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Dungeon Master is considered to be the first 3D realtime action computer role-playing game. Dungeon Master introduced some novel control methods including the spell casting system, which involved learning sequences of runes which represented the form and function of a spell's effect. Many reviewers considered Dungeon Master as the best example of its... 41

Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine is the third and final entry in the fantasy RPG trilogy from the Texas-based family-run shareware studio SmithWare / SW Games, released in 1999 through the Australian publisher Spectrum Pacific Publishing. The game continues in the 1st-person grid-based dungeon crawler style established by the second instalment,... 19

Yendorian Tales: Book I – Chapter 2 (Yendor 2) is the second instalment in the fantasy RPG trilogy from the Texas-based family-run shareware studio SmithWare / SW Games, released in 1996 through the Australian publisher Spectrum Pacific Publishing. The game makes a significant shift from the original – moving from a top-down Ultima-clone perspective... 9

Yendorian Tales Book I is an overhead view fantasy role-playing game. The player can create and control a party of up to six characters belonging to a variety of classes. Interaction with the NPCs is performed by typing in conversation themes, similarly to Ultima games. Combat takes place on separate screens; the player-controlled party and the opponents... 19

Fragile Allegiance is a 4X real-time strategy set in deep space, released in 1996 by Gremlin Interactive for MS-DOS and Windows 95. The game is essentially a modernised remake of the Amiga title K240 (1994, Celestial Software) – the same mechanics ported into a PC environment with improved graphics, isometric viewpoints, and a far more sophisticated... 28

Legend of Faerghail is a party-based RPG developed by the Hannover-based German studio Electronic Design and published in 1990 by reLINE Software (and internationally through Rainbow Arts and Electronic Zoo). It shipped for the Amiga, Atari ST, and PC DOS. Mechanically the game leans heavily on Interplay's The Bard's Tale – first-person grid-based... 58

Arcade Volleyball is a simple single-screen action game for one or two players, in which the players themselves are represented by figures with large, ball-like heads. The original version of the game was created by Rhett Anderson, and the complete source code for the Commodore 64 was first published in COMPUTE!'s Gazette magazine in June 1988. The... 31

Ramonovo kouzlo (Ramon's Spell) is a Czech point-and-click adventure game released in 1995 by Vochozka Trading for PC DOS. Development was led by Michal Janáček, later co-founder of the Pterodon studio. The game belongs to the first wave of Czech adventures kicked off by Tajemství Oslího ostrova, and stands out technologically by replacing hand-drawn... 16

RPG in which four heroes must save their world, Kalynthia. You must control the lives of the four heroes selected to fight the evil threatening Kalynthia as they emerge from the rock that has been their prison for 900 years... 11

KKnD: Krush, Kill 'n' Destroy is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game from Australian developer Beam Software, released in 1997. The player commands one of two factions battling for the last oil reserves of a radioactive wasteland in 2140 – either the technologically advanced Survivors, who weathered the nuclear war in underground bunkers, or... 44

Magicland Dizzy (Dizzy IV) is the fourth main adventure starring the egg-shaped hero Dizzy, published by Codemasters in 1990. The evil wizard Zaks returns from the dead and traps six Yolkfolk in a world full of fairy-tale references — Dizzy must free them all and finally destroy Zaks for good... 73

Fantasy World Dizzy is an platform action - adventure for ZX Spectrum designed by the Oliver Twins with music by David Whittaker. The game is considered the third in the Dizzy series and was developed under the name Dizzy III. Fantasy World Dizzy featured many elements which later became standard for the series, such as having three lives, an improved... 31

The Games: Summer Challenge is a well-known sports game inspired by the Summer Olympics, developed by MindSpan in 1992 and published by Accolade during the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The sequel to the successful Winter Challenge offers 8 summer disciplines—from archery, javelin, hurdle racing, and show jumping to cycling and water slalom—with support... 26

The world's first graphical MMORPG. Launched in March 1991 on America Online as an online evolution of SSI's legendary Gold Box series. Set in the Forgotten Realms city of Neverwinter, it combined AD&D rules with real-time interaction of hundreds of players, guilds, and PvP combat... 23

Dylan Dog: The Murderers (Dylan Dog: Gli Uccisori) is a classic 2D platform game with elements of survival horror, created by Simulmondo based on the Italian cult horror comics from Tiziano Sclavi. The player is in the role of Dylan - detective investigating the of paranormal activity and mysterious crimes - after one visit to the mystery mansion,... 452

Husita (Hussite) is Czech real-time strategy from Phoenix Arts, set in the glorious period of Czech history in the first half of the 15th century. After the death of Jan Hus at the Council of Constance, riots began and the "Chalice" Hussite movement spread. Sigismund, heir to the Bohemian throne, responded to this revolution by sending five crusades,... 367

Joust is an action game developed by Williams Electronics and released in arcades in 1982. While not the first two-player cooperative video game, Joust's success and polished implementation popularized the concept. Players assume the role of knights armed with lances and mounted on large birds (an ostrich for Player 1, a stork for Player 2), who must... 281

The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki is a first-person shooter developed by Maelstrom Software and Future Visionary. It was released in 1994 for DOS by Merit Studios. The game uses a 2.5D graphic engine, similar to the one used in Wolfenstein 3D. The plot of the game is that a mad scientist named Dr. Radiaki is going to destroy the world if an amount of $1... 270

Rampage is a 1986 arcade game by Bally Midway. Players take control of a trio of gigantic monsters trying to survive against onslaughts of military forces. Each round is completed when a particular city is completely reduced to rubble. Warner Bros. currently owns all rights to the property via their purchase of Midway Games and inspired by monster... 193

Falcon is a combat flight simulator video game and the first official entry in the Falcon series of the F-16 jet fighter's simulators by Spectrum HoloByte. Originally developed by Sphere for Macintosh and MS-DOS in 1987 and ported to several platforms between 1988 and 1992, the game earned commercial success and critical acclaim. The players have their... 313