This is basically about some of the games I played.
The lists includes games I enjoyed, sometimes got addicted to, games I finished, games I played with (or against) friends,
games that held my interest longer than most, and games that are otherwise memorable.
All of them are games that had an impact in some way or another.
The lists don't mention every single game I ever played, and I doubt it will ever be complete.
The lists are sorted by genre
first,
as far as that is possible with overlapping genres to name one thing.
Secondly they are sorted by (European) release date (for the system I played them on), although games from series are grouped together.
It is possible some information is incorrect, but these are the best I could come up with online.
If a game company was renamed, or no longer exists, the link points to the new company's website.
I started gaming
on my father's Atari 800 XL
,
and spent quite some time playing games
in the attic with that machine.
At one time my father gave me his old PC to use,
and over time I switched from gaming on the Atari to gaming on the PC.
I played on a few generations of 2nd hand PCs,
then struck a deal on splitting the costs for a new one, maybe even a few generations.
I soon ended up where I am now, where I buy my own hardware.
Inbetween my Atari days and now I played a few games on a number of different consoles, and I bought an Xbox 360.
This list indicates free games with this icon:
.
You may also want to see Wikipedia's lists of:
freeware games,
commercial games released as freeware, and
open source games.
See my Links →
Games section for links on the Atari 800 XL.
See my Hardware section for information on my current hardware.
See Keen.Retodon8.net for information on the Commander Keen series.
See Unreal.Retodon8.net for information on the Unreal series
Adventure & RPG Puzzle Platform Action adventure City-building & Strategy Shooter Flight & space simulation First & Third Person Shooter Racing Sports PONG-like & pinball Other
| Title | Date | Developer
|
Publisher
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure
|
|||
| Paladin II
|
1992 | Omnitrend
|
Impressions Games
|
| God of Thunder
|
1993 | Adept Software | Software Creations
|
| Ultima Online
|
1997-09-30 | Origin Systems
|
EA
|
| The Black Cauldron
|
1986 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| Gold Rush!
|
1988 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
|
1987 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| PQ2: The Vengeance
|
1988 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| Kings Quest: Quest for the Crown
|
1983 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| KQII: Romancing the Throne
|
1985 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| KQIII: To Heir Is Human
|
1986 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| KQIV: The Perils of Rosella
|
1988 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| KQV:
Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!
|
1990 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter
|
1986 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| SQII: Vohaul's Revenge
|
1987 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| SQIII: The Pirates of Pestulon
|
1989 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| SQIV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
|
1991 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| SQV: Roger Wilco: The Next Mutation
|
1993 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
|
1987 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| LSL goes Looking For Love (...)
|
1988 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| LSL3: in Passionate Patti (...)
|
1989 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| LSL5: Passionate Patti (...)
|
1991 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| LSL6: Shape Up or Slip Out
|
1993 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| LSL: Love For Sail
|
1996 | Sierra
|
Sierra
|
| The 7th Guest
|
1993 | Trilobyte
|
Virgin Interactive
|
| Loom
|
1990 | Lucasfilm Games
|
Lucasfilm Games
|
| The Secret of Monkey Island
|
1990 | Lucasfilm Games
|
Lucasfilm Games
|
| Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
|
1991-12 | LucasArts
|
LucasArts
|
| The Curse of Monkey Island
|
1997 | LucasArts
|
LucasArts
|
| Escape from Monkey Island
|
2000-09-11 | LucasArts
|
LucasArts
|
| Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis
|
1992 | LucasArts
|
LucasArts
|
| Day of the Tentacle
|
1993 | LucasArts
|
LucasArts
|
| Grim Fandango
|
1998 | LucasArts
|
LucasArts
|
| Gobliiins
|
1992 | Coktel Vision
|
Sierra
|
| Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon
|
1993 | Coktel Vision
|
Sierra
|
| Goblins Quest 3
|
1994 | Coktel Vision
|
Sierra
|
| Normality
|
1996 | Gremlin
|
Gremlin
|
| Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender
|
1992 | MicroProse
|
MicroProse
|
| Lost Eden
|
1995 | Cryo Interactive
|
Avalon Interactive |
| Sanitarium
|
1998 | DreamForge Intertainment | ASC Games |
| Das Erbe
|
1991 | Umweltbundesamt
|
Umweltbundesamt
|
| Inspecteur Banaan | 1993 ? | Davilex | Davilex |
| Mission Supernova Teil 1 - Das Schicksal des Horst Hummel
|
1994 | Thomas und Steffen Dingel | Thomas und Steffen Dingel |
| Puzzle
|
|||
| Sokoban
|
1984 | ASCii Corporation | Spectrum Holobyte
|
| Rockford: The Arcade Game
|
1987 | Arcadia Systems
|
First Star Software
|
| Supaplex
|
1991 | Digital Integration
|
? |
| Rocks'n'Diamonds
|
2003 | Artsoft Entertainment
|
Artsoft Entertainment
|
| Safrosoft RoX
|
? | Safrosoft | Safrosoft |
| Atomix
|
1990 | Softtouch
|
Thalion Software
|
| Mickey's Jigsaw Puzzles | 1991 | ? | Disney
|
| Lemmings
|
1990 | Psygnosis
|
DMA Design
|
| Oh No! More Lemmings
|
1991 | Psygnosis
|
Rockstar North
|
| Xmas Lemmings (Holiday Lemmings)
|
1991-12-07 | Psygnosis
|
Rockstar North
|
| Lemmings 2: The Tribes
|
1993 | Psygnosis
|
DMA Design
|
| Tetris
|
1987 | Sphere
|
Spectrum Holobyte
|
| Super Tetris
|
1991 | Sphere
|
Spectrum Holobyte
|
| Block Out
|
1989 | P. Z. K. Development Group | Spectrum Holobyte
|
| Klax
|
1989 | Atari
|
Atari
|
| Brix
|
1992 | MicroLeage Interactive Software | Epic MegaGames
|
| Hexxagon
|
1993 | Argo Games
|
Software Creations
|
| The Incredible Machine
|
1993 | Dynamix
|
Sierra
|
| The Incredible Machine 3.0
|
1995 | Dynamix
|
Sierra
|
| Sid & Al's Incredible Toons
|
1993 | Dynamix
|
Sierra
|
| Platform
|
|||
| Aldo's Adventure
|
1987 | Dave & Ben Ibach | Yahoo Software
|
| Bubble Bobble
|
1987 | Taito
|
Firebird Software Ltd. |
| The Adventures of Captain Comic
|
1988-05-01 | Michael Denio
|
Color Dreams
|
| Impossible Mission II
|
1988 | Novatrade
|
Epyx
|
| Thexder
|
1987 | Game Arts
|
Square Enix
|
| Stormlord
|
1989 | Graftgold
|
Hewson Consultants
|
| Mario Brothers VGA | 1990 | Dave Sharpless
|
Dave Sharpless
|
| Dangerous Dave in Trophy Trouble
|
1990 | Softdisk
|
Softdisk
|
| DuckTales: The Quest for Gold
|
1990 | Incredible Technologies
|
Walt Disney Computer Software
|
| Metal Mutant
|
1991 | Silmarils
|
Silmarils
|
| Commander Keen 1 - 3
|
1990-12-14 | Apogee
|
id Software
|
| Keen Dreams
|
1991-06 | Softdisk
|
Softdisk
|
| Commander Keen 4 - 6
|
1991-12-15 | Apogee
|
id Software
|
| Bio Menace 1 - 3
|
1993-08-03 | Apogee
|
Apogee
|
| Duke Nukem
|
1991-07-01 | Apogee
|
Apogee
|
| Duke Nukem II
|
1993-12-03 | Apogee
|
Apogee
|
| Crystal Caves
|
1991-10-23 | Apogee
|
Apogee
|
| Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
|
1992-03 | Apogee
|
Apogee
|
| Hocus Pocus
|
1994-06-01 | Moonlite Software
|
Apogee
|
| Monster Bash
|
1993-04-09 | Apogee
|
Apogee
|
| Jetpack
|
1993 | Adept Software | Adept Software |
| James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod
|
1993 | Millennium Interactive
|
EA
|
| Arachnophobia
|
1991 | BlueSky Software
|
Walt Disney Computer Software
|
| Golden Axe
|
1990 | Sega
|
Sega
|
| Crime Wave
|
1990 | Access Software
|
Access Software
|
| The Simpsons Arcade Game
|
1991 | Konami
|
Konami
|
| The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
|
1991 | Imagineering | Acclaim Entertainment
|
| Trolls
|
1992 | Flair Software
|
Capstone Software
|
| Prehistorik
|
1991 | Titus
|
Titus
|
| Prehistorik 2
|
1993 | Titus
|
Titus
|
| Joe and Mac - Caveman Ninja
|
1991 | New World Computing | Data East Corporation |
| UGH!
|
1994 | Bones Park Software Artistic | PlayByte |
| Fury of the Furries (Pac-In-Time)
|
1993 | Kalisto Entertainment
|
Atreid Concept
|
| The Lost Vikings
|
1993 | Silicon & Synapse
|
Interplay
|
| Jazz Jackrabbit
|
1994 | Epic MegaGames
|
Romware
|
| Alien Carnage (Halloween Harry)
|
1993-10-10 | Interactive Binary Illusions
SubZero Software |
Apogee
|
| Nicky Boom (Nicky Boum)
|
1992 | Microïds
|
? |
| The Blues Brothers
|
1991 | Titus
|
Titus
|
| Jump 'n Bump
|
1998 | Brainchild Design
|
Brainchild Design
|
| Icy Tower
|
2002 ? | Free Lunch Design
|
Free Lunch Design
|
| Jill of the Jungle
|
1992 | Epic MegaGames
|
Epic MegaGames
|
| Xargon
|
1993 | Epic MegaGames
|
Epic MegaGames
|
| Zeliard
|
1990 | Game Arts
|
Sierra
|
| Another World (Out of this World)
|
1991 | Delphine Software International
|
Interplay
|
| Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
|
2002-05-21 | Sunstorm Interactive | ARUSH Entertainment |
| Prince of Persia
|
1990 | Brøderbund
|
Brøderbund
|
| Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
|
1993 | Brøderbund
|
Brøderbund
|
| Zool
|
1993 | Gremlin
|
Gremlin
|
| Action adventure
|
|||
| Tomb Raider
|
1996-11-15 | Core Design
|
Eidos
|
| Tomb Raider II: The Dagger of Xian
|
1997-11 | Core Design
|
Eidos
|
| Tomb Raider Collection
|
2006-06-14 | Core Design
|
Eidos
Easy Interactive |
| Beyond Good & Evil
|
2003-12-04 | Ubisoft
|
Ubisoft
|
| Prince of Persia The Sands of Time
|
2003-12-02 | Ubisoft
|
Ubisoft
|
| Prince of Persia Warrior Within
|
2004-11-30 | Ubisoft
|
Ubisoft
|
| Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (SE)
|
2005-12 | Ubisoft
|
Ubisoft
|
| City-building
|
|||
| SimCity
|
1989 | Maxis
|
Brøderbund
|
| SimCity 2000
|
1993 | Maxis
|
Maxis
|
| SimEarth: The Living Planet
|
1990 | Maxis
|
Maxis
|
| Theme Park
|
1994 | Bullfrog Productions
|
EA
|
| Sid Meier's Civilization
|
1991 | MicroProse
|
MicroProse
|
| Civilization: Call to Power
|
1999-03-31 | Activision
|
Activision
|
| The Settlers - Heritage of Kings
|
2004-11-25 | Blue Byte
|
Ubisoft
|
| Command & Conquer
|
1995 | Westwood Studios
|
Virgin Interactive
|
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert
|
1996-10-31 | Westwood Studios
|
Avalon Interactive
|
| Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
|
1995-12-09 | Blizzard Entertainment
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
| Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
|
2002-07-03 | Blizzard Entertainment
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
| StarCraft
|
1998-03-31 | Blizzard Entertainment
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
| Total Annihilation
|
1997 | Cavedog Entertainment
|
GT Interactive
|
| Black & White
|
2001-03-25 | Lionhead Studios
|
EA
|
| Shooter
|
|||
| Paratrooper
|
1982 | ? | Orion Software
|
| Mach 3
|
1987 | Loriciels
|
Loriciels
|
| Blasteroids
|
1987 | Midway
|
Image Works
|
| Fire Power
|
1988 | Silent Software
|
MicroIllusions
|
| Star Goose
|
1988 | Logotron
|
Spinnaker
|
| Silpheed
|
1988 | Game Arts
|
Sierra
|
| Operation Wolf
|
1989 | Taito
|
Ocean
|
| Raptor: Call of the Shadows
|
1994-04-01 | Mountain King Studios
|
Apogee
|
| Tyrian
|
1995 | Epic Games
|
Eclipse Productions |
| SubSpace
|
1997 | Virgin Interactive
|
Virgin Interactive
|
| Flight
|
|||
| F29 Retaliator
|
1990 | Digital Image Design
|
Ocean
|
| Star Wars: X-Wing
|
1993-02-15 | Lucasfilm Games
|
Lucasfilm Games
|
| Star Wars: TIE Fighter
|
1994 | Totally Games
|
Lucasfilm Games
|
| X-Wing vs. TIE Figher
|
1997-04-30 | Totally Games
|
Lucasfilm Games
|
| Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
|
1999-02-28 | Totally Games
|
Lucasfilm Games
|
| First
|
|||
| Magic Carpet
|
1994 | Bullfrog Productions
|
EA
|
| Drakan: Order of the Flame
|
1999-08-18 | Surreal Software
|
Psygnosis
|
| Descent
|
1995-03-13 | Parallax Software
|
Interplay
|
| Descent 2
|
1996 | Parallax Software
|
Interplay
|
| Ken's Labyrinth
|
1993-01-01 | Ken "Awesoken" Silverman
|
Epic MegaGames
|
| Wolfenstein 3D
(id)
|
1992-05-05 | id Software
|
Apogee
|
| Doom
|
1993-12-10 | id Software
|
id Software
|
| Doom II: Hell on Earth
|
1994-10-10 | id Software
|
GT Interactive
|
| Doom Collector's Edition
|
2001-09-25 | id Software
|
Activision
|
| Doom 3
|
2004-08-03 | id Software
|
Activision
|
| Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
|
1994-01-15 | Raven Software
|
id Software
|
| Hexen: Beyond Heretic
|
1995-10-30 | Raven Software
|
id Software
|
| Rise of the Triad: Dark War
|
1994-12-21 | The Developers of Incredible Power
|
Apogee
|
| Terminal Velocity
|
1995-05-01 | Terminal Reality
|
3D Realms
|
| Duke Nukem 3D
|
1996-01-29 | 3D Realms
|
FormGen
|
| Shadow Warrior
|
1997-05-13 | 3D Realms
|
GT Interactive
|
| Max Payne
(3DR)
|
2001-07-25 | Remedy Entertainment
|
God Games
|
| Hλlf-Life
|
1998-10-31 | Valve
|
Sierra
|
| Hλlf-Life: Opposing Force
|
1999-10-31 | Gearbox Software | Sierra
|
| Hλlf-Life: Blue Shift
|
2001-06-11 | Gearbox Software | Sierra
|
| Hλlf-Life 2 (Collector's Edition)
|
2004-11-16 | Valve
|
Vivendi Universal
|
| Counter-Strike (HL)
|
2000-11-08 | Counter-Strike Team | Sierra
|
| Counter-Strike: Source (HL2)
|
2004-11-16 | Valve
|
Valve Software
Turtle Rock Studios |
| Team Fortress Classic (HL)
|
1999 | Sierra, Valve |
Sierra
|
| Day of Defeat (HL)
|
2003-05-06 | Valve
|
Activision
|
| Serious Sam: The First Encounter
|
2001-03-21 | Croteam
|
God Games
|
| Unreal
|
1998-04-30 | Epic Games
|
GT Interactive
|
| Unreal II: The Awakening
|
2003-02-03 | Legend Entertainment
|
Atari
|
| Unreal II: XMP
|
2003-12-09 | Legend Entertainment
|
Atari
|
| Unreal Tournament
|
2000-10-25 | Epic Games
|
GT Interactive
|
| Unreal Tournament 2003
|
2002-09-30 | Epic Games
Digital Extremes |
Atari
|
| Unreal Tournament 2004
(DVD SE)
|
2004-03-16 | Epic Games
Digital Extremes |
Atari
|
| Racing
|
|||
| Test Drive | 1987 | Distinctive Software
|
Accolade
|
| The Duel: Test Drive II | 1989 | Distinctive Software
|
Accolade
|
| Test Drive 3: The Passion | 1990 | Distinctive Software
|
Accolade
|
| Stunts (4D: Sports Driving)
|
1990 | Distinctive Software
|
Brøderbund
|
| Deathtrack USA | 1990 | Dynamix
|
Activision
|
| Death Rally | 1996-09-06 | Apogee
|
Remedy Entertainment
|
| Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road | 1990 | Graftgold
|
Virgin Games |
| SkyRoads
|
1993 | Blue Moon Interactive
|
Blue Moon Interactive
|
| Wacky Wheels
|
1994-10-17 | Beavis-Soft
|
Apogee
|
| Destruction Derby
|
1995-10 | Reflections
|
Psygnosis
|
| Moto Racer
|
1997 | Delphine Software International
|
EA
|
| GeneRally
|
2002-05-16 | Hannu and Jukka Räbinä | Hannu and Jukka Räbinä |
| TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme
|
2005-11-18 | Nadeo
|
Focus Home Interactive
|
| TrackMania Nations
|
2006-01-27 | Nadeo
|
Nadeo
|
| Out Run
|
1989 | Sega
|
Sega
|
| Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge
|
1993 | Magnetic Fields
|
Gremlin
|
| MegaRace
|
1993 | Cryo Interactive
|
Software Toolworks
|
| MegaRace 2
|
1996 | Cryo Interactive
|
Mindscape
|
| POD: Planet of Death
|
1997-02-28 | Ubisoft
|
Ubisoft
|
| Sports
|
|||
| Skate or Die!
|
1988 | EA
|
EA
|
| Ski or Die
|
1990 | EA
|
EA
|
| Summer Games
|
1984 | Epyx
|
U.S. Gold
|
| Summer Games II
|
1985 | Action Graphics
|
Rushware
|
| Winter Games
|
1986 | Epyx
|
U.S. Gold
|
| California Games
|
1988 | Epyx
|
U.S. Gold
|
| California Games II
|
1990 | Epyx
|
U.S. Gold
|
| The Games: Winter Edition
|
1988 ??? | Epyx
|
Epyx
|
| The Games: Summer Edition
|
1988 ??? | Epyx
|
Epyx
|
| The Games: Winter Challenge
|
1991 | MindSpan
|
Accolade
|
| The Games: Summer Challenge
|
1992 | MindSpan
|
Accolade
|
| World Class Leader Board
|
1988 | Access Software
|
U.S. Gold
|
| Links: The Challenge of Golf
|
1990 | Access Software
|
Access Software
|
| PONG-like
|
|||
| Electranoid
|
1994 | Pixel Painters
|
Pixel Painters
|
| Pinball Fantasies
|
1994 | Digital Illusions
|
21st Century Entertainment
|
| Epic Pinball
|
1993-11 | Digital Extremes
|
Epic MegaGames
|
| Silverball
|
1993-12 | Digital Extremes
Epic MegaGames |
Team17
|
| Balls of Steel
|
1997-12-12 | Wildfire Studios
|
Pinball Wizards
|
| Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island
|
2001 | Digital Extremes
|
EA
|
| Other | |||
| Castle Adventure
|
1958 | Kevin Bales
|
Kevin Bales
|
| Pac-Man
|
1983 | Namco
|
Atarisoft
|
| Block Out | ? | ? | ? |
| Nibbles | ? | ? | ? |
| Cannon Fodder | ? | ? | ? |
| Double Dragon | ? | ? | ? |
| Rampage
|
? | ? | ? |
| Battle Chess | ? | ? | ? |
| Into The Eagle's Nest
|
1987 | Pandora
|
Mindscape
|
| Worms
|
1995 | Ocean
|
Team17
|
| Worms 2
|
1998-01-13 | EA
MicroProse |
Team17
|
| Liero
|
1999 | Joosa Riekkinen | Joosa Riekkinen |
| Tank Wars | 1990 | Marko Lidner | Marko Lidner |
| One Must Fall 2097
|
1994 | Diversions Entertainment
|
Epic Games
|
| Grand Theft Auto
(DL)
|
1997 | DMA Design
|
BMG Interactive
|
| Grand Theft Auto 2
(DL)
|
1999-09-30 | DMA Design
|
Buka Entertainment
|
| Wings of Fury
|
1989 | Brøderbund
|
Brøderbund
|
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