DOS Games Released in 1997

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.

Here is a shortcut to each year:

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Typical Gaming System

For fast-moving graphics games, you should run a Pentium 100 as a minimum, and really 8 MB RAM minimum, but I'd go for 16 MB and a Pentium 133 or get a Super Socket 7 board and run an AMD K6. Graphics cards are a huge deal these days, so choose carefully! nVidia Riva 128 is a solid choice. For audio, we're well into Windows audio by 1997, so General MIDI it is, though you can opt for a Sound Blaster AWE64 or another wavetable synth option (of which there are plenty that are better).

The Games

Age of Empires (Microsoft)*	Blade Runner (Westwood Studios)*	Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror (Virgin Interactive)
Carmageddon (Interplay)*	Curse of Monkey Island (LucasArts)	Fallout (InterPlay)
Grand Theft Auto (BMG Interactive)	Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny (Virgin Interactive)	MDK (Interplay, 1997)
Need for Speed II / SE (Electronic Arts)	Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (GT Interactive)	Quake II (id Software)
Star Trek: Generations (MicroProse)	Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (LucasArts)	Star Wars: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter (LucasArts)
Tomb Raider II (Eidos Interactive)	Worms 2 (MicroProse)