PC (DOS/WIN/MAC, etc.) - 1980s-1990s
Essential Games (DOS)
C&C/Warcraft II, Settlers II/SimCity 2000 SE/Theme Park/Theme Hospital, Doom or Doom II, UFO: Enemy Unknown/Heroes of Might and Magic II/Jagged Alliance, Beneath a Steel Sky/Day of the Tentacle/Secret of Monkey Island 1 or 2, Ultima VII, Civilization 1 or 2/Colonization, Mechwarrior 2 or Quake, Flashback/Blackthorne/Prince of Persia, The Incredible Machine,
Maybe: System Shock/Strife, D/Generation, Master of Orion II/Master of Magic, Tie Fighter, Dune 2/Syndicate, Eye of the Beholder II/Ultima Underworld/Albion, Gabriel Knight/Sam & Max Hit the Road/Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood/Inherit the Earth, Rise of the Triad/Blood/Hexen/Heretic/Duke Nukem 3D, One Must Fall 2097, Abuse, Mystic Towers, Jazz Jackrabbit/Commander Keen IV, GTA, Tyrian
Strengths: Strategy, Simulation, Adventure, Action (FPS), WRPG, Puzzle, Shooter
Weaknesses: Platform and Shooter games tend to be lacking imitations of console or arcade counterparts, Platform Adventure, Action Adventure, Sports?, JRPG, Run 'n Gun
Lists
Top PC Games (1980s) WIP
Top PC Games (1990s) WIP
Impressive OPL2 Music, Impressive OPL3 Music, Impressive MT-32 Music, Impressive Sample-Based Sound Blaster Music
Innovative PC Games: 80s, 90s
PC Game Reviews (1980s-1990s)
Age of Empires Gold
Age of Empires II
Baldur's Gate & Tales of the Sword Coast
Beneath a Steel Sky
Caesar III
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Commander Keen IV
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
CrossCode
Crusader: No Remorse WIP
Diablo
Doom (1993)
Doom II: Hell on Earth WIP
Dreamweb WIP
Duke Nukem II (Rigel Engine)
Dune 2000
Dungeon Keeper WIP
Dungeon Keeper 2
Fallen Haven
Fallout
Fallout 2
Final Liberation: Warhammer 40,000 Epic
Fury of the Furries
Half-Life
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest
Heroes of Might and Magic II
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (FM Towns)
Jagged Alliance
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jill of the Jungle
King's Quest I Remake
Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (VGA)
Lemmings
Loom (FM Towns)
M.A.X.
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
Master of Magic
MDK
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
NetStorm: Islands at War
Outcast (1999)
Police Quest VGA WIP
Populous: The Beginning
Quake
Quake II: Quad Damage
Quest for Glory (VGA)
Rayman 2
Secret of Monkey Island, The
Settlers 2 Gold
SimCity 2000
Silver
Space Hulk
Space Quest (VGA)
Starcraft
Starcraft: Brood War
Star Control
Starsiege
Starsiege: Tribes
Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Syndicate
System Shock 2
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider 2
Tyrian 2000
UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-COM: UFO Defense
Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Unreal Gold
Vigilance on Talos V
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Wing Commander WIP
Wing Commander II
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