Tagged: Windows 9x

Screenshot from Lode Runner 2

Lode Runner 2 Puzzle category

When the Lode Runner series moved into 3D, it got more overwhelming, frustrating, and delightful.

Screenshot from Marble Drop

Marble Drop Puzzle category

This ornate Rube Goldberg-esque game, done in the style of a Renaissance-era drawing, has the same appeal as a picture book. You don’t even have to finish playing it right to enjoy it! One of the few games completed by the Austin branch of Maxis.

Screenshot from MindGym

MindGym Multimedia categoryOther categorySoftware category

This unique, stunning surrealist self-help guide gets arrogant when it uses the strengths of the multimedia CD-ROM format to make players examine how they think.

Screenshot from MissionForce: CyberStorm

MissionForce: CyberStorm Strategy category

MissionForce: CyberStorm‘s complex strategic gameplay underscores a dark narrative about the invasive, soulless logic of endless war.

Screenshot from Obsidian

Obsidian Adventure category

As you go deeper into the triumphantly bizarre world of Obsidian, the rules of reality twist and change. It’s a game about why we dream – and how dangerous following your dreams can be.

Screenshot from Pandora's Box

Pandora’s Box Puzzle category

Designed by Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov, Microsoft’s globe-trotting puzzle game is restless with its own possibilities. What could a visual puzzle game be like?

Screenshot from Peter Gabriel: Eve

Peter Gabriel: Eve Multimedia category

Real World’s multimedia art collage uses its fragmentation to reveal anxieties about relationships and social behavior, an idea that outpaces the parts dedicated to Peter Gabriel’s music.

Screenshot from popol maya

popol maya Adventure category

popol maya is a philosophy expressed as a game. Its vibrant, often poorly communicated mythology only partly channels the game’s view on life.

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