1. Pole Position
1988 · Namco Limited · Racing / Driving
3.5 out of 5Played a lot
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 Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World and King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella.
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- 34DOS games of 1988 in the archive
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- 3.5Score of #1, out of 5
2. Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World
1988 · New World Computing, Inc. · Role-playing (RPG)
3.3 out of 5Played all the time
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. King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
1988 · Sierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure
3.3 out of 5Played a lot
King Graham and Queen Valanice were glad to have their children back.
4. Contra
1988 · Konami Industry Co. Ltd. · Action
3.3 out of 5Played a lot
In the year 2631, a small meteorite has fallen into the Galuga archipelago, located 20km northeast off the coast of New Zealand.
5. Street Fighter
1988 · Capcom Co., Ltd. · Action
3.3 out of 5Played all the time
You are Ryu, a Street Fighter.
6. 4 Soccer Simulators
1988 · Codemasters · Sports
3.3 out of 5Played all the time
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.
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1988 · Mindscape, Inc. · Action
3.3 out of 5Played a lot
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.
8. Battle Chess
1988 · Interplay Productions, Inc. · Strategy / tactics
3.2 out of 5Played all the time
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.
9. Platoon
1988 · Ocean Software Ltd. · Action
3.2 out of 5Played a lot
The film Platoon featured a squad of five soldiers on their mission for the US Army in Vietnam.
10. Pool of Radiance
1988 · Strategic Simulations, Inc. · Role-playing (RPG)
3.2 out of 5Played a lot
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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