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| x Prince of Persia |
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1989 | Platform game | Red Orb Entertainment |
Prince of Persia (often shortened to "POP") is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner in 1989 for the Apple II, that was widely seen as a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in computer games. Mechner used a process...
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| Action-adventure | Jordan Mechner | ||||
| Ubisoft | |||||
| Brøderbund Software | |||||
| x The Last Express |
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1997 | Adventure | Smoking Car Productions |
The Last Express is a video game created by Jordan Mechner and Smoking Car Productions, published in 1997. It is an adventure game that takes place on the Orient Express, days before the start of World War I. It is noted as being one of the few...
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| Robert Cook | |||||
| x D/Generation |
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1991 | Action-adventure | Robert Cook |
D/Generation is a arcade adventure computer game with puzzle elements, published for the PC and Amiga by Mindscape in 1991. It was later ported to the Amiga CD32 in 1993, the new version largely based upon the Amiga version but allowing use of the 6...
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| Isometric projection | James M. Brown | ||||
| x Civilization |
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1991 | Turn-based strategy | MicroProse |
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991. The game's objective is to "...build an empire to stand the test of time". The game begins in 4000 BC, and the players attempt to expand and...
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| Microprose Software, Inc | |||||
| x David's Midnight Magic |
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1982 | Pinball |
David's Midnight Magic is an early computer pinball simulation written by David Snider and released by Brøderbund in 1982. (The game was published in Europe by Ariolasoft). The game was originally released for the Apple II computer platform and was...
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| x Lode Runner |
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1983 | Puzzle | Douglas E. Smith |
Lode Runner is a 1983 platform game, first published by Brøderbund. It is one of the first games to include a level editor, a feature that allows players to create their own levels for the game. This feature bolstered the game's popularity, as...
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| x Pinball Construction Set |
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1983 | Pinball | BudgeCo |
Pinball Construction Set (PCS) is a computer game by Bill Budge published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Apple II and Atari 800 in 1983 and was later ported to other platforms, such as the Commodore 64 and DOS (as a booter).
Pinball...
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| x Spore |
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Sep 7, 2008 | Life simulation | Maxis |
Spore is a multi-genre massive single-player online metaverse video game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. It allows a player to control the development of a species from its beginnings as a microscopic organism, through development as...
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| x Raid on Bungeling Bay |
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1984 | Shooter game |
Raid on Bungeling Bay was the first video game designed by Will Wright. It was published by Brøderbund for the Commodore 64 in 1984 and the NES and MSX computers in 1985. The Commodore 64 version was published in the UK by Ariolasoft, and the NES...
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| x SimCity |
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1989 | Simulation | Maxis |
SimCity is a city-building simulation game, first released in 1989 and designed by Will Wright. SimCity was Maxis' first product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and spawned several sequels including...
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| City-building game | Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development | ||||
| Babaroga | |||||
| x The Sims |
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Feb 4, 2000 | God game | Maxis |
The Sims is a strategic life-simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It was created by game designer Will Wright, also known for developing SimCity. It is a simulation of the daily activities of one or more...
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| x Karateka |
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1984 | Action game | Jordan Mechner |
Karateka is a 1984 computer game by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Karateka was Mechner's first hit game, and was designed while he was attending Yale University. The game was renowned at the time for its realistic animations. In...
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| x Choplifter |
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1982 | Strategy game | Dan Gorlin |
Choplifter is a 1982 Apple II game developed by Dan Gorlin and published by Brøderbund. It was ported to other home computers and, in 1985, Sega released a coin-operated arcade game version. While many arcade games have been ported to home computers...
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| x Choplifter III |
Choplifter III is a 1993 video game for Game Boy and Game Gear. It was released on September 9, 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was the third Choplifter title starting with the original Apple II game released in 1982. The...
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| x Castle Wolfenstein |
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1981 | Stealth-based game | Muse Software |
Castle Wolfenstein is a stealth-based computer game, the first of its genre, developed by Muse Software for the Apple II. It was first released in 1981 and later ported to DOS, the Atari 8-bit family and the Commodore 64.
Castle Wolfenstein is a...
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| World War II | |||||
| x Super Mario Bros. |
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Sep 13, 1985 | Platform game | Nintendo |
Super Mario Bros. (スーパーマリオブラザーズ, Sūpā Mario Burazāzu) is a platform video game developed by Nintendo in late 1985 and published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros.. In Super Mario Bros., the titular...
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| Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development | |||||
| x Sargon |
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1978 |
Sargon (or SARGON) is a line of chess-playing software for personal computers.
The original SARGON was written by Dan and Kathe Spracklen in a Z80-based computer called Wavemate Jupiter III using assembly language through TDL Macro Assembler.
The...
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| x Chess |
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Apple Inc. |
Chess is a chess game for Mac OS X, and its progenitor, OPENSTEP, featuring a high quality graphical display and support for chess variants such as crazyhouse and suicide chess. Also included are different skins featuring metal, grass, marble and...
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| x Interstate '76 |
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Mar 28, 1997 | Vehicular combat game | Activision |
Interstate '76 is a Windows vehicular combat video game. It was developed and published by Activision and released in March 1997.
The game is set in the south-western United States of America in an alternative version of the year 1976, during a...
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| x EverQuest |
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Mar 16, 1999 | MMORPG | Sony Online Entertainment |
EverQuest, often shortened to EQ, is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on the 16th of March, 1999. The original design is credited to Brad McQuaid, Steve Clover, and Bill Trost. It was...
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| Massively multiplayer online game | 989 Studios | ||||
| Fantasy | |||||
| x FMO Chess Club |
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Stu Megan |
Q What is it?
FMO CHESS CLUB is a free private online CHESS CLUB requiring membership.
Q How do I join?
Click on the link on the front page.
If no link is present, the club is closed to new membership.
Enter an ID and password , valid email address ...
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| x Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity |
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1994 | Adventure | MicroProse |
Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity is a computer game by Spectrum HoloByte, based on the Star Trek universe.
The cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation reprise their roles, providing the voices of their respective characters.
While on...
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| Puzzle | Spectrum HoloByte | ||||
| x Falcon |
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Flight simulator |
The Falcon line of computer games is a series of simulations of the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft. The games were developed and published by Spectrum HoloByte (later MicroProse). They were noted for their high level of realism unseen in...
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| x Chessmaster |
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Oct 27, 2004 | Chess | Ubisoft |
Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold as of 2002.
The Chessmaster series started in 1986 with The...
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| x Fritz |
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Turn-based strategy |
Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. There is also a version called Deep Fritz that is designed for multi-processing.
The latest versions of the consumer products are Deep Fritz 10 ...
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| x MechWarrior 2 |
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1995 | Shooter game | Activision |
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat is a 1995 computer game produced by Activision. It is part of the MechWarrior series of PC games. It separates itself from the original board game BattleTech by placing the player inside the cockpit of the...
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| x MechWarrior 3 |
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Simulation | Zipper Interactive |
MechWarrior 3 was the first MechWarrior game not developed by Activision. MechWarrior 3 featured an all new 3D accelerated graphics engine. The game contained over 20 missions, with access to 18 different 'Mechs.
The story opens with a briefing of...
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| x MechWarrior: Vengeance |
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Nov 24, 2000 | Simulation | FASA Interactive |
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance is a computer game developed by FASA Interactive and published by Microsoft. It was released on November 24, 2000. This game is the fourth game in MechWarrior series. It takes place in BattleTech universe where the pinnacle...
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| x Trinity |
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1986 | Interactive fiction | Infocom |
Trinity is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published in 1986 by Infocom. It is widely regarded as one of the company's best works. Award winning interactive fiction author Michael S. Gentry described Trinity as ".....
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| x Planetfall |
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1983 | Interactive fiction | Infocom |
Planetfall is a science fiction interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky, and the eighth title published by Infocom in 1983. Like most Infocom games, thanks to the portable Z-machine, it was released for several platforms...
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| Hidden & Dangerous |
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Jul 29, 1999 | Tactical shooter | Illusion Softworks |
Hidden & Dangerous is a 1999 computer and video game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Take-Two Interactive and TalonSoft for Windows, the Sega Dreamcast, and the Sony PlayStation. The PlayStation port of the game was developed by...
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| Stealth-based game | Rockstar Lincoln | ||||
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| Hidden & Dangerous 2 |
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Oct 24, 2003 | Tactical shooter | Illusion Softworks |
Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a tactical shooter computer game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering of Developers and Take-Two Interactive.
The player controls a four-man British Special Air Service (SAS) team during World War II,...
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| Stealth-based game | |||||
| x Far Cry |
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Mar 23, 2004 | First-person Shooter | Crytek |
Far Cry is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek Studios from Germany and published by Ubisoft on March 23, 2004 for Microsoft Windows. Far Cry sold 730,000 units within four months of release and has currently sold over 3 million...
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| x The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind |
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Jun 4, 2002 | Computer role-playing game | Bethesda Softworks |
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, commonly referred to simply as Morrowind, is a single player computer role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and published by Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft. It is the third installment in The Elder...
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| Action role-playing game | |||||
| x The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard |
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Nov 1998 | Action-adventure | Bethesda Softworks |
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard is an action-adventure game developed and published by Bethesda Softworks with a third person style, set in the world of The Elder Scrolls. The game takes place in Tamriel in the year 864 of the Second Era,...
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| x Might & Magic IX | |||||
| x Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast |
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Nov 19, 2002 | First-person Shooter | Raven Software |
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, often abbreviated JK2 or JO, is a first- and third-person action game developed by Raven Software and published by LucasArts and Activision. The PC version was released in early 2002 and the Mac OS X, Xbox and...
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| Action game | Vicarious Visions | ||||
| x Star Wars Galaxies |
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Jun 26, 2003 | MMORPG | Electronic Arts |
Star Wars Galaxies (abbv. SWG) is a Star Wars themed MMORPG for Microsoft Windows developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts.
On 16 March, 2000, LucasArts Entertainment announced a partnership with Verant Interactive Inc. and...
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| Massively multiplayer online game | Sony Online Entertainment | ||||
| x Stronghold |
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Oct 21, 2001 | Real-time strategy | Firefly Studios |
Stronghold is a historic real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Firefly Studios in 2001. The game focuses primarily on conquest and expansion through military pursuits, but also provides space for economic strategy and development. There is both...
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| x Stronghold 2 |
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Apr 28, 2005 | Real-time strategy | Firefly Studios |
Stronghold 2 is a real time strategy computer game released in April 2005 in which the player develops a stronghold in the medieval ages. It is the sequel to Stronghold, released in 2001, also by Firefly Studios.
The game engine was enhanced over...
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| x Lords of the Realm |
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1994 | Turn-based strategy | Impressions Games |
Lords of the Realm is a turn-based strategy computer game published and developed by Impressions Games. It was first released on June 15, 1994, and is the first game in the Lords of the Realm series.
The game takes place in a medieval setting, with...
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| x Lords of the Realm II |
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1996 | Turn-based strategy | Impressions Games |
Lords of the Realm II is a computer game published by Sierra Entertainment and developed by Impressions Games. It was first released for the PC on October 31, 1996, and is the second game in the Lords of the Realm series.
The game takes place in a...
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| x Castles |
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1991 | Turn-based strategy | Quicksilver Software |
Castles is a video game developed by Quicksilver and published by Interplay Entertainment in 1991 and 1992. The game involves the construction of a series of castles on the western coast of England during the 11th century. Castles was quickly...
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| x Colonization |
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1994 | Turn-based strategy | MicroProse |
Sid Meier's Colonization is a computer game by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier released by Microprose in 1994. It is a turn-based strategy game themed on the early European colonization of the New World, starting in 1492 and lasting until 1850. It was...
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| x Myst |
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Sep 24, 1993 | First-person Adventure | Cyan Worlds |
Myst is a graphic adventure video game designed and directed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller. It was developed by Cyan Worlds, a Spokane, Washington-based studio, and published and distributed by Brøderbund. The Millers began working on Myst...
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| x Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri |
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1999 | Strategy game | Firaxis Games |
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (sometimes abbreviated to SMAC or Alpha Centauri) is a 4X turn-based strategic computer game created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier under the auspices of Firaxis Games in 1999. It is based on a fictional attempt by human...
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| x Sid Meier's Gettysburg! |
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Oct 14, 1997 | Real-time tactics | Firaxis Games |
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a real-time tactics computer game designed by Sid Meier, the co-founder of Firaxis Games, that was released in 1997 by Electronic Arts. In 1998, Gettysburg won the Origins Award for Best Strategy Computer Game of 1997. It...
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| x Sid Meier's SimGolf |
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Jan 23, 2002 | Strategy | Firaxis Games |
Sid Meier's Sim Golf is a computer game created by Sid Meier, Firaxis, and Maxis in 2002. In the game, players must successfully design golf courses and play them with their default professional golfer, Gary Golf (though this player can be...
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| Simulation | Maxis | ||||
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| Golf | |||||
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| x Star Control |
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1991 | Science fiction | Toys For Bob |
Star Control is a science fiction computer game that was developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade in the early 1990s. Star Control (together with Star Control II) still enjoys a cult following. Modelled after Spacewar!, each of the three...
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| Shoot 'em up | |||||
| x Flight Unlimited |
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1995 | Flight simulator | Looking Glass Studios |
Flight Unlimited is the first of the Flight Unlimited series of General aviation Flight Simulator games created by Looking Glass Studios. It focuses mainly on Aerobatics. It was released in 1995 for DOS and in 1996 for Windows 95 and Macintosh....
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| Aerobatics | |||||
| x Flight Unlimited II |
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Dec 12, 1997 | Flight simulator | Looking Glass Studios |
Flight Unlimited II is the second game of the Flight Unlimited series of general aviation flight simulators created by Looking Glass Studios, acclaimed for their sophisticated physics and pioneering gameplay features. It was released in 1997. The...
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| x X-Wing Collector Series & Trilogy |
X-Wing Collector Series and X-Wing Trilogy were compilations from LucasArts of their Star Wars space fighter simulation game titles.
X-Wing Collector Series was the first launch of Windows 95-based versions of both Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars:...
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| x Sonic the Hedgehog |
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Jun 23, 1991 | Platform game | Sonic Team |
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ, Sonikku za Hejjihoggu) is a platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Mega Drive/Genesis system. It is the inaugural game in Sega's flagship Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, and was...
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| x Operation Flashpoint |
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2001 | Tactical shooter | Bohemia Interactive Studio |
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, sometimes shortened to Operation Flashpoint, and abbreviated OFP, is a tactical shooter and battlefield simulator video game developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio and published by Codemasters. This game is...
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| x Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon |
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Nov 13, 2001 | Tactical shooter | Red Storm Entertainment |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (also known as simply Ghost Recon) is a tactical shooter video game created by Tom Clancy. The game was developed by Red Storm Entertainment, a Ubisoft subsidiary, and published by Ubisoft in 2001 for the PC; it was later...
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| x Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six |
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Aug 21, 1998 | Tactical shooter | Red Storm Entertainment |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a first-person shooter and the first in the Rainbow Six series. It was developed and published by Red Storm Entertainment for the PC in 1998. It was later ported to Mac OS, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and...
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| x Doom |
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Dec 10, 1993 | First-person Shooter | id Software |
Doom (occasionally typeset as DOOM) is a landmark 1993 first-person shooter computer game by id Software. It is widely recognized for pioneering immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming on the PC platform, and support for custom...
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| Zombie | Williams Entertainment Inc. | ||||
| Science fiction | |||||
| x Quake |
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Jun 22, 1996 | First-person Shooter | Lobotomy Software |
Quake is a first-person shooter video game that was released by id Software on June 22, 1996. It was the first game in the popular Quake series of video games.
Quake was released just as the Internet was commercially coming of age, and much of its...
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| Zombie | id Software | ||||
| Midway Games, Inc. | |||||
| Midway Games | |||||
| x Descent: FreeSpace |
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Sep 30, 1999 | Space simulation | Volition Inc. |
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is a 1998 space combat simulation IBM PC compatible computer game developed by Volition, Inc. when it was split off from Parallax Software. Published by Interplay Entertainment, it is also known as Conflict:...
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| Science fiction | |||||
| Space flight simulator game | |||||
| x Half-Life |
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1998 | First-person Shooter | Valve Corporation |
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Software and the company's debut product. First released by Sierra Studios on November 19, 1998, the game was also released for the PlayStation 2 on November 14, 2001....
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