1991

First Person Shooters:

| Catacombs 3 / Catacomb 3-D: The Descent | Corporation | Cybercon III | Hovertank 3D | Korean Dungeon Boy / Chorongi-ui Moheom [K] | Midwinter II: Flames Of Freedom | Terminator, The | Virtual Reality Studio / 3D Construction Kit

Third Person Shooters:

| Desert Raider | Predator 2

Simulations:

| A.G.E. | Armour-Geddon | Chuck Yeager's Air Combat | Eagle's Rider | Elite Plus | Falcon 3.0 | Gamma Wing | Gunship 2000 | Gunship 2000: Philippine Islands & Antarctica Scenario Disk With Mission Builder | Hyperspeed | Killing Cloud | Megafortress | Megafortress: Operation Sledgehammer | MiG-29 Fulcrum | MiG-29M Super Fulcrum | Nova 9: Return of Gir Draxon | P-38 Lightning Tour of Duty | P-80 Shooting Star Tour of Duty | Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe | Spectre | Strike II | Top Gun: Danger Zone | Twilight: 2000 | Wing Commander II: Special Operations 1 | Wing Commander II: Speech Accessory Pack | Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi | Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2 - Crusade

ShootEm Up 2D/3D:

| Adentrator | Animac | Armor Alley | Battlestorm | Biodomes | Bionic Police | Blitzer | Desperado 2 | Dragon Spirit | Forgotten Worlds | Galactix | Gravity Wars | Hyperoid | MegaDestroyer Frantis | NY Warriors | Ovni | Robomaze | RoboMaze II: The Lobby | Robomaze III: The Dome | Rotox | Scorched Earth | Sky Cat | Slordax: The Unknown Enemy | Starmines | Super Space Invaders | Tank Wars | Warhead | Windows Command | Xenopods | Xyphr


FPS Year Summary 1991

Hovertank 3D, a direct predecessor to classic Wolfenstein, was created by developer id Software's John Romero and John Carmack. The graphics engine combined scalable sprites with nice big flat vectors and had enemies rendered as sprites. It pioneered ray casting technology to enable faster gameplay than 1980s vehicle simulators.
Catacomb 3D evolved Hovertank's engine by adding texture-mapped walls, a fantasy setting and a visible avatar's hand.
Hovertank Catacomb 3D



First Person Shooters

Catacombs 3 / Catacomb 3-D: The Descent ID Software / SoftDisk [top]

This series carried on from 2 previous games named Catacomb and Catacomb 2 which were also developed by John Carmack and published by SoftDisk but whose gameplay was viewed from overhead.

Catacomb 3D: A New Dimension [91]: You are a magician who has to kill the evil "Nemesis". In cemeteries, dungeons and catacombs you fight against orcs, skeletons, wizards, and later demons. There is just one weapon. This was the first game to use textured 3D graphics before the bigger success of Wolfenstein 3D, but still was in EGA (16 colours). The game introduced the concept of showing the player's hand. In general the ambiance doesn't manage to please a lot. Many secret passages and mostly similar textures complicate the orientation, the enemies don't look very good and are sparely animated.

Catacomb 3D: The Descent [91]: Re-release of the original, nothing changed except of the title screen and boss's name.
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Full Demo 257kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Screenshots
Catacombs 3D: The Descent 0.3MB ( @ Arcades 3D)
Videos
Full Demos - Catacomb 3-D, Catacomb Abyss, Curse of the Catacombs, Terror of the Catacombs (uploaded by bullthorn)
Full Demos - all 7 games (uploaded by bullthorn)
The id Anthology 4CD ISO Demo included in CD1 : Catacomb 3D, Hovertank 3D, Spear of Destiny, Wolfenstein 3D plus other old games by id. (upload by Scaryfun)
Full Demo included in iD Software: The 90's Collection 653MB (uploaded by yamibito)
included in Good Old Games Digital Download ISO Demo 16MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
Floppy Image ISO Demo (provided by basseta & upped by Scaryfun) 295kb
id Anthology - 4CD ISO Demo 588MB (uploaded by hgdagon)
Catacombs Pack - Good Old Games Digital ISO Demo v2.0.0.3 13.9MB (uploaded by hgdagon)


Corporation Core Design / Virgin Interactive [top]


You control one of six characters available at a time to infiltrate an evil company who has developed war-fighting robots who have gone out of control. The game involves going through corridors and finding access to doors while using some interesting gadgets and weapons to dispatch the robots. The graphics are pretty dull but there is still some play value.
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Full Demo ( @ Juego Viejo)
Videos
Full Demo ( @ XTC Abandonware)
Full Demo (uploaded by bullthorn)
Floppy Image ISO Demo (3DSL release by 3DShootMaster.com) ~1MB (uploaded by scaryfun)


Cybercon III Assembly Line, The / U.S. Gold [top]

The world is in chaos, due to a computer system which was built to look after the world, but inevitably went wrong and started killing people. Only a few people remain, of which you are one, an your mission is to locate and destroy the Cybercon III computer.
The gameplay involves lots of exploration and puzzling, as you try to enter the complex and destroy or disable the hardware. Getting into the system is made easier by the presence of a secret entrance the computer doesn't know about. The computer has all manner of defences in place, which you can shoot out.
Screenshots
Full Demo ( provided by starlord & upped by Scaryfun) 202kb
Videos
Full Demo with DOSBox + Amiga emulated version 24MB (uploaded by The Collection Chamber)
Floppy Image ISO Demo 141kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Hovertank 3D ID Software / SoftDisk [top]

One of the first games of iD Software. Sometimes it's claimed to be the first FPS or even first 3D game for DOS. The game used the same combination of scaled sprites and drawn walls that would later show up in Catacomb 3D and Wolfenstein 3D, but the walls in it are solid colors with no textures. It was the first program to only render what the player could see in his field of vision. Instead of wasting processor power on unnecessary rendering, the computer could instead draw much higher resolution and detailed graphics, immersing the player into the game even further. You are a soldier working for a company in a future world.

Nuclear attacks against competitors has become usual. Every company which can afford it are using them, too... Your mission: Gain access into the buildings on which nukes have been fired and save the innocent people, before the nukes arrive and impact. Of course it is a dangerous job. But you are paid well...
Screenshots
Full Demo ( @ DJ Old Games)
Videos
Full Demo 0,3Mb ( @ Arcades 3D)
Infos
Full Demo ( provided by starlord & upped by Scaryfun) 264kb
The id Anthology 4CD ISO Demo included in CD1 : Catacomb 3D, Hovertank 3D, Spear of Destiny, Wolfenstein 3D plus other old games by id. (upload by Scaryfun)
Total Conversion
id Anthology - 4CD ISO Demo 588MB (uploaded by hgdagon)
Full Demo included in iD Software: The 90's Collection 653MB (uploaded by yamibito)


Korean Dungeon Boy / Chorongi-ui Moheom [K] Choe Wanseop / Computer War System Soft [top]

This is a popular freeware first-person dungeon crawler shooter in Hercules graphics with pseudo-3D monochrome graphics. The player controls the titular character as he runs through labyrinths, trying to reach the exit before the time allotted for the stage completion runs out. Combat is action-based, with free movement and attacking; the players needs to move a cursor with the arrow keys to aim and shoot. The hero is equipped with various firearms, most of which require ammunition, while others need batteries to function. Batteries also power-up the protagonist's armor and the radar that displays a mini-map of the stage, and must be found and collected regularly. The hero can also cast spells, which work like expendable items. The hero has to find the exit of each dungeon floor before a timer runs out, but also needs to take care not running out of ammunition or batteries, which fuel his primary weapon, armor and radar. Powerups for those lie around on the dungeon floor, but the hunt for those items is disturbed by a number of hostile creatures. Enemies are aimed at with a keyboard-controlled cursor. Still, the game doesn't feel quite like a shooter, maybe more akin to a realtime action RPG.
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Shareware Level Demo 185kb (uploaded by Annarchive)
Videos


Midwinter II: Flames Of Freedom Maelstrom Games / MicroProse Software, Inc. [top]

This sequel to Midwinter takes place years after the events of the first game. The world has thawed and Midwinter has dissapeared beneath the ocean. It's legacy, the Peaceful Atlantic Federation is facing an invasion by the slave trading Saharan Empire. Between the two lie the Slave isles, a chain of islands under the oppressive thumb of the Saharans. You are a covert operative for the Atlantic Federation. Your mission is to conduct assassinations, enlist rebels and sabotage the Saharans operations in the slave isles. As you carry out these open-ended missions, the islands will rebel and aid your efforts when the Saharan invasion finally comes. Flames of freedom uses the same engine as Midwinter for land, air, and sea travel (and combat) but now, you control only a single customizable character. A strategic map allows you to identify key islands for your cause and determine the mission objectives that will sway it's population to your cause. Then, it's up to you to head in and carry out the mission as you see fit (perhaps guns first, perhaps with a big bag of money, perhaps just relying on your charm). Flames of Freedom mixes first person action with strategy, vehicle combat, and diplomacy for a unique gaming experience that carries on the Midwinter legacy.
Screenshots
Full Demo 855kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Infos
Floppy Images ISO Demo 673kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)
Videos


Terminator, The Bethesda Softworks LLC [top]

This was the first officially licensed game based on the Terminator and was an early predecessor to the open world type of shooter which the Grand Theft Auto franchise became. Take on the role of Kyle Reese and protect Sarah Connor from the cyborg sent back in time to kill her or, become the Terminator and eliminate Kyle and Sarah. Either way, the player chases his opponent through Los Angeles buying or stealing weapons and equipment while attempting to eliminate his enemy and avoid the police. The game takes place a huge (roughly 10 miles by 6 miles) 3-D rendered area of central Los Angeles. The game area runs roughly from Beverly Drive to Central Ave (lengthwise), and from Mulholland Drive to National Blvd (vertically). A game map is included in the box for reference. Though the buildings and their placement within the world is generic, and highways/overpasses have been removed, the streets and their layout are largely accurate. The game also includes some landmarks, such as Dodger Stadium, Griffith Park, and the Silver Lake Reservoir. The game contains approximately 20000 3D objects.
Screenshots
Full Demo 2MB (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Videos
included in 1991-1996 Bethesda Terminator Games Fan-Made DOSBox Pack 444MB (uploaded by Molitor)
included in Robocop vs The Terminator Collection 751MB (uploaded by The Collection Chamber)
Floppy Images ISO Demo 2.3MB (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Virtual Reality Studio / 3D Construction Kit Incentive Software Ltd. / Domark Software Ltd. [top]

This package allows users to create their own 3D worlds, using technology related to the Freescape universe seen in games such as Castle Master and Driller / Space Station Oblivion. Pull-down menus allow objects to be created and positioned, with movement loops and simple animation defined. A network of rooms can be created. A simple BASIC-style language is integrated to allow puzzles and conditions (open a door when a key in placed into it, for example). You can also include enemies which must be shot. At any moment you can enter the gameworld to test it. It came with a 30-minute video tape, featuring an introduction and a tutorial presented by Ian Andrew, the original designer of the Freescape system.
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Full Demo 522kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
VHS Video
Manual 8.6MB (uploaded by ARCHIVE.ORG Manual Library)
Various Resource Downloads (uploaded by Planetmic)
3D Construction Kit - Floppy Image ISO Demo 284kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Third Person Shooters

Desert Raider AGD / Ediciones Manali [top]

As the captain of infantry you need to cross the Sahara desert in a jeep, while fighting against "enemy armadas. For any particular military conflict game is not tied - but it is possible to dream that we face a Frenchman from the "Army of the Desert" Leclerc, an Englishman of the Long Range Desert Group, and even the soldiers of the Spanish colonial army somewhere in the Rio de Oro, or Segiet el-Hamra. Third person view from behind; Jeep automatically moves forward, we can only slightly "redirect" to the left or right. The task - to avoid obstacles and shoot at enemies that are represented (supposedly) only Air Force (helicopters, airplanes) and which explode from one hit, and generally stay on the screen at most a few seconds. Some of them are really not aggressive, but others drop bombs that instantly kill the jeep in contact with him - such munitions need to keep up to shoot in the air or dodge them. Almost more dangerous than the enemy air force, are part of the landscape: large rocks, or already mentioned mysterious cactus: the clash with them leads to inevitable destruction. Along the way you can collect some purple bonuses, similar to the fuel cans - but recently some reason (as if), and so does not decrease. The game is divided into several practically do not differ from each other levels; to complete the level necessary to reach the filling stations similarity desert. Graphics - just CGA (as always in EM games), rather quality, though unassuming-looking. The complexity of the process can be evaluated as an average. In general - nothing special, of course, but - a rarity.
Screenshots
Floppy Image ISO Demo 285kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
Videos


Predator 2 Arc Developments / Image Works [top]

Los Angeles Lieutenant Mike Harrington is used to dealing with a drug war between Spanish and Jamaican drug gangs, but how he's caught up in the city's worst nightmare. The fearsome Predator species of alien has arrived, out to wreak serious destruction. It is your job to stop it. The game is a crosshair shooter influenced by Operation Wolf. The viewpoint is from slightly behind Harrington, while the game scrolls on as you clear each section. Mouse control is offered on 16-bit versions. Your armour must be kept functional by collecting top-ups, and there are weapon power-ups such as machine guns and rocket launchers to be had. You can't go in all-guns-blazing however, as killing a single innocent causes Harrington to lose his job
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Full Demo 461kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Videos


Simulations

A.G.E. Coktel Vision [top]

A.G.E. is a follow-up to Galactic Empire and is short for Advanced Galactic Empire. Like its predecessor, it is a first-person space exploration game rendered in 3D. As you pilot your spacecraft around the planets and stars, engaging in space combat and conversation with other characters, you unravel the Conquer the Universe plot. The game is similar to Elite in that you are relatively free to travel to wherever you please.
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Full Demo 2MB (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Videos


Armour-Geddon Psygnosis Limited [top]

In Armour-Geddon, a power crazed entity is developing a devastating energy beam to wipe out all unprotected life on Earth. In a race against time you must choose and control up to six different vehicles, and use them to destroy enemy power lines and eventually the beam generator. And thus you save the Earth and all mankind. Armour-Geddon is a nice blend of simulation and strategy, in which you get to play both the brass and the grunt. You designate your targets and choose which vehicle(s) you shall use to blow them up with.
Screenshots
Full Demo ( provided by starlord & upped by Scaryfun) 1MB
Video
Floppy Images ISO + Scans 7MB (uploaded by Egon68)


Chuck Yeager's Air Combat Electronic Arts, Inc. [top]

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a 1991 computer aircraft simulation game produced by Electronic Arts. Famed pilot Chuck Yeager was a technical consultant in the game and his digitized voice is featured in the game, giving encouragement and praise before and after missions. The game is characterized for its good balance of an action laden gameplay which focuses on classical dog fights and a simple but still realistic flight model which justifies calling Chuck Yeager's Air Combat a simulation. Unlike in many other flight simulation games of its day, altitude and aircraft characteristics have a big influence on the behaviour of the game's simulated aircraft. Realism has been sacrificed to some degree to enhance gameplay however: E.g. a real fighter plane expends all of its ammunition after a few short bursts, while in Chuck Yeager's Air Combat the rate of fire has been reduced considerably, making dog fights longer. To assist a newcomer to the game several help features can be activated, such as unlimited ammunition or easier aiming. A virtual Chuck Yeager can be activated, who gives advice.
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Full Demo 1MB (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Video
Full Demo ( @ Juego Viejo)
Floppy Images ISO Demo 4.9MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
included in 10 For $10 Pak (1997) ISO Demo 388MB (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Eagle's Rider Microïds / Titus Software Corporation [top]

You are Steve Jordan, pilot of the spacejet Eagle. Cyborgs conquered the universe, but this event did not make you happy. And you decided to restore the freedom of the lifeforms discovering and destroying the mother planet of the Cyborgs. Riding the Eagle, you cruise the entire space full of asteroids, energy cells, and enemy Cyborgs' spaceships. On each stage you have to avoid the asteroids, collect energy cells, shoot the spaceships attacking you, and contact space stations (Alcor, Torius, Casiope, etc.). Finishing the stages you interrogate with space station's inhabitants to take an additional information (true or false) to find finally the coordinates of the Cyborgs' mother planet.
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Full Demo 231kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
Videos


Elite Plus Realtime Games Software Ltd. / Microplay Software [top]

This is a VGA re-make of Bell and Braben's space trading flight simulator, Elite. It is an updated conversion of the original that features new graphics and sounds/music. The novella included with this package, 'Imprint' by Andy Redman, which formed the latter part of the manual is different from the one that came with the original Elite releases. It was coded entirely in assembly language by Chris Sawyer, who later wrote RollerCoaster Tycoon. It has a ninth galaxy that can only be reached by hyperspacing into Witch Space. In 2000, the game was made freeware.
Screenshots
DOSBox Full Demo 1.7MB (uploaded by Elite Forever)
Videos
Full Demo 241kb (uploaded by Abandonia)
Full Demo 241kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Clone ISO + Scans 13MB (uploaded by Egon68)
Freeware Game 240kb (uploaded by Ian Bell's Home Page)
Floppy Image ISO Demo 212kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Falcon 3.0 Sphere, Inc. / Spectrum Holobyte, Inc. [top]

Another update of the hardcore simulation Falcon from Spectrum Holobyte with everything that fans of the game expect, while taking advantage of the latest computer technology. Better missions in this version, as well as being able to fly in an 8-plane force, which you can do while linked to another computer, either by dialup modem or the ever loveable null-modem! Falcon Gold was a compilation released in 1994 with updated versions of the game and its 3 expansions plus a video documentary on dogfighting, Art of the Kill.

See also: #Falcon 3.0: Operation: Fighting Tiger, #MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0, #Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter

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Full Demo 5mb ( @ My Abandonware)
Video
v3.05 included in Falcon Gold (1994) CD ISO Demo (provided by EASandMartin & upped by Scaryfun) 373MB
Floppy Images ISO Demo 6MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
Tornado & Falcon 3.0 (Digital Integration 1993 compilation) ISO Demo 19.4MB (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)
included in Falcon Collection - GOG ISO Demo v2.0.0.1 870MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
v3.05 included in Falcon Gold (1994) CD ISO Demo + Manual + The Art of Killing pdf 374+3+66MB (uploaded by thierry)


Gamma Wing Rockland Software Productions / Gold Medallion Software [top]

In this game, you are in a galaxy wide war, in which you pilot a ship, and go through battles to try to capture enemy planets, convert neutral ones, and protect your allies. Fly against hostile aliens out to conquer Earth! 144 rendered views per ship. 8 track digital sound effects. Needs 486 VGA. Supports soundcards and joystick. New features: ship design, hit location, damage control, malfunctionsm infinite map, computer voice, pilot stats and skills, mission generator, and open ended campaign.
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Full Demo 1.48MB (uploaded by Abandonware France)
Videos


Gunship 2000 MicroProse Software, Inc. [top]

Take the Apache, the new Longbow Apache, The Blackhawk, Comanche Scout, Comanche Gunship, or the MD-500 Defender on campaigns or missions. Updated graphics engine has much more detailed terrain variation with true valleys/hills and even train tunnels that you can fly through. When you are promoted to a sufficient rank you can take along multiple helicopters to accomplish your objectives. The dynamic campaign generates new missions based on multiple maps. Attack, defend, sweep, scout, rescue, drop... Lots of missions to keep you busy. Crew learn and grow in experience as they survive and succeed. A full mission recorder allows you to view EVERY member of your team as they fight or die. Plenty of weapons are available for your side from the latest Hellfire missiles and Sidearm anti-radar missiles to the old fashioned chain gun and gun pods are available for your use. The enemy can be well armed as well, from deadly 2S6 gun/missile combo to old-fashion ZSU-23, even the occasional MiGs.

See also: #Philippine Islands & Antarctica Scenario Disk With Mission Builder

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Full Demo ( @ My Abandonware)
Video
ISO Demo (includes Philippine Islands & Antarctica Scenario Disk With Mission Builder) 3.6MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
Floppy Images ISO Demo + v469.02 + 3.5" Version + Extras 45MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
Floppy Images ISO Demo + Manual + Scans 45MB (uploaded by Egon68)
included in Combat Classics 3 - Clone ISO Demo 472MB (uploaded by Egon68)


Gunship 2000: Philippine Islands & Antarctica Scenario Disk With Mission Builder MicroProse Software, Inc. [top]

This is an add-on disk for MicroProse's Gunship 2000. The disk features two new scenarios: the Philippine Islands, and Antarctica both with new enemies and challenges, as well as a mission builder.
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Full Demo 3MB (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Video
included in Gunship 2000 CD ISO Demo 3.7MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
Floppy Image ISO Demo & Update 2MB (uploaded by scaryfun)


Hyperspeed MicroProse Software, Inc. [top]

Hyperspeed is a space trading and combat simulation game, and a follow-up to Lightspeed. The player controls a pilot who is sent on a mission to find a new home for humans, after the Earth has become nearly uninhabitable. The goal is to encounter alien species and negotiate with them to allow the colonization of a planet by the humans. To do that, the player has to engage in diplomatic talks and trading, and also fend off hostile aliens. The gameplay mostly relies on the template introduced by Elite: the player explores the galaxy piloting a space ship, encountering alien races, trading with them, and purchasing better weapons, shields, and engine for the space ship, helping the protagonist to survive in combat. There are four star clusters to explore, each one with its own difficulty level.
Screenshots
Floppy Images ISO Demo 1.7MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
Review
Full Demo ( @ My Abandonware)
Video


Killing Cloud Vektor Grafix Ltd / Image Works / Konami, Inc. [top]

Killing Cloud is set in a San Francisco ravaged by an opaque orange death smog layer known as the Killing Cloud. This hovers around the middle of the skyscrapers, creating a claustrophobic low level experience (and a different feel to the many other flight simulations set in the city, such as F/A-18 Interceptor). In this maelstrom, the Black Angel gang is terrorising the public. The player is a member of the SFPD Police force, charged with bringing them down throughout ten missions. Some are out-and-out action while others are more strategic. You can only survive for 20 minutes in the smog, so time is crucial in these missions. In addition to outflying the enemy on your hoverbike, the player must carefully pre-position ground forces to arrest him when he is brought down, using Pick-Up Pods. Once arrested, a suspect must be interrogated to release enough information to know what the next threat is.
Screenshots
Full Demo ( provided by starlord & upped by Scaryfun) 688kb
Video
English/French/German Floppy Image ISO Demo 682kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Megafortress Artech Digital Entertainments, Inc. / Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc. [top]

Megafortress is a flight simulation based on the premise of Dale Brown's Flight of the Old Dog novel. The player is in command of a crew flying a super modified and experimental B-52 bomber, outfitted with the latest weapons and stealth technology. (In the novel, it was more advanced than the B-1 Excalibur, the Strategic Air Command's most advanced bomber). The game campaign mostly takes place in Iraq, but there is 1 mission that takes the bomber to the old Soviet Union like in the novel.

See also: #Megafortress: Operation Sledgehammer, #Megafortress: Operation Skymaster

Screenshots
Floppy Image ISO Demo + Scans 2.8MB (uploaded by Egon68)
Video
Full Demo ( @ My Abandonware)
included in Megafortress Mega Pak (Action Replay CD) ISO Demo 26MB (uploaded by Egon68)
included in Action Pac - Clone 6CD ISO Demo 691MB (uploaded by Egon68)


Megafortress: Operation Sledgehammer Artech Digital Entertainments, Inc. / Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc. [top]

This mission disk one has a group of extremists in the Iranian army, backed by Libya and led by a power-hungry general, threatening to overthrow the moderate Iranian government. The Megafortress must defeat the rebels and put an end to Libya's ambitions in the Persian Gulf. Targets include terrorist training camps, bases, ports, and oil depots, weapons research and storage facilities. It includes 25 missions in the Iranian and Libyan theaters. A compilation called Megafortress Megapak included the original game patched to version 1.1, the expansion pack Operation Sledgehammer, and a mission editor.
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included in Megafortress Mega Pak (Action Replay CD) ISO 26MB (uploaded by Egon68)


MiG-29 Fulcrum Simis Limited / Domark Software Ltd. [top]

The MiG-29 plane, nicknamed Fulcrum by the West, features in this flight simulation, professionally modeled by former British Aerospace flight simulator designers. You are armed with cannons, rockets and Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground missiles. Aerodynamics, blackouts and physics are all recreated. There are six missions to take on, starting with your basic training. After this, there are four diverse missions with colour-coded identification, and a final extra-tough mission you can only do once you have successfully completed the others. The missions involve arctic reconnaissance, dogfighting over the Great Wall of China, an oil refinery, and destroying terrorist infrastructure. Your final task involves destroying a nuclear plant in the desert. Missions have primary and secondary objectives affecting scoring.
Screenshots
Floppy Images ISO Demo 542kb (uploaded by scaryfun)
Reviews
Full Demo 559kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Videos


MiG-29M Super Fulcrum Simis Limited / Domark Software Ltd. [top]

Taking off from where MiG-29 Fulcrum left off, Simis created a new simulator based around the top-modern MiG-29M. The M model has been equipped with modernised avionics, a fly-by-wire system and stronger engines. As opposed to its predecessor, Super Fulcrum takes place in one big scenario instead of single missions. Your task is to represent the Soviet Union in a UN force sent to South America to defend a small country that is being threatened by a bigger and stronger neighbour. The game is relatively open-ended, allowing you to fulfill your missions in the way you see fit instead of monitoring your every step. All missions and their results are handled in your pilot's log.
Screenshots
Full Demo ( @ My Abandonware)
Video
included in Super-VGA Harrier & MiG-29M Super Fulcrum CD Compendium ISO Demo 6MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
included in Classic CD-ROM Games 4 You Vol.4 - Clone ISO Demo 151MB (uploaded by Egon68)


Nova 9: Return of Gir Draxon Dynamix, Inc. / Sierra On-Line, Inc. [top]

It has been two years since the Stellar 7 war. Gir Draxon, the villain, has not been found. Nova 9 has just issued a distress call... Captain John Alex, takes the experimental Raven II tank to investigate the distress call. Nova 9 is the sequel to Dynamix's Stellar 7, a futuristic "tank" shooter, and features similar gameplay. Played from a first person perspective in the cockpit of your tank, the goal is to destroy all of the various enemies found on nine planets. John Alex's tank, the Raven II, is equipped with various weaponry and a long range scanner to help in the mission. It is also equipped with a cloaking device for emergencies. Additional power-ups such as pickup energy and enhancement modules can be either beamed in or "salvaged" from the enemy wreckage.
Screenshots
Full Demo 2.83MB (uploaded by Juego Viejo)
Videos
Floppy Images ISO Demo + Full Demo + Dox + Covers + Manual 11MB (uploaded by hfric)


P-38 Lightning Tour of Duty LucasArts [top]

P-38 Lightning is an add-on for Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, adding this tough plane to the action. There are new missions featuring it, such as escorting or assisting bombing raids, and the chance to use it in missions you create in the Mission Builder. The manual featured historical details about and photographs of the plane.
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Floppy Images ISO Demo v2.0 + v2.1 338kb / 336kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
contained in Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1992) CD ISO 8MB (uploaded by Egon68)
included in LucasArts Air Combat Classics - Floppy Images ISO Demo 3MB (uploaded by scaryfun)


P-80 Shooting Star Tour of Duty LucasArts [top]

This expansion for Secret Weapons over Normandy adds a new aircraft: the P-80 Shooting Star. New missions are also added which make use of the plane.
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Floppy Images ISO Demo + v2.1 328kb+332kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
contained in Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1992) CD ISO 8MB (uploaded by Egon68)
included in LucasArts Air Combat Classics - Floppy Images ISO Demo 3MB (uploaded by scaryfun)


Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe Lucasfilm Games LLC / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC [top]

Fly as an American or German pilot in the years 1943-1945 in this WWII air combat simulation. This game features several experimental German aircraft to try out. Can you alter the outcome of WWII with them? The experimental German planes include Messerschmitt 262, Me163 Komet rocket plane, and the Gotha "flying wing". You can also fly the traditional ME109 or FW190 piston engine aircraft. As for the American side, you can take to the skies in the P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, or the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. In the B-17, you can not only control the plane itself, but also the gun turrets and the bombing sight. Next to training missions for each aircraft, there are several historical missions available, recreating real air encounters of the war. The Tour of Duty mode allows you to take your pilot through a set number of missions, gaining promotions and medals, with the ultimate goal of surviving the tour. Finally, there's the strategic campaign mode where you can fight the whole war from either side, both planning and flying missions. As the Americans, the objective is to cripple Germany's industry through strategic bombardment. As the Germans, you have to survive by keeping the industry alive. As time passes, new aircraft become available, in accordance with history. For instance, the Mustang was not deployed until late 1943. For the German side, the jet and rocket aircraft have to be researched before they can be built. The German side can also build V1 and V2 missiles. Another option is to let industrial branches work in secret to hinder the American bombing efforts. Other interesting features are a mission editor and a film playback option. In 1992, a cd version was released that contained all the four different mission packs as well.

See also: P-38 Lightning Tour of Duty, He 162 Volksjäger Tour of Duty, P-80 Shooting Star Tour of Duty, Do 335 Pfeil Tour of Duty

Screenshots
Full Demo ( @ XTC Abandonware)
Videos
ISO Demo 8MB (uploaded by Egon68)
Floppy Images ISO Demo 1.31MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
included in LucasArts Air Combat Classics - Floppy Images ISO Demo 3MB (uploaded by scaryfun)


Spectre Velocity Development / Peninsula Gameworks [top]

Spectre is a 3D shooter where the player drives a little red car/tank and blasts away enemies. The gameplay is similar to Battlezone, and obviously inspired by it.
There is a selection of three tanks, each with three values (speed; armor; and firepower) balanced out to match its name: Tough Guy is heavy on armor, but slow and not very powerful; Speedy is fast, but low armor; and Balanced combines both strengths, but decreased. A fourth tank allows the player to design a custom variant.
Every level consists of a large plane filled with enemy tanks, several psychedelic walls with odd images that often flicker or warp resembling an acid trip, and tacky 3D models like windmills. The object of each level is to either destroy all the enemy tanks in the level, or to collect all the flags. Every level has a certain theme to it, anything from plain green to a colorful blinking eye or images of sand dunes are to be found on the walls, windmills and flags throughout the level.
With every passing level, enemy tanks grow smarter and their rates of fire increases. Also in later levels, new, smarter, more powerful enemy tanks join the skirmish. The player has a limited amount of ammo, but driving over ammo deposits replenishes a small amount of ammunition, as well as driving over shield deposits grants additional shields. The three different views (first, third, and top-down) allow the player to incorporate additional strategies into the battles.
The game boasts having supposedly an infinite amount of levels, though anything after level 80 is almost instant death. A high score table is also included.
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Full Demo ~570KB ( @ Juego Viejo)
Review
Full Demo ~570KB ( @ My Abandonware)
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Videos


Strike II Millenium Interactive / ISC [top]

This sequel to Thunderstrike (1990), not to be confused with Core Design's Thunderstrike II which was a sequel to the helicopter fighter Thunderhawk, is another 3D spaceship shooter. It's not inferior to its predecessor in terms of playability, and in some ways even surpasses it. The plot of the game is much more vague, but it is good for the genre. Gameplay is based on missions (often not very much related to each other), the ultimate purpose of which, as a rule, is to make money to improve your ship and acquire all kinds of new weapons and equipment (if the ship is damaged during the mission - its repair, of course, will cost money, too.) It's possible to choose a pilot campaign for passage in four different races. And there will be different missions and ships, and features of these ships. Graphically the game looks great for 1991 with its variety of colors, the quality of drawing objects and almost full 3D (view the game in the first person, as in the first part). Add to this a really fascinating and sometimes very difficult gameplay and all that is described above - and you get a fitting end to a good game. In 1994, Strike 2 Enhanced was released.
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Full Demo 931kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
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1994 Enhanced Full Demo 935kb (uploaded by Ofborg)


Top Gun: Danger Zone Distinctive Software, Inc. / Konami, Inc. [top]

Inspired by the famous 1986 film, Top Gun: Danger Zone is a desert dogfighting air combat simulation set on board an aircraft carrier (the USS Brigham) patrolling the waters off Libya and the Middle East. You have a choice of two aircraft - the F-14 Tomcat (in which you also get a Radar Intercept officer to assist you) and an F-18 Hornet (where you'll fly solo). The choice of missions is limited to eight - intercept, escort, clear airspace, provide air support and run interference. However, you also get to participate in the "Top Gun Challenge Board" in the Officer's Mess, where you challenge 12 other fellow pilots in simulated one-to-one dogfights to practice your skills, get their respect and increase your ranking. You also have a choice of playing against the CPU or against another human player in split-screen mode. The flight model is not completely realistic - but it is not ridiculous, as in many other games (even today). The game aims to have an arcade-style simplicity for the flying, and adds character development similar to many RPGs.
Screenshots
Full Demo ( @ My Abandonware)
Videos
Floppy Images ISO Demo 994kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Twilight: 2000 Paragon Software Corporation / MicroProse Software, Inc. [top]

This tactical wargame/adventure is based on the GDW pencil and paper role-playing game. NATO and Warsaw Pact forces spent the latter part of the 1990s fighting a brutal war, which has turned Poland into a desolate radiation-riddled land, full of abandoned vehicles and weapons. The maniacal Baron Czarny wants to take over what's left of the country; you must stop him. The player must organize a team of 20 generated soldiers, each of whom will respond to orders differently, based on their personality. Specific abilities, attributes and languages spoken can be set. Action from within the vehicles is shown in 3D, outside action is viewed top-down. Both aspects of the game require meticulous planning around the game's range of weapons and vehicles. Help can be received from NPCs, via the game's communication system.
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Full Demo 3MB (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Videos
Floppy Images ISO Demo + Scans 8.8MB (uploaded by Egon68)


Wing Commander II: Special Operations 1 ORIGIN Systems, Inc. [top]

After the victory at K’Tithrak Mang, things are looking up for the Confederation. Several Kilrathi planets are rebelling and breaking away from the Empire. The Special Operations division of Confed is assigned to support the Kilrathi rebels and protect them from the inevitable Imperial counterattack. That's not the only problem, though: after a mutiny on a Confed cruiser, the crew have taken to piracy and attack human trade ships in the nearby star systems. The first add-on to Wing Commander II offers 20 new missions. It also offers new ships: the Crossbow is Confed's latest bomber, faster and more maneuverable than the Broadsword. The new member of the Kilrathi fleet is the heavy fighter Gothri. The story of Wing Commander II is continued with lots of cutscenes, featuring old and new characters. Player characters from the original game (and their kill scores) can be transferred into the add-on. When The Kilrathi Saga was released, Special Operations 1 and 2 were made available for download from the Origin web/FTP site.
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Wing Commander 2 & Secret Operations 1 & 2 Full Demo 15MB (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Videos
Floppy Images ISO Demo 1.9MB (uploaded by Maraakate)
Wing Commander 2 Deluxe Edition ISO Demo 101MB (uploaded by Wastrel)
included in Wing Commander / Wing Commander II: Special CD-ROM Edition - ISO Demo 23MB (uploaded by Egon68)
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi Deluxe Edition included in 10 For $10 Pak (1997) ISO Demo 388MB (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Wing Commander II: Speech Accessory Pack ORIGIN Systems, Inc. [top]

This is an add-on for the floppy version of Wing Commander 2. It adds digitized speech to all space combat communications and to a few cinematic sequences. In 1991, sound cards were still considered something of a luxury commodity, and most gamers were content with the beeps coming out of their PC box. However, all it took was one session with a fully-speech enabled Wing Commander 2 to sell Sound Blasters by the dozen. At the time, the level of immersion it added to the game was entirely unparallelled. More than any other single thing, Origin's adoption of the Sound Blaster for speech in Ultima 7 and, especially, Wing Commander 2 is what brought about Creative Lab's still unbroken reign over the personal sound card industry.
Floppy Images ISO Demo 2.5MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
Wing Commander 2 Deluxe Edition ISO Demo 101MB (uploaded by Wastrel)
included in Wing Commander / Wing Commander II: Special CD-ROM Edition - ISO Demo 23MB (uploaded by Egon68)
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi Deluxe Edition included in 10 For $10 Pak (1997) ISO Demo 388MB (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi ORIGIN Systems, Inc. [top]

Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi is the first sequel in Chris Roberts' Wing Commander science fiction space combat simulator franchise of computer games, produced by Origin Systems. Released in 1991, Wing Commander II retains much of the first game's core conventions: an interstellar war between the Terran Confederation and the felinoid warrior race called the Kilrathi, multiple allies as wingmen, and a wide variety of ships on both sides of the war. However, WCII places a greater emphasis on storytelling, providing various sprite-animated cutscenes and some of the industry's first examples of voice acting. The storyline is also somewhat less open-ended: the game's campaign tree is much more structured and the player character can no longer be promoted or awarded medals. Wingmen can no longer be killed during normal gameplay; when their fighters are damaged beyond repair, they eject (though some die in scripted sequences). Finally, because the story is a direct sequel to WC, many Kilrathi ships have names similar to the WC ships they replace (for instance, the "Sartha" replaces the "Salthi", and the Confederation uses an upgraded version of the Rapier medium fighter). A Deluxe Edition cd version was released in 1992 which also included the expansion packs Special Operations 1 and 2 and the Speech Accessory Pack. In 1996, Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga was released which contained remastered versions of games 1-3, with a high-quality soundtrack and perfect execution under Windows without speed or stability problems. It added drop-away cockpit support for 1 & 2 and rudder/pedal support for 3. Remastered versions of the add-on disks for 1 & 2 were available as downloads from Origin's website.

See also: #Chartbusters 16, #Speech Accessory Pack, #Special Operations 1, #Special Operations 2

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Full Demo with expansions 15mb ( @ My Abandonware)
Videos
Vengeance of the Kilrathi - Floppy Images ISO 8.8MB (uploaded by Maraakate)
Remastered version included in Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga (1996) 5CD ISO Demo 2.52GB (uploaded by Molitor)
Floppy Images ISO + Scans 19MB (uploaded by Egon68)
Wing Commander 2 Deluxe Edition ISO Demo 101MB (uploaded by Wastrel)
EA CD-ROM Classics - Clone ISO Demo 31MB (uploaded by Egon68)
included in Wing Commander / Wing Commander II: Special CD-ROM Edition - ISO Demo 23MB (uploaded by Egon68)
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi Deluxe Edition included in 10 For $10 Pak (1997) ISO Demo 388MB (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2 - Crusade ORIGIN Systems, Inc. [top]

In the second add-on to Wing Commander, everything seems quiet at first. The Tiger's Claw is stationed in the Firekka system. The Firekkans are bird-like aliens who are applying for membership in the Confederation, with the Tiger's Claw watching over the diplomatic negotiations. Things change when huge Kilrathi fleets appear near Firekka. Even though the system has no military value, the Kilrathi are pulling fleets from other systems, all of them heading for Firekka. The Confederation is puzzled, until a Kilrathi defector is able to shed light on the mystery and the pilots of the Claw are called to defend Firekka and the Confederation diplomats from a Kilrathi holy war. The add-on adds 16 new missions to fly, with a linear mission structure. New Kilrathi ships include the Hhriss heavy fighter, the Snakeir strike carrier and an upgraded version of the Dralthi. The player gets to fly these new Dralthi, provided by the Kilrathi defector, in special undercover missions. Many of the Kilrathi fighters are now manned by the Drakhai, the elite Imperial Guard, while the Confederation's defenses are reinforced by two new wingmen, Doomsday and Jazz. Player characters from both the original game and the first add-on can be transferred, and the Mission Selector from that add-on, allowing one to play any mission from Wing Commander, is also included. In 1996, after Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga was released which contained remastered versions of games 1-3 and ran under Windows, Secret Missions 1 and 2 were made available for download from the Origin web/FTP site.
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Full Demo 891kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
Infos
Free Addon v1.2 for Wing Commander: Kilrathi Saga 3.6MB (uploaded by WC News)
Videos
Wing Commander & The Secret Missions & The Secret Missions 2 - Crusade - Floppy Images ISO Demo 3.2MB+789kb+825kb (uploaded by Maraakate)
included in Wing Commander / Wing Commander II: Special CD-ROM Edition - ISO Demo 23MB (uploaded by Egon68)
included in Wing Commander: Deluxe Edition - ISO Demo 7MB (uploaded by reynolds)


ShootEm Up 2D/3D

Adentrator Ediciones Manali [top]

This is a rare Spanish shmup. The essence of this very process is quite traditional: we fly through the seemingly endless cosmos from left to right, shooting enemies and avoiding obstacles. However, in many ways, the game is rather unusual. So, firstly, a considerable part of the enemies that will meet you in the first minutes of the game are dangerous for you in that they can be encountered, but in you they practically or not even shoot at all. Among the enemies - some flying turrets, small pink planes and green ones - quite the same as yours, but you still need to destroy them. Equally dangerous are static round asteroids that need to be flown around; At the same time, miniature nebulae (to call it as something more accurate does not work) are completely safe, although they look no less dangerous. In the game there are various bonuses - looking, for example, as gifts or hearts - and, surprisingly, the same appearance in appearance can give a different useful effect: the same "gift" first temporarily replaces your conventional weapons with wave ( more powerful). After a while, the action of the game will begin to unfold over something like the surface of a space station of monstrous dimensions (that is, still in space, but with a specific lower boundary). There will appear new types of enemies, already much more aggressive and killing with a single shot - the last, of course, the most colorful are the huge dinosaur robots, reminiscent of the transformer of the Trypticon. Note also that from a certain point on, the "missed" enemies can come back and attack you from the rear, and you can temporarily deploy your ship and lead the attack back. All this is done in a really very beautiful and truly gloomy, "cosmic" CGA-palette, where the excellent clarity of the drawing completely compensates for the lack of "colorfulness" (which is explainable and the place of action of the game). In its genre of this thing, there really is something to please and surprise even the experienced connoisseurs of the genre.
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Full Demo 91kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
Videos


Animac Craig Pell [top]

23rd-century Earth is a good place to be: after an atypically friendly first contact with an alien species, the planet's ills have been cured and peace reigns supreme. But some will always resist change, let alone utopian ideas. One such organization was the innocently-named American Neutral Investigators, and its leader Mapier was exiled off-planet for disturbing the peace. This decision did not prove far-sighted however; Mapier worked diligently, pirating and destroying, harvesting debris, alien technology and raw materials, and gradually built up a huge armed space fortress from which the ANI continue to terrorize known space. This is where the player comes in, piloting an infiltrator ship into the bowels of the ANI's Mapierian Anti-Complex (ANIMAC) to find and destroy the central command. The meandering tunnels burrowing through the planet-sized base consist of hundreds of different rooms, littered with automated defenses, mines and hostile drones, while the Infiltrator only packs a single forward-firing photon launcher. Bridges and invisible warps complicate matters further, as does the security system which makes backtracking a deadly risk.
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Full Demo 116kb (uploaded by DOSGames.com)


Armor Alley Information Access Technologies Inc. / Three-Sixty Pacific Inc. [top]

You pilot a helicopter through side-viewed terrain. Your job is to take out the enemy forces and their base, initially armed with missiles, bombs and machine guns. Watch out for enemy anti-aircraft balloons. However the game differs from most Choplifter style games by involving management of a squad. You have tanks, explosive vans, engineers and infantry units which can be ordered from the base, and must then be protected from enemy fire. Supplies are limited by financial constraints, as every unit and weapon has a price. The game was developed for the black and white screen of the Mac Classic as well as the more colorful screen of the Mac LC, and these graphics were ported over to the PC, making it one of the only games ever released for the PC to support EGA's Monochrome graphics mode. It was one of the few cross-platform games that had true cross-platform networked multiplayer options. A Mac and a PC could play against each other, for example. The game supported multiple modems-to-modems networking years before Kali, etc. existed. Players could fight someone over CompuServe by going to a specific forum, making a connection with another gamer, then exiting the dos-based CompuServe terminal program without dropping the line and starting up Armor Alley.
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Full Demo 293kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
Videos
Floppy Image ISO Demo 720kb (uploaded by Macintosh Garden)


Battlestorm Titus France SA / Titus Software Corporation [top]

A top-down space shooter that was different from most others at the time in that it did not just scroll continuously in one direction, but could scroll at different speeds in all possible directions on the X and Y axis, on the player's whim. The game takes place above the surface of a ruined, devastated planet: each level starts within a large area, in which your ship has free movement. Avoiding surface hazards, such as auto-aiming turrets, the goal is to destroy enemy spacecraft that hover around the large area in groups. Each wave of attacks is followed by a bomb-dropping mothership, which you must hurry up and destroy before it moves off the playfield, in order to proceed to the next wave; the last mothership gives way to the boss - a gigantic spacecraft that will chase you around the playfield. Beaten it? you are transported to a short section of standard shooter fare, where the screen auto-scrolls vertically, at the end of which you face a final monstrosity. This ends the level - on to the next one. Absorbing enemy fire will deplete your power, while collecting power-ups and destroying turrets can bring it back up somewhat. At 0% power, the game is over - although you may get an option to continue, based on how far you got.
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included in 10 Great Games (Telstar) - Clone ISO Demo 7MB (uploaded by Egon68)
Videos
Floppy Image ISO Demo 369kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
included in 10 Awesome Games (Titus Software) - ISO + Cracked ISO Demo 25MB (uploaded by softwarecdguy)
Full Demo ( provided by starlord & upped by Scaryfun) 279kb


Biodomes Softdisk Publishing [top]

The action takes place in the distant future, in which the Earth, after a devastating nuclear war, became unusable. By that time, space travel had already been mastered, so finding an exoplanet with conditions suitable for life was not difficult. The player has to control a very strange aircraft (most similar to a strange-shaped airship), which must explore this planet (the study will take nine levels) in order to find places suitable for creating colonies, and building materials for building buildings. But, as it soon becomes clear, another alien race has species on this planet, so our airship will face fierce battles with all kinds of hostile aircraft. Actually, the gameplay has already been described above: the main task is to shoot at enemies and dodge their shots, which is not always easy to do because of the very peculiar flight paths of some opponents. Graphically, the game looks very worthy (even despite its obscure origin) and practically does not concede to the best games of the genre of its time.
Videos
Full Demo 211kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
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Bionic Police A.G.D. / Ediciones Manali [top]

The main character of this game looks like a genetic infantry soldier from Rogue Trooper. The game itself, although rather monotonous, is complex and unusual. So, we play as a certain incomprehensible humanoid warrior with a large cannon and powerful hands (about them it was said for a reason). Despite the formidable appearance, he will instantly die from any contact with enemies and any hostile objects, be it enemy ammunition or something else (this is also said for a reason); more precisely, it will most likely perish - it will disappear for a second, and then it will be reborn. There are really many "lives" in the game. We see our hero only to the waist - but something like that in Spanish games, and just a similar (sub) genre, is found. The hero knows how to walk forward and a little back, shoot, as well as raise his head and arms with weapons up and shoot in this position, as well as lower them (this is important - if you do not give him the command to lower them, then he will shoot up, even if the new enemy is on the same mark with him). The game has several levels. In the first, against the background of a distant night city, we have to slowly go forward and kill two types of monsters that suddenly appear in front of and behind us. We shoot the first with a cannon, and the second we kill with an elbow blow (you can't remember anything like that in games right away). On the second level, the scene of action, most likely, is a street (in fact, there is almost no background there at all), where our opponents are evil men with guns shooting from windows (and here, unlike the first level, raise your head and hands , in order to shoot, it is already necessary; at the first level, this only hurts and quickly leads to death), as well as - again attention - flower pots (with flowers) falling from the sky, which, like bullets, kill instantly. Further levels, in general, represent the more complicated first - new types of monsters are introduced, for example. Graphics - again only CGA, and, unfortunately, quite faded, although clear. There are no bonuses and even, probably, there is no plot here - just a passage from start to finish with the killing of the same creatures and training your reaction. The game is Spanish, so the controls are appropriate. In general (if you do not take into account the inconceivable rarity; you will not find this on the Internet) - not a hit, but if you like such old adventure games, it is not only possible, but also highly desirable to play.
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Full Demo 54kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
Videos


Blitzer Steve Sherman / WayForward Technologies, Inc. [top]

This is a Windows 3.1 shareware shooter. Aliens have taken over the Earth, and the only way to stop them is to rescue the six scientists who know the secret necessary to defeat the invaders. Piloting a helicopter, the player must battle alien ships and save the world. It is necessary to keep track of fuel, shields, bombs and photons, all of which can be refilled by landing at bases. If a landing bay is damaged you may not be able to land. The gauges on the lower pane of the screen indicate the level of fuel, shields, bombs and photons that are left. Each ship destroyed is worth 1000 points and when you reach the bottom level of the caverns each ship is worth 2000 points. Watch the gauges so that you know when your ship needs refueling or new shields. Each scientist that is rescued is worth 10000 points.
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Shareware Level Demo 54kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)
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Registered Version included in Fun Pack for Windows - ISO Demo 1.2MB (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Desperado 2 Gamart / Topo Soft [top]

This is a sequel to Gun.Smoke. The player is Marshall James, a sheriff sent by the State of Texas to restore order to the corrupt and violent town of Devil Stone. The game is divided into two parts. The first one is a side-scrolling run'n gun game in the style of Sunset Riders. The second part is set in a saloon, and is a first-person shooting game like the Lethal Enforcers games.
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Spanish Full Demo 364kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)


Dragon Spirit Namco Limited / Domark Software Ltd. [top]

Princess Alicia of the kingdom of Mitgult is kidnapped by the monster Zawell. It's now up to the heroic warrior Amul to transform himself into a blue dragon and go and rescue the princess. This is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up conversion of a 1987 arcade game which consists of nine stages. Players fly around and destroy everything in their path. Much like in Xevious, action takes place on two planes, both in the sky (where the dragon is flying) and on the ground. The dragon has two different kind of attacks: fire that shoots up the screen, and fire that drops to hit a place on the ground in front of the dragon. Enemies exist both in the air and on the ground, and some can fly up from the ground to the sky. Players can pick up power-ups, or upgrades, that will help them in their fight. Upgrades can include extra heads on the dragon, health, faster shots, and more. At the end of each stage is a boss that needs to be defeated. Having good upgrades that are not lost from being hit before reaching the bosses will help.

See also: #Namco Museum 50th Anniversary

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Full Demo 586kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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Floppy Image ISO Demo 546kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)
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Forgotten Worlds Capcom Co., Ltd., Arc Developments / U.S. Gold Ltd. [top]

This follow-up to Side Arms Hyper Dyne features two characters known as The Nameless Ones, who both look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, one even has a mohawk. It's their job to rid the planet of the attacking aliens. Guiding your character around the screen as they fly with jet-packs, guns on full auto, you control a satellite which you rotate around your character for the direction in which your gun is firing. At the end of each level is a boss which needs to be killed to progress. Enemies that have been killed drop money. At the end of every level is a shop where you can buy weapons, armour, items and first-aid packs.
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Full Demo 403kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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Videos


Galactix Cygnus Multimedia Productions, Inc. / Titanium Seal [top]

Defend Earth from destruction from the onslaught of the Xidus fleet. Your state-of-the-art ship is equipped with a limitless supply of ammunition, and in addition has missiles, bombs, and a retractable claw used for retrieving ship upgrades during the heat of battle. Initially, a shareware game, version 1.5 (DOS) was released as freeware in 1999 and a Windows version with new Sound FX and Music was released for purchase.
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DOS Freeware Game v1.5 711kb (uploaded by RGB Classic Games)
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Windows Shareware Level Demo 3MB (uploaded by Official Site)
1999 Windows Full Demo 8.53MB (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
Floppy Image ISO Demo 641kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Gravity Wars Sami Tammilehto [top]

In this exciting arcade game there are only ten levels, but you will not be able to pass them with a swoop - the game is quite difficult. Each stage is a separate game screen with a kind of grotto in a cave or just an uncomplicated corridor with an entrance and an exit. We have to, controlling a small aircraft, get to this very exit. Considering that at some levels the passages are rather narrow, it is problematic to fly our plane without losses. But our main task is to destroy five turrets located on the floor, ceiling and walls at each stage. Enemy guns shoot accurately, and you need to manage to shoot them down earlier. At many levels there is another obstacle - a chaotically jumping green ball, collision with which (as with any surface) will take our lives. In the event of the death of the plane, we again start the level from the left edge of the screen, but the turrets that have already been knocked out will not be restored, - though thanks for that. By the way, we will not be allowed into the escape passage if all the turrets are not destroyed. The controls in the game are the simplest: arrow keys (up - moving forward, left and right - the corresponding turn) and space bar - shooting. It's pretty hard to fly - our aircraft is so sensitive to control. At the bottom of the screen you can see the points scored and the level number, but where is life? And here everything is conceived in an original way. For each turret knocked down, we are given a hundred points, the same amount is taken away when we die - and the game will end when we have zero. That is, there are simply no pre-determined attempts. Despite this, as already mentioned, the game is quite difficult. Despite the primitiveness (an airplane in the form of a triangle, turrets in the form of a semicircle), the graphics are pleasant, each stage is decorated with different colors. The musical accompaniment is just excellent, and the sounds of shots and explosions are present.
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Full Demo 130kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
Videos


Hyperoid Hutchins Software / WayForward Technologies Inc. [top]

This Asteroids clone features a fairly large playing field and some features not found in the classic arcade version: protective shields, mass-destructive smart bombs and annoying little green things that reproduce at an alarming rate. Originally on Windows 3.1, a freeware port to Windows 95 was later released in 1994. It was modified, an extra ship is awarded when the player scores 33,333 points or a multiple thereof, and the baddies' bullets do more damage. The game plays in a resizeable window and, allegedly, it can even be played in the game's icon. It is entirely keyboard controlled and has a 'Boss key'. In 2001, SDLRoids was released by Eon Games that uses SDL for sound and graphics, has a couple of extra powerups and the shield behaves differently. The game can either run in windowed mode or in fullscreen mode. You can (usually) switch between them during play by pressing Alt-Enter.
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Free Game v1.1 (provided by starlord & upped by Scaryfun) 59kb
Free Game for Windows 95 75kb (uploaded by Official Site)
SDLRoids Free Game v1.3.4 191kb (uploaded by SourceForge)


MegaDestroyer Frantis A. Safonov & S. Kuzmin / Diaksor [top]

Heavily armored and armed space platforms are in need of obliteration. Hop into your megadestroyer and shoot down countless enemies, turrets, and command centers. This rapid paced top down shooter lets you direct a fighter and shoot enemies in a contained battle field. You have three lives to accomplish each level but have plenty of shields and power-ups such as invisibility to aid your fight. Levels are passed once all base enemies are killed and there are nine levels in total.
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Full Demo 121kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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NY Warriors Synergistic Software Inc. / Virgin Games Inc. [top]

This is a top down action game in which you must face various armed gangs in a post apocalyptic New York and finish various missions. The game is heavily influenced by the movie The Warriors. In each mission the player faces a different gang with distinct outfits and characteristics; Ramboids, Sammies, Assasins, Sluggers, Killer Klowns, Ganja and finally Bomber. A fairly common shooter game, it is fairly true to the formula for such games, lots of enemies, lots of shooting and joystick action. Various weapons can be picked up for use as you progress to enhance your firepower. The atmosphere is maintained with details such as snoring bums and packs of stray dogs, also with some darkly cyber-punkish artwork.
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Full Demo 356kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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Floppy Images ISO Demo 273kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Ovni AGD / Ediciones Manali [top]

The rarest and oldest Spanish flying game with a first-person view, painfully similar to slot machines no less ancient than itself. The essence of the game - it is necessary to destroy the flying saucers of aliens (the name of the game in Spanish means "UFO"), moving forward endlessly and getting points for the said destruction. Of course, there is no and cannot be a specific plot, and the quality of the graphics does not allow us to understand whether we are in space or above the surface of some planet; the movement of our abstract ship is automatic - know that you have time to move the cursor-sight back and forth and destroy the emerging armadas. All enemies fly towards us, all are killed with one shot, those who escaped death fly past us and disappear into the unknown; our ship has a reserve of "life", moreover, a significant one, but it is by no means infinite; however, each plate, approaching us, can shoot at most a couple of times. No bonuses provided. Graphics - only CGA, very minimalistic, the "lower background" can hurt your eyes a lot; however, it is very pleasing that there are several types of flying saucers (albeit differing mainly in colors). The level of difficulty is also pleasing - at first the game seems to be simple, but literally after ten seconds the number of enemies present on the screen at the same time increases very, very much. Of course, perhaps the only value of Ovni is a collectible, but as a simple cure for nostalgia that can captivate for just a couple of minutes, it may well fit.
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Full Demo 40kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
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Robomaze Keith Laverty / MVP Software [top]

This is a top-down maze exploration and shooter game, and the first in the Robomaze trilogy. The player has to navigate a robot through a maze moving from room to room, collecting bullets and rockets, shooting other robots to survive as well as shooting walls to pass through parts of the maze. There are 3 weapons, which are standard bullets, rockets and a laser. Each weapon requires their own ammunition, additional ammunition will be dropped by enemies when they die or sometimes hidden inside walls. The rooms have all sorts of different walls, blue walls ricochet the bullets, some walls require rockets to be shot. Some rooms have two teleport chambers, enter one to emerge from the other, this can be used to get past unbreakable walls. All enemies as well as the damage to walls is reset every time the player re-enters a room. Presumably the ultimate goal is to find an exit to the maze. The game features tank-like controls, meaning press left and right (J and L keys) to rotate, and press I to activate the engine or K to stop the engine, i.e. move forward or stand still. Press space to shoot and press return key to switch to the next weapon. Each time the player is hit a life is lost, lose all lives and it's game over, however there are effectively infinite continues. Continuing the game will reset and respawn all enemies, but the passages the player has shot through the wall as well as the player position are not reset.
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Full Demo 46kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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RoboMaze II: The Lobby Wetware / MVP Software [top]

You are a freedom figher, storming the giant tower of the dictator of your country. He has created robots with genetic parts to defend his tower. There are lots of levels split over three episodes. It is a platform game, with PC speaker sound effects and EGA graphics. You run about all the levels shooting robots, getting keys and getting money which can be used for "powerups" which are like spells that you could cast using the number keys. An interesting feature the author put in was hybrid robots, or enemy robots mixed with parts of other enemies. For instance the legs of a knifeman and the torso of a cannon-robot. The game was later made freeware.
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Freeware Game 591kb (uploaded by Official Site)
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Map Editor 37kb (uploaded by PlayazLounge)


Robomaze III: The Dome Wetware / MVP Software [top]

You are a freedom fighter, a member of the resistance, fighting against the tyrannical dictator of your country and his henchman, the mad scientist. In the Robomaze II, you traveled to the mad scientist's tower and battled him and his robots. When you won, you took off in your helicopter in search of the dictator and his dome. Thanks to the help of the resistance, you quickly located his dome. Unfortunately, you forgot your weapons at the tower. You are completely defenseless, but you vow to conquer the dictator. You must find weapons, keys and equipment, search underground hideouts and battle your enemies. This game consists of two episodes: The Dome and The Final Journey. It was later made freeware.
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Freeware Game 366kb (uploaded by Official Site)
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Rotox Creative Materials / U.S. Gold, Inc. [top]

In this 3D Rotoscoped landscape the player controls Rotox the robot, which is required to to eradicate any form of mechanized existence on each of the levels. Each level is comprised of nine sectors, which are not all linked together. At the beginning of each level you drop in from above and get a general overview of the level. Planning a path from sector to sector often involves using moving pathways. The sectors are heavily defended, but weapons can be picked up throughout. When a sector is cleared of robots, the screen flashes and the player is free to move on to the next sector.
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Full Demo 701kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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Floppy Images ISO Demo 440kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


Scorched Earth Wendell Hicken [top]

It's all-out war in this artillery combat game. You and up to nine friends can duke it out on hills and in valleys as you nuke each other into submission in this turn-based tank battle. At the start of each round, each player purchases their weaponry, and if they choose, shields and parachutes for defense and safety from long drops. Then it's off to battle! Aim your cannon, taking note of trajectory and wind, and fire off your weapons in attempt to take out the opposition. The game offers a variety of weapons. A small sample of these include the standard nukes, which obliterate the screen. There's the Funky Bomb, which scatters smaller bombs in an unpredictable variety of directions. Or, if missiles aren't your thing, you can send your foes a personal gift of flaming napalm. There are also dirt bombs which can be used to bury opponents or yourself, for safety from opposing attacks. One of the other features are the amusing quips displayed before a shot is fired, and when a tank is destroyed. These can even be added to by editing the files to give your threats a more personal flavor.
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Floppy Image ISO Demo v1.1 (Microstar release) 209kb (uploaded by scaryfun)
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Full Demo v1.5 594kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
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Sky Cat Alex Software, Gamos Ltd. [top]

This is an action game with puzzle elements, where the player controls the space probe "Sky Cat" on the mission to find and rescue hostages on the alien enemy base. The probe breaks through the base, shooting the enemies with a laser in the way inspired by Thexder and solving the puzzles to overcome different obstacles toggling the electromagnet within its hull. Enemies are also shooting at the probe, trying to decrease its energy. The game is ended either with a successful mission accomplishment or with probe destruction.
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Full Demo 42kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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Slordax: The Unknown Enemy Softdisk Publishing [top]

Legends tell of a race of super beings, the Slordax, who once tried to conquer the galaxy. The war lasted for a century. In the end, the Slordax were repelled. The Slordian system was dead for over seven hundred years. But now the Slordax are back. The Intergalactic Defense Alliance gave you the task to take them out with your RedDog Adaptive Strike Ship before they grow too strong to defeat. Slordax is an early game from the famous developers that later went on to form id Software and make Doom & Quake. It's a rather typical shoot-'em-up vertical scroller with EGA graphics and five levels. An unique feature is the ability to control how fast the screen scrolls.
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Full Demo 114kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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The id Anthology 4CD ISO Demo - included in CD1 : The Catacomb, Catacomb 3D, Hovertank 3D, Spear of Destiny, Wolfenstein 3D, Slardox, plus other old games by id. (uploaded by scaryfun)
id Anthology - 4CD ISO Demo 588MB (uploaded by hgdagon)


Starmines Jari Karjala [top]

A fun lightweight DOS clone of the 1981 arcade game Omega Race. You control a spaceship and shoot down the enemy "Droid" ships that attack you. Your ship must survive Droid-dropped mines too - but you can shoot them too. The last ship of the Droid flights goes into a spiraling pattern. There is no end to this game. Rather, it is a game in which you try to get the highest score, or complete the highest number of levels. You control a small triangle that is your ship. The ship can turn, move forward (with thrusters) and fire. Movement is one of the game's challenges; once the ship is moving, it can only be slowed by turning the nose in the opposite direction and using the thrusters. While doing that, the ship is unable to fire toward anything it is in motion toward. Bouncing also comes into play during movement. When the ship hits the side of the screen, a wall of force appears, and the ship bounces. You don't have control over where the ship bounces, and must take time to regain control, before you run into an enemy ship and die.
Free Game 41kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)


Super Space Invaders Taito Corporation / Domark Software Ltd. [top]

Remember that arcade classic Space Invaders? Well this game takes it to the next level with harder aliens, bosses, power ups, and a variety of scenery! Invaders come in several configurations for you to try to blast, and power-ups help you with more weapons to choose from. It's a PC conversion of Taito's 1990 arcade game Super Space Invaders '91. As you would expect, it's the classic shoot'em up you all know, updated with lots of different extra weapons, various background graphics, a co-operative two-player mode and a fun bonus level called "Cattle Mutilation". Fans of original Space Invaders will have a lot of fun, although it gets repetitive quite quickly with mundane enemy ships and level backgrounds that aren't up to par with Silpheed.
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Full Demo 1MB (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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Floppy Images ISO Demo (3.5" & 5.25") 1.2MB/890kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)


Tank Wars Kenneth Morse [top]

This is a shareware game for two to ten players based on the same ideas as Artillery and it's more well known cousin Scorched Earth. Any of the players can be computer controlled and there are seven different styles of computer opponent. The game can be played by keyboard, mouse, and the length of a match can be set between one and ninety-nine games. The players command tanks that are placed on the randomly generated landscape. Across the top of the screen are the controls that select the angle of the shot, the power of the shot, the kind of weapon being hurled as well as information showing who is firing, wind direction and wind speed. At the end of each round players who successfully destroyed competitors can use the points they scored to buy additional weapons, there are eighteen different weapons in the game together with two guidance systems and three defence systems. The game has many configuration options which change the way the ground crumbles, what happens if a shot goes off the screen, whether shots and/or their trails are visible and much more together with a team play option. The game has sound and it is optional.
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Full Demo v3.2 201kb (uploaded by Old-Games.ru)
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Floppy Images ISO Demo v2.5 176kb (uploaded by scaryfun)


Warhead Brian C. Lowe and Eric Lee Steadle / WayForward Technologies, Inc. [top]

This Missile Command variant puts the player in control of two missile bases, each controlled by a different mouse button. As warheads, planes and smart bombs attack the player's cities, he or she must fire missiles at them by pointing the mouse at a target area and clicking the appropriate button. Ammunition is limited and missile bases can be completely destroyed by enemy fire, so a mix of strategy and coordination is necessary for success.
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Full Demo + Win3xO Collection Package 25MB (uploaded by scaryfun)
Win3xO Collection - FrontEnd + Emus 60MB (uploaded by scaryfun)


Windows Command Oasis Software [top]

This is a single player, mouse controlled, Missile Command variant. In this game the player must use their stock of Patriot XXXX missiles to defend their cities from waves of attacking Klingons. The game has sound, a high score table and four levels of difficulty, as the game progresses those dastardly Klingons may send it stealth bombers and starships.
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Full Demo 11kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)


Xenopods Gamer's Edge / Softdisk Publishing [top]

This is a futuristic overhead tank shooter. The year is 3871, and you take the role of a lone survivor on a frontier outpost that's been attacked by sinister-looking alien larvae. As pilot your security drone around each sector, you must repair the communication links to alert the Federation. However, the aliens will do everything they can to sabotage your work on your crucial mission.
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Full Demo 204kb (uploaded by MyAbandonware)
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Xyphr Eugene Lin [top]

This is a sci-fi shooter reminiscent of Space Harrier. The player controls a space craft from a third-person perspective, adjusting the altitude while automatically moving through pseudo-3D environments. The gameplay is rather simple: many hostile ships and other enemies are there to stop the hero, and constantly shooting at them is the only way to survive.
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Shareware Level Demo (provided by starlord & upped by Scaryfun) 70kb
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