DOS Games Released in 1990
Any titles that have a link take you to a page dedicated to that particular game with manuals, copy protection details, advice on how to get the game running and more.
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1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Typical Gaming System
An 80386DX-20 with 2 MB of RAM is perfect for games like Wing Commander, but most games released this year will run just great on a 12 MHz 80286 with 640 KB. MCGA or VGA graphics standards are preferred to get the most out of these games. EGA graphics is still supported by most though. For audio, a General MIDI solution is ideal for music, or Roland MT-32 still almost universally supported. For effects, a Sound Blaster Pro is great, but Ad Lib and Tandy are still accepted. Some support for Advanced Gravis.
The Games
 4D Sports Driving (Mindscape) |
 Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate (Electronic Arts) |
 Battletech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge (Infocom) |
 Castlevania (Konami) |
 Centurion: Defender of Rome (Electronic Arts) |
 Champions of Krynn (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) |
 Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars (Apogee) |
 Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail (Sierra On-Line) |
 Covert Action [Sid Meier's] (MicroProse) |
 Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Domark) |
 F-29 Retaliator (Ocean Software) |
 Hard Drivin' (Domark) |
 Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road (Virgin Interactive) |
 Jetfighter II: Advanced Tactical Fighter (Velocity) |
 King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (Sierra On-Line) |
 Knights of the Sky (MicroProse) |
 LHX Attack Chopper (Electronic Arts) |
 Links: The Challenge of Golf (Access Software) |
 Loom (Lucasfilm Games) |
 MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy (Paragon Software) |
 Midwinter (MicroProse) |
 PGA Tour Golf (Electronic Arts) |
 Prince of Persia (Brøderbund Software, 1990) |
 Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire (Sierra On-Line) |
 Railroad Tycoon, Sid Meier's (MicroProse) |
 Red Baron (Dynamix) |
 Rick Dangerous 2 (Microstyle) |
 Rise of the Dragon (Sierra On-Line) |
 Secret of Monkey Island, The (Lucasfilm Games) |
 Secret of the Silver Blades (Strategic Simulations) |
 Stormovik: SU-25 Soviet Attack Fighter (Electronic Arts) |
 Stunts (Brøderbund Software) |
 Test Drive 3: The Passion (Electronic Arts) |
 Ultima VI: The False Prophet (ORIGIN Systems) |
 Wing Commander (Origin Systems) |