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Dial-up modem

Hardware entity

Multiplayer by dialing directly to the other player's computer (by phone number) instead of establishing an internet connection through which to play.

80
games
15
platforms

Alternate name: Dial-up internet

Battle Beast (Windows 3.1)
Battle Beast
W31 1995
Duke Nukem 3D (MS-DOS)
Duke Nukem 3D
DOS 1996-01-29
Chasm - The Rift (MS-DOS)
Chasm - The Rift
DOS 1997-09-30
Neverwinter Nights (MS-DOS)
Neverwinter Nights
DOS 1991
Quake (MS-DOS)
Quake
DOS 1996-06-22
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation (Windows)
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
WIN 1999-06
PowerSlave (MS-DOS)
PowerSlave
DOS 1996-12
Dungeon Keeper (Windows)
Dungeon Keeper
WIN 1997-06-30
Dark Colony (Macintosh OS Classic)
Dark Colony
MAC 1997-08
Panzer Battles (Macintosh OS Classic)
Panzer Battles
MAC 1990
Command H.Q. (MS-DOS)
Command H.Q.
DOS 1990
688 Attack Sub (MS-DOS)
688 Attack Sub
DOS 1988
Pretty much impossible to use without an emulation layer nowadays because dial-up modems have been outdated and obsoleted (no longer sold) in most parts of the world.

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Games by year

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The first Dial-up modem video game was released in 1978.

Electronic Arts, Activision and PBI Software published most of these games.

Platforms

MS-DOS 22
Windows 19
Mac OS Classic 12
Apple II E 8
Linux 3
Win3.1 3
OS/2 3
Tandy Coco 2
BeOS 2
TRS-80 1
Commodore PET 1
C64 1
Atari 400/800 1
Mac OS X 1
Atari ST 1

Most common companies

Electronic Arts9
Activision3
PBI Software3
Delta Tao Software3
SSI3
Japan Software Engineering Shop 2
Open Quartz Team2
Interplay2
MicroPlay Software2
Hasbro Interactive2