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The family of operating systems from Microsoft. As of December 2012, about 92% of personal computers are running these operating systems. In the gaming industry, systems running Windows are commonly referred to simply as PC. Leading the so-called "trio" of major gaming platforms, PC is one of the most popular systems for interactive entertainment. Least favored by developers due to the high level of piracy.

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Best Games for PC of 1996

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Quake

Action, Shooter, First-person view

June 22, 1996

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...

Resident Evil (1996)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

March 22, 1996

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Resident Evil (1996) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. July 24, 1998. Monstrous murders began to occur in the vicinity of Raccoon...

Mortal Kombat 3

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

July 5, 1995

Players: 8.1/10

Mortal Kombat 3 is a third-person arcade game with a touch of action and fighting from the masters from the studio Midway Games, Inc.. The game is published by...

Diablo

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

December 31, 1996

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Diablo is a legendary action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the gloomy city of Tristram, the capital...

Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares

Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

November 22, 1996

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares is a turn-based strategy game. Includes some game mechanics from Master of Magic, as well as new gameplay features. Three new...

Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

August 31, 1996

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall is a continuation of the adventure role-playing game with a first-person view in the Elder Scrolls fantasy universe. The plot of...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

November 22, 1996

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a legendary top-down real-time strategy game set in a sci-fi...

SimCity 2000

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

May 26, 1995

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Comix Zone

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Side view

June 10, 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Comix Zone is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view in the style of comics. Sketch Turner is an artist based in New York. One day...

Rayman

Platformer, Side view, Action, Arcade

September 1, 1995

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Rayman is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. In this game you have to find and save all the Electuns — unusual little creatures. After this, you can...

Panzer General

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based

November 10, 1995

Players: 8.3/10

Panzer General — The game is dedicated to the Second World War. You can play both the campaign (in this game only for the Germans) and individual scenarios...

Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

January 29, 1996

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Caesar 2

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

September 10, 1996

Caesar 2 — When the game begins, the Roman Empire extends no further than Italy. Players have the opportunity to civilize neighboring barbarian provinces...

Disney's Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Pinball

August 13, 1996

Players: 9.8/10

Disney's Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games is a first-person arcade game with a touch of action and a pinball simulator from developers from the studios 7th...

Sid Meier's Civilization 2

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Turn-based

February 29, 1996

Players: 9.8/10

Sid Meier's Civilization 2 — Compared to the first game, new units, civilizations, wonders of the world, technologies appeared, graphics took on an isometric...

Undersea Adventure

Strategy, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

1995

Undersea Adventure is a third-person strategy game with a twist of adventure, warship simulator, educational game and puzzle game from Knowledge Adventure, Inc...

Virtual Pool

Strategy, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Top-down view, Sports game, Sandbox

November 17, 1997

Virtual Pool is a first-person strategy game with educational, sports and sandbox elements from the masters at Celeris Inc.. The game is published by Interplay...

War Wind

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

October 23, 1996

Steam: 78/100

War Wind is a classic real-time strategy game reminiscent of Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness. The game tells the story of the planet Yavon, torn apart by a war...

Gex

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

November 16, 1994

Players: 9/10

Gex is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game will tell the story of a witty gecko named Hex, who by chance ends up in the Television...

Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Succession Wars

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

October 1, 1996

Players: 10/10

Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Succession Wars is a continuation of the turn-based strategy with role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. The game takes place...

Connections

Adventure, Educational game (Education)

1995

Connections is an adventure with educational game elements from the Discovery Channel Multimedia studio. The game is published by Discovery Channel Multimedia...

Last Dynasty

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

1995

Last Dynasty is a first-person simulator with a touch of action, shooter and adventure from developers from the Coktel Vision studio. The game's primary publisher...

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

December 5, 1996

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! is a continuation of the exciting "point and click" adventure series about the forty-year-old balding womanizer Larry Laffer. The...

Road Rash (1994)

Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Sports game

December 29, 1995

Road Rash (1994) is a third-person simulator with action, racing and sports elements from the studios Monkey Do Productions, New Level Software and Inc.. The game...

Space Sirens 2: Megababes from Ajia

Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Adult game, Interactive movie

1995

Players: 7/10

Space Sirens 2: Megababes from Ajia is a first-person simulator with shooter, adult and interactive cinema elements from PIXIS Interactive, Inc.. The game is...

Custom Mate 3

Simulation, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Adult game

December 8, 1995

Custom Mate 3 is a first-person simulator with a dash of anime/manga and adult games from the developers at Cocktail Soft. The game is published by Cocktail...

Heroes of Might and Magic

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

June 20, 2000

Heroes of Might and Magic — turn-based role-playing game in the fantasy genre. In the Heroes of Might and Magic series, the player will have to fight with...

Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

January 1, 1996

Timmy and the Magic Pictures

Educational game (Education), Music game, First-person view, Puzzle

1996

Timmy and the Magic Pictures is a first-person educational game with music and puzzle elements from the masters at Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd.. The game...

Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

February 9, 1996

Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom is a first-person simulator with a mixture of action, shooter and flight simulator from the studio ORIGIN Systems, Inc.. The...

Bust-A-Move

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

January 13, 1995

Bust-A-Move is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of strategy, puzzle and anime or manga games from developers from the Taito Corporation studio. The game is...

Chaos Overlords

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Board / Group Game, Cyberpunk

April 30, 1996

Chaos Overlords is a top-down strategy game from the developers at Stickman Games. The game is published by New World Computing, Inc.. Sometimes the game is also...

Deadly Tide

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie

October 3, 1996

Deadly Tide — In 2445, a race of hostile aquatic aliens arrives on Earth. One of their ships sits on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, continually raising sea...

Ecco the Dolphin

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 30, 1993

Metacritic: 53/100

Ecco the Dolphin is a third-person action game with puzzle elements from the masters at Novotrade Software Kft.. The main publisher of the game is SEGA Enterprises...

Fury³

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

1995

Rama

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

January 8, 1997

Rama is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters at Dynamix, Inc.. The game is published by Sierra On-Line, Inc.. In some circles, Rama is...

Sesame Street Elmo's Preschool

Educational game (Education)

September 1, 1996

Sesame Street Elmo's Preschool is an educational game from developers from the Children's Television Workshop studio. The game is published by Creative Wonders...

Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory

Educational game (Education), First-person view, Sandbox

1995

Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory is a first-person educational game with sandbox elements from developers from Elliott Portwood Productions. The game...

Myst (1993)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click

September 24, 1993

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Myst (1993) — point and click adventure puzzle game. You are about to travel to an island world shrouded in mysteries, where every stone, every piece of...

Age of Sail

Simulation, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox

November 30, 1996

Age of Sail is a third-person simulator with a mixture of strategy, warship simulator, historical game and sandbox from the masters at TalonSoft. The game is...

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