Betrayal at Krondor (1993): The RPG That Out-Wrote Its Own Novels
In the early 1990s, tie-in games were routinely worse than the books or franchises they borrowed from. Betrayal at Krondor […]
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X-COM: UFO Defense (1994): The Strategy Game Every Later X-COM Chased
Two Games in One X-COM: UFO Defense, developed by Mythos Games and designed by Julian Gollop, published in 1994 through
Day of the Tentacle (1993): LucasArts’ Time-Travel Puzzle Box Still Holds Up
Some puzzle games ask you to find a key. Day of the Tentacle asks you to leave an item in
Full Throttle (1995) Review — Tim Schafer’s Leather-Clad Masterpiece
Ben, leader of a biker gang called the Polecats, gets framed for a murder he didn’t commit and has to
Spear of Destiny (1992): id Software’s Wolfenstein Prequel
id Software had a formula that worked with Wolfenstein 3D, and rather than tinker with it right away, they went
10 Free Apogee Games Worth Downloading Before You Do Anything Else
Scott Miller founded Apogee Software in 1987 on a simple bet: give away the first episode of a game, sell
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