The Old Shoebox: Download Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Ahh, 1993. The first person shooter was bursting forth in popularity, but how did Blake Stone fare?
Download Doom1.wad
Very simple. Very basic. Download the Shareware Doom1.wad free from Blast Magazine....
Download Doom 95
From id: "Doom 95 continues the hyperviolent exploits that propelled the original Doom to infamy. Face the onslaught of demons and specters that populate this terror-filled underworld. Slip a few shells into yo...
The Old Shoebox: Download Bio Menace
In December 2005, Apogee/3D Realms released the classic side-scrolling action game Bio Menace as a freeware "Christmas present" for its customers and loyal fans.
At that time, the game had floundered around ...
The Old Shoebox: Heretic shareware
Released quickly after Doom, using a modified version of the same game engine, Heretic is a fantasy first person shooter designed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed, along with everyth...
The Old Shoebox: Seek and Destroy (1996)
Long before Takara developed their 2002 mixed-reviews tank sim, Epic Megagames was distributing Seek and Destroy, a PC action game that combined tank and chopper elements.
I first encountered Seek and Destro...
The Old Shoebox: Sango Fighter
Here's another out of that old Aztech's Super Games cd:
At the twilight of the Eastern-Han Dynasty of ancient China, under the reign of the frail and incompetent emperor Han-Ling, the country was in disarray w...
The Old Shoebox: Download “Raptor: Call of the Shadows” Shareware here
Today's Old Shoebox feature is a game that brought me a ton of joy in the mid-90s. The game is Raptor: Call of the Shadows and the CD I originally found it on is called "Aztech's Super Games," a red CD-ROM that...
Retro: Rock Slide game
This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998 during the Golden Age of independent shareware computer games.
Rock Slide is a Tetris clone puzzle game. The program runs ...
Retro: Virus the Game
This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998 during the Golden Age of shareware gaming. The game (and manufacturer's website) remain the same today as they were back then...
