Tagged: DOS

Screenshot from Sentient

Sentient Adventure category

Sentient overwhelms you with the freedom to roam an active space station and absurdly detailed dialogue. How much of this is just for show?

Screenshot from SimHealth

SimHealth Educational categorySimulation category

A product of Maxis’s former business simulation division, SimHealth embodies the potential and danger of using games as educational tools for public policy and debate.

Screenshot from SimIsle: Missions In The Rainforest

SimIsle: Missions In The Rainforest Simulation category

Everything has a visible cost in SimIsle, a tropical simulation game about the dynamics between industry, labor, and ecology. What does it mean that it contradicts its own environmentalist message?

Screenshot from Stuffin the Briefcase

Stuffin the Briefcase Puzzle category

This game about packing luggage is a satisfying slice of everyday life where you get to take care of your stuff.

Title screen from Subterraneans

Unearthing Subterraneans Blog categoryShooter category

B-movie horror studio Full Moon Features at one point planned to release CD-ROM games and software. I found prototypes of their two titles and have released them into the wild.

Screenshot from Three Point Basketball Deluxe

Three Point Basketball Deluxe Sports category

The cumbersome shooting mechanics of Three Point Basketball Deluxe don’t emulate basketball in a translatable way. At least the announcer delivers.

Screenshot from Traffic Department 2192

Traffic Department 2192 Action category

With a solid base, the cocky and brash Traffic Department 2192 keeps rolling for surprisingly long after it runs out of steam.

Screenshot from Transarctica

Transarctica Simulation category

This bleak resource trading game holds onto hope and perseverance amid the cold. (Except for the slavery stuff.)

Screenshot from Tubes

Tubes Puzzle category

This science-themed Klax clone slightly differentiates itself from the original with a couple tweaks (and a little character).

Screenshot from Tunnels of Armageddon

Tunnels of Armageddon Action category

Racing through this game’s namesake tunnels is a tough, wavering thrill, and it mostly ignores the extra complications thrown on top.

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