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What is your favorite underrated or unknown DOS game? (retrolemmy.com)
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We all love our "Doom"," Command & Conquer", "Commander Keen" etc.

But what is a game that you love that no one seems to know and/or like? What is that one gem that makes you type your "C:>cd games" just that little tiny bit faster?

I'll go first. My pick is Normality from 1996 by Gremlin Interactive. A 3D first person point and click adventure with FMV Cutscenes. It's goofy and weird but perfectly playable. I highly recommended anyone who loves point and click adventures to try this one out. It's basically Doom Point 'n Click

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used to love Midwinter. First-person role-playing set in a future nuclear winter. 16 colour 3D graphics on an 8086 blew my mind. Was really excited to play it in VGA when my dad bought a 486, but it was too fast to be playable :'(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I used to play Midwinter on my Atari ST. In the manual it tells you that you'll need to travel around the game area and recruit various characters and vehicles, and that you'd never make it by just heading straight for the enemy base. I played the game so many times like that and never made any progress. So eventually I just said screw it and headed straight for the enemy base. And wouldn't you know it, I won.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks amazing! Finally a reason to use the turbo button on the 486 though!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think my dad may have bought the only 486 on the market that did not have the fabled "turbo" button. It was a source of annoyance for sure.