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Liero

Play as player 1 against the computer: D / G move, R / F aim, left Ctrl fires, left Alt jumps and left Shift changes weapons (hold with D / G). Hold left Shift + left Alt to throw the ninja rope. On-screen arrows move and aim. Enter confirms menus; Escape opens them. Choose both players as human in Player Options for a keyboard duel. Desktop or landscape recommended.

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Ready when you are

Play as player 1 against the computer: D / G move, R / F aim, left Ctrl fires, left Alt jumps and left Shift changes weapons (hold with D / G). Hold left Shift + left Alt to throw the ninja rope. On-screen arrows move and aim. Enter confirms menus; Escape opens them. Choose both players as human in Player Options for a keyboard duel. Desktop or landscape recommended. Tab returns to the page.

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Liero

1998 · Dig, grapple and duel in the original real-time worm battle. Includes a computer opponent and local keyboard play.

Play as player 1 against the computer: D / G move, R / F aim, left Ctrl fires, left Alt jumps and left Shift changes weapons (hold with D / G). Hold left Shift + left Alt to throw the ninja rope. On-screen arrows move and aim. Enter confirms menus; Escape opens them. Choose both players as human in Player Options for a keyboard duel. Desktop or landscape recommended.

Author-authorized freeware · original assets WTFPL

Xargon — Complete trilogy

1993 · Beyond Reality, The Secret Chamber, and Xargon's Fury · all three original episodes.

Arrows move. Ctrl / Alt jump; Shift / Space fire. Enter selects an episode. First-run setup: Y for sound and music, K for keyboard. Esc opens the menu.

Allen Pilgrim · freeware

Bio Menace

1993 · All three episodes: Dr. Mangle's Lab, The Hidden Lab and Master Cain.

Arrows move. Ctrl fires, Alt jumps, Space throws a grenade. Enter confirms menus; Esc opens the menu.

Apogee freeware · noncommercial

ZZT — Demo world

1991 · Explore the included demonstration world and build your own with the editor.

Choose K for keyboard and C for color, then P to play. Arrows move; Shift + arrow shoots; T lights a torch. Esc opens the menu.

Reconstruction of ZZT · MIT

Heartlight PC

1994 · 70 puzzle rooms: collect hearts, push rocks and reach the exit.

Arrows move and push. Space skips the intro and starts; hold Space + Left / Right to change levels. Esc restarts the level; F10 returns to the title screen.

xLand · CC BY-SA 2.5

Adventures of Robbo

1994 · Explore 60 planets: gather bolts, unlock the exit and solve mechanical puzzles.

Arrows move and push. Space starts; hold Space + an arrow to shoot after collecting batteries. Esc restarts with one life lost; F3 enters a system code; F10 returns to the title screen.

xLand · CC BY-SA 2.5

Electro Man

1994 · The original Electro Body in English: collect three disks through eight action levels.

Left / Right move; Up jumps; Down activates a teleport. Space starts and fires. F2 saves and F3 loads the last checkpoint for this session. Esc returns to the title screen.

xLand · CC BY-SA 2.5

Ken’s Labyrinth

1993 · Rescue Sparky across 30 maze floors in the complete original 3D adventure.

Enter opens the game menu and confirms choices. Arrows move and turn; Ctrl fires, Space opens doors and uses objects, Shift runs. Esc opens the menu.

Ken Silverman · freeware

Traffic Department 2192

1994 · All three episodes of the original sci-fi vehicle shooter and story.

Arrows move. Space fires; the on-screen Weapon key switches guns/missiles (Tab). 0 uses the afterburner; Alt toggles infrared vision, F5 shows the map, F6 shows communications. Enter confirms menus and advances dialogue; Esc opens the menu or skips dialogue. At startup press 1 for the original script or 2 for the edited script. The original script contains mature language.

CC BY-ND 3.0

Cyberdogs

1994 · Ten generated missions per campaign: buy equipment, blast targets and find the exit.

Arrows move. Ctrl fires, Enter changes weapons; hold Enter while moving to strafe. Hold F1 for the map; Esc returns to the menu. Enter confirms menus. Original sound effects included; optional music files are not bundled.

Ronny Wester · freeware

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