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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

MS-DOS - Released - December 14, 1990

Billy "Commander Keen" Blaze, an eight-year-old genius, has flied to Mars in his Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket build out of common household objects. But while Keen was exploring Mars, the alien Vorticons stole vital parts from his ship and hid them in the Martian cities. Now Keen must find the stolen parts if he wants to return to Earth. Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is the first in a series of platform games. Your objective is to find the 4 missing parts to your ship. The game begins with a top-down map of Mars. This is the level select screen, where you can walk around and choose...

Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle

MS-DOS - Released - December 15, 1991

Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle is a platform game, the fourth in the Commander Keen series as a whole, and the first in the second series Goodbye, Galaxy. Eight-year-old genius Billy "Commander Keen" Blaze receives an interstellar transmission while working on a Photachyon Transceiver (a radio that can receive signals anywhere in the galaxy). While the transmission is choppy, Billy manages to figure out that the galaxy is once again in danger from an alien race known as Shikadi. In order to get more information about this threat, he sets out to consult the Oracle. But it turns out...

Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!

MS-DOS - Released - 1991

Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! is a platform game, the sixth in the Commander Keen series as a whole. Molly, the babysitter of Billy "Commander Keen" Blaze (an eight-year-old genius) has been kidnapped by the Bloogs from the planet Fribbulus Xax, for purely gastronomical purposes. Keen must set out to Fribbulus Xax to save her! The game begins with a top-down map of the Fribbulus Xax. This is the level select screen, where Billy can walk around and the player can choose the next level they want to enter; however, some places on the map require the player to find specific...

DOOM

3DO Interactive Multiplayer - Released - April 26, 1996

The Union Aerospace Corporation has been experimenting with teleportation technology on Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos. After early successes, something goes wrong. It seems the scientists have opened a gateway straight to Hell. Phobos base is overrun with demonic creatures, and the whole of Deimos simply vanishes. A squad of marines is sent to Phobos, but all except one are quickly slaughtered. It falls to the surviving marine to grab some guns and strike back at the demons.

DOOM II

Windows - Released - 1995

DOOM II: Hell on Earth is a first-person shooter video game, the second title of id Software's Doom franchise. It was originally released for MS-DOS computers in 1994 and Macintosh computers in 1995. Unlike DOOM, which was initially only available through shareware and mail order, DOOM II was a commercial release sold in stores. Master Levels for DOOM II, an expansion pack that includes 21 new levels, was released on December 26, 1995 by id Software. DOOM II was not dramatically different from its predecessor. There were no major technological developments, graphical improvements, or...

Doom II

Apple Mac OS - Released - June 27, 1995

In this sequel to the original DOOM, the protagonist is still the same hero - the last remaining space marine. After having single-handedly saved Mars from demonic threat, he returns to Earth, only to find out that the demons have already invaded it, killed most of its inhabitants or possessed them. It's his task to bring down the force field around the last operational star port to allow the remnants of mankind to escape to the stars. DOOM II looks and plays very similarly to its predecessor, utilizing the same 3D graphical engine with 2D sprites for enemies. The gameplay once again...

DOOM VFR

Windows - Released - December 1, 2017

DOOM VFR brings the fast-paced, brutal gameplay fans of the series love to virtual reality. Play as a cybernetic survivor who is activated by the UAC to fight the demon invasion, maintain order, and prevent catastrophic failure at the Mars facility.

DOOM: Collector's Edition

Windows - September 25, 2001

This collector's edition is a compilation of the following titles: Doom II: Hell on Earth Final DOOM The Ultimate DOOM It also includes a trailer, screenshots and other information about DOOM³.

DOOM: Jaguar Levels

Sega 32X - Homebrew

takes the original 32X Doom and adds in all the previously missing levels from the Atari Jaguar version of Doom as well as the BFG 9000 weapon. To check out the new levels ported from the Jaguar version of Doom just select Level 16 from the title menu and enjoy! It fixes the two biggest issues with the game, adding in the 7 missing levels from the Atari Jaguar version and the previously absent BFG 9000 weapon, but it still has all the other more minor issues that the 32X port of Doom is known for. It still runs in a bordered screen and still has some graphical glitches like the sprites...

Final DOOM

MS-DOS - Released - May 31, 1996

Final DOOM is the last ID-Tech 1 Doom game. It includes two separate 32 level episodes: TNT: Evilution and the Plutonia Experiment. Neither episode was made by ID Software themselves, but rather by two groups of individuals hired by ID; Team TNT (hence why Evilution has "TNT" in front of it and it's Iwad is named "TNT.wad") and the Casali brothers. Game play in both is completely identical to DOOM 2, right down to the level progression (i.e. 30 levels and two secret levels). Other than the new levels, the only new things over DOOM 2 are new stories (both of which appear to directly...

Master Levels for DOOM II

MS-DOS - DLC - June 1, 1995

Compiled by iD Software in response to various commercial DOOM wad collections like D!Zone, the Master Levels for DOOM II was intended to be the largest mega-collection of additional Doom maps (the "Maximum Doom" collection), plus twenty new official maps (the "Master Levels"). The "Master Levels" are twenty stand-alone maps from independent level designers commissioned by iD. There is no overall campaign or an attempt to tie the levels together, though some of the levels from the same designer do have a connected story of their own. "Maximum Doom" is a collection of 201 .wads (map packs...

PARAGON

MS-DOS - Released - 1991

PARAGON is an Arcade/Puzzle game where your goal is to guide a bouncing ball through a maze collecting treasures and avoiding obstacles. Your ball moves back and forth on wires until you release it, at which point it bounces around the maze until it hits another wire. It has a limited number of "hit points" so you must time your releases to steer the ball over treasures while avoiding laser cannons and evil black "zombie" balls. Once you have obtained the correct numbers and types of treasures, an exit opens which takes you to the next of the 20 mazes.

Rescue Rover

MS-DOS - Released - 1991

Rover, your favourite pet dog, has been dog-napped by evil robots, and it's up to you to save your pup before something terrible happens. Explore 30 levels of mind-bending puzzles to solve and deadly robots to destroy.

Rescue Rover 2

MS-DOS - Released - 1991

Aliens have mistaken your dog Rusty for Earth's leader and sent evil robots to kidnap him. Now you must free him from a variety of doggie prisons in this puzzle game. Dognapped consists of a series of rooms containing forcefields, traps, robots and obstacles which you move through with precisely timed steps and the clever use of objects. You must carefully plan how to push crates and balls in front of robots to block their line of sight or make a bridge over water hazards. Once you've reached your dog, you then have to lead him back to the exit without anything happening to either of you.

Shadow Knights

MS-DOS - Released - 1990

As a ninja with a mission to "redeem Naipusan, the once peaceful land that was destroyed by the northern armies", you have to defeat the evil Shogun of Death. Shadow Knights is a platform game where you try to complete several levels, such as a village, a cemetery or a castle, before confronting the final boss. On each level, you'll encounter a lot of enemies - initially dogs and ninjas with clubs and bows, but more types of enemies appear later. To defeat them, you can slash at them with your sword. However, your ninja also has magic powers. He can spend this magical energy to toss...

Spear of Destiny

MS-DOS - Released - September 18, 1992

It's World War II and you are B.J. Blazkowicz, the Allies' most valuable agent. In the midst of the German Blitzkrieg, the Spear that pierced the side of Christ is taken from Versailles by the Nazis and secured in the impregnable Castle Wolfenstein. According to legend, no man can be defeated when he has the Spear. Hitler believes himself to be invincible with the power of the Spear as his brutal army sweeps across Europe. Your mission is to infiltrate the heavily guarded Nazi stronghold and recapture the Spear from an already unbalanced Hitler. The loss of his most coveted weapon could...

The Ultimate Doom

Apple Mac OS - Released - 1995

Demons from Hell have overrun the planet, and you are the brave space marine who is forced to defeat them and send them back to where they came from. Ultimate DOOM is a full copy of DOOM with an additional fourth episode, titled Thy Flesh Consumed, which offers nine levels of more demon-slaying and bigger challenges.

The Ultimate DOOM

MS-DOS - Released - 1995

The Ultimate Doom is an expanded version of Doom released in 1995, that adds a fourth nine-level episode to the game, called Thy Flesh Consumed. As demons further invade the planet, the brave space marine continues his fight with the monstrous horde to send them back to Hell!

Wolfenstein 3D

Acorn Archimedes - Released - 1994

Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter and a follow-up to Castle Wolfenstein. There are six episodes and each episode has nine levels (eight regular and a final boss level), plus a secret level activated by an hidden switch somewhere in the eight first levels. Regular levels often feature a maze-like appearance or large areas with many enemies where the player must reach the exit elevator. To do so, he must kill the enemies and, depending on the level, activate "push walls" and/or get silver and gold keys to open certain doors. Many objects can be found in a level, such as medikits,...

Wolfenstein 3D

Apple Mac OS - Released - 1995

This release of Wolfenstein 3D includes 90 levels: The 30 levels of the SNES/Jaguar version (called the "Second Encounter" on the Macintosh, the "Original Encounter" on the 3DO and Apple IIgs). The 60 levels of the original PC version (called the "Third Encounter" on the Macintosh). The two Macintosh "Encounter" versions had been previously available on their own via mail order.

Wolfenstein 3D

MS-DOS - Released - May 5, 1992

Wolfenstein 3D is an episodic first-person shooter and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein. The game puts the player in the boots of B.J. Blazkowicz, an allied spy. There are six episodes: the first distributed complete as shareware; the second and the third available after registration; and the three final missions (which happen before the events of the first episode) available in the Nocturnal Missions pack. In the first episode (Escape from Wolfenstein), B.J. is captured, but overpowers a guard with the help of a concealed knife and manages to get out of his...

Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny

Sega 32X - Homebrew - February 9, 2009