Wacky Wheels (1994): Apogee’s Free Kart Racer for DOS
DOS gamers watching console owners lap up Super Mario Kart in the early 90s didn’t have a lot of options. […]
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Hocus Pocus (1994): Apogee’s Prettiest Free Platformer
By 1994, Apogee’s shareware platformer formula was well established: run, jump, shoot, collect. Hocus Pocus took that formula and dressed
Monster Bash (1993): Apogee’s Halloween Platformer Deserves More Love
Not every Apogee hero was an action star with a one-liner ready. Monster Bash, released in October 1993 and developed
Secret Agent (1992): Apogee’s Underrated Spy Platformer
Combine James Bond spy aesthetics with classic Apogee platformer gameplay and you get Secret Agent — a charming, gadget-filled DOS
Tyrian 2000 (1995): The Free Shoot-‘Em-Up That Took Itself Seriously
Vertical scrolling shooters were everywhere on DOS, and most of them were content to be a joystick and a bullet
One Must Fall: 2097 (1994): A Free Fighting Game Built Just for DOS
Fighting games on DOS almost never matched their console counterparts — the genre belonged to arcades and to the Genesis
Crystal Caves (1991): David Joiner’s Comfort-Food Platformer
Not every DOS classic needed to reinvent the wheel. Crystal Caves knew exactly what it wanted to be — a
Jill of the Jungle (1992): Tim Sweeney’s First Game, Free to Play Today
A Different Kind of DOS Protagonist In an era when DOS game protagonists were overwhelmingly male, Jill of the Jungle
Bio Menace (1993): Apogee’s Contra-Flavored Answer to Commander Keen’s Engine
Snake Logan doesn’t get a good day. He crash-lands over a city full of mutants, and Apogee gives him nothing
Prince of Persia (1989): Jordan Mechner’s Rotoscoped Masterclass in Movement
No 1989 platformer moved like Prince of Persia, and honestly, not many since have either. Rotoscoping a game into existence
Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994): id Software’s Confident Sequel
If Doom opened the floodgates, Doom II: Hell on Earth burst them wide open. Released in 1994, the sequel took
Rise of the Triad (1994): The DOS Shooter That Refused to Behave
Few DOS shooters were less interested in being taken seriously than Rise of the Triad. A drunk-mode power-up that makes