Space Quest III (1989): Roger Wilco Cleans Up After Vohaul
Roger Wilco, the least likely hero in Sierra’s catalog, spends the opening minutes of Space Quest III doing exactly what […]
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King’s Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992): Sierra’s Fairy Tale Peak
Ask a handful of Sierra fans which King’s Quest is the best one, and an awful lot of them will
King’s Quest I (1984): Roberta Williams’ PCjr Showcase That Started It All
In 1984, IBM needed something to show off the graphics capability of its new PCjr, and Sierra On-Line’s Roberta Williams
Blake Stone: Planet Strike (1994): The Wolfenstein Sequel Doom Overshadowed
Planet Strike had the misfortune of shipping the same month as Doom — which is probably why it’s one of
Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter (1991), the Episode Apogee Kept Hidden
The Keen Episode Most Players Never Saw Most of the original Commander Keen games reached players through Apogee’s shareware model,
Super 3-D Noah’s Ark (1994): The Weirdest Wolfenstein 3D Reskin Ever Made
There’s exactly one commercially sold Wolfenstein 3D-engine game that id Software didn’t publish themselves, and it’s about Noah putting farm
Dreamweb (1994): DOS Gaming’s Darkest Free Adventure
Most adventure games in 1994 wanted you to rescue a princess or solve a light mystery. Dreamweb wanted you to
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1985): The Free RPG That Asked You to Be Good, Not Just Win
What if the point of a role-playing game wasn’t to kill the evil wizard, but to become a better person
Shadowcaster (1993): Raven’s Shape-Shifting RPG Before Heretic and Hexen
Long before Raven Software became known for Heretic and Hexen, the studio spent 1993 building something stranger: a first-person RPG
Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare (1994): Epic’s Free Christmas Gift Still Holds Up
Every December, a handful of studios release a throwaway holiday-themed level pack that nobody remembers by January. Epic MegaGames managed
Silverball (1993): DOS Pinball Before Space Cadet Existed
Long before 3D Pinball Space Cadet shipped with Windows and became half a generation’s introduction to virtual pinball, DOS players
Zone 66 (1993): A Free DOS Shooter Built Around One of the Genre’s Best Soundtracks
A Technical Marvel Nobody Talks About Enough Some DOS shooters get remembered for their action, others for their soundtrack. Zone