https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-best-vga-dos-games-period
Every major computing platform has, in terms of gaming, something special about it. The color palettes, the sound hardware, the storage mechanisms, the available keyboards and joysticks... they all lend flavor to the games developed for each system.
The sound of a Commodore 64. The funky colors of a ZX Spectrum. The pure black and white of the early Macintoshes. All wonderful in their own ways.
But DOS gaming... it might just be the most amazing of all. Especially the period of time from the early 1990s through to about the mid-1990s. VGA graphics. Sound Blaster audio. Lots and lots of 3.5" floppies (with the occasional CD-ROM).
And the games... Oh, my. So many games. Bajillions of them. While there were a lot of stinkers (counting them is as futile as counting the grains of sand on the beaches of the world), the great ones were truly spectacular.
Nay. Life changing.
What follows are what I consider to be the 10 best DOS games that capture that "VGA plus Sound Blaster" aesthetic. These are presented in chronological order... purely because ranking them any other way made my brain explode.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @12:23AM (1 child)
1990: Commander Keen 1-3
1991: Commander Keen 4-6, Duke Nukem 1, FreeCell, SimAnt
1992: Chip's Challenge, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Space Quest IV, UnReal World
1993: Day of the Tentacle, Duke Nukem 2, Sam & Max Hit the Road
1994: ADOM, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, SimTower
1995: Rayman
1996: 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night, Chex Quest, Death Rally, Duke Nukem 3D
1997: Age of Empires 1, Total Annihilation
1998: Journeyman Project 3, Railroad Tycoon 2, StarCraft, Thief 1
1999: Age of Empires 2, Dungeon Keeper 2, Islamic Fun
2000: Diablo 2, Thief 2
2001: Pocket Tanks, Tropico
2002: Age of Mythology, Morrowind
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @02:32AM
Missing for 2000: Majesty