CGA, EGA, VGA: A Visual History of DOS Graphics
Look at screenshots from DOS games spanning the 1980s and early 1990s side by side and you’ll see what amounts […]
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The Sound Blaster Revolution: How One Card Changed PC Gaming
Boot up a DOS game from the early 1980s and the only sound you’ll hear is the PC speaker’s thin,
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
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici (1996): The Strategy Game Where Nobody Takes Orders
Here’s what still surprises people about The Settlers II: you never directly control a single unit. Blue Byte’s 1996 sequel
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1995) Review — The Sequel That Turned the Difficulty Way Up
Ask any longtime X-COM player which game in the series broke them, and there’s a good chance the answer involves
Jagged Alliance (1994): Sir-Tech’s Mercenary Blueprint
Before Jagged Alliance 2 became the game people actually remember, there was this: a scrappier, rougher 1994 original from Madlab
Panzer General (1994): SSI’s Wargame for People Who Hate Wargames
Most wargames of the early 1990s assumed you already owned a rulebook the size of a phone book before you
Sid Meier’s Colonization (1994): MicroProse’s Underrated Economic Strategy Game
Sid Meier had already conquered human history once with Civilization. In 1994, working with designer Brian Reynolds, he zoomed in
Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares (1996) Review — Still the Gold Standard of 4X
How do you follow up a game that’s frequently called one of the best strategy titles ever made? If you’re
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995): The Sequel That Turned Blizzard Into a Powerhouse
Before StarCraft was a household name, and long before World of Warcraft turned Azeroth into a place millions of people