Computer Game Reviews
| Computer Game | Genre | Developer | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th Guest PC DOS | Adventure Game | Trilobyte | 1993 | 4.5 |
| A-10 Tank Killer PC DOS | Anti-tank Flight Sim | Dynamix | 1989 | 9.2 |
| Abuse PC DOS | Run and Gun | Crack Dot Com | 1996 | 8.0 |
| Aces of the Pacifc PC DOS | WWII Flight Sim | Dynamix | 1992 | 9.4 |
| Actua Soccer PC DOS | English Football | Gremlin Interactive | 1995 | 7.5 |
| Agony Amiga | French Shoot 'em up | Art & Magic | 1992 | 7.4 |
| Air Raid TRS-80 | Ancient Shoot 'em up | Small System | 1978 | 9.2 |
| Al-Qadim PC DOS | General cRPG | Cyberlore | 1994 | 6.0 |
| Aladdin PC DOS | Disney Platformer | Spontaneous | 1994 | 6.5 |
| Albion PC DOS | German cRPG | Blue Byte | 1995 | 5.5 |
| Alien Breed Amiga | Swedish Run and Gun | Team 17 | 1991 | 8.0 |
| Alien Carnage PC DOS | Run and Gun | SubZero Software | 1994 | 6.6 |
| Alone in the Dark PC DOS | French Adventure Game | Infogrames | 1992 | 9.1 |
| Ancient Art of War | Ancient RTS | Evryware | 1984 | 9.0 |
| Another World Amiga | Cinematic Platformer | Éric Chahi | 1991 | 7.3 |
| Ant Attack Isometric Game | Scottish Survival Horror | Sandy White | 1983 | 9.9 |
| Anvil of Dawn PC DOS | Flip-screen cRPG | DreamForge | 1995 | 6.5 |
| Apache PC DOS | Gunship Flight Sim | Digital Integration | 1995 | 9.2 |
| Apocalypse Archimedes | 3D Shoot 'em up | Gordan J. Key | 1990 | 7.2 |
| Arkanoid Amiga | Taito Block-breaker | Discovery Software | 1988 | 9.9 |
| Arkanoid 2 Amiga | Taito Block-breaker | Imagine Software | 1988 | 9.5 |
| Arcanum Steamworks | Pure cRPG | Troika | 2001 | 8.6 |
| Armalyte Commodore 64 | Shoot 'em up | Cyberdyne | 1988 | 9.8 |
| B-17 Flying Fortress | WWII Flight Sim | Vektor Grafix | 1992 | 8.8 |
| Baldur's Gate 1 Original | General cRPG | BioWare | 1998 | 8.7 |
| Baldur's Gate 2 | Themepark cRPG | BioWare | 2000 | 6.5 |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | Reddit RPG Game | Larian Studios | 2023 | 2.1 |
| Battle Arena Toshinden | versus Fighter | Digital Dialect | 1996 | 6.5 |
| Battlehawks 1942 PC DOS | WWII Flight Sim | LucasFilm Games | 1988 | 8.5 |
| BattleTech Revenge PC DOS | Real-time Tactics | Westwood | 1990 | 8.5 |
| BC Kid Amiga | Japanese Platformer | Factor 5 | 1992 | 7.5 |
| Bio Challenge Amiga | French Platformer | Delphine Software | 1989 | 8.4 |
| Beneath a Steel Sky PC DOS | Adventure Game | Revolution | 1990 | 7.0 |
| Betrayal at Krondor PC DOS | General cRPG | Dynamix | 1993 | 7.5 |
| Bio Menace PC DOS | EGA Platformer | Apogee Software | 1993 | 7.0 |
| Black Crypt Amiga | Flip-screen cRPG | Raven Software | 1992 | 6.0 |
| Blood Money Amiga | British Shoot 'em up | DMA Design | 1989 | 6.5 |
| BloodNet PC DOS | cRPG-adventure | Microprose | 1993 | 7.0 |
| Bloodwych Amiga | Flip-screen cRPG | Anthony Taglione | 1989 | 7.0 |
| Bolo Atari ST | German Block-breaker | Meinolf Schneider | 1987 | 9.0 |
| Boulder Dash Atari 8-bit | Action/Puzzle | First Star | 1984 | 9.9 |
| Bubble Bobble Amiga | Taito Platformer | Software Creations | 1988 | 9.0 |
| Buck Rogers Countdown | Flip-screen cRPG | SSI | 1991 | 6.5 |
| Buck Rogers Matrix Cubed | Gold Box cRPG | SSI | 1993 | 5.0 |
| Budokan PC DOS | Versus Fighter | Electronic Arts | 1989 | 7.4 |
| Bust-A-Move 2 PC DOS | Taito Puzzle Game | Acclaim | 1996 | 6.5 |
| Caesar PC DOS | City-building | Impressions | 1992 | 9.0 |
| Cannon Fodder Amiga | British Run and Gun | Sensible Software | 1993 | 8.0 |
| Captain Blood Atari ST | French Adventure | ERE Informatique | 1988 | 7.0 |
| Captive Amiga | British cRPG | Tony Crowther | 1990 | 9.0 |
| Carrier Command PC DOS | RTS/Sim Hybrid | RTGS Ltd. | 1988 | 9.1 |
| Castle Wolfenstein Apple 2 | Ancient Stealth Game | Muse Software | 1981 | 9.0 |
| Champions of Krynn | Gold Box cRPG | SSI | 1990 | 5.5 |
| Chaos Engine Amiga | British Run and Gun | Bitmap Brothers | 1993 | 7.5 |
| Chaos Strikes Back Atari ST | Flip-screen cRPG | FTL | 1989 | 8.5 |
| Chessmaster 2000 Amiga | Chess Sim | Software Toolworks | 1986 | 9.9 |
| Chuck Yeager's Air Combat | General Flight Sim | Electronic Arts | 1991 | 8.5 |
| Command and Conquer 1 | RTS Game | Westwood | 1995 | 9.3 |
| Command Conquer Red Alert | RTS Game | Westwood | 1996 | 9.7 |
| Commander Keen IBM PC | EGA Platformer | id Software | 1990 | 7.5 |
| Conquests of Camelot | Adventure Game | Sierra On-Line | 1990 | 6.5 |
| Conquests of the Longbow | Adventure Game | Sierra On-Line | 1991 | 6.5 |
| Cruise for a Corpse IBM PC | Adventure Game | Delphine | 1991 | 6.5 |
| Crusader No Remorse | Run and Gun | Origin Systems | 1995 | 7.0 |
| Curse of the Azure Bonds | Gold Box cRPG | SSI | 1989 | 4.5 |
| Crysis PC Windows | German BSOD FPS | Crytek | 2007 | 7.5 |
| Crystals of Arborea PC DOS | French cRPG | Silmarils | 1990 | 7.0 |
| Dark Sun Shattered Lands | General cRPG | SSI | 1993 | 6.5 |
| Dark Sun Wake of the Ravager | General cRPG | SSI | 1994 | 4.5 |
| Darklands PC DOS | General cRPG | MicroProse | 1992 | 5.5 |
| Darkness Over Daggerford | General cRPG | Ossian Studios | 2006 | 7.5 |
| Dark Queen of Krynn | Gold Box cRPG | MicroMagic | 1992 | 6.5 |
| Death Knights of Krynn | Gold Box cRPG | SSI | 1990 | 4.5 |
| Defender of the Crown | Action-strategy | Cinemaware | 1986 | 5.0 |
| Deliverance Amiga | Hack n slash | Devinart | 1992 | 6.5 |
| Deluxe Galaga Amiga | Norwegian Shoot 'em up | Edgar M. Vigdal | 1995 | 9.0 |
| Descent PC DOS | 3D Shoot 'em up | Parallax Software | 1995 | 7.0 |
| Destruction Derby PC DOS | Racing Game | Reflections | 1995 | 6.0 |
| Deus Ex PC Windows | Action RPG | Ion Storm | 2000 | 8.0 |
| Devil's Dungeon TRS-80 | Ancient cRPG | C.W. Engel | 1977 | 6.0 |
| Diablo PC Windows | Hack n slash | Blizzard North | 1996 | 7.5 |
| Diablo 2 PC Windows | Hack n slash | Blizzard North | 2000 | 6.5 |
| Doom PC DOS | 2.5D FPS | id Software | 1993 | 9.0 |
| Dragon Age: Origins | Casual RPG Game | BioWare | 2009 | 3.5 |
| Drakkhen PC DOS | French cRPG | Infogrames | 1989 | 6.0 |
| Duke Nukem PC DOS | Run and gun | Apogee | 1991-96 | 6.0 |
| Dune 2 PC DOS | RTS Game | Westwood | 1992 | 8.0 |
| Dungeon Hack PC DOS | Flip-screen cRPG | Dreamforge | 1993 | 7.0 |
| Dungeon Keeper PC DOS | Dungeon-building | Bullfrog | 1997 | 8.0 |
| Dungeon Master Atari ST | Flip-screen cRPG | FTL | 1987 | 8.8 |
| Dungeon Master 2 PC DOS | Flip-screen cRPG | FTL | 1995 | 4.5 |
| Dungeon Rats Windows PC | Tactics cRPG | Iron Tower Studios | 2016 | 8.7 |
| EF2000 PC DOS | ATF Flight Sim | Digital Image Design | 1995 | 7.5 |
| Elder Scrolls Arena | General cRPG | Bethesda | 1994 | 6.0 |
| Elder Scrolls Daggerfall | General cRPG | Bethesda | 1996 | 6.5 |
| Elder Scrolls Morrowind | Reddit RPG Game | Bethesda | 2002 | 1.2 |
| Empire Deluxe PC DOS | Wargame | White Wolf | 1993 | 9.0 |
| Exile Amiga | Action-adventure | Audiogenic | 1991 | 9.0 |
| Eye of the Beholder 1 | Flip-screen cRPG | Westwood | 1991 | 7.5 |
| Eye of the Beholder 2 | Flip-screen cRPG | Westwood | 1991 | 7.0 |
| Eye of the Beholder 3 | Flip-screen cRPG | SSI | 1993 | 6.0 |
| F-14 Tomcat PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | Dynamix | 1990 | 6.5 |
| F-15 Strike Eagle 2 PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | MPS Labs | 1988 | 8.0 |
| F-16 Combat Pilot PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | Digital Integration | 1989 | 7.0 |
| F-19 Stealth Fighter PC DOS | Stealth Flight Sim | Microprose | 1988 | 9.9 |
| F-117A Stealth Fighter PC DOS | Stealth Flight Sim | MPS Labs | 1991 | 9.0 |
| F-22 Lightning 2 PC DOS | ATF Flight Sim | NovaLogic | 1996 | 7.0 |
| F-29 Retaliator Atari ST | ATF Flight Sim | Digital Image Design | 1989 | 7.0 |
| F/A-18 Interceptor Amiga | Fighter Flight Sim | Intellisoft | 1988 | 7.0 |
| Faery Tale Adventure Amiga | Amiga cRPG | David Joiner | 1987 | 8.5 |
| Falcon PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | Sphere Inc | 1987 | 9.7 |
| Falcon 3.0 PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | Sphere Inc | 1991 | 9.9 |
| Fallout 1 Windows PC | Pure cRPG | Interplay | 1997 | 9.7 |
| Fallout 2 Windows PC | Pure cRPG | Black Isle Studios | 1998 | 8.7 |
| Fallout Resurrection | Fallout TCM | Resurrection Team | 2013 | 7.0 |
| Fallout Nevada | Fallout TCM | Nevada Team | 2015 | 6.5 |
| Fallout Olympus 2207 | Fallout TCM | Nebesa Games | 2021 | 6.0 |
| Fate Gates of Dawn Amiga | German cRPG | reLINE Software | 1991 | 8.5 |
| FIFA International Soccer | English Football | Creative Assembly | 1994 | 5.5 |
| FIFA Soccer 96 PC DOS | English Football | Extended Play | 1995 | 7.0 |
| FIFA Soccer 97 PC DOS | English Football | Extended Play | 1996 | 6.5 |
| Flashback Amiga | Cinematic Platformer | Delphine | 1992 | 8.5 |
| Flight Simulator 2 Amiga | General Flight Sim | subLOGIC | 1986 | 8.5 |
| Flood Amiga | British Platformer | Bullfrog | 1990 | 7.5 |
| Formula One Grand Prix | Grognard F1 Sim | Geoff Crammond | 1991 | 9.9 |
| Frontier Elite 2 PC DOS | Space Flight Sim | David Braben | 1993 | 9.9 |
| FS1 Flight Simulator Apple 2 | Ancient Flight Sim | subLOGIC | 1979 | 9.9 |
| Future Wars PC DOS | Adventure Game | Delphine | 1990 | 7.5 |
| Gateway Savage Frontier | Gold Box cRPG | Beyond Software | 1991 | 5.0 |
| Ghosts 'n Goblins Amiga | Capcom Platformer | Elite Systems | 1990 | 7.2 |
| Ghouls 'n Ghosts Amiga | Capcom Platformer | Software Creations | 1989 | 5.5 |
| Giganoid Amiga | Block-breaker | Starvision | 1988 | 7.0 |
| Gobliiins PC DOS | Puzzle-adventure | Coktel Vision | 1991 | 6.0 |
| Gods PC DOS | British Platformer | The Bitmap Brothers | 1991 | 9.5 |
| Golden Axe Amiga | Hack n slash | Dementia | 1990 | 8.0 |
| Goldrunner Atari ST | British Shoot 'em up | Steve Bak | 1987 | 9.0 |
| Gothic 1 Windows PC | Casual Action RPG | Piranha Bytes | 2000 | 5.5 |
| Gothic 2 Windows PC | Casual Action RPG | Piranha Bytes | 2003-05 | 5.0 |
| Gothic 3 Windows PC | Casual RPG Game | Piranha Bytes | 2006 | 2.5 |
| Gradius Commodore 64 | Konami Shoot 'em up | Simon Pick | 1987 | 9.8 |
| Great Giana Sisters Amiga | German Platformer | Time Warp | 1988 | 8.8 |
| Greg Norman's Ultimate Golf | British Golf Sim | Gremlin Graphics | 1990 | 6.5 |
| Guild of Thieves Amiga | Adventure Game | Magnetic Scrolls | 1987 | 6.0 |
| Gunship 2000 PC DOS | Gunship Flight Sim | MPS Labs | 1991 | 9.7 |
| Gyruss Commodore 64 | Konami Shoot 'em up | Joe Hellesen | 1984 | 9.8 |
| Half-Life PC Windows | Cinematic FPS | Valve | 1998 | 7.5 |
| Halloween Harry PC DOS | Run and Gun | SubZero Software | 1993 | 6.6 |
| Hard n Heavy Amiga | German Platformer | reLINE | 1989 | 8.8 |
| Heretic PC DOS | Doom FPS | Raven Software | 1994 | 6.5 |
| Heroes of Might and Magic | Casual Strategy-cRPG | New World Computing | 1995 | 6.0 |
| Heroes of the Lance PC DOS | Hack n slash | U.S. Gold Ltd. | 1988 | 3.5 |
| Hexen PC DOS | Doom FPS | Raven Software | 1995 | 7.0 |
| Highway Encounter | Flip-screen game | Costa Panayi | 1985 | 9.4 |
| Hillsfar PC DOS | AD&D Adventure | Westwood | 1989 | 5.0 |
| Hind PC DOS | Gunship Flight Sim | Digital Integration | 1996 | 8.3 |
| Hired Guns PC DOS | Flip-screen cRPG | DMA Design | 1993 | 7.0 |
| Hordes of the Underdark | General cRPG | BioWare | 2003 | 6.5 |
| Hybris Amiga | Danish Shoot 'em up | Martin Pederson | 1988 | 9.9 |
| Icewind Dale PC Windows | Combat cRPG | Black Isle Studios | 2000 | 8.7 |
| Icewind Dale 2 PC Windows | Combat cRPG | Black Isle Studios | 2002 | 8.5 |
| IK+ Atari ST | British Versus Fighter | Archer Maclean | 1988 | 8.5 |
| Immortal PC DOS | Action-adventure | Sandcastle | 1991 | 5.0 |
| Impossible Mission C64 | Flip-screen | Dennis Caswell | 1984 | 9.4 |
| Indianapolis 500 PC DOS | Racing Sim | Papyrus Design Group | 1989 | 9.3 |
| Indiana Jones Last Crusade | Adventure Game | LucasFilm | 1989 | 6.5 |
| Indiana Jones Fate Atlantis | Adventure Game | LucasArts | 1992 | 6.0 |
| Ishar 1 PC DOS | French cRPG | Silmarils | 1992 | 6.0 |
| Ishar 2 PC DOS | French cRPG | Silmarils | 1993 | 5.0 |
| Ishar 3 PC DOS | French cRPG | Silmarils | 1994 | 4.5 |
| Jagged Alliance PC DOS | Tactics cRPG | MadLab | 1995 | 9.5 |
| Jagged Alliance 2 PC Win | Tactics cRPG | Sir-Tech | 1999 | 9.9 |
| James Pond Amiga | British Platformer | Vectordean | 1990 | 7.5 |
| James Pond 2 Amiga | British Platformer | Vectordean | 1991 | 7.0 |
| James Pond 3 Amiga | British Platformer | Vectordean | 1994 | 6.0 |
| Jane's AH-64D Longbow | Gunship Flight Sim | Origin Systems | 1996 | 8.9 |
| Jane's ATF PC DOS | ATF Flight Sim | Electronic Arts | 1996 | 8.8 |
| Jazz Jackrabbit PC DOS | Platformer | Epic MegaGames | 1994 | 6.5 |
| Jet 2.0 PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | subLOGIC | 1987 | 8.5 |
| JetFighter PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | Velocity | 1988 | 8.7 |
| Jet Set Willy ZX Spectrum | British Platformer | Matthew Smith | 1984 | 9.5 |
| Jinks Amiga | German Block-breaker | Rainbow Arts | 1988 | 7.3 |
| Joe & Mac Caveman Ninja | VGA Platformer | Elite Systems | 1992 | 6.5 |
| John Madden Football DOS | American Football | Electronic Arts | 1989 | 8.6 |
| Kampfgruppe Amiga | Grognard Wargame | Gary Grigsby | 1985-88 | 9.8 |
| Karateka Apple 2 | Cinematic Platformer | Brøderbund | 1984 | 7.7 |
| Katakis Commodore 64 | German Shoot 'em Up | Rainbow Arts | 1988 | 9.9 |
| Kenshi PC Windows | Casual RPG Game | Lo-Fi Games | 2013 | 3.5 |
| Kick Off Atari ST | Italian Football Game | Dino Dini | 1989 | 9.8 |
| Kid Chaos Amiga | British Platformer | Magnetic Fields | 1994 | 85 |
| King's Quest IBM PC | Sierra scribble-slop spam | Sierra On-Line | 1984 | 3.5 |
| King's Quest 4 PC DOS | Sierra scribble-slop spam | Sierra On-Line | 1988 | 3.0 |
| King's Quest 5 PC DOS | Sierra scribble-slop spam | Sierra On-Line | 1990 | 4.0 |
| King's Quest 6 PC DOS | Sierra scribble-slop spam | Sierra On-Line | 1992 | 3.5 |
| Knight Lore ZX Spectrum | Isometric Adventure | Ultimate Play the Game | 1984 | 9.6 |
| Knights of the Sky PC DOS | WWI Flight Sim | MPS Labs | 1990 | 9.2 |
| KotOR 1 PC Windows | Casual RPG Game | BioWare | 2003 | 3.0 |
| KotOR 2 PC Windows | Story RPG Game | Obsidian | 2004 | 2.5 |
| Krakout Commodore 64 | British Block-breaker | Gremlin Graphics | 1987 | 8.0 |
| Lands of Lore PC DOS | Flip-screen cRPG | Westwood Studios | 1993 | 6.2 |
| Lakers versus Celtics NBA | Basketball | Electronic Arts | 1989 | 8.4 |
| Laser Squad PC DOS | Grognard Tactics | Mythos Games | 1992 | 9.4 |
| Leader Board Amiga | Golf Sim | Sculptured Software | 1986 | 9.0 |
| Legend of Faerghail Amiga | German cRPG | Olaf Barthel | 1990 | 6.5 |
| Legend of Kyrandia PC DOS | Adventure Game | Westwood | 1992 | 6.0 |
| Lemmings Amiga | British Puzzle Game | DMA Design | 1991 | 9.6 |
| Links Golf PC DOS | Grognard Golf Sim | Access Software | 1990 | 8.8 |
| LHX Attack Chopper PC DOS | Gunship Flight Sim | Electronic Arts | 1990 | 8.9 |
| Liberation Captive 2 Amiga | British cRPG | Tony Crowther | 1993 | 8.0 |
| Lion King PC DOS | Disney Platformer | East Point | 1994 | 5.5 |
| Lionheart Amiga | German Platformer | Thalion Software | 1993 | 8.0 |
| Llamatron 2112 Amiga | British Shoot 'em up | Jeff Minter | 1991 | 9.2 |
| Loom PC DOS | Adventure Game | LucasFilm | 1990 | 7.0 |
| Lords of Chaos Amiga | Turn-based Tactics | Mythos Games | 1991 | 9.4 |
| Lords of the Realm PC DOS | Kingdom-management | Impressions Games | 1994 | 8.0 |
| Lotus Games Amiga | British Arcade Racer | Magnetic Fields | 1990 | 9.0 |
| M1 Tank Platoon PC DOS | Grognard Armor Sim | MPS Labs | 1989 | 9.8 |
| Maniac Mansion PC DOS | Adventure Game | LucasFilm | 1988 | 7.0 |
| Manic Miner ZX Spectrum | British Platformer | Matthew Smith | 1983 | 9.2 |
| Mask of the Betrayer PC Win | Story cRPG | Obsidian | 2007 | 8.0 |
| Master of Magic PC DOS | Grognard Strategy | Simtex | 1994 | 9.9 |
| Master of Orion PC DOS | Grognard Strategy | Simtex | 1993 | 9.9 |
| MechWarrior PC DOS | FASA Mech Sim | Dynamix | 1989 | 9.4 |
| Mega Typhoon Amiga | German Shoot 'em up | Nordlicht | 1996 | 7.0 |
| Menzoberranzan PC DOS | General cRPG | DreamForge | 1994 | 5.0 |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 | General Flight Sim | subLOGIC | 1988 | 8.0 |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0 | General Flight Sim | Bruce Artwick | 1993 | 8.0 |
| MIDI Maze Atari ST | Deathmatch FPS | Xanth F/X | 1987 | 9.4 |
| Midwinter PC DOS | British Open World | Maelstrom | 1989 | 9.0 |
| MiG-29 Fulcrum PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | Simis | 1990 | 8.0 |
| Monkey Island 2 PC DOS | Adventure Game | LucasArts | 1991 | 7.0 |
| Moonstone Amiga | Hack n slash | Rob Anderson | 1991 | 6.0 |
| Mortal Kombat PC DOS | Versus Fighter | Probe Software | 1993 | 9.0 |
| Mr. Nutz Amiga | German Platformer | The Neon Team | 1994 | 6.0 |
| Mystery House Apple 2 | Ancient Adventure Game | On-Line Systems | 1980 | 3.0 |
| Navy SEALs PC DOS | Quake mod | Gooseman | 1997 | 8.0 |
| NBA Jam PC DOS | Arcade Basketball | Iguana Entertainment | 1995 | 6.5 |
| NBA Live 95 PC DOS | Basketball | Hitmen Productions | 1995 | 6.0 |
| NBA Live 96 PC DOS | Basketball | Hitmen Productions | 1995 | 6.5 |
| NBA Live 97 PC DOS | Basketball | Hitmen Productions | 1996 | 5.0 |
| NCAA Championship Basketball | Basketball | GTE Vantage | 1996 | 7.0 |
| Nebulus Amiga | Puzzle Platformer | John M. Phillips | 1988 | 8.8 |
| Need For Speed PC DOS | Racing Sim | EA Canada | 1995 | 7.0 |
| NetHack Falcon's Eye PC Win | Finnish Rogue-like | Jaakko Peltonen | 2000 | 8.8 |
| Neverwinter Nights PC DOS | Online cRPG | Beyond Software | 1991 | 8.0 |
| Neverwinter Nights PC Win | General cRPG | BioWare | 2002 | 8.5 |
| Neverwinter Nights 2 PC Win | General cRPG | Obsidian | 2006 | 7.5 |
| New Zealand Story Amiga | Taito Platformer | Choice | 1989 | 7.0 |
| Oblivion PC Windows | Casual RPG Game | Bethesda | 2006 | 0.3 |
| Oblivion With Guns PC Win | Casual RPG Game | Bethesda | 2008 | 0.2 |
| Oids Atari ST | Shoot 'em up | FTL | 1987 | 9.7 |
| Operation Wolf PC DOS | Taito Shoot 'em up | Banana Dev | 1989 | 7.5 |
| Operation Stealth PC DOS | Adventure Game | Delphine | 1990 | 5.5 |
| Pac-Mania Amiga | Namco Maze Game | Teque | 1988 | 8.3 |
| Pacific War PC DOS | Grognard Wargame | Gary Grigsby | 1992 | 9.0 |
| Pang Amiga | Puzzle-shooter | Ocean France | 1990 | 8.8 |
| Panzer General PC DOS | Op.-level Wargame | SSI | 1994 | 9.3 |
| Paradroid Commodore 64 | British Shoot 'em up | Andrew Braybrook | 1985 | 9.9 |
| Parasol Stars Amiga | Taito Platformer | Ocean Software | 1992 | 9.0 |
| Pawn Amiga | Adventure Game | Magnetic Scrolls | 1986 | 6.0 |
| Perihelion Amiga | Hungarian cRPG | Morbid Visions | 1993 | 7.0 |
| PGA Tour Golf PC DOS | Golf Sim | Sterling Silver | 1990 | 8.5 |
| Planescape: Torment PC Win | Story cRPG | Black Isle Studios | 1999 | 7.5 |
| Pool of Radiance PC DOS | Gold Box cRPG | SSI | 1988 | 6.5 |
| Pools of Darkness PC DOS | Gold Box cRPG | SSI | 1991 | 5.5 |
| Populous Amiga | God Game | Bullfrog | 1989 | 9.7 |
| Powerdrome Atari ST | Racing Sim | Michael Powell | 1988 | 9.4 |
| PowerMonger Amiga | British RTS/Wargame | Bullfrog | 1990 | 9.1 |
| Prince of Persia PC DOS | Cinematic Platformer | Brøderbund | 1989 | 7.0 |
| Project X Amiga | Swedish Shoot 'em up | Team 17 | 1992 | 8.0 |
| Quake PC DOS | GOAT FPS | id Software | 1996 | 9.7 |
| Quest for Glory PC DOS | Sierra cRPG | Sierra On-Line | 1989 | 5.0 |
| R-Type ZX Spectrum | Irem Shoot 'em up | Bob Pape | 1989 | 9.8 |
| Railroad Tycoon PC DOS | Business Sim | MPS Labs | 1990 | 9.8 |
| Rainbow Islands Amiga | Taito Platformer | Graftgold | 1990 | 9.0 |
| Ravenloft Strahd PC DOS | General cRPG | DreamForge | 1994 | 5.5 |
| Ravenloft Stone Prophet | General cRPG | DreamForge | 1995 | 5.0 |
| Realms Beyond PC Windows | Tactics cRPG | -- | -- | -- |
| Rebelstar ZX Spectrum | Grognard Tactics | Julian Gollop | 1984-88 | 9.5 |
| Red Baron PC DOS | WWI Flight Sim | Dynamix | 1990 | 9.3 |
| Red Storm Rising PC DOS | Submarine Sim | MPS Labs | 1989 | 9.7 |
| Revs BBC Micro | Grognard F3 Sim | Geoff Crammond | 1985 | 9.9 |
| Rise of the Robots PC DOS | Versus Fighter | Instinct Design | 1994 | 6.0 |
| RoboCop 3 Amiga | FPS-adventure | Digital Image Design | 1991 | 8.0 |
| Rock n Roll Amiga | German Puzzle Game | Rainbow Arts | 1989 | 8.5 |
| Salamander C64 | Konami Shoot 'em Up | Imagine Software | 1988 | 9.0 |
| Sea Dragon TRS-80 | Ancient Shoot 'em up | W. Westmorland | 1982 | 9.0 |
| Secret of the Silver Blades | Gold Box cRPG | SSI | 1990 | 5.0 |
| Secret of Monkey Island DOS | Adventure Game | LucasFilm | 1990 | 7.5 |
| Secret Weapons Luftwaffe | WWII Flight Sim | LucasFilm Games | 1989 | 7.5 |
| Seek and Destroy | Shoot 'em up | Vision Software | 1993 | 7.5 |
| Sensible Soccer | English Football | Sensible Software | 1992 | 9.6 |
| Settlers Review | Real-time Strategy | Blue Byte | 1993 | 7.5 |
| Shadow Fighter Amiga | Italian Versus Fighter | NAPS Team | 1994 | 8.0 |
| Shadow of the Beast Amiga | British Beat 'em up | Reflections | 1989 | 7.0 |
| Shattered Steel PC DOS | Mech Simulator | BioWare | 1996 | 8.0 |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | Turn-based Strategy | Firaxis | 1999 | 9.8 |
| Sid Meier's Civilization | Turn-based Strategy | MPS Labs | 1991 | 9.7 |
| Sid Meier's Civilization 2 | Turn-based Strategy | MPS Labs | 1996 | 9.8 |
| Sid Meier's Colonization | Turn-based Strategy | MPS Labs | 1994 | 9.9 |
| Siege of Dragonspear | General cRPG | Beamdog | 2016 | 5.0 |
| Silent Storm PC Windows | Tactics cRPG | Nival Interactive | 2003 | 8.0 |
| SimCity PC DOS | City-building | Maxis | 1989 | 9.0 |
| Space Hulk PC DOS | Real-time Tactics | Electronic Arts | 1993 | 8.0 |
| Speedball PC DOS | British Future Sports | The Bitmap Brothers | 1988 | 9.0 |
| Speedball 2 PC DOS | British Future Sports | The Bitmap Brothers | 1991 | 8.5 |
| Spelljammer PC DOS | General cRPG | Cybertech Systems | 1992 | 6.0 |
| STALKER OGSE | Russian STALKER mod | OGSE Team | 2011 | 8.8 |
| StarCraft PC Windows | RTS Game | Blizzard Ent. | 1998 | 9.0 |
| Star Control PC DOS | Strategy-shooter | Toys for Bob | 1990 | 8.7 |
| Star Cruiser Apple 2 | Ancient Shoot 'em up | Nasir Gebelli | 1980 | 9.3 |
| Star Fighter 3000 | 3D Shoot 'em up | Fednet | 1994 | 8.0 |
| Star Trek 25th Anniversary | Adventure Game | Interplay | 1992 | 6.0 |
| Star Wars Dark Forces PC DOS | Star Wars FPS | LucasArts | 1995 | 8.0 |
| Star Wars Rebel Assault | Shoot 'em up | LucasArts | 1993 | 6.5 |
| Star Wars X-Wing PC DOS | Space Combat Sim | Totally Games | 1993 | 8.0 |
| Star Wars TIE Fighter PC DOS | Space Combat Sim | Totally Games | 1994 | 8.5 |
| Starship Command BBC Micro | Shoot 'em up | Peter Irvin | 1983 | 9.2 |
| Steel Panthers PC DOS | Grognard Wargame | SSI | 1995 | 9.2 |
| Storm of Zehir PC Windows | General cRPG | Obsidian | 2008 | 8.0 |
| Street Fighter 2 PC DOS | Versus Fighter | Capcom | 1992 | 9.0 |
| Strike Commander PC DOS | Fighter Flight Sim | Origin Systems | 1993 | 9.0 |
| Su-27 Flanker PC DOS | Grognard Flight Sim | Eagle Dynamics | 1996 | 8.8 |
| SunDog Atari ST | Space Flight Sim | FTL | 1985 | 9.2 |
| Superfrog Amiga | British Platformer | Team 17 | 1993 | 8.0 |
| Super Hang-On Atari ST | Arcade Racer | Activision Software | 1988 | 9.0 |
| Super Invader Apple 2 | Ancient Shoot 'em up | M. Hata | 1979 | 9.3 |
| Sword of Sodan Amiga | Danish Hack n slash | Discovery Software | 1988 | 7.5 |
| Sword of the Samurai PC DOS | Strategy Game | MPS Labs | 1989 | 8.9 |
| Swordflight PC Windows | General cRPG | Rogueknight | 2008-23 | 9.5 |
| Syndicate PC DOS | Real-time Tactics | Bullfrog | 1993 | 8.5 |
| System Shock PC DOS | Sci-fi FPS | Looking Glass | 1994 | 7.5 |
| Tales of the Sword Coast | General cRPG | BioWare Corp | 2003 | 8.0 |
| Target Sol-20 | Ancient Shoot 'em up | Steven Dompier | 1976/77 | 9.9 |
| Team Suzuki Amiga | MotoGP Sim | Gremlin Graphics | 1991 | 9.2 |
| Temple of Elemental Evil | Tactics cRPG | Troika Games | 2003 | 8.0 |
| TFX PC DOS | ATF Flight Sim | Digital Image Design | 1993 | 7.5 |
| Their Finest Hour PC DOS | WWII Flight Sim | LucasFilm Games | 1989 | 8.5 |
| Theme Park PC DOS | Business Sim | Bullfrog | 1994 | 8.2 |
| Throne of Bhaal PC Windows | General cRPG | BioWare | 2001 | 6.5 |
| Torment Numenera | Story RPG Game | inXile Entertainment | 2017 | 4.5 |
| Treasures Savage Frontier | Gold Box cRPG | Beyond Software | 1992 | 5.0 |
| Turrican 2 Amiga | German Run and Gun | Factor 5 | 1991 | 9.9 |
| Tyranny PC Windows | General cRPG | Obsidian | 2016 | 5.0 |
| Ultima Underworld PC DOS | 3D cRPG | Blue Sky Productions | 1992 | 4.5 |
| Ultima 7 Black Gate PC DOS | General cRPG | Origin Systems | 1992 | 4.5 |
| Ultima 8 Pagan PC DOS | General cRPG | Origin Systems | 1994 | 4.0 |
| Underrail PC Windows | Tactics cRPG | Stygian Software | 2015 | 5.5 |
| Unlimited Adventures PC DOS | Gold Box cRPG | MicroMagic | 1993 | 8.0 |
| Unreal Amiga | French Platformer | Ordilogic | 1993 | 7.0 |
| Uridium Commodore 64 | British Shoot 'em up | Andrew Braybrook | 1986 | 9.7 |
| U.S. Navy Fighters PC DOS | Navy Flight Sim | Electronic Arts | 1994 | 9.0 |
| Vampire Bloodlines | Story RPG Game | Troika | 2004 | 4.5 |
| Venus the Flytrap Amiga | British Platformer | Gremlin Graphics | 1990 | 8.0 |
| War of the Lance PC DOS | Turn-based Strategy | SSI | 1990 | 7.0 |
| War in Russia PC DOS | Grognard Wargame | Gary Grigsby | 1993 | 9.0 |
| Warband PC Windows | Tactics cRPG | TaleWorlds | 2010 | 9.3 |
| Warlords PC DOS | Australian Wargame | SSG | 1989 | 9.3 |
| Warlords 2 PC DOS | Australian Wargame | SSG | 1993 | 9.0 |
| WarCraft 1 PC DOS | RTS Game | Blizzard Ent. | 1994 | 7.5 |
| WarCraft 2 PC DOS | RTS Game | Blizzard Ent. | 1995 | 8.5 |
| Way of the Exploding Fist | Versus Fighter | Beam Software | 1985 | 9.0 |
| Wing Commander PC DOS | Space Sim | Origin Systems | 1990 | 6.0 |
| Wings of Glory PC DOS | WWI Flight Sim | Origin Systems | 1995 | 6.0 |
| Witcher PC Windows | Casual RPG Game | CD Projekt RED | 2007 | 4.0 |
| World Class Leader Board | Golf Sim | Access Software | 1987 | 8.5 |
| Worms Amiga | British Artillery | Team 17 | 1995 | 9.0 |
| X-COM UFO Defense PC DOS | Tactics cRPG | Mythos Games | 1994 | 9.9 |
| X-COM Apocalypse PC DOS | Tactics cRPG | Mythos Games | 1997 | 9.2 |
| Xenon Amiga | British Shoot 'em up | The Bitmap Brothers | 1988 | 7.5 |
| Xenon 2 Amiga | British Shoot 'em up | The Assembly Line | 1989 | 6.0 |
| Xevious Apple 2 | Namco Shoot 'em up | Dan Hewitt | 1984 | 9.4 |
| Zak McKracken PC DOS | Adventure Game | LucasFilm | 1988 | 7.0 |
| Yo! Joe! Amiga | German Platformer | Scipio | 1993 | 8.0 |
| Zarch Archimedes | 3D Shoot 'em up | David Braben | 1987 | 9.9 |
| Zool Amiga | British Platformer | Gremlin Graphics | 1992 | 7.5 |
cRPG reviews are a form of computer game journalism that seeks to evaluate computer role-playing games (cRPGs) either as a whole or in one or more categories of design. Such reviews usually consist of several paragraphs of commentary followed by a conclusion. Often, screencaps and infographics are sprinkled throughout the review in order to illustrate key points.
cf. Amiga Game Reviews (epic-level soul).
cRPG Reviews are characterized by constructive criticism of cRPG creations: they give reasons for their assertions and compare the cRPG with what came before as well as the genre-yardstick and Formalizer, Fallout. cRPG Reviews do not just evaluate cRPGs as they are in themselves but also in relation to their peers and predecessors.
For sweeping epic-level coverage readers are referred to my computer game chronologies:
cRPG Review Characteristics
cRPG Reviews tables total scores for computer role-playing games (see above) whereas cRPG Design tables scores for cRPGs in each of 11 categories of design.
Some of the above links lead to standalone reviews whereas others lead to indexes that in turn link to dozens upon dozens of articles published on a single classic cRPG.
The reviews on cRPG Blog are formal in structure, are not based on maiden runs, and do not appraise cRPGs through a lens of current gen fads, trends and "sensibilities". Instead, only cRPGs with which I have a degree of expertise are reviewed, and evidence of expertise is supplied by linking to other articles of mine that support my standpoint. For example, the Baldur's Gate 1 evaluation is backed up by over 300 articles totalling 400,000 words (in length akin to eight novels).
cRPG Review Assessment Criteria
cRPG Review assessment criteria is explained in cRPG Design.
Under my exclusive assessment criteria, what ultimately makes or breaks cRPGs is their gameplay which is derived from player-interpretable stats and the interplay of impactful game mechanics (reactivity).
It is impossible for cRPGs to receive passing scores if they employ feeble, light-weight stats and mechanics that might as well not exist for all the impact they have on gameplay.
cRPG Veteran Readership
As a rule, the blog on cRPG reviews goes into great depth on the best cRPGs of all-time; that is, those which are valued by the cRPG connoisseur, tactics aficionado and champion of resource management: cRPG veterans that have two or three decades of genre experience under their belt.
My formal commentary acknowledges the existence of no other gamer, only the veteran. Casual and mainstream gamers will not be able to understand the meaning of my words let alone relate to anything I write.
Written in King's English, the cRPG blog consists of connoisseur-level cRPG criticism and commentary.
My general commentary is not about discovering new things but rather refinement and reinforcement of what I already know as well as the celebration of my generation's supreme gaming era. I'm not going to weaken what wit remains to me by branching out or leveling down.
If you need proof that my treatment range of gaming is supreme, consider how many of the games are either seminal, destroyed what came before and remained superior to what came after. Also consider how they rendered certain classic genre redundant, and then consider how their legend grows as each decade goes by.
Lastly, consider how many current gen developers attempt to remake many of the best games in my treatment range: since they can't match let alone beat them with their own creations, they try to make the classic better by including features that pander to casuals who lack gaming pedigree, aptitude and aesthetic taste: achievements, story-mode and shaders that plasticize pixel graphics.
As such, all they end up with is a modern-day ape-caricature of the austere original. What an embarrassment, they have no shame, disgraceful.
cf. Reddit RPG Game Remakes for more info on this most-odious phenomenon.
cRPG Types
Pure cRPGs are isometric, turn-based, non-linear, open-ended and reactive. The are usually ambitious and make a concerted effort to simulate tabletop RPGs. Since they require actual human thought and a degree of literacy to play, pure cRPGs are not popular. If mentioned by mainstream commentary at all, it is usually a cheap trick to score credibility points with cRPG veterans. However, only fools are taken in by token acknowledgements made by day-laboring hacks of mainstream computer game journalism.
Along with pure cRPGs tactics cRPGs represent a facet of refined gaming. But while the best of pure cRPGs are occasionally mentioned by the above-mentioned charlatans, the best tactics ones go by almost wholly ignored. Tactics cRPGs often feature turn-based combat, isometric perspective and robust systems design. Of all cRPGs, they have the best gameplay. In short, tactics cRPGs tend to be made by gamers, for gamers.
As a rule, General cRPGs do everything pretty well and appeal to a vast audience, but they don't water themselves down (too much) in order to do so. The quintessential example is Baldur's Gate.
Casual RPG Games can be played by absolutely anyone, which is a bad thing. Pandering to the lowliest "gamers" conceivable, casual RPG Games are easy to get into and quick to beat. No gaming aptitude or pedigree is required to play casual RPG games. Advertised as deep and immersive by publishers and hack-journos, casual RPG Games are in actuality as shallow as puddles. Suffice it to say that casual RPG Games are absolute stinkers unworthy of cRPG-hood. Morrowind is a prime example.
Action RPGs receive their designation due to placing too much emphasis on the twitch skills of the player (e.g., FPS skills). Almost without exception, action RPGs commonly come out as casual games. Action RPGs include first-person games such as Deus Ex as well as hack n slash games such as Diablo 2.
Overall, a game-type that has cRPG appended is respectable whereas "RPG Game" is a mocking.
Note: I have since added some non-cRPGs to the above table. Mainly because I don't want to limit myself to what I perceive to be a disappointing genre. But since genre-type is clearly indicated in the table readers should have no trouble finding what they want to read about.
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