Angel Nieto Pole 500

the 500cc championship racer keeps its attention on motorcycle Grand Prix weekends, with practice, qualifying, and races forming the main routine. The bike setup options and head-to-head play make it a more deliberate ride than a simple sprint to the flag.

BMX Simulator

the top-down BMX time trial uses seven overhead courses full of ramps, bumps, and tight corners, while the clock matters more than finishing ahead of the computer rider. Its slow-motion replay is an appealing excuse to revisit a bad landing or compare a cleaner route with a second player.

Bump ‘N’ Burn

the weapon-heavy cartoon racer fills its races with distinct drivers, vehicle-specific handling, oil slicks, and homing missiles. The lively premise sounds best suited to split-screen sessions where shortcuts and last-lap attacks can settle an argument quickly.

Combo Racer

the sidecar challenge makes sidecar racing its hook, pairing qualifying attempts with races where crashes reduce top speed. An overhead position map and a track editor give the proceedings a useful competitive edge, especially when testing a homemade circuit against someone else.

Crazy Cars

the cross-country supercar dash sends a Porsche, then faster unlocked cars, through American roads crowded with traffic, barriers, and rough patches. The basic bargain is wonderfully direct: keep the speed up, avoid the mess ahead, and beat the stage timer.

Desert Racing of BarDos

the alien desert combat racer is presented as a season of weaponized races across dunes and canyons, with prize money feeding engine, armor, and armament upgrades. The combination of vehicle combat and split-screen duels gives the desert setting the right unruly character.

Dodge ‘Em

the dot-collecting circuit remake covers a remake rather than the original arcade game, retaining the rectangular track, lane changes, oncoming cars, and dots to clear. Put its fixed-route pressure beside a traffic-dodging racer from this batch: which one creates the nastier last-second trap?

Drivin’ Force

the Power Drift-style world circuit offers pseudo-3D racing with a camera that follows the car through turns, plus joystick and mouse control choices. Formula cars, buggies, and trucks are spread across knockout, league, and quick-play events, so a favorite vehicle class can be taken straight to the track.

Egyptian Run

the pyramid-dodging jeep run strips the desert race down to left-right steering as a jeep accelerates toward formations of pyramids. Its escalating speed invites a straightforward comparison with Dodge 'Em: do you prefer planning a lane change or reacting to a rapidly closing obstacle?

Which of these would you put on for a two-player evening: BMX Simulator’s timed laps, Bump ’N’ Burn’s weapons, or Desert Racing of BarDos’s armed dune battles?

_Access

the terminal-bound demo hunt turns a search for a lost adventure-game demo into a compact pseudohacking puzzle. Telnet-style commands, timed breaches, and IRC exchanges give the game a knowingly playful computer-culture tone.

10six Online

the mining struggle on Visitor centers on extracting Transnium, defending camps, and coordinating with Mining Defense Networks in an always-running online world. The appeal lies in the pressure between expanding production and leaving more targets for rivals to raid.

1193 Anno Domini: Merchants and Crusader

the medieval merchant contest sends rival traders across 98 towns, with 36 goods and production facilities feeding the commercial race. Bandits, weather, plague, taxes, and church duties ensure that a profitable caravan is never merely a matter of buying low and selling high.

18 Wheels of Steel: Across America

the original coast-to-coast haul combines delivery contracts with fleet growth across a map covering the contiguous United States. Fuel, damage, fatigue, weather, and police patrols make the choice between a fast route and a careful one a regular concern.

18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul

the Canada-to-Mexico freight run begins with one rig and grows into a company built around hired drivers, cargo condition, and contract selection. Its 45 cargo types include frozen goods and mobile homes, giving the road network a broad set of jobs to work through.

18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy

the stripped-back fleet builder keeps the series focused on contracts, running costs, repairs, and incremental fleet expansion. Its refreshed interface is worth comparing with the earlier and later trucking entries here: which menu layout makes the daily dispatch routine easiest to live with?

18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker

the severe-route delivery game trades company management for mission-based hauls through Alaska, Australia, and the Andes. Points unlock new scenarios, while time and collision damage reduce a run’s reward, so a clean finish matters as much as simply arriving.

18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin’

the owner-operator climb moves from solo driving into fleet management, including the option to assign or lease drivers. With more than 40 cities in the United States and Canada, it makes a good comparison point for how the series handles expansion beyond the cab.

18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal

the three-stage trucking career starts players as company drivers, then opens Owner Operator and Company Boss roles after earnings grow. Cargo deadlines, road hazards, and the USA–Mexico–Canada map put the career ladder under constant pressure.

1914: Shells of Fury

the First World War U-boat command offers German submarine patrols with adjustable realism, four U-boat classes, campaigns, standalone missions, and scenario tools. Plotting on the strategic map before shifting to the periscope captures the deliberate rhythm of early submarine combat.

Which sounds more inviting for a return visit: building a freight company one contract at a time, or managing risk in the merchant, mining, hacking, and U-boat simulations?

Chimera

In this hostile alien-ship puzzle, an empty spacecraft becomes a maze of lethal objects, dwindling food and water, and a four-stage self-destruct sequence. The isometric rooms make careful mapping essential, while status messages can expose the clue that keeps the next experiment from becoming another fatal run. It is stern stuff, but the clear mission gives every discovered route real momentum.

Cluedo

In this computerized mansion mystery, the familiar business of moving between rooms, making suggestions, and crossing off cards is kept intact. Five computer opponents fill out the table, and the notes feature supports the slow accumulation of evidence. Dice rolls and secret passages still decide how quickly you can test a theory, just as they should.

Countdown

In this Countdown conversion, two players alternate choosing letters, chase the longest word against a 30-second clock, then tackle number targets and a final conundrum. The limited dictionary may challenge an unusual answer, and there is no computer opponent waiting for a solo round. Which is tougher at your table: finding the nine-letter word or landing exactly on the target?

Double Dare

In this Double Dare adaptation, a multiple-choice question can lead either to an answer or to a dare, with toss-up events, physical challenges, and an obstacle-course finale breaking up the quiz rounds. Bright colours, host clips, and crowd noise aim for the boisterous studio mood. Would you take the question or gamble on the dare when the score is tight?

Gatecrasher

In this barrel-routing maze, every barrel drop must be traced through tunnels and directional gates before it reaches one of nine boxes. Twenty barrels are all you get, and placing two in the same box removes both, so an apparently successful drop can do real damage. Later boards switch to number sorting and repeated sequences rather than merely demanding more boxes.

Guardians

In this Triffid containment puzzle, matching coloured blocks creates permanent cohesions, while loose blocks disappear when the energy-ball Triffids hit them. The ability to reposition pieces and draw from a reservoir gives a cluttered board a chance of recovery, but the clock and score target do not allow much leisurely rearranging. Flexible blocks that join with any colour are the pieces to save for an awkward wall.

Lode Runner

In this gold-running platform puzzle, each screen asks you to collect every gold bar while robotic guards patrol ladders, ropes, and breakable floors. Digging a hole can trap a pursuer or leave the runner stranded, making timing as important as route planning. The 150-screen run and built-in level editor make a strong case for comparing a favourite official layout with a deliberately cruel homemade one.

Marble Madness Construction Set

In this marble-course construction set, the familiar race through ramps, drops, enemies, and oil slicks is paired with tools for laying out new courses. Angled ramps, bonuses, and patrolling hazards can be placed, tested, and saved as level blocks. What makes a better custom course here: a clean line that rewards speed, or one nasty corner that ruins overconfidence?

Of these CPC puzzle styles, which would you return to first: drawing a map for the alien ship, keeping deduction notes, or building a marble course designed to catch out a friend?

Alien Logic

Alien Logic’s Isho spellcraft pairs side-scrolling travel through Jorune with real-time fights on the same screen. Crystals permanently raise attributes, while prepared dysha sequences ask you to decide on offensive or defensive magic before trouble arrives.

Capture the Flag

the fog-of-war flag hunt turns each move into a choice between fast, exposed running and slower crawling. Captured units go to prison and can be rescued, so compare whether a direct flag rush or a prisoner raid sounds like the better opening.

DND

this 3×3 ASCII dungeon crawl begins with rolled attributes, a choice of Cleric, Fighter, or Magician, and a visit to the store. Five multi-level dungeons pack in traps, teleporters, altars, fountains, dragon lairs, and permanent death without saving.

Flash Attack

the tank duel in Flash Attack makes fuel, shells, mines, walls, and three ICBMs finite resources across a five-tank match. Hidden mines and walls that can imitate bases give the coordinate-based missile firing plenty of room for bluffing.

Heroes of Might and Magic

the first Heroes of Might and Magic sends four hero classes across a top-down map for mines, artifacts, camps, and enemy castles. Castle construction unlocks armies, then close-up hex battles put creature stacks and spells to work.

Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars

The Succession Wars’ six factions expands the castle roster to Knight, Sorceress, Wizard, Barbarian, Necromancer, and Warlock. Its larger battlefields use spell points for casting, while maps support anything from two-player contests to six-way conflicts.

Ignition

Ignition’s overhead races puts Beetles, police cruisers, school buses, and trucks on tracks with hazards and risky shortcuts. Practice, single races, and a three-level championship sit alongside local or network multiplayer with vertical split-screen.

Maths and English with Rayman: Volume 3

Rayman’s tougher Volume 3 exercises wraps maths and English questions for children eight and up in a 2D side-scrolling format. It uses the same games as Volume 2 with harder questions, so compare it directly with the earlier volume before choosing between them.

Which would you revisit first: plotting an ICBM shot in Flash Attack, building a castle army in Heroes II, or trying to survive one more no-save DND descent?

1914: The Great War

In the World War I hex campaign, Allied and German missions put trenches, artillery, pioneers, and barbed wire at the center of turn-based fights. The rotatable, zoomable battlefield suits careful advances, while permanent casualties and veteran units make a reckless push costly.

7.62

the mercenary hunt sends a hired mercenary after an embezzling Russian magnate in a politically unstable Latin American setting. Real-time combat with pausing, recruitable operatives, and weapon modifications makes each raid depend on positioning, ammunition, and a workable squad.

7th Legion

In the clash for a ruined Earth, the Chosen return to a depleted Earth and meet the descendants of those left behind. Veteran troops gain experience, and unrestricted building placement lets both sides shape their defenses around the terrain.

8th Wonder of the World

Bjarni's settlement campaign follows Bjarni after Northland, with Viking and Egyptian settlements built through interlocking production chains. Its eight missions lean on diplomacy, food, tribute, and logistics rather than simply raising an army.

911 First Responders

the emergency command campaign places firefighters, police, technical crews, and medical teams across hostage incidents, disasters, and rescue operations. Freeplay, a scenario editor, and four-player cooperative sessions make it tempting to compare how different groups divide the citywide workload.

A*M*E*R*I*C*A

the post-Civil War frontier RTS offers Sioux, Mexican, Outlaw, and Settler factions across a long stretch of frontier history. Hunting bison, escorting settlers, building towns, and staging raids give the familiar resource-and-army routine a distinctly western set of scenarios.

Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943

the Kharkov battlefield command frames its two campaigns around the Third Battle of Kharkov, with Soviet mobilization and the German offensive on opposite sides. There is no resource gathering: taking and holding ground against a responsive opponent is the entire argument.

AD&D Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands

the Athas online world used the Wake of the Ravager engine for a persistent Dark Sun adventure of parties, guilds, generated quests, and scheduled staff-run events. Its speech, whisper, and server-wide chat conventions make Caravan Way in Tyr a particularly evocative meeting point; how does that compare with the online role-playing spaces you remember?

Against Rome

the tribal war against Rome lets Teutons, Huns, or Celts oppose Rome through a 24-mission campaign and multiplayer scenarios for up to eight players. Glory points unlock perks, while changing weather and the day-night cycle complicate raids, defenses, and formations.

Age of Alexander

Alexander's smaller-scale campaign makes Alexander an upgradable battlefield commander whose death ends the mission. Individual equipment, weapons claimed from fallen enemies, and settlements that raise the troop cap add texture, even as that cap keeps the battles from becoming enormous.

Which of these would you rather revisit first: the objective-driven Kharkov battles, the emergency dispatch juggling of 911 First Responders, or the hero-risk management of Age of Alexander?

A IV Evolution: A Ressha de Ikou 4

In the PlayStation railway adaptation, city planning unfolds at the same deliberate pace as rail management, with the satisfaction coming from a network gradually taking shape. Its distinctive touch is the chance to ride a train through the city in a 3D polygon view after working from the broader management perspective.

A-Train

the international transport release combines rail and bus routes with land deals, housing development, and stock-market speculation. This edition is presented as the international version of A.IV. Evolution, adding 15 locations and an international train roster while retaining the spectator ride-along view.

A.IV. Evolution (Hatsubai Kinen Gentei Set)

the launch commemorative set pairs the isometric railway-management game with an official mouse, memory card, logo stickers, and matching mousepad. The bundle invites a comparison with ordinary boxed PlayStation releases: which accessory would have changed how you approached a desk-bound simulation?

Aces of the Air

the WWII hangar game keeps its flights centered on dogfights and attacks on ground bases, with guns, bombs, and rockets dividing the jobs. Completing missions adds aircraft whose acceleration, speed, turning, durability, and gun ratings differ from one another.

Addiction Pinball

the two-table pinball package splits its tables between World Rally and Worms, with multiball, video displays, and upper flippers appearing on both playfields. The rally board uses timed lap segments, while the Worms board leans on comic weapon targets and shoot-'em-up sequences.

ADVAN Racing

the ADVAN-branded racer offers 16 cars, exhibition races, an ADVAN GP championship, and one-on-one split-screen competition. Chase and driver-eye cameras frame races across road and rally machinery, while the cockpit view is described as a minimal layout.

Air Management ’96

In the airline boardroom sim, four board members can be assigned to aircraft purchases, airport slots, terminal facilities, or regional publicity. Two eras shape the airline competition, and turn-based play gives route frequency, capacity, and ticket pricing room for careful planning.

Andretti Racing

the NASCAR-and-Indy racer puts NASCAR stockers and Indy cars on 16 tracks, with cockpit, hood, and chase views available. Pit-crew errors and mechanical failures can interrupt a race, while Derek Daly and Bob Jenkins provide commentary during the action.

Aquarium

the aquarium management game begins with empty floor space and builds outward through tanks, creature purchases or catches, staff hiring, and visitor requests. Dolphins can be trained for a show, giving the centre a headline attraction alongside the everyday pressure of cleaning and maintenance.

Astronōka

the alien vegetable contest frames isometric farming around puzzles, strange crops, and the All-Universe Vegetable Competition. Its remote-star-system growers make a sharp contrast with the collection's transport and business sims: would you rather optimize a route map or raise a prize vegetable?

Which of these would hold your attention longest: building a rail network, running an airline or aquarium, tuning a racing line, or preparing crops for the All-Universe Vegetable Competition?

1869

In merchant shipping routes, buying cargo, hiring crews, and scheduling voyages are tied to changing port prices, wages, fees, and the risk of bankruptcy. Random weather, pirate threats, and special contracts give each sea crossing a reason to disrupt an otherwise tidy trade plan.

1990: Die 1993’er Edition

the 1993 edition retains the underlying simulation and interface of 1990 while replacing much of the drawn imagery with digitized photographs and adding in-game music. It is a version for players who want the original structure intact, so put its photographic presentation beside the earlier release and decide which look suits the game better.

500cc Motomanager

With a 500cc racing team, the pre-race work starts with a four-million-dollar budget, 20 riders rated in four attributes, and 14 motorcycles rated for performance and handling traits. Single Track, Championship, and alternating two-player sessions combine rider and machine choices with lap driving, race updates, and repair decisions.

688 Attack Sub

In Cold War submarine stations, ten missions let a commander handle sonar, weapons, navigation, helm, radio, and periscope duties aboard American or Soviet attack submarines. Crew delegation is available when plotting contacts and torpedo solutions becomes too much at once, but the tension remains in identifying and stalking targets.

A Question of Sport

the BBC sports quiz format sets two teams of three against one another across six rounds, including the picture board, What Happened Next?, and a quickfire buzzer finish. Five interchangeable question blocks are on hand, so compare how long your group can keep the competition lively before familiar questions start returning.

A-10 Tank Killer

In the A-10’s tank-hunting sorties, missions center on enemy armor, bridges, roadways, and other ground targets, with automated landing and accelerated time cutting down the quieter stretches. The version 1.5 material adds seven Operation Desert Storm scenarios, while campaign results can carry unfinished targets into later missions.

A-Train

a growing rail network links passenger timetables with freight deliveries, construction, and company-owned businesses as settlements develop around stations. Stock-market dealings, seasonal changes, and maps with different layouts make a tempting case for comparing whether rail income or property development becomes your first priority.

A.G.E.

A.G.E.’s starship cockpit follows Galactic Empire with free-roaming travel through star systems, trading and conversations alongside dogfights and ship power management. Its Conquer the Universe thread involves faction dealings and mission choices, so it is one to compare with other Amiga space sims that favor open-ended flying.

A320 Airbus Vol. 2

European A320 procedures concentrates on entering navigation coordinates, planning fuel reserves, and accounting for weather before departure, with 29 airports and 200 radio beacons across Italy, Spain, Portugal, and the Canary Islands. Duty mode grades a rookie pilot’s landings and fuel use on the way toward chief pilot status, while training mode lets you set the weather yourself.

A320 Airbus: Edition Europa

Western European A320 routes covers roughly 80 airports and puts route planning, onboard-map navigation, scheduled flights, and training exercises at the center of the experience. Takeoffs, approaches, and diversions demand attention even when the autopilot handles part of the cruise, making it a natural counterpart to Vol. 2’s expanded regional map.

Which of these would you rather spend an evening mastering: 688 Attack Sub’s sonar plot, 1869’s trade ledger, or an A320 approach with fuel reserves on the line?

500 cc Grand Prix

500 cc Grand Prix puts the rider behind the bike for circuit racing, with training runs, single races, and a championship route. Its two-player vertical split-screen is an unusual sight on the CPC, while the repeated work of leaning, braking, and finding a clean line gives the races their shape.

ACE 2

ACE 2 air combat takes the quicker, arcade-leaning route to dogfights, with missions built around enemy aircraft rather than cockpit procedure. The source points to hot-seat competition and a split-screen mode; it would be good to hear how those arrangements compare in practice with the original ACE.

Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces missions flies the RAF Mosquito through train attacks, V-1 interceptions, U-boat hunting, and bomber encounters. The first-person presentation and changing mission targets make this a notably direct take on wartime flying, rather than a campaign of elaborate squadron management.

ACE: Air Combat Emulator

ACE: Air Combat Emulator frames its sorties around defending the United States from an invading force, with ground strikes and aerial interceptions sharing the workload. Three remaining aircraft and air bases give the scenario a finite-resource angle, so the choice of when to fly carries more pressure than a standalone dogfight.

Acrojet

Acrojet aerobatics events trades combat for precision flying in ten events involving pylons, ribbons, loops, and awkward landings. Weather settings, four difficulty levels, and up to four players make the BD5J exercises a fine candidate for comparing whose Cuban Eight or flame-out landing holds up best.

Admiral Graf Spee

Admiral Graf Spee campaign is a spare South Atlantic raiding game built around spotting contacts, matching course and speed, and deciding whether a target is worth the fuel and ammunition. Cargo ships tempt the player forward, battleships demand restraint, and Altmark resupply visits can keep a damaged run alive.

Advanced Pinball Simulator

Advanced Pinball Simulator table centres on a magic-themed table with extra flippers, block targets, trapdoors, and extra balls at 10,000 points. Opening a trapdoor for a bonus and then closing it before the ball disappears is exactly the sort of pinball wrinkle that deserves a few score-chasing sessions.

Andy Capp

Andy Capp's cash chase sends the comic-strip loafer through pubs, streets, and betting shops in search of money for Flo, while an alcometer tracks how far the drinking has gone. Talking, giving items, betting, and fighting all sit within the same ticking domestic predicament, making this a particularly oddball simulation of keeping oneself out of trouble.

Biggles

Biggles' two-part adventure joins a biplane dogfight, London rooftop sequence, and side-view assault before moving on to a helicopter mission tied to a password. That jump between arcade stages and the later flight section is a bold structure; which portion feels most at home on the CPC?

Bob’s Full House

Bob's Full House quiz board adapts the television format into a four-player mix of quiz questions and bingo-card completion. Lines and a full board decide the contest, so a local group can settle whether fast recall or a fortunate card is doing most of the work.

Of these CPC simulations and simulation-adjacent games, which one best rewards learning its routines: Acrojet’s stunt courses, Graf Spee’s intercepts, 500 cc Grand Prix’s braking lines, or Advanced Pinball Simulator’s table shots?

50 Mission Crush

In the 50-sortie bomber tour, you command a B-17 and its ten-person crew through missions over France and Germany, with bombing accuracy, enemy aircraft, and crew survival feeding the score. The source describes promotions from Lieutenant to Brigadier General, plus decorations and a Purple Heart for wounds.

Alter Ego

In the branching life tree, a character moves from infancy to old age through seven life phases, with early responses affecting later health, wealth, and happiness. Try contrasting a questionnaire-built personality with a randomly generated one, then see which childhood decisions reshape the adult branches.

Apple Nuclear Power Plant

In the day-by-day reactor desk, each day begins with control-rod and cooling-flow settings before the next report reveals the effect on capacity, maintenance, temperature, and coolant. The tension lies in committing to a setting now and diagnosing its consequences a day later.

At the Gates of Moscow 1941

In the Moscow front campaign, German and Soviet commanders fight from September 1941 to March 1942 at division level, with weather, roads, railways, entrenchments, and fog of war complicating the map. The two shorter scenarios offer a different pace from the full Operation Typhoon campaign; which side would you rather take first?

B-1 Nuclear Bomber

In the text-command bomber sortie, altitude, course, radar, and payload are handled through typed commands while MiGs, surface-to-air missiles, and electronic countermeasures shape the route. Briefings and debriefings frame each flight, including the crew’s fate after the mission.

B-24

In the Ploiești raid command, a top-down view follows the 460th Bombardment Group on raids against Romanian oil targets, with flak, interceptors, and formation movement all in view. You switch among pilot, copilot, navigator, engineer, and bombardier duties while managing the Liberator.

Battle Group

In the 30-turn Western Front battle, British, American, and German platoon-level forces fight Western Front engagements from 1943 to 1945 across a hex map. A battle can end when you choose or run through the standard 30-turn limit, so compare a quick points finish with a prolonged fight for ground.

Battle of Antietam

In the eleven-hour Sharpsburg battle, brigades contest terrain around Sharpsburg across 11 one-hour turns, with victory points tied to objectives and casualties. Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced rules sit alongside five difficulty levels, making it tempting to replay the same field under stricter command limits.

Battlefront

In the six-hour regimental command map, you assign objectives to regiments rather than moving every battalion directly, then see how terrain, supply, command links, morale, and enemy pressure alter the outcome. Crete, Stalingrad, Saipan, and Bastogne provide four sharply different operational settings.

Battles in Normandy

In the eight Normandy operations, corps-level forces race for fixed objectives under turn limits across Omaha, Utah, Sword, Cherbourg, Carentan, Villers-Bocage, Goodwood, and Epsom. Weather, terrain, supply, experience, and morale all sit behind an advance that may look easy on the map.

Which of these Apple II simulations would you revisit first: the delayed reactor reports, a branching lifetime, or a campaign where supply and weather can undo a fine-looking plan?

Battle Bugs

In insect battlefield tactics, pausing the action lets you rearrange an army of ants, beetles, and other bugs before the next clash. The backyard maps turn cookie crumbs, puddles, and grass into terrain worth fighting over, while the campaign keeps changing its objectives.

Blind Justice

shapeshifting identity centers on a runaway genetic experiment whose changing forms uncover fragments of earlier lives. The collision of religious mystery, government pursuit, and form-switching combat is an unusual pitch; which transformation would you want to test first?

Blood & Magic

In mana-driven fantasy battles, Basal Golems produce mana and can be transformed into more formidable forces, keeping the focus on the battlefield rather than a conventional base. Randomly placed magical items and terrain effects give its Forgotten Realms skirmishes a restless edge.

Colony Wars 2492

factory-capture robot warfare puts production facilities directly on the map, so seizing and holding factories matters as much as winning a firefight. Its robot assembly system draws from 27 parts across weapons, chassis, and special modules; would you build a fast scout first or a heavy artillery machine?

Conquest of the New World

In colonial-era empire building, an expedition begins with a ship and grows through settlement, resource management, and dealings with indigenous tribes. The drag-arrow movement system is a distinctive sight in a turn-based strategy game, especially once scouts and soldiers spread across the map.

Conquest of the New World: Deluxe Edition

the customizable colonial campaign expands the earlier game with a scenario editor, map customization, national bonuses, and additional resources. Designing coastlines, rivers, and settlements sounds like the right invitation to compare homemade maps and the nastiest starting positions.

Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

In the escape from Draj, a party of escaped gladiators crosses Athas while gathering allies against the sorcerer-king Tectuktitlay. Four-character parties, psionics, and turn-based combat on the exploration map suit a setting where a desert road can become a tactical problem.

Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager

the siege of Tyr follows former gladiators into Tyr after its liberation, where the Lord Warrior and a rising Dragon threaten the city. Imported heroes can carry forward into a more urban adventure of rebel hideouts, city districts, undead forces, and side routes.

Darklands

medieval Germany by legend sends a four-person party through a 15th-century Holy Roman Empire shaped by folklore, local reputation, alchemy, saints, and monsters. Aging characters and permanent deaths make career choices feel harsh; which background would you risk for a first party?

Which of these DOS games best captures your preferred kind of planning: pausing an insect war, building a custom robot, guiding a colony, or surviving a turn-based RPG fight?