The 10 best DOS games of 1987, as the players of dos.games rate them. King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (1987) leads the list, ahead of Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness and King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne.
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1987 · Sierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure
King's Quest is an adventure game where you play Sir Graham, a brave knight who is sent on a quest to retrieve three treasures that were stolen by deception and stealth: a shield that protects its bearer from invaders, a mirror that foretells the future, and a treasure chest that is forever filled with gold.
1987 · ORIGIN Systems, Inc. · Role-playing (RPG)
Ultima I is a remake of the classic RPG Ultima from 1981.
1987 · Sierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure
After having recovered the three treasures, King Graham has been crowned king.
1987 · Capcom Co., Ltd. · Action
Ghosts'n Goblins is a sideways scrolling action platformer spread over six levels, each of which must be completed within three minutes (or a life is lost), taking in forest, village, mountain and cavern settings with increasing difficulty.Arthur the brave knight must rescue his beloved Princess from the Demon King Astaroth and his forces - amongst them are the various undead (ghosts, zombies), bats, ogres and goblins.
1987 · Sierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the first game in Al Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry series, largely inspired by the text adventure Softporn Adventure.
1987 · MicroProse Software, Inc. · Action
Take on the life of a buccaneer in the golden age of Caribbean Piracy!
1987 · Angelsoft, Inc. · Adventure
Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients is a text adventure game.
1987 · The Software Toolworks, Inc. · Educational
Beautiful African female teacher Mavis Beacon enlists you in class to learn the touch typing.
1987 · Master Designer Software, Inc. · Strategy / tactics
Defender of the Crown puts you in the role of one of four Saxon knights in medieval England, in a time where the land is in turmoil as the King is dead and his crown was stolen.
1987 · Sierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure
Mixed-Up Mother Goose is a classic "Sierra-style" adventure game for kids, based on the various classic nursery rhymes (Humpty Dumpty, etc.).
| Signal | Adds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ratings0% · no ratings yet | 0.00 | ||
| Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings | 3.20 | ||
| Blended rating | 3.20 | ||
| Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50 | +0.00 | ||
| Score | 3.2 | ||
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 Search and Destroy| Signal | Adds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ratings0% · no ratings yet | 0.00 | ||
| Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings | 3.20 | ||
| Blended rating | 3.20 | ||
| Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50 | +0.00 | ||
| Score | 3.2 | ||
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 Defender of the Crown CD-ROM| Signal | Adds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ratings0% · no ratings yet | 0.00 | ||
| Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings | 3.20 | ||
| Blended rating | 3.20 | ||
| Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50 | +0.00 | ||
| Score | 3.2 | ||
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 Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar| Signal | Adds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ratings0% · no ratings yet | 0.00 | ||
| Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings | 3.20 | ||
| Blended rating | 3.20 | ||
| Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50 | +0.00 | ||
| Score | 3.2 | ||
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 Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel| Signal | Adds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ratings0% · no ratings yet | 0.00 | ||
| Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings | 3.20 | ||
| Blended rating | 3.20 | ||
| Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50 | +0.00 | ||
| Score | 3.2 | ||
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 Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge| Signal | Adds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ratings0% · no ratings yet | 0.00 | ||
| Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings | 3.20 | ||
| Blended rating | 3.20 | ||
| Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50 | +0.00 | ||
| Score | 3.2 | ||
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 Star Trek: The Rebel Universe| Signal | Adds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ratings0% · no ratings yet | 0.00 | ||
| Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings | 3.20 | ||
| Blended rating | 3.20 | ||
| Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50 | +0.00 | ||
| Score | 3.2 | ||
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 Family Feud| Signal | Adds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ratings0% · no ratings yet | 0.00 | ||
| Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings | 3.20 | ||
| Blended rating | 3.20 | ||
| Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50 | +0.00 | ||
| Score | 3.2 | ||
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.
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