HARD DRIVE
the PC Games page


HARD DRIVE
An assortment of challenging games.




Hello, this page is for all the people who are looking for some nice games.
It should save the time for bothering searching which can be better spent
on an exciting game. : )

DOS Games are listed first on this page, then come Windows games
and finally the shorter "10 minutes" games (DOS and Windows).
DOS games
Windows games
10 minutes games

Some DOS games do not run under newer operation system versions (e.g. MS Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7).
Emulators like Dosbox or VDMSound or Bochs may help.






DOS Games
DOS Games



Betrayal at Krondor - fantasy role playing game, very extensive [10.3 MB].

Bio Menace - jump and shoot [1.59 MB].

Blake Stone (copy) - 3D walk and shoot, extensive, needs 4Mb RAM [1.4 MB].

C-Dogs - shoot and collect, sequel to Cyberdogs [651 KB].

Cash Invaders - shooting waves of little space ships [425 KB].

Catacomb Abyss - 3D Monster shooting, extensive [830 KB].
Tip: To get further you have to shoot at some walls. These vanish at first hit.

Command & Conquer (directly) - build and shoot strategy action, CD ISO images [1.1 GB].

Command & Conquer Red Alert: Allies | Soviets - build and shoot, for DOS run SETUP.EXE and RA.EXE, CD ISO images.

Continuum - 3D walk and find the time machine [4.2 MB].

CyberDogs - nice shoot and collect game. Play it in two player mode with a friend on one keyboard [262 KB].
You work together to clear the levels but you have to hurry or your partner collects all the items
which brings money for better equipment.
Tips: 1. Buy a chainsaw at start. 2. Your partner isn't hurt if you shoot him accidently in the battle.

Descent [2.8 MB] OR part 1 [1.4 MB] and part 2[1.4 MB] - 3D fly and shoot - extensive, needs 4Mb RAM.
[preview, 4k].

Descent II (copy) - 3D fly and shoot, needs 8Mb RAM [4.1 MB], version up patch [513 KB].

Doom (copy) - 3D walk and shoot, needs 4Mb RAM. [2.45 MB]

Duke Nukem 3D [5.8 MB] (copy) OR part a [1.1 MB] part b [1.4 MB] part c [1.4 MB] part d [1.4 MB]
- fast 3D walk and shoot Aliens with nice ideas, extensive, needs 8Mb RAM.
Tip: Don't miss the hidden level just before the end of level 4. When the channel
makes a bend to the right, blow the cracked wall on the left side.


Elder Scrolls 1: Arena - walk and fight role playing game [9 MB] (PDF: Arena on Windows).

Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall - large walk and fight role playing game [156 MB] (PDF: Daggerfall on Windows).

Fire Crow - fly and shoot, ship over top down scrolling landscape [1.58 MB].

Galactix part 1 (293Kb) part 2 (224Kb) - space game. Shoot and collect through the solar system.

Halloween Harry: Alien Carnage - hover, shoot, rescue [2.7 MB].

Heretic (copy) - 3D doom like monster shooting, extensive, needs 4Mb RAM [2.8 MB].

Hexen (copy) - 3D doom like monster shooting, needs 8Mb RAM [5.4 MB].

Lure of the Temptress - quest game [1.3 MB].

MAME - is a game emulator for early arcade games. The game images for it are called ROMs.

Quake (copy) [8.7 MB] OR Quake part 1 [1.4 MB] part 2 [1.4 MB] part 3 [1.4 MB] part 4 [1.4 MB] part 5 [1.4 MB] part 6 [1.4 MB] part 7 [390K]
- 3D walk and shoot, extensive, needs 8Mb RAM.
Notable: GLQuake with Panorama view of 360 degrees and with Fisheye view.
Notable: Textmode Quake - runs under Linux in text mode, needs Quake.

Quake II - 3D walk and shoot [38 MB].

Realms of Chaos - jump and run, press space bar to change between two characters [2.63 MB].

Shadow Warrior: Wanton Destruction [21.8 MB] - 3D walk and shoot expansion pack.
Runs fine when unzipped into the directory with the shareware version of Shadow Warrior [12.7 MB].

SkyRoads - drive and jump on lanes through space [580 KB], Xmas version [586 KB].

System Shock - 3D science fiction run, shoot and fly through cyberspace, needs 8Mb RAM [2.6 MB].

Tapan Kaikki - look from above walk and shoot, excessive, needs 8Mb RAM [1.6 MB].

Terminal Velocity (copy) - 3D fly and shoot, needs 4Mb RAM [3.6 MB].

Tyrian - look from above fly and shoot - good graphics [5.5 MB].

X-COM 1 (altered scenario) - walk and shoot Aliens strategy action, needs 4Mb RAM [1 MB].

Xargon - jump and shoot [ 581 KB].








Windows Games

Windows Games



A second face - quest game [100 MB].

Action Doom 2: Urban Brawl - walk and fight.

Ad2 - fly and shoot [11.3 MB].

An Untitled Story - jump and explore [19.4 MB].

Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (directly) | (copy, directly) - RPG b-ball vidcon [62 MB].

Battle for Wesnoth - recruit and fight [107.7 MB].

Battle of Yavin - 3D space shooter [15 MB].

Battle of Endor - 3D space shooter [16 MB].

Battleships Forever - fly and shoot [12.3 MB].

Beneath a Steel Sky - nice graphical adventure [67 MB], floppy version [7.3 MB], playable with the ScummVM engine.

C-Dogs - shoot and collect. Single Player or two player mode on one keyboard [1.4 MB].

Castle of the Winds - quest game, runs in Windows 3 [680 KB].

Cave Story = Doukutsu Monogatari (Patched) - jump and shoot [990 KB].

Chalk - evade and strike through [3.9 MB].

Civ II Evolution Project - evolve and clash [2.1 MB].

Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn: GDI | Nod - build and shoot, CD ISO images.

Command & Conquer Red Alert: Allies | Soviets - build and shoot, for Windows run Ra95.exe, CD ISO images.

Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun + Firestorm - build and shoot for Windows [1.300MB].

Counterclockwise - fly and shot, manual.

Dark Oberon - multiplayer plastic world build and conquer [15.2 MB].

Dead City - short search and combine quest [10.79 MB].

Derelict (direct) (copy) - 3D command team of five to clear ship of aliens [33.5 MB].

Die Slave - fly and shoot [16.6 MB].

Dink Smallwood (copy) - single character action role playing game [15.4 MB].
Tip: Extensible with D-Mods like Pilgrim's Quest [33.7 MB].

Dread Mac Farlane (directly) - search and combine, nice pirate quest [62.33 MB].

Dread Mac Farlane 2 (directly) - search and combine, pirate quest continuation [21.61 MB].

EndEffector - fly and shoot [71 MB].

Eternal Daughter - jump and shoot [9.2 MB].

Exit Fate (directly) - nice RPG, officer on the run fighting for peace [148.3 MB].

Fedora Spade Episode 1 and 2 [4.1 MB] and Episode 3 [3 MB] - quest game.

Flight of the Amazon Queen - nice graphical adventure [34.8 MB], floppy version [ 6.7 MB], playable with the ScummVM engine.

Flywrench - change color to make it through the obstacles [12 MB].

Freeciv - multiplayer evolve and clash [7 MB].

Gigantic Gear - robots shoot out [5.11 MB].

Glest - build and conquer [53 MB].

Grand Theft Auto GTA I [328 MB] and GTA II [353 MB] - look from above drive and shoot.

Hakaiman - walk and shoot [1.03 MB].

Hidden and Dangerous (copy) - 3D sneak and shoot [277 MB].

Hurrican - jump and shoot [39 MB].

I of the Enemy: Ril'Cerat (directly), optional tutorial extension and manual - rally and conquer [67.28 MB].

I'm O.K. - walk and smash, burn, cut, shoot ... [12.82 MB].

Idinaloq [20.5 MB]
movies optional [23.3 MB] - fly and shoot with 3D backgrounds.

Iji - jump and shoot with storyline, female pixel hero kicks invasive aliens [27.4 MB].

La-Mulana - jump and quest, extensive [6.5 MB].

Last Scenario (directly) - nice and quite extensive RPG, boy plunges into conflict of power hungry cliques [65.2 MB].

Laxius Power 1 (directly) - teenage team does quests, gains experience and saves land, extensive RPG [22.3 MB].
Tip: before you start copy the game fonts like Rm2000.fon into the C:\WINDOWS\FONTS directory.

Laxius Power 2 - play LP 1 first, you can carry over saved end game experience from LP 1 [19.2 MB].

Laxius Power 3 (directly) - play after LP 2, you can use saved end game experience from LP 2 [31 MB].
Tip: Don't get hit by the fire trap in the cellar under the pyramid or the game hangs after the fight with the assassin.

Lost in the nightmare 'Save our souls' (directly) - gloomy interactive story [137.18 MB].

Lure of the Temptress - quest game [3.9 MB], playable with the ScummVM engine.

Missing - quest game [3.1 MB].

Murderer - interactive (very) short story with some twists [17.2 MB].

Nikujin - climb and cut [977 KB].

OpenTTD - planning and building similar to the Transport Tycoon game (Tutorial).

Out of Order - funny quest about beeing transfered to a weird place [8.8 MB].

Punishment - jump [5.5 MB].

Punishment: The Punishing - jump [3.4 MB].

RuneSword II - role playing hack & slash [82 MB].

ShadowFlare - a man and his dog squishes a bunch of monsters, Diablo-like game, part one [91 MB].

Sorades (directly) - build and shoot; game is in German language [47.95 MB].

Spirit Engine - side scrolling party conquers enemies and gains strength.

Spring - build and shoot [12.85 MB].

System Shock 1 Portable - 3D science fiction run, shoot and fly through cyberspace [63 MB].

Tekkyuuman - jump and smash [1 MB].

The Nameless - fly, shoot, collect [16.6 MB].

The Ruins of the Lost Kingdom (directly) - 3D Slash and Flash, menus in japanese [93.15 MB].

Tribes - 3D multiplayer hoverjump and shoot [150 MB].

Tribes 2 - 3D multiplayer hoverjump and shoot [552 MB].

Typhoon 2001 - move and shoot [5.1 MB].

UFO: Alien Invasion - shoot and research, extensive [394 MB].

Vantage Master - sorcerer duell with role playing elements [18.7 MB].

The white chamber - an anime quest of guilt [303 MB].

Warzone 2100 (directly) - build and conquer [25.29 MB].

What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed (manual) - puzzle [71.41 MB].

What makes you tick - nicely drawn search and combine quest [30.68 MB].

Xenon 2000: Project PCF - fly and shoot with nice graphics [14.6 MB].

Zdoom - play Doom on Windows, needs a wad file, like the one in the DOS shareware version [1.44 MB].







In case you don't want to play memory     www.ibiblio.org/ais/games.htm
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10 Minutes Games

            Fast games when there is little time.




Fast games for DOS.   [DOS 10 MINUTES GAMES]

Heroes - roll, roll, roll the ball and grow [2.83 MB].

Little Fighter 1 - kick and punch [490 KB].

PacPc - Pac-Man like game [200 KB].

Pong3k - move and bounce [3 KB].
 +   Pong - 2 obstacles in the middle, in 2 player mode one is on top and the other on bottom of screen [43 KB].
 +   Mortal Pong - 2 paddles, different strength opponents, increasing number of balls in game [331 KB].

Quadnet - shoot balls on a grid before they hit you, move and shoot in different directions [279 KB].

Space Invaders - stop rows of aliens marching down [26 KB].
 +   Invaders 1978 - these aliens get down to business [43 KB].
 +   Cheesy Invaders - space invaders with aliens replaced by various objects [618 KB].
 +   ASCII Invaders - Space Invaders in text mode, beefed up weaponry but no cover [16 KB].

Tetris - [H][J][K][L] [Space] [9 KB].
 +   Nyet - should run on an old boot [15 KB].
 +   Blocks - is Tetris, keypad 5 and 8 rotate, 2 drops. Start at higher level for speed [19 KB].
 +   Super ACiD Block Attack - Tetris with nice music and sound effects [1.2 MB].
 +   Tetripz - Tetris with increasingly weird visual effects [107 KB].
 +   Kentris - two players or play with two hands :) [148 KB].
 +   Beyond Columns - Tetris variation, cycle colors in falling columns to match neighbours [15 KB].

Text Missile Command - destroy the rockets before they hit your cities, in text mode [42 KB].




Fast games for Windows.   [WINDOWS 10 MINUTES GAMES]

Ad Nauseam 2 - move and shoot [1.61 MB].

Adagio - horizontal scrolling fly and shoot [17.6 MB].

Armagetron Advanced - speed and turn [2.5 MB].

AssaultCube - 3D multiplayer run and shoot [18.31 MB].

Blue wish resurrection plus - fly and shoot [40.68 MB].

Bootfighter Windom XP SP-2.NET (direct) - 3D jump and shoot battle of Linux and Windows robots, multiplayer option [60 MB].

ChaseHQ (direct) - 3D drive fast [32.2 MB].

Chromium B.S.U - fly, bump, shoot, none shall pass [1.6 MB].

Cottage of Doom - barricade and shoot [8.45 MB].

Counter-Strike 2D - look from above multiplayer shooting [9.8 MB].

Cyclops - turn and shoot [244 KB].

Dr. Blob's Organism - circle and shoot [23.29 MB].

Duo - move and shoot [8.5 MB].

Echoes - move and rotate [11 MB].

Endless Fire - fly and shoot [3.4 MB].

FateAxis (directly) - 3D kick, slash, punch [42.5 MB].

Extreme Tux Racer - slide and collect [29.93 MB].

GeneRally - mini car racing up to 6 players [1.3 MB].

Giana Worlds - jump and squish, Win9x [4.8 MB].

Gunroar - move and shoot [5.4 MB].

I Have No Tomatoes - remove the other tomatoes [8.35 MB].

Iwanaga (copy) - jump and shoot in small window [11.2 MB].

Magical Broom Extreme - fly and shoot [5.62 MB].

Mania Drive (directly) - drive very fast [36 MB].

Mono - move, shoot, color background [5.8 MB].

Mu-cade - fly and push [6.1 MB].

Nanozoa (copy) - drift and disinfect [9.2 MB].

Noiz2sa - fly and shoot [9.2 MB].

Parsec - a LAN multiplayer 3D space shooter [83 MB].

Parsec 47 - fly and shoot [4.7 MB].

Planet of the Jellies - drop and stack [6.3 MB].

Project Shrine Maiden: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - float, shoot, collect [4 MB].

Project Shrine Maiden: Perfect Cherry Blossom - float, shoot, collect [9.3 MB].

Project Shrine Maiden: Imperishable Night (copy 1|copy 2) - float, shoot, collect [19 MB].

Project Shrine Maiden: Phantasmagoria of Flower View (directly|copy 1|copy 2) - float, shoot, collect [28 MB].

Project Shrine Maiden: Mountain of Faith (directly) - float, shoot, collect [156.5 MB].

Project Shrine Maiden: Subterranean Animism (directly|copy 1|copy 2) - float, shoot, collect [ 132.6 MB].

Project Shrine Maiden: Undefined Fantastic Object (directly|copy 1|copy 2) - float, shoot, collect [148.1 MB].

Prototype (directly) - fly and shoot [19.14 MB].

Prototype 2 (directly) - fly and shoot [54.27 MB].

Quantasm - turn and shoot [16.59 MB].

Quantized Blaze - fly and quench fire [2.72 MB].

Racer - 3D drive fast [28 MB].

Racer - see from above racing for one or two players on split screen [15.42 MB].

Ray-Hound - catch shots and redirect at shooters [565 KB].

Return to sector 9 - fly and shoot [11 MB].

Rrootage - fly and shoot [4.3 MB].

RunMan - hurry and jump [21.7 MB].

Space Invaders OpenGL - nice graphics [663 KB].

Stunt Playground - drive, jump, crash [17.27 MB].

Super Secret Ninja - jump and swing [50 KB].

Titanion - fly and shot, has three distinct playing modes [5.3 MB].

Torus Trooper - shoot and fly on bonus time [6.2 MB].

Tumiki Fighters - fly, shoot and catch falling parts [5.2 MB].

Urban Terror - 3D multiplayer run and shoot [708.57 MB].

Varia - fly and shoot [15.6 MB].

Warning Forever - fly and shoot [716 KB].

Winter Solstice - shoot lamps on stage [14.1 MB].

X Operations - 3D walk and shoot, missions take only minutes [10.2 MB].

XINV3D - vector grafics and nowhere to hide [516 KB].

XOP - fly and shoot [6.31 MB].

XOP Black - fly and shoot [5.79 MB].














Most games are compressed into a ZIP archive. For uncompressing under MS-DOS
you can download the unzip program Info-Zip (selfextracting, freeware).
Run the unz542x3.exe program, some files are extracted, one of them is unzip.exe.
Copy unzip.exe in one of your dos path directories like DOS or WINDOWS.
Thus your computer can find unzip.exe regardless from which directory you
start the program. Change into the directory with the game and type
unzip game.zip to extract all the files of the game.
If the game runs without any problems you can delete the compressed
game.zip archive to save space on your hard disk.

In longer multi level games, don't forget to save the game when you have mastered
a difficult passage. It's really time consuming to take a long way again and again.


Sometimes you may find details to solve memory or sound card problems
in the accompanying instructions of the games.

Under MS Windows 2000/XP/Vista some older DOS games won't start.
The DOS system emulation software DOSBox may help to run those games.
You could also try to run them under Free-DOS or with the Wine program under Linux.







You realize your good old DOS system ist dated when:
- games on your mobile phone start looking better than many you've played in DOS.
- the storage of digital cameras is larger than your hard drive.
- friends say your computer is broken, because the screen shows only:   C:\>_







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