First post, by Doomn00b
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Inspired by the threads of:
robertmo
Windows versions of DOS games list
MrFlibble
https://dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=22637
I feel these games/versions are kind of forgotten, since the DOS-versions are the ones that received emulation-support via Dosbox and re-releases via GoG and such -- but most of the versions me, and most people I knew back in the day, played, were the Windows-versions. Windows 95 was the era where I got into PC-gaming, you see. (ca 1996 I believe)
What could make this list extra useful, is, if you have played both versions, we could all add info on the potential differences between the two -- for instance, the DOS-version I (very shortly) played of Red Alert back in the day, had a much lower resolution and the GUI was different. Others have said that the only difference is that the FMV-cutscenes are not interlaced in DOS, whereas they are in Windows. So please, if you know of differences between the versions, sound off in the comments so that the list could become more informative.
If the Windows-version came later, the year is next to the name -- this year is *not* the original release-date.
Modern recreations, remasters and 3rd Party remakes are not included. I place the cut-off point at 2002.
List of games:
Afterlife
Alex the Allegator 2 (2001) 10
Alien Cabal
Assault Rigs: ATI 3D Rage Edition (1996) 0
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Battle Chess (1991)
Battle Chess Enhanced
Big Red Racing
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Bombs and Bugs (1997)
Caesar II
Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice (1998)
Capitalism Plus
Carmageddon
CART Racing
Chip's Challenge (1991)
Conquest of Elysium II (1997) 11
Command: Aces of the Deep 16
Command & Conquer Gold (1997)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Cricket 97
Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (1991)
Descent II
Destruction Derby 2
Disney's Aladdin (1996)
Doom (1995) 1
Dungeon Keeper
Earth 2140
Earthworm Jim: Special Edition 7
Excelsior Phase One: Lysandia (2000)
FaroCar (1997)
Fallout
Flying Corps
Flying Corps: Gold
Galactix (2000)
GTA 1
Gunmetal
Happyland Adventures
Hexen
Heroes of Might & Magic (1996)
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
HIND: The Russian Combat Helicopter Simulation
Ignition
KKnD Xtreme (1997)
King's Quest V (1992)
King's Quest VI (1993)
Lands of Lore II: Guardians of Destiny
Lemmings (1995)
LS: Legends in Sports '97 (Limited Edition) 9
Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries 2
Mirror Magic
Moraff's Escapade (1996)
Mortal Kombat 3 (1996) 13
Mortal Kombat Trilogy 14
Nebula Fighter
NetHack: Falcon's Eye (2000) 12
Oddword: Abe's Oddysee
Operation Spacehog
Panzer General (1998)
Pipe Dream (1991)
Quake (1997) 6
Rally Challenge
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1999)
Rob Blanc II: Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence
Rob Blanc III: The Temporal Terrorists
Rocks 'N' Diamonds
Sint Nicolaas (1999)
SimCity Classic
SimCity 2000
Simon the Sorcerer (2002)
Simon the Sorcerer II
Simon the Sorcerer I & II (compilation, 1998)
SLASH'EM (2000)
Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM (1998) 17
Star Wars: X-Wing - Collector's CD-ROM (1998) 17
Su-27 Flanker
Super Tetris
SWIV 3D
Terroid (1997)
Tetris Classic
Tetris Gold
The Last Express
The Lion King (1996)
The Need for Speed: Special Edition
The 7th Guest (1997)
The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess
Titans of Steel (2000)
Tomb Raider 4
Triple Play 97
Virtual Pool
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition (1999)
Williams Arcade Classics (1996)
Wing Commander: Kilrathi Saga 3
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom 15
Wizardry 7
Wizardry Gold
XInvaders 3D
X-Wing: Collector Series
Z 5
Zork Nemesis
Zyclunt/Blade Warrior
Questionable ones:
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Space Hulk (can't find any info on whether "Vengeance of the Blood Angels" includes the original 1993 game as well, or not)
Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels (see above...)
Magic Boy (just a windows-installer?)
Bubble Puzzle 97 (I can't find any official proof that the DOS-version *officially* exists??)
Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) (I cannot find any evidence that the Windows-version existed in the games first few years -- release of MS-DOS was 2001.)
Mr.Boom (can't find evidence of the existence of a win-port...)
Rock 'n' Spin (no evidence of a win-version)
Tetris Queen (released in 1999, but I can't find any info on when the Windows-version came out...)
Winged Warrior (as is often the case, I cannot find information on when they released the Windows-port)
Descent 1 (The only known windows-port seems to be 2014? )
Notes:
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0 (OEM-exclusive version of Assault Rigs which utilized the proprietary ATi 3D Rage API)
1(Doom95, was started by a team under Gabe Newell of Half-Life and Steam fame. It differs in that it has a launcher which allows the user to select episode, difficulty, map, and extra options)
6(GLQuake, WinQuake - these versions were available through compilation-disks and via digital download)
2(This is actually many different versions, with dedicated rendering and features for the many different proprietary 3D-standards that every GPU-manufacturer had)
3(Win95 ports of WC1 and 2, not sure about the 3rd game)
4(The version made for ATI video cards (TombATI) is a Windows executable, unknown release-date)
5 (Windows 95 re-release with a map editor and more missions called Z95)
7(The Windows port is based on the SEGA CD version, and not on the DOS-version)
8(Mouse movement is improved on Windows, and the game can be set to higher refresh rates)
9(This limited edition, released the same year as the original Links 97, had a windows-version included)
10(This was released BEFORE the DOS-port.)
11(The Windows-version came before the 1999 DOS-port)
12(This is an expanded version of Nethack 3.0, with SVGA graphics and audio)
13(MK3 Win is, unlike the DOS-port, based on the PSX version)
14(Trilogy on Windows provides different (Windows-like) UI options.)
15 (WC4 on Windows came in 3 versions: CD-version similar to DOS, a single-sided & a double-sided DVD-release. The double-sided has hi-quality video & required a video-decoding card at the time)
16 (Enhanced Aces with: new textures, higher SVGA resolution, a voice command functionality, adds voice acting in English & German & the option to fire the deck gun manually. )
17 (Xwing and Tie Fighter use the "Xwing vs Tie Fighter" -engine which supports 3d accelerated textured models & redbook audio instead of the midi-audio of the Dos games.)