The Top 100 MS DOS Games! How Many Did You Play?

Microsoft MS-DOS powered most IBM-PCs from from the early 80s right to the late 90s. For those of us who grew up as gamers with an IBM-PC in the household - we had a lot of games to play! Gaming on the PC didn't really start picking up until the mid-to-late 80s; up until then, PC gaming was pretty minor - with most of the few games available being ports from other more popular home computer systems (like the Amiga). Still, by the early-to-mid 90s, MS-DOS was the prominent home computer platform - and became the lead (and exclusive) platform to many titles! It was not always easy; experienced gamers remember the headaches such as creating boot disks and juggling drivers just to have enough memory to run a game. And yes, we occasionally looked over jealously at our console cousins who just had to pop a game in their console and hit the power button. But we persevered - and many, many gaming memories are permanently implanted in our brains. In this video, we take a look at the Top 100 MS-DOS games - sorted by critic review score - as collected by gaming website Mobygames. This list being ordered by a critic-based score will be bound to have some oddities a part of it. For example sports games tend to rate highly on critical scores lists; also there are some notable omissions that I feel should have been there (Dune 2? Master of Magic? Come on....) This list also heavily skews to releases from the mid-to-late 90s. This sort of makes sense as PC developers were getting better every year (and the 80s titles were probably better known on other more popular home computers); also, there weren't as many gaming review outlets around at the time, probably leading to fewer critic scores and omission on this list. Still, it's an interesting list regardless - and if you're an MS-DOS gamer, you're bound to find quite a few that you probably remember and loved... 100 - Silent Service II 099 - NBA Live 95 098 - Kings Quest VI: Heir Today Gone Tomorrow 097 - Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon 096 - Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Circle of Blood 095 - Heroes of Might and Magic II - The Succession Wars 094 - Toonstruck 093 - Theme Park 092 - Ecstatica 091 - Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers 090 - Descent II 089 - Lands of Lore - The Throne of Chaos 088 - The Legend of Kyrandia Book 2: The Hand of Fate 087 - Lands of Lore: Guardian of Destiny 086 - PGA Tour Golf 085 - On The Ball World Cup Edition 084 - Wing Commander 083 - F-16 Combat Pilot 082 - Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe 081 - Indycar Racing 080 - Mortal Kombat II 079 - Epic Pinball 078 - NHL 95 077 - NASCAR Racing 076 - Their Finest Hour: Battle of Britain 075 - NHL '97 074 - The Settlers/Serf City: Life is Feudal 073 - Fantasy General 072 - Little Big Adventure/Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure 071 - M1 Tank Platoon 070 - Aces of the Pacific 069 - Links: The Challenge of Golf 068 - Starflight 067 - Descent 066 - Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra 065 - Sid Meier's Pirates 064 - On The Ball 063 - Jazz Jackrabbit 062 - Archimedian Dynasty 061 - Fallout 060 - NHL Hockey 059 - Wing Commander II - Vengeance of the Kilrathi 058 - Transport Tycoon 057 - Panzer General 056 - Sam & Max Hit the Road 055 - Syndicate 054 - Doom II: Hell on Earth 053 - Abe's Oddworld Oddysee 052 - Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero 051 - Jagged Alliance 050 - Lemmings 2: The Tribes 049 - Battle Isle 2 048 - SimEarth: The Living Planet 047 - Command & Conquer 046 - Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow 045 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 044 - Apache Longbow 043 - Mechwarrior 2 - 31st Centrury Combat 042 - Magic Carpet 2 - The Netherworlds 041 - Falcon 3.0 040 - Wolfenstein 3D 039 - Ultima V - Warriors of Destiny 038 - Star Wars Dark Forces 037 - Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsun's Odyssey 036 - Dungeon Keeper 035 - Beast Within, The - A Gabriel Knight Mystery 034 - Star Wars: X-Wing 033 - Wing Commander IV The Price of Freedom 032 - NBA Live 97 031 - X-Com UFO Defense 030 - Alien Carnage/Halloween Harry 029 - MDK 028 - Quake 027 - The Secret of Monkey Island 026 - Tomb Raider 025 - System Shock 024 - Links LS: Legends in Sports - 1997 Edition 023 - Sid Meier's Civilization 022 - Star Wars: TIE Fighter 021 - EF 2000 020 - Strike Commander 019 - Warcraft II - Tides of Darkness 018 - Out of this World 017 - Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon 016 - Grand Prix II 015 - Doom 014 - Duke Nukem 3D 013 - Wing Commander III- Heart of the Tiger 012 - Magic Carpet 011 - Ultima VI: The False Prophet 010 - FIFA Soccer '96 009 - Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD ROM 008 - SimCity 2000 007 - Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 006 - Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 005 - Ultima Underworld II: The Labyrinth of Worlds 004 - Links 386 Pro 003 - Command and Conquer: Red Alert 002 - Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss 001 - Day of the Tentacle