Mortal Kombat 3 (1995) on DOS: The Arcade Brawler Comes Home
By 1995, Mortal Kombat wasn’t just a game anymore, it was a cultural flashpoint — famous as much for its […]
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Rayman (1995) Review: Beautiful, Hand-Drawn, and Absolutely Merciless
Rayman doesn’t have arms or legs, technically speaking — his gloves and boots just float near where limbs would normally
Earthworm Jim (1995): Shiny Entertainment’s Case for Weird Platformers
An ordinary earthworm named Jim finds a super-powered robotic suit and ends up fighting bizarre villains across an equally bizarre
Disney’s Aladdin (1994) for DOS: A Licensed Platformer That Actually Delivered
Movie tie-in games earned their bad reputation honestly in the early ’90s, which makes it worth pointing out when one
The Lion King (1994): The Disney Platformer With That Stampede Level
Say “The Lion King video game” to anyone who owned a DOS machine in the mid-90s and there’s a decent
Grand Prix 2 (1995): Geoff Crammond’s Formula One Sim Gets Serious
Geoff Crammond had already proven he could make a convincing Formula One simulation with 1991’s Formula One Grand Prix. Four
NASCAR Racing (1994): Papyrus Design Group’s First Big Statement
Papyrus Design Group didn’t come out of nowhere with NASCAR Racing in 1994 — the studio, founded by David Kaemmer
Micro Machines (1994): Racing Around a Kitchen Table Was Genuinely Stressful
The genius of Micro Machines is a single mean little camera rule: fall too far behind the leader and the
Stunts (1990): The 3D Racer That Let You Build the Track Yourself
Long before TrackMania made track-building racers a genre of their own, Stunts was already letting players bolt loops, corkscrews, and
Cannon Fodder (1993): The Anti-War Game With a Jaunty Theme Song
“War has never been so much fun” was the tagline on Cannon Fodder’s box — and then the game spends
SimTower (1994): The Building Sim That Only Cared About One Building
While the rest of the Sim franchise was busy simulating entire cities, planets, or ant colonies, SimTower narrowed its focus
Theme Hospital (1997): Bullfrog’s Funniest Management Sim Still Holds Up
Nobody else made a game where you cure “Bloaty Head” with a giant needle and it somehow feels like sound