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x Prince of Persia Prince of Persia screenshot (IBM-PC, 1990) 1989 Platform game Red Orb Entertainment
Prince of Persia is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner and released in 1989 for the Apple II, that represented a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in video games. After the original release on the Apple II,...
Action-adventure game Jordan Mechner
Ubisoft
Brøderbund Software
x The Last Express   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...
Robert Cook
x D/Generation DGenerationopening.png 1991 Action-adventure game Robert Cook
D/Generation is an arcade adventure computer game with puzzle elements, published for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST 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...
Isometric projection James M. Brown
x Civilization   1991 Turn-based strategy MicroProse
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy "4X"-type strategy video game created by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley for MicroProse in 1991. The game's objective is to "Build an empire to stand the test of time": it begins in 4000 BC and the...
Microprose Software, Inc
x David's Midnight Magic   1982 Pinball David Snider
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...
x Lode Runner   1983 Platform game 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...
Puzzle game
x Pinball Construction Set   1983 Pinball BudgeCo
Pinball Construction Set (PCS) is a video 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...
x Spore Spore Logo Sep 7, 2008 Life simulation Maxis
Spore (formerly SimEverything) is a multi-genre single-player god game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. The game was released for the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems in September 2008 as Spore. A special edition of...
God game
Real-time strategy
Massively-singleplayer
x Raid on Bungeling Bay   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...
Action game
Strategy video game
x SimCity   1989 City-building game Maxis
SimCity is a city-building simulation video game, first released on October 3rd 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...
Simulation video game Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development
Babaroga
x The Sims   Feb 4, 2000 Life simulation Maxis
The Sims is a strategic life-simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. Its development was led by game designer Will Wright, also known for developing SimCity. It is a simulation of the daily activities of one or...
God game
Isometric projection
x Karateka karateka-1.JPG 1984 Action game Jordan Mechner
Karateka (Japanese: 空手家, "practitioner of karate") is a 1984 beat'em up video game by Jordan Mechner, his first game created while attending Yale University. It was originally programmed for the Apple II, and was later ported to several other home...
Fighting game
x Choplifter   1982 Action 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 remake, which in turn received several home ports of its own. While...
Strategy video game
x Choplifter III   Sep 9, 1994 Action game Krome Studios Melbourne
Choplifter III: Rescue Survive (チョップリフターⅢ) is a shoot 'em up video game for the Super NES, which was released both in North America, Europe and Japan in 1994. In Europe, a remake of Choplifter II was released under the same name, and later ported to...
Strategy video game Brøderbund Software
x Castle Wolfenstein   1981 Stealth-based game Muse Software
Castle Wolfenstein is an early stealth-based action-adventure shooter arcade game developed by Muse Software for the Apple II. It was first released in 1981 and later ported to MS-DOS, the Atari 8-bit family, and the Commodore 64. Castle Wolfenstein...
Adventure
World War II
Action-adventure game
Shooter game
x Super Mario Bros.   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 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario (and...
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development
x Sargon   1978    
Sargon (or SARGON) is a line of chess-playing software for personal computers. The original SARGON was written by Dan and Kathleen 'Kathe' Spracklen in a Z80-based computer called Wavemate Jupiter III using assembly language through TDL Macro...
x Chess     Chess Apple Inc.
Chess is a chess game for 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 wood....
x Interstate '76   Mar 28, 1997 Vehicular combat game Activision
Interstate '76 is a vehicular combat video game for Windows. It was developed and published by Activision and released in March 1997. There are four play modes available in the game: the "T.R.I.P." (an acronym for "Total Recreational Interactive...
x EverQuest   Mar 16, 1999 MMORPG Sony Online Entertainment
EverQuest (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 developed by Sony's...
Massively multiplayer online game 989 Studios
Fantasy
x FMO Chess Club T999.jpg     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 ...
x Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity   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...
Puzzle game Spectrum HoloByte
x Falcon     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...
x Chessmaster   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 chess engine is called The King,...
Board game Ubisoft Romania
Traditional game
x Fritz     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 multiprocessing. The latest versions of the consumer products are Deep Fritz 12...
Chess
x MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat   1995 Shooter game Activision
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat is a 1995 video game produced by Activision. It is part of the MechWarrior series of video games. It separates itself from the original board game BattleTech by placing the player inside the cockpit of the...
Vehicle simulation game
Simulation video game
x MechWarrior 3   1999 Shooter game Zipper Interactive
MechWarrior 3 is an entry in the MechWarrior series. It featured a new 3D accelerated graphics engine at the time of its release. The game contains over 20 missions, with access to 18 different mechs. The story opens with a short briefing of the...
Simulation video game
x MechWarrior 4: Vengeance   Nov 24, 2000 Action game 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...
Simulation video game
x Trinity   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. The plot blends historical and fantastic elements as part of a prose poem regarding...
Adventure
x Planetfall   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...
x Hidden & Dangerous   Jul 29, 1999 Tactical shooter 2K Czech
Hidden & Dangerous is a WWII 1999 computer and video game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Take-Two Interactive and TalonSoft for Windows, the Dreamcast, and the PlayStation. The PlayStation port of the game was developed by...
Stealth-based game Rockstar Lincoln
Action game
World War II
x Hidden & Dangerous 2   Oct 24, 2003 Tactical shooter 2K Czech
Hidden & Dangerous 2 (commonly abbreviated HD2) is a third-person shooter / first-person shooter (playable in both modes) video game in stealth-based mode, with a touch of tactical elements, developed by Illusion Softworks (which became 2K Czech) a...
Stealth-based game
First-person Shooter
Third-person Shooter
x Far Cry   Mar 23, 2004 First-person Shooter Crytek
Far Cry is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek Studios and published by Ubisoft on March 23, 2004, for Microsoft Windows. Far Cry sold 730,000 units within four months of release. It received positive reviews upon release. The...
Science Fiction Ubisoft
x The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind   Jun 4, 2002 Computer role-playing game Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and published by Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft. It is the third installment in The Elder Scrolls series of games, following The...
Action role-playing game
Fantasy
x The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard   Nov 1998 Action-adventure game 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,...
x Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast stawase.jpg 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 March 2002 and the Mac OS X, Xbox and...
Action game Vicarious Visions
Third-person Shooter
x Star Wars Galaxies   Jun 26, 2003 MMORPG Electronic Arts
Star Wars Galaxies (abbv. SWG) was a Star Wars themed MMORPG for Microsoft Windows developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts. Its servers shut down on December 15, 2011. Despite the closing down of the servers, there are a...
Massively multiplayer online game Sony Online Entertainment
x Stronghold   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...
x Stronghold 2   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 middle ages. It is the sequel to Stronghold, released in 2001, also by Firefly Studios. The game engine was enhanced over the...
x Lords of the Realm   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...
Real-time tactics
x Lords of the Realm II   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...
Isometric projection
x Castles   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 in Wales and the Welsh Marches during the 11th century. Castles was quickly...
Strategy video game
x Colonization   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...
x Myst   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 (now Cyan Worlds), a Spokane, Washington–based studio, and published and distributed by Brøderbund. The Millers began...
Adventure
Puzzle game
x Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri   1999 Turn-based strategy Firaxis Games
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (SMAC) is the critically acclaimed science fiction 4X turn-based strategy video game sequel to the Civilization series. Sid Meier, designer of Civilization, and Brian Reynolds, designer of Civilization II, developed Alpha...
4X
Science Fiction
Isometric projection
Strategy video game
x Sid Meier's Gettysburg!   Oct 14, 1997 Real-time tactics Firaxis Games
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a real-time tactical 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...
x Sid Meier's SimGolf   Jan 23, 2002 Business magnate 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...
Golf Maxis
Isometric projection
Simulation video game
Strategy video game
x Star Control   1991 Science Fiction Toys For Bob
Star Control is a science fiction video 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. Modeled after Spacewar!, each of the three...
Shoot 'em up
Wargaming
Strategy video game
x Flight Unlimited   1995 Flight simulator Looking Glass Studios
Flight Unlimited is a 1995 aerobatic flight simulator video game developed and published by Looking Glass Technologies. It allows players to pilot reproductions of real-world aircraft and to perform aerobatic maneuvers. They may fly freely, race...
Aerobatics
Simulation video game
x Flight Unlimited II   Dec 12, 1997 Flight simulator Looking Glass Studios
Flight Unlimited II is a 1997 flight simulator video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. The sequel to Flight Unlimited, it eschews its precessor's focus on aerobatics in favor of general aviation. Photo...
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:...
x Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog box art 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 seminal 16-bit 1991 platform video game developed in Japan by Sega and published for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It is the first installment in Sega's flagship Sonic the Hedgehog video...
Adventure Backbone Entertainment
Racing game Sega
x Operation Flashpoint   2001 Tactical shooter Bohemia Interactive Studio
Operation Flashpoint is the title of two separate series of first person tactical military video games. The first (and original) series comprises Operation Flashpoint, ArmA (Armed Assault), and ARMA 2, developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio. The...
x Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 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 developed by Red Storm Entertainment, a Ubisoft subsidiary, and published by Ubisoft in 2001 for Microsoft Windows. It was ported to Mac OS, PlayStation 2...
Action game
x Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six   Aug 21, 1998 Tactical shooter Red Storm Entertainment
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a tactical shooter computer game 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, Dreamcast...
x Doom   Dec 10, 1993 First-person Shooter id Software
Doom (typeset as DOOM in official documents) is a 1993 first-person shooter video game by id Software. It is widely recognized for having popularized the first-person shooter genre, pioneering immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming, and...
Science Fiction Williams Entertainment Inc.
Action game
Zombie Film
x Quake   Jun 22, 1996 First-person Shooter Lobotomy Software
Quake is a first-person shooter video game that was released by id Software. It was the first game in the popular Quake series of video games. It was released on June 22, 1996. In single player, players explore and navigate to the exit of each level...
Zombie Film id Software
Midway Games, Inc.
Midway Games
Lobotomy Software
x Descent: FreeSpace   Sep 30, 1999 Science Fiction Volition
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:...
Space flight simulator game Hyperion Entertainment
x Half-Life   Nov 19, 1998 First-person Shooter Valve Corporation
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation, the company's debut product and the first in the Half-Life series. First released by Sierra Studios, the game was also released for the PlayStation 2. In...
Science Fiction Gearbox Software
x Frogger   1981 Action game Konami
Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while...
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