35 MS-DOS games released in 1988 - in under 8 minutes

Hello and welcome to the seventh episode of evolution of MS-DOS gaming.
We are in the year of 1988 now.
EGA graphics was a standard by 1988 and some of the games started using Adlib, or Roland sound capabilities instead of just 1 channel PC speaker.
And there were a lot of good games released in 1988 for MS-DOS. Games like Bubble Bobble, Operation Wolf, Police Quest 2, Zak McKracken, Might & Magic 2... and lots more.
So many more in fact, that this is the first episode we are covering more than 20 games that were released for MS-DOS during the year.
Have fun and let us know in the comments if you think of any games we might have missed.

[@drg5352]

Good old Wizardry... Sticking with the wireframes when everyone else has EGA or even VGA graphics.

[@Nangleator22]

We had some imagination then... to enjoy those games.

[@retrononame]

True :)

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

games were only for video game nerds

[@Nangleator22]

@@Avrelivs_Gold The super-crude flight simulators of the day got me to take flying lessons, and I got my license. Some of the learning from the software really helped learn the real thing.

[@JasperTedVidalTale]

The title screen music of captain blood is superior than the thomson to8 version

[@pablo_p_art]

Golden age of Sierra On-Line, MicroProse, CodeMasters, Accolade, SSI and other, now non-existent, game studios!

[@steveelliott7777]

Would love to see some top 50s for the Atari ST or Amiga.

[@retrononame]

I'm planning to cover Amiga and ST soon ;)

[@chainreaction8977]

Damn I'm old...

[@retrononame]

Aren't we all? :)

[@tofik5939]

👍👍

[@Edgel-in6bs]

Graphics generally inferior to amiga, but everything runs smoother. Is that your emulation settings or an original PC (nb great vid as ever)

[@retrononame]

I use DosBOX emulator to record the gameplay.

[@lurkerrekrul]

With the exception of Bubble Bobble, I'd rather play the C64 and Amiga versions of the games that were available for those systems, just to have better sound.

[@obregr]

a prehistproc 2 si kdaj igral?

[@retrononame]

Sem. Ampak Prehistorik 2 je izšel šele v začetku 90-ih (91 ali morda 92 - ne vem na pamet), tako da tukaj še ni prišel na vrsto (ta video predstavlja zgolj igre iz leta 1988).

[@obregr]

Saj jast tud ne sam dobra igrica ni kej,upam da nisi hud ,ker nisem bil ziher in kaj trenutno igraš? @@retrononame

[@retrononame]

Ah, zakaj neki bi bil hud? Saj samo debato mečemo :) Trenutno ne igram kaj dosti, ker sodelujem pri enem retro igričarskem projektu. Samo ne morem še kaj več povedat. Čez kak mesec pa kaj več o tem :) Tako da trenutno bolj igram tiste zadeve kar pač rabim za delat te video posnetke (naslednji je spet Spectrum vs. Amstrad recimo).

[@obregr]

ko boš kaj več lako ,povej,sicer pa popzdtav od gregorja iz Logatca@@retrononame

[@MephProduction]

haha wizardry looking really out dated. I spent hours on Grand prix,

[@retrononame]

Me too. GPC was one of my favourites in 1991 when I got my first PC. Even though VGA was basically standard by then and GPC uses only 16 color EGA, the gameplay was great and I drove around circuits for countless hours back then.