Codename: ICEMAN (1990): Sierra’s Cold War Submarine Adventure, Revisited
Half adventure game, half submarine simulator Codename: ICEMAN, released by Sierra On-Line in 1990, casts you as a U.S. Navy […]
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out! (1993) Review — Al Lowe’s Friendliest Comedy Adventure
Larry goes to a spa, and Sierra softens its edges By the time Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (1993): Sierra’s Gothic RPG-Adventure Hybrid
Your character finally faces something that can actually kill you Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness, released by Sierra
Police Quest II: The Vengeance (1988) — Sierra’s Grittiest Procedural Adventure
A game that wanted you to follow the rulebook Most adventure games from 1988 wanted you to think like a
Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier (1995) — Roger Wilco’s Last Great DOS Adventure
The end of an era, whether it knew it or not Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier, released by Sierra
Guides
DOSBox Staging vs DOSBox-X vs Vanilla DOSBox: Which to Use
“Just use DOSBox” used to be simple advice. It still mostly is, except there are now three actively maintained projects
Jetpack (1993): A Free DOS Puzzle-Platformer Built Around Fuel Management
What if a platformer never let you jump? By 1993, Commander Keen and its imitators had more or less standardized
Sopwith (1984): The Free DOS Biplane Dogfighter That Started It All
Before the IBM PC was taken seriously as a games machine It’s easy to forget now, but there was a
Galactix (1992): The Free DOS Shooter With Sticky Fingers
A shareware shooter with a claw problem Most vertical shooters from the early 90s are content to let you fly
Skunny Kart (1993): A Free, Forgotten DOS Kart Racer
Kart racing as its own genre was still a relatively new idea in 1993, largely thanks to console hits pioneering
Depth Dwellers (1994): The Free Underwater Shooter That Let You Look Up
By 1994, the Doom-inspired shooter wave had settled into a fairly predictable visual language: sci-fi corridors, hell dimensions, industrial complexes.
Realms of Chaos (1995): Apogee’s Brutal Late-Era Run-and-Gun, Free to Download
By 1995, the DOS shareware action genre had been through several years of iteration, and it shows in Realms of