Release year
1997 games
Browse games from 1997 across all supported archive platforms.
Archive entries
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Alien Assault IIAlien Assault II is a top-down shooter that closely resembles the look and feel of Alien Breed. You control a space marine who is sent deep into an infested installation crawling with insectoid aliens. | DOS | 1997 | Shooter | PLAY |
Around the WorldAround the World is a colourful arcade platform game featuring an anthropomorphic wolf that travels around the world on behalf of a museum, tasked with acquiring four items of interest to add to its collection. | DOS | 1997 | Platformer | PLAY |
Artman's Goplanes!Artman's Goplanes! is an arcade-style side-scrolling shooter game where you control a small airplane and must use it to destroy enemy targets. | DOS | 1997 | Shooter | PLAY |
Ball BlasterBall Blaster is an excellent clone of Bust-A-Move/Puzzle Bobble. Your objective is to clear the screen of all bubbles/balls by matching three or more of the same colour. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
BlocXBlocX is a Breakout variant by an unknown author (possibly called Vaska). | DOS | 1997 | Arcade | PLAY |
Bubble Pop MemoryBubble Pop Memory is a simple memory/concentration game that uses graphics from Bubble Pop, an arcade game from the same developer. The player's objective is to find and open all matching tiles with the same picture. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
C-DogsC-Dogs is the sequel to Ronny Wester's freeware overhead-view shooter Cyberdogs, with similar playing mechanics and elements, but new scenarios / campaigns, improved code and a mission editor. | DOS | 1997 | Shooter | PLAY |
CavemanCaveman is a pretty basic freeware side-scrolling arcade platform game that was written in C and built with the DJGPP compiler. | DOS | 1997 | Platformer | PLAY |
Cosmo DragonHelp Cosmo the Dragon rescue his son in this Halloween themed vertical scrolling shooter game. Avoid or destroy asteroids and fight Halloween creatures while picking powerups to upgrade your attack and defences. | DOS | 1997 | Shooter | PLAY |
Crillion '97Crillion '97 is an excellent Crillion clone made with the Allegro library. Here, instead of the usual ball, you control a funny little dude who bounces around, breaking blocks of different colours. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
CyberBox ForeverCyberBox Forever is a CyberBox fangame. Much like The Continuing Adventures of CyberBox, it was created out of disappointment with how Cyberbox II differed from the first game. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Duke, It's ZeroHourThis is a total conversion for Duke Nukem 3D that was originally planned as a commercial expansion pack to be published by WizardWorks, but then released as freeware. | DOS | 1997 | Shooter | PLAY |
Fit UpFit Up is a Tetris variant for up to three players with several game modes. It features high-resolution graphics, smooth animations, background music and extra pieces with special abilities. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
HACXHacX was originally a commercial add-on for DOOM II that was later re-released as a freeware stand-alone game. | DOS | 1997 | Shooter | PLAY |
Jaguar GR1: Strike Force Delta ZuluThis combat flight sim puts you in the cockpit of a British Royal Air Force (RAF) Jaguar GR1 jet fighter-bomber during a fictional joint military exercise with former Soviet Union armed forces. | DOS | 1997 | Simulation | PLAY |
Linley's Dungeon CrawlDungeon Crawl (or simply Crawl) is a roguelike game similar to NetHack, with many advanced features. | DOS | 1997 | RPG | PLAY |
Little FighterLittle Fighter is a fighting/brawling game for up to three players with several game modes. | DOS | 1997 | Action | PLAY |
Mission MopremeAn entree to 32 kB competition. | DOS | 1997 | Shooter | PLAY |
Mission Pom-BaerMission Pom-Bär is a promotional platform game for a popular German snack brand, aimed mainly at kids. | DOS | 1997 | Platformer | PLAY |
PC*BertPC*Bert is an excellent fanmade remake of Atari/Parker Brothers' Q*Bert, one of the most classic arcade games of all time. The gameplay is the same, and the controls are just as simple as in the original. | DOS | 1997 | Arcade | PLAY |
Puzzle "O" MaticPuzzle "O" Matic is a timed jigsaw puzzle. It was originally a sample game included with the DIV Games Studio development suite to showcase the various capabilities of this tool. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
PyromaniaWelcome to Pyromania! This game gives you a lot of fun and action, assuming you have one or more partners you can play the game with, since it is only a multiplayer game. | DOS | 1997 | Arcade | PLAY |
Quest 2: The Forest TrapQuest 2: The Forest Trap is a top-down action role-playing game that plays a bit like Rogue and its multiple successors, but in real time and with much simpler rules. | DOS | 1997 | RPG | PLAY |
Rampart RampageRampart Rampage is a side-scrolling game loosely based on Ocean Software's1983 arcade game Hunchback. | DOS | 1997 | Platformer | PLAY |
SantamanSantaman is a fixed-screen arcade platform game with a vague Christmas theme. | DOS | 1997 | Platformer | PLAY |
Six-Pac 3DSix-Pac 3D is a first-peson maze game that was clearly inspired by Pac-Man, but utilizes a pseudo-3D engine not unlike that from Wolfenstein 3D. | DOS | 1997 | Arcade | PLAY |
Skyhawk AttackSkyhawk Attack is another of Ron Walker's military flight simulators made with Domark Software's Flight Sim Toolkit (FST). | DOS | 1997 | Simulation | PLAY |
SLASH'EMSLASH'EM is the continuation of SLASH, a NetHack variant. It adds new player classes, items, monsters, locations and tweaks some game mechanics. | DOS | 1997 | RPG | PLAY |
Space PlumberSpace Plumber is a first-person maze game in a sci-fi setting. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Speed for DummiesSpeed for Dummies is a sprite-based behind-view arcade racing game in the same vein as Wacky Wheels or 2FAST4YOU. | DOS | 1997 | Racing | PLAY |
SpinSpin (also spelled SPIN) is a freeware overhead view space shooter in the vein of the classic Asteroids with pseudo-isometric sprites, which is surprisingly fun to play. | DOS | 1997 | Shooter | PLAY |
The Castle of Dr. MalvadoThe Castle of Dr. Malvado is a simple Super Mario Bros. -like side-scrolling platform game with colourful graphics and very smooth animations. | DOS | 1997 | Platformer | PLAY |
The Legend of Lezda: The Adventure of JinxThe Legend of Lezda is a top-down view fantasy action-adventure game that is obviously inspired by the NES classic Legend of Zelda. | DOS | 1997 | Adventure | PLAY |
Topspeed 300Topspeed 300 is a fully 3D racing game that is on the whole very similar to The Need For Speed. There are three different cars and four tracks, and you always race against one AI opponent. | DOS | 1997 | Racing | PLAY |
VelenaVelena is an AI engine that plays the game Connect Four "perfectly" (meaning that it will always win if it is given the first turn), with the algorithm based on a 1989 thesis by L. Victor Allis. | DOS | 1997 | Other | PLAY |
WetSpot 2WetSpot 2 is an arcade game which resembles the old Bubble Bobble and Pengo games. | DOS | 1997 | Arcade | PLAY |
X-Mas Bubble PopThis is a Christmas themed add-on for the shareware version of Bubble Pop with new levels and graphics. | DOS | 1997 | Platformer | PLAY |
