Home of the Underdogs

<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF"><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#00FF40" size="7"><b><img src="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/mul1glass.gif" width="39" height="42"></b></font><font color="#00FF40" size="7" face="Arial"><b>Home of the Underdogs</b></font><font color="#00FF40" size="7"><b><img src="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/mul1glass.gif" width="39" height="42"></b></font></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/krondor/121/Games.htm"><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Direct Games page</font></a></p> <p align="left"><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">A big THANK YOU to everyone who e-mailed me your thoughts about renaming files to avoid account deletion-- most people said they don't mind, as long as it's a simple renaming process that doesn't require additional programs. Now maybe my site will last longer once it re-opens :)</font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">To reward those who are patiently awaiting the re-opening of this site, here's a special "teaser" for ya: </font><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/earthrise.zip"><font color="#0000FF" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Earthrise</font></a><font color="#0000FF" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"> </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">(990KB), an oldie but goodie from Interstel. This is a well-designed graphical adventure in the style of Sierra's old AGI adventures (Police Quest 1, Space Quest 1, etc). The parser is quite good, and the plot is interesting albeit a little overwrought (saving the earth from asteroid impact). What I don't like about this game is the time constraint-- since the game is quite long restoring becomes almost necessary in the final stages of the game. By the way, the game is designed by Matt Gruson, a severely underrated (and unknown) designer who went on to design adventure games for Microprose (Rex Nebular, Dragonsphere, Return of Phantom).</font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">You might be wondering why I didn't add this to the adventure page--- the page is now chock full of new games, the description for which I've finished for a while (months ago, over Christmas)... I just need free time (and new space) to upload them :) Their identities will remain secret for now, but rest assured that I have enough games up my sleeve that you've never heard of before <EG></font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">In the meantime, please visit the following wonderful "abandonware" sites that sprouted up in my absence, dedicated to the same cause:</font></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://home.c2i.net/olant/"><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Cascade Abandonware</font></a><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> - great collection and thoughtful descriptions besides :)</font></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://superultra.cjb.net/"><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Superultra Classics</font></a><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> - a real "labor of love" page-- and some rare games you won't find elsewhere</font></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://surf.to/lugum"><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Lugum's Homepage</font></a><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> - okay, it may not look professional, but he DOES have many great adventure classics :)</font></p> <p><a href="http://come.to/roa"><img src="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/roa.gif" border="0" width="150" height="50"></a>  <a href="http://member.linkexchange.com/cgi-bin/fc/fastcounter-login?538284" target="_top"><img src="http://fastcounter.linkexchange.com/fastcounter?538284+1076575" border="0"></a>  <a href="http://freeweb.digiweb.com/games/Abandonware/"><img src="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/ring.gif" border="0" width="151" height="52"></a> <br>  <font size="1">My URL: </font><a href="http://come.to/Underdogs" target="_top"><font size="1">http://come.to/Underdogs</font></a><font size="1"> since Oct. 2, 1998</font></p> <p><a href="http://come.to/" target="_top"><font size="1"><img src="V3.html" alt="V3-URL" border="0" width="88" height="31"></font></a><font size="1"> <br> I got it for free at </font><a href="http://come.to/" target="_top"><font size="1">http://come.to</font></a> </RIGHT>  <a href="http://www.fastcounter.com/fc-join" target="_top"><font size="1" face="arial">FastCounter by LinkExchange</font></a><br>  </p> <hr> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Last updated </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">04/02/99</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Read </font><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/news.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Latest News!</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> Newest games: </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Jack the Ripper, Sid & Al's Incredible Toons</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Welcome! This homepage is a tribute to the "underdogs" of the PC computer gaming world-- they are, in my opinion, great games that for some reason never got the public or commercial acclaim they deserve. Most of these games are *old*, which just goes to show how much more important <em>gameplay </em>is than flashy graphics. No best-sellers here, just the rare gems that I hope more people will discover. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">There are short descriptions for each game on this list. In some cases, you can find walkthroughs and even the games themselves if they are no longer commercially available! </font><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS">(Please read the Disclaimer below before downloading)</font><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> In other cases, links to stores that still sell the games are listed.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">From here, you can: </font></p> <ul> <li><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Go to the Games, in alphabetical order: (</font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Newest additions are marked with<img src="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/hot.gif" width="50" height="40">)</font><ul> <li><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Get </font><a href="http://members.xoom.com/Underrated/Underdogs/Moslo131.zip"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Moslo</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> first to slow these oldies down for fast computers</font></li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/action.htm" target="WINDOW-1"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Action</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/adventure.htm" target="WINDOW-1"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Adventure</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/education.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Educational</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> **NEW CATEGORY!**</font></li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/puzzle.htm" target="WINDOW-1"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Puzzle/Traditional</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/rpg.htm" target="WINDOW-1"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">RPG</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/sim.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Simulation</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/strategy.htm" target="WINDOW-1"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Strategy</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/special.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Special Collections</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> - for those underdogs that deserve special mention :)</font></li> </ul> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><u>Note</u>: If you want to download anything, make sure you've got WinZip, WinRar, and DEARJ programs, since the archives are in either .zip, .rar., or .arj format.</font></p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">See my </font><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/favorites.htm" target="WINDOW-1"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Top 40 Adventure Games</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> list!</font></li> </ul> <ul> <li><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">See my </font><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/want.htm" target="WINDOW-1"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Want List!</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> These games will likely end up here with your help!</font></li> </ul> <ul> <li><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">See some </font><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/links.htm" target="WINDOW-1"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Links</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> of interest to fellow die-hard collectors!</font></li> </ul> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Webmasters: to link to my page, please use my </font><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/Underdogs/banner.gif"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Banner!</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Have any suggestions/comments/criticisms? Please </font><a href="mailto:sarinee@worldnet.att.net"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">e-mail</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> me. Please do *not* e-mail me questions about where to find these games or ask me to e-mail them!</font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><a href="http://leader.linkexchange.com/1/X805909/clickle" target="_top"><img src="http://leader.linkexchange.com/1/X805909/showle?" border="0" width="468" height="60" ismap></a><a href="http://leader.linkexchange.com/1/X805909/clickle" target="_top"></iframe></a><br> <a href="http://leader.linkexchange.com/1/X805909/clicklogo" target="_top"><img src="http://leader.linkexchange.com/1/X805909/showlogo?" border="0" width="468" height="16" ismap></a><br>  </p> <p><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS">Disclaimer: I have no intention of infringing copyright laws. These games are provided for archival purposes only-- downloading the games without already owning original copies of the games is illegal. To the best of my knowledge, these games have been discontinued by their publishers. If you know otherwise, please e-mail me and I'll remove them from the list. Thank you.</font></p> </body>