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Last updated: July 12, 2005

Want to say "thank you"? There's no better way than helping us find these long-lost classics. Please contact us to e-mail or sell us these games, or let us know where we can download or buy them. The games will be up on this site credited to YOU :)

Important note: Please do not send or offer any game that isn't on this list, unless you have very oldie classics, i.e. pre-1987 games. Collectively, we own thousands of games, and there is alway a LOT of underdogs on our To Do list that we have yet to upload :) If you don't see a game on this list, chances are we either have it already, or we don't want it. Also, since this is an English only site, please do not send any non-English version of the games we want. Thanks.

Before you contact us if you have anything on this list: please check to ensure that they meet the following requirements:

  1. They are PC version - we already have non-PC versions for most of them.
  2. They are in working condition. If they are 5.25" self-booters (i.e. you need to boot the computer with the game disk to play), please copy disk to file using this Teledisk program and send us the resulting .td0 file, so that our hacker team will crack and patch it to work on new computers, like many oldies on the site :) Choose "copy both sides" in Teledisk to make sure that all the data is transferred.
  3. If they are not in working condition, or if you no longer have 5.25" drive to test the games, please contact us anyway and we will either borrow or buy your disks. Yes, we are passionate about oldie preservation :)

And now... here are games we want. New entries since last update are marked with asterisk (*).

  • gamebooks - any book in the same series we scanned that we do not yet have (i.e. those series that are not marked [complete series] on the page)
  • *1994Pool (REGISTERED VERSION ONLY)- 1994 pool game by Ninano Software
  • 4th & Inches Team Construction Disk - add-on to Accolade game
  • 50 Annotated Chess Classics - game by Enlightenment
  • ALF's US Geography - 1993 game by Vision Software
  • Alpine Encounter - text game by Random House
  • American Dream: The Management Simulation - 1986 business sim by Blue Chip
  • A Question of Scruples - 1988 game by Leisure Genius/Virgin
  • Asterix In Morgenland - 1989 game by Coktel Vision, 1989 (ENGLISH VERSION ONLY)
  • Avalon Hill wargames - the following, released for PC:
    • Computer Facts in Five (1986)
    • Computer Stats Pro Baseball (1985) - TRS-80 version okay
    • Computer Football Strategy (1985)
    • Computer Trivia (1986)
    • Shootout at the OK Galaxy (1985) - TRS-80 version okay
    • Dnieper River Line (1985)
    • Panzer East! (1985) - TRS-80 version okay
    • Galaxy (1987)
    • Dreadnoughts (1984) - NOT the EGA 1990 game of the same name!
    • T. A. C. (1985)
  • Aztec - oldie game by Datamost
  • Aztec Challenge - adventure/RPG by COSMI
  • Back to the Gold Age - adventure game by Ubi Soft, 1990 or 1991
  • Badlands - 1990 Domark game
  • Battles of the Era - 1995 fighting game by Procryon
  • Bermuda Project - adventure game by Mirrorsoft
  • Bermuda Race - game by Howard W. Sams & Co Inc
  • Big 2 (REGISTERED version only)
  • Billiard Americain - text game by Random House
  • Billy The Kid - 1990 game by OCEAN (NOT poor shareware game by Alive Software)
  • Blackjack - game by Wayne Hammond and IBM
  • Blitzkrieg: May 1940 -1993 game by Virgin
  • Brain Blaster - a puzzle game from UBI Soft
  • Bride of the Robots - adventure game from Free Spirit
  • Burning Lead - 1993 flight sim
  • Capture the Flag - adventure game by Sirius Software, mid-eighties (NOT the shareware strategy game already on this site)
  • Card Sharks - card game by Accolade (NOT the ShareData game w/ same name)
  • Celtic Legends - 1992 game by UBI Soft
  • Challengers - game by Ubi Soft
  • Champions - (c) Krisalis, 1991
  • Championship Baseball - (c) Gamestar, 1986
  • Chase HQ - mid-80s racing game
  • Checkers - (c) Sharedata
  • Chemistry - (c) Kosmosoft, 1993
  • Chernobyl - (c) Quantum Concepts
  • Chess Games of the Grand Masters - game by Peter Biyiasas
  • Chewit - shareware game by ?
  • Chrono Quest II - RPG by Psygnosis, 1989
  • C.I.T.Y. 2000: Paris - CD-ROM adventure by Aditus
  • Coktel Vision / Tomahawk adventure games:
    • Indian Mission
    • Freedom
    • Lt. Blueberry
    • Mewilo
    • Abra Cadabra
  • CompuBridge - (c) Artworx
  • Computer Pursuit - (c) Navic
  • Conjecture (REGISTERED version only) - 1990 puzzle/word game
  • *Conspiracy: The Deadlock Files - adventure game from Accolade circa 1992/93 (this is NEITHER the turn-based strategy game called Deadlock reviewed on this site, nor KGB game from Cryo)
  • Continental Circus - 1998 game by Virgin
  • Corporate Scumbags (REGISTERED version only) - 1989 business adventure by Two Men and a Keyboard
  • Crash Garrett (English version) - adventure game by ERE
  • Cryptomania 1, 2 and 3 - game by Russel P Holsclaw, Frank D Dennison, Carl M Dennison & IBM
  • Crystal Caverns - text adventure game (c) Hayden Software
  • Adventure games by DataSoft - the following:
    • Dallas Quest
    • Dark Lord
    • Gunslinger
    • The Sands of Egypt
  • Devon Aire in the Hidden Diamond Caper - an adventure game by Epyx circa 1988/89
  • Diamond Ball 1 and 2
  • Diva - 1986 game by TopTec
  • Dragon's Keep - an early adventure game by Al Lowe, published by Sierra / IBM
  • Druid - EGA oldie action game, not the new game by Sir-Tech
  • Enterprise - 1989 game by Industrial Concepts & Design
  • Espionage - 1987 spy game by Gremlin
  • Educational games by First Byte Software:
    • *First Letters and Words
    • *First Shapes
    • *MathTalk
    • *MathTalk Fractions
    • *The Dinosaur Discovery Kit
    • *KidTalk
    • *MADLIBS
    • *The Puzzle Storybook
    • *The Rhyming Notebook
    • *SmoothTalk
    • *Spell-A-Saurus
    • *Speller Bee
  • Flying Tigers 3 - shooter by Teacy/Homebrew
  • Force 400 - 1986 galactic conquest game by Baen Software
  • Free DC Speech Pack - add-on to 1991 game by Cineplay
  • Eric Cantona Striker 2 - 1994 soccer game by Rage
  • Fall Gelb - 1988 fall of France simulation by Simulations Canada
  • FOFT (Federation of Free Trader) - 1992 game by Gremlin
  • Frank Bruno's Boxing - 1991 game by Elite Systems
  • Full Back - American football game
  • Gazza 1 - soccer game
  • General Quarters Software wargames - the following:
    • Action off the River Platte
    • Air Raid Pearl Harbor
    • Banzai
    • Battle Stations
    • German Raider Atlantis
    • Mare Nostrum
    • Prelude to Jutland
    • Return to the Falklands
    • The Rising Sun
    • Turkey Shoot Marianas
    • War in the Falklands
    • War at Sea
    • The Warship that Changed History
  • Galactic Adventures - sequel to Galactic Gladiators by SSI
  • Gamestar games - Baseball, Basketball, Boxing
  • Gateway - text adventure by Pryority Software
  • Ghana Bwana - 1984 game by Tandy/SRB Software
  • Giant killer - 1982 IF game by Acorn/Topologika
  • Global Commander - strategy game by Datasoft
  • Grand Prix Tennis - 1988 game by Binary Design
  • Greg Norman Ultimate Golf
  • Gold Rush - Michael Berlyn's IF published by Sentient Software (NOT the Sierra graphical adventure that's already on this site)
  • Gradius - side-scrolling shooter by Konami (1988 version)
  • Grand Prix 500 - racing game by Microids
  • Gridrunner - game by Hesware & IBM
  • Gulliver's Travels - an old adventure by Spinnaker
  • Gunslinger - 1988 game by Datasoft
  • Gyruss - game by ??
  • Text adventure games by Hayden Software - the following:
    • Crystal Caverns
    • Crime Stopper
  • High Seas - an adventure game from First Row
  • How to Succeed in Business - an oldie business management game circa 1987)
  • The Hunt: Search for Shauna - adventure game by ??
  • Infogrames adventure games (English version) - Three Musketeers, Drakkhen 2
  • Indoor Sports Volume II - 1989 game by Mindscape
  • International Golf
  • Island of Lost Hope - PC version of the classic Amiga game
  • Je calcule - education game by Coktel Vision, 1992 (English only)
  • Jonah Barrington's Squash - 1988 game by R.Masteller
  • Jupiter's Masterdrive - strategy game by UBI Soft
  • Jury Trial - game by Navic
  • Kickboxer - game by ??
  • Kickoff - soccer game by Anco
  • King's Indian Defence - war game by Enlightenment
  • L'Affaire - adventure game (English version)
  • Las Vegas Hold 'Em - game by Manhattan
  • Legends Of Murder II
  • Legions Of Krella - 1992 game by Mindcraft
  • LipToCoe - 1985 game by IBM
  • Living Daylights - 1987 game by Domark
  • Lords of Chaos - 1990 game by Electronic Zoo
  • Lunar Explorer - 1986 game by Electric Transit/Spectrum Holobyte
  • Lurid Land - Lode Runner style game by Illusion Softworks (registered version only)
  • Mabel Mansion - 1987 adventure game by Datamost
  • Mario Bros - ORIGINAL IBM release by Atarisoft (not clones
  • Market Mogul - 1984 business sim by Datamost
  • Master Miner
  • Master Spy - game by Great Game Products
  • Math Blaster - 1987 game by Davidson & Associates (the *original* release, not 1993)
  • Math Maze - 1983 game by Designware
  • Metal Masters - 1990 game by Infogrames
  • Micro League Basketball
  • Mig Alley Ace - 1984 sim by MicroProse
  • Milky Way Merchant - a macroeconomic simulation circa 1986 by Davell Custom
  • Millionaire - game by Brainbank
  • Missile Command
  • Monty Plays Scrabble - game by Epyx/Ritam Corp
  • Motor Mania - full version, not demo
  • Money Bags : Beat The Gnome Of Zurich - 1988 game by COSMI
  • Moses, The Old Testament #1 - game by First Row Software
  • Music 101 - trivia game from IBM: Ralph Stoeber, George W Black, Susan C Mollica
  • Movie Monster Game, The - game by First Row Software
  • Mutants - a shoot 'em up game first released on the Commodore 64
  • Mystrix - game by Insoft
  • Myth - a Magnetic Scrolls adventure (original DOS version ONLY please, NOT interpreter version)
  • Mythical Poker - game by Brus College Systems
  • Nemesis Joseki Tutor - game by Toyogo
  • NFL Challenge data disk: 1986 & 1987 team disks
  • NFLPA Players Disk (for John Madden Football) - 1989 by Electronic Arts
  • Ninja Golf - oldie golf game
  • NATO Commander - early wargame by Microprose
  • OM Super Football - 1993 soccer game by OCEAN
  • Omniplay sports series - including Basketball, Football
  • Ooops Up - 1990 game by Electronic Zoo
  • Oriental Games - collection of games by Microstyle
  • Orion Odyssey - registered version only
  • Pac-Man - PCjr version, Atarisoft
  • Persuasion - game by Olorin Games
  • Pharaoh's Curse - game by Hesware
  • Piece of Cake Math - game by IBM
  • Perihelion's Prophecy - 1994 sci-fi RPG by Psygnosis
  • Player Manager - soccer sim
  • Power At Sea - game by Accolade
  • Predator - game by Hesware
  • Pride and Prejudice - a "regency romance" Jane Austen game circa 1986
  • Prisoner 2 - adventure game by Eduware
  • Pro-Golf - 1989 game by Phase 2 Software
  • PPS wargames - the following:
    • Arab Israeli War
    • Battlefield Germany
    • Bismarck
    • Fortress America
  • Pure Stats sport sim series by Software Simultions, including: Baseball, Football, College Basketball, Basketball
  • Personal Challenge : Big Screen Trivia - game by Softworks
  • Putty Squad - 1995 action game by System 3
  • Raging Thunder - 1996 submarine sim by Chris Buck
  • Ray Trace vs. The Megadeath Aliens - 1988 game by Mastertronic
  • Retro Ball - game by Hesware
  • Railroad Works - game by Thunder Mountain
  • Red Babe - 1994 game by The Dark Cavern Productions (Registered version only)
  • The Rhyming Notebook - educational game by First Byte
  • Ritter - 1989 strategy game by Ariola Soft (German)
  • Robot Wars - 1981 game by MUSE Software
  • Robot Panic - game by Hesware
  • Roundabout - game by Datamost
  • Run for the Money - game by Scarborough Systems Inc
  • RVF Honda - 1988 bicycle racing game by MicroPlay
  • Safecracker - an old (early 1980) Mindscape safe-cracking game
  • Sailing - sailing game by Accupipe Corp
  • Sango Fighter 3D - unfinished sequel to Sango Fighter 2 by Panda Software
  • S.D.I. EGA upgrade disk - to upgrade S.D.I. to EGA version
  • Sapiens - game by Loriciels
  • Save Our Souls - 1993 game
  • Scattergrams - game by Russel P Holsclaw, Frank D Dennison, Carl M Dennison
  • Scenery Collection Sets - 1990 scenery disks by SubLogic
  • Se Kaa of Assiah - adventure game by Mastertronic
  • Secret Agent - 1986 adventure game by Jor-And (NOT the shareware action game of the same name)
  • Secret of Easter Island - 1986 adventure game by Three-Sigma Software
  • Shadowkeep - 1986 interactive fiction by Telarium
  • Sierra's early 1980 adventure games - the following early games (as Online Systems), published by IBM for the PC (NOT Apple II versionse please-- we HAVE those!):
    • Cranston Manor (1981)
    • Cubeit (1982)
    • Dark Crystal (1983)
    • Mission: Asteroid(1982)
    • Mouskattack (1982)
    • Sammy Lightfoot (1982)
  • Shark Attack - 1989 game by Gremlin
  • Sign of the Wolf - an "interactive novel" by Baen Software circa 1987
  • Simulman - games by Simulmondo (Any episodes 1-11)
  • Solitaire - game by Wayne Hammond
  • Spherical - puzzle / platform game by Rainbow Arts (1991)
  • Spirit of Glenmore Castle- adventure game by On Target Software
  • Sports Appeal - trivia game from IBM by Ralph Stoeber, George W Black, Susan C Mollica
  • SporTime / Gamestar sports games (published by Mindscape)-- the following:
    • Clubhouse Sports (1988)
    • Championship Baseball (1986)
    • Star Rank Boxing (1986)
  • The Spy Who Loved Me - adventure game from Domark
  • Spy's Adventure: South America - oldie edutainment game by Polarware (1986)
  • Squire - 1985 sim by Blue Chip
  • SSI wargames - the following, released for PC:
    • Computer Baseball (1981)
    • Panzer Strike! (1987)
    • Field of Fire (1984)
  • Starfire- 1992/93 action game by Silver Lightning (Registered version ONLY)
  • Star Hammer- 1993 mission-based space combat game by Silver Lightning/Homebrew (Registered version ONLY please)
  • Strategic Craps - game by Applications Plus
  • Strategy Games - 1986 game by IBM
  • SubVersion - 1991 submarine simulation
  • Suez 73 - 1991 wargame by RAW Entertainment
  • Summer Games I - 1986 game by Epyx
  • Sunny Shine - adventure from Rainbow Arts circa 1990
  • Super Mars - 1992 game
  • Swords Of Destiny - 1992 game
  • The Teller - 1990 game by UBI Soft
  • The Hunt : Search for Shauna
  • Their Finest Missions - 1989 game by US Gold
  • The Legend Of Billy Boulder - 1990 game by US Gold
  • The Second World - 1990 game by Magic Bytes
  • Time - RPG from Empire
  • Time Runners - games by Simulmondo (ANY EPISODES 13-30)
  • Time Tracks - 1994 RPG from Free Fall Associates
  • Timebound - a historical adventure circa 1986
  • Tip Off - 1992 game by Anco
  • Titano - 1990 game by Magic Soft
  • Tom Throops Bridge Baron II - game by Great Game Products
  • Total Eclipse 2 - follow-up to action / adventure Total Eclipse from Incentive / Domark
  • Track n'Field - game by Atarisoft
  • Trivia 102, 103 - trivia games from IBM: Ralph Stoeber, George W Black, Susan C Mollica
  • Tubes - 1993 game by Gold Medallion Software (REGISTERED version only)
  • Twinworld - game by Blue Byte
  • Universal Monsters - game by OCEAN
  • Verso - game by Marty Ossefort
  • Volcanoes - game by Earthware
  • Vortex - game by Datamost
  • Wall Street Wizard - 1989 game by ??
  • Wind in the Willows - Spinnaker text adventure, 1986
  • Word Seeking - game by Jim Cyr, Ronald C Thomas
  • X-It - puzzle/strategy game from Data Design/Psygnosis
  • Xyphoes Fantasy - fantasy platform game by Silmarils
  • Zuran - 1985 game by IBM





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