I’ve been counting down there top ten games of each year of the first decade of the IBM PC’s life. This time on Al’s Geek Lab, it’s 1986’s turn. Do you agree with my choices?!
Month: May 2020
IBM PC – The first games ’81-’91: Part 6 (1986)
Continuing on our epic journey of the top ten games of the first decade of PC games, here’s the sixth installment. 1986!
Although there were many more titles to choose from this year compared with the last 5 years, the gaming potential of many other platforms (including consoles) that were introduced around this time, made the IBM PC and compatibles seem outdated. CGA and it’s 4 colours were still being used, despite the more ‘palateable’ EGA 16 colour display being widely available.
IBM PC – The first games’81-’91: Part 5 (1985)
1985 was a lot harder than 1981-1984 to review. Many great titles came out in this year. The attack of the PC clones ensured that affordable computers were around to say, and that gaming was definitely on its way. Here’s my top 10 DOS games of 1985. Do you agree?
IBM PC – The first games ’81-’91: Part 4 (1984)
Games just kept getting better on the IBM PC. By 1984, some top arcade classics get porting treatment as well as some novel firsts. Some really substantial long-playing games feature too. NB, Although Kings Quest was released in 1984, I’m including it in 1985, as the full EGA and MS-DOS version was released around then.