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Trixter's Abandonware: Strategy

Last modified on Wed Oct 1 16:20:06 1997

Title File Size Graphics Sound Cracked? Boots? Runs on: Comments Extras
Ancient Art of War 155 KB c p y n 8086 Notes: You must run a slowdown util on any machine other than a 4.77MHz--even on a 286!
Archon Ultra 1.79 MB v s,X y n 386+ Updated version of the classic Archon
Archon 26 KB c p y n 8086 The classic
Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess 925 KB c,e,t,v P,a,s,t y n all Cool game, if it weren't so buggy...
Battle Chess 4000 X ? ? n 386+ SVGA graphics
Battle Chess 497 KB c,e,t P,t y n 8086,286,386 Cute way to play a chess game; pieces fight. Locks up on Pentium if you don't run slowdown utility
Battletech Collection 2.09 MB c,e,t,v,h P,a,s,X y n 8086,286,386 All three Battletech games: Battletech, The Cresent Hawks' Revenge, and Mechwarrior (the original, not Mechwarrior 2)
Bubble Ghost 49 KB c,C,e,t p y n 8086 You're a ghost blowing a bubble through a castle
Captain Blood 237 KB c p y n 8086 This excellent, weird, ahead-of-its-time adventure/strategy game has been documented perfectly by Sam on Sam's Captain Blood Page.
Castles ? ? ? n ? I own the original disks, but have no idea where I got them from...
Chessmaster 3000 c,e,v,X P,A,s n n all Probably the best Chess program for any PC.
Continuum c,e,v,t,h p,t,A y n 8086,286,386 Another well-programmed Infogrames game. Fantastic Adlib music; very well composed. Game is cool, but frustrating.
Elite 48 KB c p y n all An excellent game that packs an entire galaxy of trading and fighting off space pirates in 3D into just 70K! And it runs fine on any PC as well. A fine piece of programming.
Firepower 355 KB c,e p y n 8086
Frontier 481 KB c,e,v p,a,X y n all Long-awaited sequel to Elite. Has COOL intro.
Lemmings 651 KB c,e,t,v,X p,a ? n all Excellent, funny classic game where you have to guide lemmings to their home.
Life and Death 454 KB c p ? n ? You're a doctor in this simulation. Operate on patients, etc.
Omega 223 KB c,C,e,t,v,X p y n all Kind of a "C-Robots" game, where you program your tank and set it loose. Same multitude of graphic options as Moebius (download Moebius and read the doc file)
PC Hack X p y n all This was the precursor to NetHack, and taught me VI keystrokes before I knew what VI was. :-) I've logged hundreds of hours on this...
Populous II 4.32 MB v,? p,a,t,X y n all The sequel to Populous. Funny intro, better graphics.
Populous 389 KB c,e,v p,a,t y n ? Original "God" game; music by Rob Hubbard
Psi 5 Trading Company 131 KB c p y n all Command a trading ship in space. Great game.
Sargon 5 420 KB v p,a,? y n ? Last run of the Sargon chess line.
SimCity 516 KB ? ? ? n all
Space Station Oblivion 103 KB c,e,t p y n all 3D sci-fi exploration/strategy game; on land
Trivial Pursuit 240 KB c,e p y n all
Utopia 1.25 MB e,v p,a y n ? Populous-like game
Vulcan 28 KB c p y n 8086 Overhead tank/platoon strategy game
War in Middle Earth 465 KB c,e,? p y n all Based on Tolkien's Hobbit series
X-Men II 353 KB c,e p,a ? n ?

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