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What is your favorite underrated or unknown DOS game? (retrolemmy.com)
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We all love our "Doom"," Command & Conquer", "Commander Keen" etc.

But what is a game that you love that no one seems to know and/or like? What is that one gem that makes you type your "C:>cd games" just that little tiny bit faster?

I'll go first. My pick is Normality from 1996 by Gremlin Interactive. A 3D first person point and click adventure with FMV Cutscenes. It's goofy and weird but perfectly playable. I highly recommended anyone who loves point and click adventures to try this one out. It's basically Doom Point 'n Click

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[–] PriorProject 2 points 1 year ago

One I don't see brought up real often is Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon. It's a futuristic 3d tank sim with pretty snazzy graphics for the time, battlefield upgrade pickups, and gimmicky enemies like a plow that charges and has an invulnerable shield on its front face.

https://www.mobygames.com/game/2731/nova-9-the-return-of-gir-draxon/

I dunno if it's exactly a classic, but it reviewed well and I enjoyed spending some time with it.