each week, or next week you'll have less time due to hunger). You can buy some appliances for your house, lottery tickets, newspapers and more. You can also store your money in the bank (a wise choice, considering the ubiquity of pickpockets) or invest into stock market. Remember that you have to pay rent for your house - if you don't pay for a long time, your landlord will garnish some amount from the money you earn at work. But if you get enough cash, you can rent a luxury apartment and move out of the stinky hole inside which you've been spending your life earlier!* [82]* [49]* [83]* [33]*A slightly enhanced CD-ROM version of this game with additional animations and CD-quality music was released in 1992.* [63]* [52]* [37]
Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards	Sierra On-Line	1991	LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME? MEET LARRY. He's just turned 40 and he's still single. If you can get past the glow of his Grecian formula you can see his hairline beginning to make a hasty retreat from his forehead. Larry's leisure suit is of the highest quality (!00% man-made material, permanent press, too!). He wears at least 11 gold chains, and his freshly-capped teeth could blind you in a bright light. Down at the singles bar he tells the chicks, "sure I'm single...I got in a fight with my ol' lady and she threw me out." He doesn't tell them the 'ol' lady' was his mom, or that he was 38 at the time. YEAH, LARRY'S A JERK He's the ultimate blind date nightmare. The kind of guy you wouldn't want your daughter to meet, let alone date. But he's also become an unlikely cult-hero of the computer age. And he's the star of this new version of the 3-D Adventure Game classic. 3-D EQUALS DANCING, DRINKING, AND DAMES! Become the lovable nerd Larry for one fabulous night. You'll drink. You'll gamble. And, if you play your cards right, you might even meet the girl (or girls) of your dreams. Leisure Suit Larry is a humorous, harmless endeavor for adults. The object of the game is to help Larry over-come his jerkisms and lose his "you know what". It's a silly, risque romp through the singles' scene and a challenging adventure game that will test your street smarts and suave sophistication. So slip into your leisure suit and venture out into the land of the lounge lizards. We guarantee it will be a night you'll never forget. A New 3-D Animated Adventure Game featuring:* Hand-painted and digitized art in brilliant full color (including many of your favorite fleshtones). * An improved music card compatible stereo soundtrack that'll have you partying all night long. * More mouse-controlled "point-and-grope" commands give you quick, one-hand action scoring. * Incredible three-dimensional animation. Larry in front of speeding cabs, into hot tubs, across the disco dance floor. * Animated characters that come alive. They walk, they talk... they even ignore your best pick-up lines - just like in real life.* [22]* [52]
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti does a little Undercover Work	Sierra On-Line	1991	SEX, THUGS AND ROCK 'N ROLL. They're back in their silliest, sexiest adventure ever. Larry teams up with Passionate Patti for a rollicking gender-bending romp through the sleazy underside of the underworld. SWITCH SEXES ON THE FLY. Yes, every time you take a plane ride, you'll switch back and forth between Larry and Patti. Double the trouble, double the fun! IT'S LARRY & PATTI vs. A GALLERY OF GOONS. Passionate Patti is a fledgling spy for the FBI, sent o ferret out corruption in the music industry. Larry, cult-hero of the computer age and certified fashion disaster, is auditioning hostesses for the TV's syndicated steam-fest, America's Sexiest Home Videos. But watch out! The Mob wants to get pornography off the air and back into their balance sheet. Help Larry and Patti take on organized crime, the FBI, and the Citizens Against Nearly Everything in their spiciest computer caper yet. FANTASTIC FEATURES:Original score by Hollywood composer Craig Safan: Emmy nominee. Composer for the Cheers TV show. Composer of movie scores for The Last Starfighter, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, and many others. Hand-painted digitized graphics in fabulous full color. * No-typing 'grope and click' interface for quick-feel, one-hand action scoring. * Our most amazing and outrageous animation ever.* [103]* [159]* [22]* [52]*** [37]
Mixed-Up Fairy Tales	Sierra On-Line	1991
Nova 9	Dynamix	1991
Police Quest 3: The Kindred	Sierra On-Line	1991
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.
Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge	ReadySoft	1991
The Adventures of Willy Beamish	Sierra (Dynamix)	1991
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]
A.G.E	Coktel Vision (Tomahawk)	1991	On a secret mission, on the planet Kaiser, you quickly become involved in terrible conflicts which confront you: the kidnapping of the religious rachnouist leader, the technorobots uprising, the possible war between different sections of the army... and what's more, Dale has disappeared...*[media=youtube]wt90FXDBBds[/media]* [22]* [52]* [37]
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood	Sierra On-Line	1991	[22]* [52]* [37]***The sequil to [game=Conquests of Camelot]Conquests of Camelot[/game] and the final in the series. 1 player. There are 4 versions of this game, 16 color, 256 color, on 3.5 inch DD disk or 5.25 HD disk. A CD remake version with full speech and video was made in 1993 only a demo of it was released. Requires 8088/8086 CPU, DOS 3.0-3.3 (or DOSBOX), 640KB RAM, EGA/MCGA/Tandy/PCjr/VGA video, Adlib/Disney Sound Source/Game Blaster (CMS)/PC Speaker/Pro Audio Spectrum/Plus/ 16/PS1 Audio/Roland MT-32/LAPC-1/Sound Blaster/Tandy DAC/Tandy/PCjr sound, Keyboard and Mouse Optional PC Joystick, Number of Players: Offline This is copyrighted by Sierra On-Line but was available on the creator's website: [url=http://www.christymarx.com/writing/robin.htm]Download Page[/url] This download of the game files was removed when the became available in a Windows-only file on GOG. [Zerothis]
Contraption Zack	The Software Toolworks;Mindscape (Presage Software Development)	1992
Darklands	Microprose (MPS Labs)	1992	Darklands has a unique mix of features. Good and evil are not enforced on the player. 'Evil quests' and 'good quests' are offered. Reviews noted an "element of free-will" which is a very rare thought when it comes to videogames (I actually cannot think of any other examples of a reviewer saying "free-will" about a game). The reputation system is regional. Thus players can be hated in one region and revered in another. The world is based on 15th century Europe and only contains supernatural elements that people believed at the time (The game is naturalistic by 15th century Europe standards). This is a world of humans, not fairy tale creatures. The manual devotes quite a bit of text to disclaim the presented world as one that was believed to be, not one that was factual, and point out it is a world unaware of contemporary or future reality. The manual claims only 15th century texts were sourced for the game. Characters are free to acquire and nurture skills as they see fit. This means, for example, a physically strong warrior may also devote training to picking locks. A cleric could even learn to pick pockets. Characters age, which comes with appropriate advantages and disadvantages. Or, players may opt to start with an older character who has already acquired and trained in selected skills. Older starter characters have also likely acquired more advanced equipment. Locations in the game are actual historical locations within the Holy Roman Empire. For the player's sake, locations are marked with the historically accurate name and their modern names. The interface present two main modes of interacting with the world. Reading and selecting dialogues for interactive fiction style play and strategic round-based battles (simultaneous turns) in hand-painted orthographic environments. In battle, different weapons and armor have appropriate strengths and weaknesses when interacting with each other. Plate armor, for example, is strong against bladed weapons but weaker against blunt and spiked weapons. This is an open world game with a main quest. There are no set paths to 'win' and the final boss' location is randomized for each play through. It is up to the player to ready themselves and discover the location of the final boss by any of the means provided by the game. 15th century religion plays a tremendous role in the game and main quest. The game reportedly took 3 years and cost 3 million dollars. An tremendous amount of resources for a non-multimedia disk based 1992 DOS RPG from Microprose. An Amiga version was considered but deemed to much game to run from floppies and to few Amiga customers with hard drives. The Atari ST game known as "Darklands" is unrelated to this one.* [22]* [52]*** [37]
Hoyle Book of Games Volume 3	Sierra On-Line	1992
Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2	Infocom	1992
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]
Mario Teaches Typing	Interplay Entertainment	1992
MicroLeague Baseball IV	Micro League;General Admission (Micro League)	1992
Monopoly Deluxe	Virgin Games	1992	Should not be confused with the original released 1989 with support for much older hardware.
Omar Sharif on Bridge	Interplay Productions (Oxford Softworks)	1992
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero - VGA Remake	Sierra On-Line	1992
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War	Sierra On-Line	1992
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol. 2	Icom Simulations	1992
Space Adventure	Knowledge Adventure	1992
Tetris Classic	Spectrum Holobyte;Mirrosoft (Spectrum Holobyte)	1992
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition	Brøderbund	1992
The Legend of Kyrandia	Virgin (Westwood)	1992	[media=youtube]_c5QrnYYk3Y[/media]
Bloodstone	Mindcraft	1993	According to Wikipedia, this uses Magic Candle 3's engine.
Creepers	Psygnosis (Destiny)	1993
Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread	ReadySoft	1993	After destroying the evil wizard Mordroc in his bid for marriage to your beloved Daphne in "Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp", Mordroc's evil sister Mordread is demanding revenge. You, as Dirk the Daring, must test your skills as you are thrust into a frantic quest through time to save Daphne and the children. But you must hurry before the evil witch Mordread traps them forever in the Vortex of Eternity. Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread brings the classical animation style of Don Bluth to your computer featuring full-screen animation, digitized sound and new animations not included in the original laser disc arcade game.*** [37]
Empire Deluxe	New World Computing (White Wolf Productions)	1993
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist	Sierra On-Line	1993
GateWorld	Homebrew Software	1993
Hoyle Classic Card Games	Sierra	1993
Jonny Quest: Curse of the Mayan Warriors	Hollyware Entertainment (MicroIllusions)	1993
Michael Jordan in Flight	Electronic Arts (Pacific Gameworks;ZCT Systems Group)	1993
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.
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol. 3	Icom Simulations	1993
SimFarm	Maxis	1993
The Island of Dr. Brain	Sierra On-Line	1993
Space Quest V: The Next Mutation	Sierra On-Line	1993	[media=youtube]g_9mOWJRk3o[/media]***2009-07-23 on Steam, by Activision (lang: eng)
Epic Pinball	Epic Megagames;WizardWorks Software;xLand Games (Digital Extremes;Gold Medallion Software)	1993
Isle of the Dead	Merit Software (Rainmaker Software)	1993	A dull game which attempts to mix the shooter and adventure genres with not much success. You crash on a deserted island full of zombies and must escape. It has Wolfenstein type graphics and you can freely roam and shoot things until you come to an area which you must manipulate objects and use your inventory at which point the 3d view becomes static in order to do so.

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