All Entries in the "Dos Games" Category
Wolfenstein 3D
What can I say? The game that started it all, and helped to define what is now one of the most popular computer game genres. If you’ve never played it (who hasn’t?) you should. (Note: This game seems to really hate Win95/98. Run it from straight DOS, or risk having it crash often … or [...]
Tomb Raider
The game that made Lara Croft a virtual star, and launched the entire series of Tomb Raider games. The game may seem somewhat bland by today’s standards but it was quite popular upon its release, and NOT just because of certain attributes of its star character. One of the first of many 3rd-person 3D shooters. [...]
Thor’s Hammer
Ever felt the need to rescue a kidnapped elf who has been captured by a evil polar bear? No, me neither. Yet, in Wolfenstein-like 3D, that’s exactly the premise of this game. Although you use heavy weaponry (shotguns and so on) this is not a gory game. The graphics, sounds and gameplay are all fairly [...]
Terror in Christmas Town
Ever felt the need to rescue a kidnapped elf who has been captured by a evil polar bear? No, me neither. Yet, in Wolfenstein-like 3D, that’s exactly the premise of this game. Although you use heavy weaponry (shotguns and so on) this is not a gory game. The graphics, sounds and gameplay are all fairly [...]
Terminal Velocity
It takes a little while to get used to, but this flying/shooting game (sort of like Decent, but more out in the open) can be really fun to play. (It gets much tougher during the later levels, however.) I found it to be a lot of fun, even though it gets very challenging. (Note: Microsoft [...]
Spear of Destiny
An unofficial sequel to Wolfenstein 3D that was released by Formgen as a retail only game (not shareware like Wolf3D) this demo version unfortunately contains only two playable levels. However the Spear of Destiny game is still great fun, although it uses the exact same engine, graphics, sounds etc as Wolfenstein 3D and features only [...]
Shadow Warrior
Created using the “Build” engine (the same software the Duke Nukem 3D was created with), Shadow Warrior was largely ignored upon its release due to the fact that Quake has been released the year before, with superior graphics and gameplay enhancements (true 3D environments). Shadow Warrior is still a great game, with many of the [...]
Rise of the Triad
A fairly cool shooting game from Apogee. It’s sort of inbetween Wolf3D and Duke3D … it has some cool new features, (at least, they were new at the time), but at times they don’t seem to work together all that well. For example, there’s too much platform jumping. It’s worth a try, though.
Licence: Shareware
Category: 3D [...]
Radix: Beyond the Void
Radix is a spaceship 3D shooting game which is somewhat similar to Descent. It still owes a lot to Doom though, and the level design is not quite up to par with Descent. Still, it has nice graphics (for its time) and good sound effects as well. The control system also takes some getting used [...]
Quake
I don’t know how I missed adding this game! One of the best DOS games ever? Probably! I have spent many hours playing this classic, and still go back to play it sometimes. If you have never played it … get it now! With the release of Quake, iD Software once again revolutionized the 3D [...]
Operation Body Count
Operation Body Count is a 3D shooting game built using a modified version of the Wolfenstein 3D engine. Unfortunately, the game does not offer much in the way of improvements over the basic Wolf3D formula, while at the same time lacking that certain indefinite quality that made Wolf3D so engaging. It features average graphics and [...]
Line Wars II
Line Wars was a popular “3D” shooting game that was released long before the advent of modern 3D gaming cards. While its gameplay is quite tame compared to today’s standards, it can still be fun. Line Wars II updates the original adding new missions and multiplayer modes. (Multiplayer is achived through a modem or DOS-based [...]
Legal Tender
Apparently created using Pie in the Sky’s old 3D game creation software, Legal Tender is a good example of a 3D shooter that tries hard and has plenty of features, but unfortunately feels like a letdown in the “fun” department. The graphics are average, as are the sounds. There is a story of some sort [...]
Ken’s Labyrinth
Sort of like Wolf3D, but more … wacky. It was created by Ken Silverman (who later went on to design the “Build” engine used for Duke3D). Originally he released it on his own … later it was purchased by Epic Megagames, although I liked the original better. It’s still fun to play even though it [...]
H.U.R.L
This is a 3D shooter you’ve probably never played before. It uses an engine similar to the one used by early 3D games like Wolfenstein 3D or Ken’s Layrinth. It includes weird SB sound effects and some rather wacky graphics … you’ll have to download it and see it for yourself whether you enjoy this [...]
Hexen
The sequel to the popular Heretic game, Hexen takes the Heretic engine and adds some notable improvements, like weather effects, breakable environments, roleplaying elements and less linear gameplay. Instead of just playing through levels, you must venture through the “hub” which connects various worlds. The atmosphere created in this game is well done, and if [...]
Heretic
Based on the DOOM engine, Heretic was only mildly popular on its release because there were so many copycat 3D-shooting games released around the same time. However, Heretic is one of the better shooting games released in the pre-Quake era. It has solid level design, good graphics & sounds (although of course you’re limited to [...]
Duke Nukem 3D
Does blowing away pigcops, destroying entire buildings, and shooting your way through an adult XXX store sound enjoyable? Then you’ll love Duke 3D. (Note: There isn’t actually anything X-rated in the game.) Uses the “Build” engine, which is still similar to the old Wolf3D engine in that there are no rooms on top of other [...]
Doom
Chosen by Computer Gaming World as part of their ‘Hall of Fame’ (“DOOM revolutionized PC action games”), DOOM has been one of the most played computer games of the past few years. And for good reason. I admit, it scared the hell outta me when I first played it. Even today, with increasingly sophisticated 3D [...]
Descent
Descent was quite popular on its release. It expanded on the 3D shooting genre by giving players a real 3D environment unlike Doom or Duke Nukem 3D. In this 7-level DEMO version of Descent you must pilot your spaceship through many 3D levels destroying various bad guys along the way. Think of Doom crossed with [...]