Creatures Caves

I like a lot of older games. And I mean really older games, like the old "shareware" stuff from the 90's. Here are some of my top favorites:

Amazon Trail: I originally got the disk free off a cereal box. Your goal is to go up the Amazon to find Vilcabamba. You can fish/gather supplies, talk and trade with people you meet, and photograph wildlife. You get awards along the way as you make progress. I actually wrote fanfiction about this game ages back...

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure: one of the funnest old games I've ever played. You're this little alien kid who is trying to traverse an alien planet in order to rescue his parents. He can kill bad guys by jumping on their heads, a bit like Mario... but unlike Mario he has suction cup hands! He can climb walls and plant bombs. I think this is actually a trilogy, but I've only ever played the first game.

The Gobliiins trilogy: an extremely wacky and funny puzzle game where you control these little goblins in a fantasy world, and have to guide them through different adventures. Even after twenty years I still love this series! Especially the second and third games. The original version doesn't work well on newer computers but GOG has a pack that includes all three games; I picked it up a while ago for $3.

Gruntz: really funny, a strategy game where you command a bunch of clay characters and have to defeat the computer-controlled team in different levels. It's a little like what you might get if you crossed Neverhood with Lemmings.

Jetpack: probably the most addicting game I've ever played. You're this little guy with a jetpack running around getting gemstones and gold treasure, avoiding weird monsters and other mechanisms that could hurt you. You can actually design and save your own levels. There isn't enough I can say in praise of this game; if you know how to work DOSBox, give it a try!

Maddog Williams: a puzzle RPG. One of the very few RPGs I have played and really liked. Humorous, and just challenging enough; it differs from Gobliiins because the solutions to puzzles are more likely to be logical, rather than "rule of funny", so they tend to be easier to figure out.

Tyrian: typical vertical-scrolling shooting game where you're in a little ship firing at things that come toward you. This is another really addicting one. You get to upgrade your ship (or even buy a different one) as you progress, but instead of just making things better you get your choice of kinds of weapons too. It's not usually that humorous, but a couple parts of it get really wacky. You can actually download the full game for free at GOG!

Most if not all of these games require DOSBox to play, except Tyrian.