Retro games are still my favorite. Those old classic DOS games which may not have attractive graphics but still are most famous. Here is a list of Best old or retro classic DOS games you should play at least for once in your life. These include games of different types like first person shooter, racing, mazes etc.
Retro DOS games are almost being extinct, but if you still want to try, You can play these using a small software called DOSBox. These articles will explain about DOSBox and the how to play DOS games on your Windows PC using DOSBox.
DOSBox – Play Old Retro Classic Retro DOS Games on your Windows PC
How to Install, Run and Use DOSBox – DOS Emulator.
Doom
This all-time FPS classic of the 90s needs no introduction. The objective of the game is to locate the exit room that leads to the next area, fragging monsters and surviving hazards. Fight through three episodes containing nine levels each.
Prince of Persia
Every gamer should get a taste of this classic side-scroller of the 90s. You play the role of a prince and the goal is to rescue the princess in 60 minutes fighting your way out of the dungeons. Seems easy but it’s hellishly tough!
Jazz Jack Rabbit
In this adrenaline-pumped arcade game, you have to battle your way out in order to rescue the beloved rabbit princess, Eva Earlong. The game is packed with eye candy and a wacky soundtrack that will keep you glued on for hours.
Pac Man
This game is a remake of the classic 28-year-old Pac-Man. The game looks and feels exactly like the original arcade game, but it’s packed with better sounds. Try gobbling the dots and dodging the ghost after switching to ‘Fast‘mode!
Dangerous Dave
If you think you’re really good at gaming, try cracking all the 10 levels of this game. Requiring acute precision after the first few levels, this one gets better and more difficult as you advance. Be careful because you only survive thrice.
Sky roads
Sky roads is a fun vertical-scrolling game with 30 challenging levels. You have to maneuver the spaceship avoiding obstacles and going off the road. This game requires quick thinking and good reflexes. Highly addictive!
Stunts
This one is the wackiest car racing game for DOS we have ever come across. It’s not like any other racing game as there are crazy jumps, loops, tricky curves and bends, and much more. You can even build your own tracks.
Aladdin
This arcade game is based on Disney’s animated movie of the same name. It shares the story line and background music with the movie. The gameplay is hilarious with plenty of funny characters, and certainly not as easy as it seems.
Raptor
One of the best arcade flying games of the 90s, Raptor features action-packed game play with plenty of enemies on ground, air, and sea. Earn money by shooting enemies and use it to refill your ammunition and upgrade your weapons.
What is your favorite game among these? Do you know any more most played retro games we missed out or we should try? Share them through your comments..
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Hi, i was reading your classic games article, and i´m sending you a title wich i´m sure you never eard of.
Back in 1993-95 i was part of the team wich created the first PC Portuguese video game and as it was only released in Portugal and Spain back then, despite the excelent reviews it got all over, remains to this day a good example of unknown video game history, i´m sure.
GAMBYS was going to be released by Psygnosis at the time, but as we still had made the game in DOS, and we released it too late as at the time WINDOWS 95 was gonna be the new norm in operating systems, our own DOS video game project was a casuality of technology changes and remain stuck in Portugal and Spain untill today.
Please take a look at my new GAMBYS website at http://www.luisperes.net/gambys_videogame.html, download the game and check it out as i would love to learn you opinion about this work of mine and of a small unknown team who created this lost piece of history in video games. 😉
Thanks
There are so many brilliant DOS games – this list is just the classic games from 92-94, there were many 80-88% reviewed games left out! Ad in all the other DOS games released up until 1996 or so and you have 1,000’s of classic games! If you have never played a DOS game in your life, or even a PC game, you will still have heard of some of these classic DOS titles!!
Aces Of The Pacific
Alone In The Dark
Darkseed
Dune
Dune 2 – The Building of A Dynasty
F-15 Strike Eagle III
Master of Orion
Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis
Monkey Island 2 – LeChucks Revenge
Police Quest 1 [VGA] – In Pursuit Of The Death Angel
Populous II – Trials of the Olympian Gods
Star Control II
Ultima Underworld – The Stygian Abyss
Ultima Underworld II – Labyrinth Of Worlds
Ultima VII – The Black Gate
Where In The USA Is Carmen Sandiego (Enhanced)
Wing Commander II – Vengeance Of The Kilrathi
Wolfenstein 3-D
Aces over Europe
Alien Legacy
1830 – Railroads & Robber Barons
7th Guest, The
Aces Over Europe
Betrayal at Krondor
Cannon Fodder
Civilization
Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
Doom
Frontier – Elite 2
Pirates! Gold
Police Quest – Open Season
Sam & Max Hit The Road
SimCity 2000
Star Trek – 25th Anniversary
Star Wars – X-Wing
Syndicate
Syndicate – American Revolt
Ultima VII – Part Two – Serpent Isle
TFX
Where In Space Is Carmen Sandiego
1942 – The Pacific Air War
5th Fleet
Alone In The Dark 2
Beneath A Steel Sky
Desert Strike – Return to The Gulf
Jagged Alliance
Jazz Jackrabbit
Legend of Kyrandia, The – Malcolms Revenge
Magic Carpet
Mortal Kombat II
Star Wars – Dark Forces
System Shock
Theme Park
UFO – Enemy Unknown
Ultima VIII – Pagan
WarCraft – Orcs & Humans
Wing
Between retro PC gaming and PC indie gaming (which is also sort of retro – low end graphics but innovative gameplay!), gaming of the past is the fastest growing genre of PC gaming! With DOSBox having now had over FIVE MILLION downloads, and over 150,000 downloads in one week of the 1992 DOS RPG ‘Daggerfall’ when it was made free by Bethesda, there are plenty of signs to show this is true!!!
Love this list.. brings back memories 🙂