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The 10 best Brøderbund Software, Inc. games

The 10 best Brøderbund Software, Inc. games, as the players of dos.games rate them. SimCity leads the list, ahead of Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow & The Flame.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 14Brøderbund Software, Inc. games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.3Score of #1, out of 5
  1. 1. SimCity

    1989 · Maxis Software Inc. · Simulation

    3.3No ratings yet

    SimCity sets you as the mayor of a new municipality, with the responsibility of building and maintaining a place where citizens can move to and work and be happy.

  2. 4. SuperSki

    1988 · Microïds · Sports

    3.2No ratings yet

    First in a series of decent skiing games that ended with Super Ski 3, Microids' Super Ski is a fun and surprisingly realistic CGA skiing game.The graphics look crisp and clear -- no small feat given the 4-color palette of CGA.

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More great Brøderbund Software, Inc. games

  1. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? — playable in the browserBrøderbund Software, Inc. · Educational · 1985Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
  2. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced — playable in the browserBrøderbund Software, Inc. · Educational · 1989Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced
  3. Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? — playable in the browserBrøderbund Software, Inc. · Educational · 1986Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?
  4. Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced — playable in the browserBrøderbund Software, Inc. · Educational · 1992Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced
Questions

Frequently asked

What is the best Brøderbund Software, Inc. game?

SimCity (1989, Maxis Software Inc.) is the best Brøderbund Software, Inc. game by our players' ratings, ahead of Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow & The Flame. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these Brøderbund Software, Inc. games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many Brøderbund Software, Inc. games are there on dos.games?

14. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great Brøderbund Software, Inc. games?

1989. 3 of the games on this list came out that year: SimCity, Wings of Fury and Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.