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Posted on 2021-06-02, 19:21

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I did not see a similar topic posted with all the best DOS games lists in one place, so I decided to create one. I hope this is the right forum, if not please move it to the right place.

1. CGW - 150 Best Games of All Time (Issue 148 - Nov 1998)

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1Sid Meier's Civilization 				Microprose			1993
2Ultima IV 								Origin				1984
3Mule 									EA					1983
4Red Baron 								Sierra				1990
5Doom 									id Software			1993
6Sim City 								Maxis				1987
7Wing Commander 							Origin				1990
8Empire 									Interstel			1978
9Wasteland 								Interplay			1987
10Falcon 3.0 								Spectrum HoloByte	1991
11FPS Football 1995 						Sierra				1994
12Lemmings 								Psygnosis			1991
13Zork 									Infocom				1981
14Tetris 									Spectrum Holobyte	1988
15Panzer General 							SSI					1994
16Wizardry 								Sir-Tech			1981
17Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within 		Sierra				1996
18Sid Meier's Pirates! 					MicroProse			1987
19Secret of Monkey Island 				LucasArts			1989
20Archon 									EA					1984
21Their Finest Hour 						LucasArts			1990
22X-COM 									MPS					1994
23Might & Magic 							New World			1986
24Raid on Bungeling Bay 					Broderbund			1984
25Earl Weaver Baseball 					EA					1986
26Links 386 								Access				1992
27MechWarrior 2 							Activision			1995
28Warcraft II 							Blizzard			1995
29Star Control 2 							Accolade			1994
30Populous 								Bullfrog			1988
31NASCAR Racing 							Papyrus				1994
32M-1 Tank Platoon 						MPS					1989
33Master of Orion 						Simtex/MPS			1993
34Day of the Tentacle 					LucasArts			1993
35Chuck Yeager's Air Combat 				EA					1989
36Quake 									id Software			1996
37Duke Nukem 3D 							Apogee				1996
38Crusader: No Remorse 					Origin				1995
39Red Storm Rising 						Microprose			1989
40Harpoon 								360 Pacific			1989
41Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon 			MPS					1990
42Hitchhiker's Guide 						Infocom				1985
43Betrayal at Krondor 					Dynamix				1993
44Ultima VI 								Origin				1990
45Rocket Ranger 							Cinemaware			1988
46Chessmaster 							Software Toolworks	1986
47Aces of the Pacific 					Dynamix				1992
48Command & Conquer 						Westwood			1995
49Dungeon Master 							FTL					1987
50Pinball Construction Set 				EA					1983
51Reach for the Stars 					SSG					1984
52F-19 Stealth Fighter 					MicroProse			1988
53Steel Panthers 							SSI					1995
54Wing Commander III 						Origin				1994
55Starflight 								EA					1986
56TIE Fighter 							LucasArts			1994
57NBA Live 								EA Sports			1994
58Suspended 								Infocom				1983
59Gettysburg 								SSI					1986
60EF2000 									Digital Integration	1995

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61Seven Cities of Gold 					EA					1983
62Incredible Machine 						Sierra				1993
63Faery Tale Adventure 					MicroIllusions		1989
64Marathon 								Bungee				1994
65Wings 									Cinemaware			1991
66World Circuit 							MicroProse			1992
67Syndicate 								Bullfrog			1993
68Ultima Underworld 						Origin				1992
69Leisure Suit Larry 						Sierra				1988
70Dune 2 									Westwood			1992
71Aces of the Deep 						Dynamix				1994
72Solitaire's Journey 					QQP					1992
73Quest for Glory 						Sierra				1987
74Secret of Monkey Island II 				LucasArts			1990
75You Don't Know Jack 					Berkeley Systems	1995
76Shadow of the Beast 					Psygnosis			1989
77Warlords II 							SSG					1993
78Balance of Power 						Mindscape			1983
79Flight Simulator II 					SubLogic			1984
80Lode Runner 							Broderbund			1983
81Loom 									LucasArts			1982
82Rescue at Fractalus 					Epyx				1987
83Rise of the Dragon 						Dynamix				1990
84Prince of Persia 						Broderbund			1990
85Robot War 								Muse				1981
86Silent Service 							MicroProse			1985
87F/A-18 Interceptor 						EA					1987
88Alone in the Dark 						I-Motion			1992
89Bard's Tale 							EA					1985
90Carriers at War 						SSG					1992
91Battles of Napoleon 					SSI					1985
92Defender of the Crown 					Cinemaware			1986
93Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 	LucasArts			1993
94King's Quest V 							Sierra				1990
95Sam & Max Hit the Road 					LucasArts			1993
96Star Trek: Judgement Rites 				Interplay			1994
97Wolfenstein 3-D 						Apogee				1992
98System Shock 							Origin				1994
99Under a Killing Moon 					Access				1993
100AH-64D Longbow 							Jane's				1996
101Kampfgruppe 							SSI					1985
102Gunship 								MPS					1989
103Eric the Unready 						Interplay			1992
104Deadline 								Infocom				1982
105Crusaders of the Dark Savant 			Sir-Tech			1987
106Battle Chess 							Interplay			1988
107Perfect General 						QQP					1989
108Neuromancer 							Interplay			1988
109Pacific War 							SSI					1992
110Operation Crusader 						AH/Atomic			1994
111Wayne Gretzky Hockey 					Bethesda			1989
112TV Sports: Football 					Cinemaware			1987
113Monopoly 								Virgin/Hasbro		1995
114Jagged Alliance 						Sir-Tech			1995
115BattleGround: Waterloo 					Talonsoft			1996
116Castle Wolfenstein 						Muse				1981
117Beach Head 								Access				1983
118Fighter Duel Pro 2 						Jaeger Software		1993
119Pinball Dreams 							21st Century 		1990
120Trinity 								Infocom				1986
121Virtua Fighter PC 						Sega				1996
122Indianapolis 500 						EA					1989
123Descent II 								Interplay			1996
124Deathtrack 								Activision			1989
125Warcraft 								Blizzard			1994
126War in Russia 							SSI					1984
127Star Control 							Accolade			1992
128Tony LaRussa 3 							Stormfront			1995
129MiG Alley Ace 							MicroProse			1984
130Ogre 									Origin				1986
131President Elect 						SSI					1981
132Lexi-Cross 								Interplay			1991
133Heroes of Might & Magic 				New World			1995
134I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream 		Cyberdreams			1995
135NukeWar 								Avalon Hill			1983
136Dark Castle 							Silicon Beach		1986
137Magic Carpet 							Bullfrog/EA			1994
138ArcticFox 								EA					1986
139Mean Streets 							Access				1989
140Crystal Caliburn 						Starplay			1993
141Master of Magic 						MPS					1994
142Blue Max 								Synapse				1983
143Typhoon of Steel 						SSI					1987
144Ultima III 								Origin				1983
145Kasparov's Gambit 						EA					1993
146Shangai 								Activision			1986
147Sword of Fargoal 						Epyx				1992
148Tigers on the Prowl 					HPS					1994
149Courtside College Basketball 			Haffner				1984
150StarFleet I 							Interstel			1985

2. PC Gamer - The Best 50 Games of All Time (Issue 036 - May 1997)

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1Tie-Fighter Collector's CD-ROM 	 		LucasArts
2Doom 	 								id Software
3WarCraft II 	 						Blizzard
4Civilization II 	 					Microprose
5System Shock 	 						Origin
6Heroes of Might & Magic II 	 			New World Computing
7X-COM: UFO Defense 	 					Microprose
8Command & Conquer: Red Alert 		 	Virgin/Westwood Studios
9Links LS 	 							Access
10AH-64D Longbow 	 						Jane's Combat Simulations
11Sam & Max Hit the Road 	 				LucasArts
12Red Baron 	 							Sierra/Dynamix
13Panzer General 	 						SSI
14Tomb Raider 	 						Eidos Interactive
15Quake 	 								id Software
16Duke Nukem 3D 	 						3D Realms
17EF2000 	 								Ocean of America
18Descent 	 							Interplay
19Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 	Sierra
20Ultima Underworld I & II 	 			Origin Systems
21Populous 	 							Electronic Arts
22Alone in the Dark 	 					I-Motion
23Virtual Pool 	 						Interplay
24Beavis & Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity Viacom New Media
25Syndicate 	 							Bullfrog
26Chuck Yeager's Air Combat 	 			Electronic Arts
27NHL '97 	 							Electronic Arts
28The Complete Ultima VII 	 			Origin
29Railroad Tycoon 	 					MicroProse
30Lemmings 	 							Psygnosis
31Harpoon II 	 							Three-Sixty Pacific
32Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga 		Origin
33Star Control II 	 					Accolade
34Master of Orion 	 					MicroProse
35Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge 	LucasArts
36Triple Play 97 	 						Electronic Arts
37D/Generation 	 						Mindscape
38SimCity 2000 	 						Maxis
39Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 	LucasArts
40Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe 	 			The Bitmap Brothers
41Diablo 	 								Blizzard Entertainment
42Front Page Sports: Football Pro 		Sierra
43Might & Magic III: The Isles of Terra 	New World Computing
44Silent Hunter 	 						SSI
45V for Victory Series 	 				Three-Sixty Pacific
46Close Combat 	 						Microsoft
47Star Trail: Realms of Arkania 	 		Sir-Tech
48Tony LaRussa Baseball 3 	 			Storm Front Studios
49Pro Pinball: The Web 	 				Empire/Interplay
50The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall 	 		Bethesda Softworks

3. Reddit - List of Worthwhile DOS Games (Posted by u/Pooh_Bear)

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1Abuse																				1995	Shooter
2Albion																				1995	Adventure
3Halloween Harry / Alien Carnage	 													1993	Action
4Alone in the Dark																	1992	Survival
5Alter Ego																			1986	Life Sim
6Battle Chess																		1988	Strategy
7Beneath a Steel Sky																	1994	Point 'n' Click
8Betrayal at Krondor																	1993	TBS
9BioForge																			1995	Action
10Blackthorne																			1993	Action
11Blood																				1997	Action
12Budokan: The Martial Spirit															1989	Sports
13Carmageddon																			1997	Vehicular Combat
14Sid Meier's Civilization															1991	TBS
15Sid Meier's Colonization															1994	TBS
16Command & Conquer																	1995	RTS
17Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons											1990	Platform			
18Constructor																			1997	Construction
19Crusader: No Remorse																1995	Shooter
20D/Generation																		1991	Puzzle
21Darklands																			1992	Adventure
22Day of the Tentacle																	1993	Point 'n' Click
23Death Rally																			1996	Vehicular Combat
24Descent + Descent II 																1995	Shooter
25Doom + Doom II: Hell on Earth														1993	Action
26Duke Nukem 3D																		1996	Action
27Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty													1992	RTS
28Epic Pinball																		1993	Pinball
29Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon										1991	RPG
30Full Throttle																		1995	Point 'n' Click
31Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers													1993	Point 'n' Click
32Goblins 3 / Goblins Quest 3															1993	Adventure
33Grand Prix 2																		1995	Racing
34Grand Theft Auto																	1997	Action
35Heretic + Hexen: Beyond Heretic														1994	Action
36Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero												1989	RPG
37Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest										1995	TBS
38I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream													1995	Point 'n' Click
39Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis												1992	Adventure
40Jagged Alliance + Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games										1994	Tactical
41AH-64D Longbow																		1996	Combat
42Jazz Jackrabbit																		1994	Action
43King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow											1992	Adventure
44Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos													1993	RPG
45Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards								1987	Adventure
46Lemmings																			1991	Strategy
47Little Big Adventure / Relentless: Twinseen's Adventure 							1994	Action
48Loom																				1990	Adventure
49M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration											1996	TBS
50Magic Carpet																		1994	Action
51Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares												1994	TBS
52Master of Magic																		1994	TBS
53MechWarrior + MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat									1995	Action
54Nethack																				1987	Roguelike
55One Must Fall: 2097																	1994	Action
56Another World / Out of this World													1991	Cinematic
57Panzer General																		1994	TBS
58Populous																			1989	Strategy
59Quake																				1996	Shooter
60Raptor: Call of the Shadows															1994	Shmup

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61Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny / Realms of Arkania Trilogy						1992	RPG
62Realms of the Haunting																1997	Action horror
63Red Baron																			1990	Sim
64Rise of the Triad: Dark War															1994	Action
65Sam & Max Hit the Road																1993	Point 'n' Click
66Scorched Earth																		1991	TBS
67Shadow Warrior																		1997	Action
68SimCity 2000																		1993	Sim
69Star Control II																		1994	Action
70Star Wars: Dark Forces																1995	Action
71Star Wars: TIE Fighter																1994	Action
72Starflight																			1986	Sim RPG
73Strife: Quest for the Sigil															1996	RPG
74Stunts																				1990	Driving
75Sword of the Samurai																1990	Action
76Syndicate + Syndicate Wars															1993	Strategy
77System Shock																		1994	Action
78Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri													1996	Tactical
79Tetris																				1986	Strategy
80The Dig																				1995	Adventure
81The Elder Scrolls: Chapter II - Daggerfall											1996	Action
82The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy												1984	Adventure
83The Incredible Machine																1992	Strategy
84The Secret of Monkey Island + Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge					1990	Adventure
85The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici													1996	Sim
86Theme Hospital																		1997	Business
87Theme Park																			1994	contruction
88Tomb Raider																			1996	Action
89Transport Tycoon / Transport Tycoon Deluxe											1995	Business
90Tyrian																				1995	Shmup
91UFO: Enemy Unknown																	1993	Strategy
92Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss + Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds	1992	Dungeon Crawler
93The Complete Ultima VII / Ultima VII Complete Edition								1993	RPG
94Wacky Wheels																		1994	Arcade
95Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness														1995	RTS
96Wasteland																			1988	RPG
97Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?												1985	Educational
98Wing Commander: Privateer / Wing Commander I-IV 									1990	Action
99Wolfenstein 3D																		1992	Action
100ZZT																				1991	Editor

To find further information on DOS games you can:

1. Search for DOS games on MobyGames.com: https://www.mobygames.com/search/quick?p=2
2. Browse DOS games on MobyGames.com: https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/list-games/

I found these resources very useful while deciding on what games to play on my DOS PC, so I hope others find it useful too.

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Reply 1 of 1, by gerry

Posted on 2021-06-03, 20:16

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good idea, collecting together like this

inevitably, by mixing genres, you may think some games out of place but its still nice to sometime see something you wouldn't think of and try it

of course its subjective but i also use lists to decide too, and then often follow up with some youtube if there is any

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