1. Pole Position
1988 · Namco Limited · Racing / Driving
Pole Position is the conversion of the arcade racing game.
Top 10 · 1988
The 10 best DOS games of 1988
The 10 best DOS games of 1988, as the players of dos.games rate them. Pole Position leads the list, ahead of King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella and Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World.
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- 28DOS games of 1988 in the archive
- 10 of 10Play in your browser
- 3.5Score of #1, out of 5
- 3.51 rating
- 3.3No ratings yet
2. King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
1988 · Sierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure
King Graham and Queen Valanice were glad to have their children back.
- 3.3No ratings yet
3. Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World
1988 · New World Computing, Inc. · Role-playing (RPG)
The Sequel to the successful Might and Magic I, it boasted better graphics, a larger world, but still pretty much the same game engine and presentation.
- 3.3No ratings yet
4. Street Fighter
1988 · Capcom Co., Ltd. · Action
You are Ryu, a Street Fighter.
- 3.3No ratings yet
5. 4 Soccer Simulators
1988 · Codemasters · Sports
4 Soccer Simulators is a soccer game that includes 4 independent sub-games: 11-A-Side Soccer is a simulation of the default soccer rules.
- 3.3No ratings yet
6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1988 · Mindscape, Inc. · Action
The computer versions of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom are conversions of the Atari arcade game based on the second movie in the series.
- 3.2No ratings yet
7. Battle Chess
1988 · Interplay Productions, Inc. · Strategy / tactics
Battle Chess is a quite typical chess game, but it comes with a twist: all pieces are represented by small, realistic figures that walk around on the chessboard, and when one piece takes another, they both take part in an animated battle.
- 3.2No ratings yet
8. Platoon
1988 · Ocean Software Ltd. · Action
The film Platoon featured a squad of five soldiers on their mission for the US Army in Vietnam.
- 3.2No ratings yet
9. Contra
1988 · Konami Industry Co. Ltd. · Action
In the year 2631, a small meteorite has fallen into the Galuga archipelago, located 20km northeast off the coast of New Zealand.
- 3.2No ratings yet
10. Pool of Radiance
1988 · Strategic Simulations, Inc. · Role-playing (RPG)
You and and your party first help the city of Phlan defeat the evils that threaten it, then search for the legendary Pool of Radiance.
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