computer gaming was just getting started
in this decade but developers still
managed to put together some amazing
titles welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 PC games of the 1980s for
this list we chose the best early
computer games of the 80s be it on Apple
twos Commodores or Microsoft built PC
and ranked the titles based on how good
they seemed at the time and on how well
they’ve held up no we had to limit
ourselves to games that debuted on the
PC due to the sheer amount of titles
meaning that anything ported from the
arcade or consoles are out as usual one
game per franchise
number 10 Leisure Suit Larry in the land
of the Lounge Lizards technology may
have been simplistic in the 1980s but
this point and click game still set the
standard for smut in video games for a
while at least
protagonist Larry laugher is a
middle-aged virgin who lives in his
mother’s basement and hopes to get laid
his cheesy disco outfit perpetual use of
double entendres and bad luck with women
make it tough but the game is so funny
that it’s entertaining to try
number nine maniac mansion telltale
games recently made the point and click
game cool again with their Walking Dead
series but this title is widely credited
with starting the genre the evil dr.
fred has been sucking out people’s
brains and protagonist Dave Miller
suspects that his girlfriend might be
the villains latest victim you can take
two friends with you to rescue her and
whoever you choose the witty dialogue
and writing will help you enjoy the
journey
number eight sid meier’s pirates
before Sid Meier solidified his place in
history with his civilization series he
made this open-world strategy game you
start as a privateer for one of four
countries though since you’re a pirate
your allegiance can change fairly easily
many of the factors which affect your
experience such as diplomatic relations
between countries are randomized and put
out of your control but again being a
pirate sometimes it’s best to answer
diplomacy with a sword number 7 where in
the world is Carmen Sandiego
it
we all hated geography class but we had
a lot more fun with these games you had
to chase the titular villain and her
henchmen around the world all in the
hopes of arresting her before time runs
out
the game gave you clues about the cities
where you could find these suspects thus
teaching you about the world in the
process of your search the game has been
constantly remade throughout the years
to make use of new technology though the
foundations have always stayed the same
number six wasteland
many credit this turn-based RPG with
being the first post-apocalyptic game
and it started the genre well it begins
after a nuclear war between the u.s. and
the Soviets all but destroyed the world
and you have to help the American desert
Rangers to save survivors and fight bad
guys it may not look like much today but
for 1988 wasteland was considered to be
groundbreaking both in terms of
strategic gameplay and its graphics
number five Prince of Persia
this action-platformer started off one
of the most beloved series of all time
and this title itself was pretty great
in under an hour you have to defeat the
evil wizard Jafar free your love
interest and escape the dungeon you’ll
also face challenges like spike traps
guillotines and hostile swordsmen along
the way all of which keep things
interesting
additionally the animation was
revolutionary for the time though the
slower pace may throw off gamers today
number four Kings quest for the perils
of rozilla even before point-and-click
adventures were a thing
there were graphic text adventures where
you had to type in your input and this
series was at the forefront with the
fourth game featuring one of the
earliest female protagonists in video
games her name is rose Ola and she’s a
princess who you have to help get magic
fruit to save her dying father
the innovative gameplay takes place in
real-time over about a 24-hour period
and the beautifully drawn graphics were
equally impressive
number three Ultima 4 quest of the
avatar
preceded by three hack-and-slash games
this RPG title was more story-driven and
concerned with ethics creating fantastic
results instead of allowing you to
assign stats to your player his virtues
get determined by your answers to
ethical dilemmas making for a more
personalized and complex experience than
other RPGs at the time ethics aside
fighting your way around the world of
Britannia was a lot of fun which was
what really counted
number two the Oregon Trail
if you’re the right age you probably
remember this game from elementary
school but it still holds up beautifully
outside the classroom you play as a
settler tasked with getting his family
from Missouri to Oregon and you are sure
to encounter hardships like bandits and
diminishing supplies along the way
you’ll definitely learn something from
the experience no matter how many times
you die of dysentery
hmm before we get to our number one
let’s take a look at some honorable
mentions
number one Sim City
taking the top spot is a city simulator
that forever altered the landscape of
strategy games designer Will Wright
managed to make urban planning both fun
and educational all while creating one
of the most influential games ever made
it allows you to construct buildings set
tax rates and build power grids all in
the interest of developing your city to
its maximum potential most importantly
it allowed players to be creative in a
time when what you could do in games was
rigidly limited do you agree with our
list which PC game of the 1980s fills
you with nostalgia well done the people
of the South Pacific are happy to have a
treasure safe again for more classic top
10s published daily be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
in this decade but developers still
managed to put together some amazing
titles welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 PC games of the 1980s for
this list we chose the best early
computer games of the 80s be it on Apple
twos Commodores or Microsoft built PC
and ranked the titles based on how good
they seemed at the time and on how well
they’ve held up no we had to limit
ourselves to games that debuted on the
PC due to the sheer amount of titles
meaning that anything ported from the
arcade or consoles are out as usual one
game per franchise
number 10 Leisure Suit Larry in the land
of the Lounge Lizards technology may
have been simplistic in the 1980s but
this point and click game still set the
standard for smut in video games for a
while at least
protagonist Larry laugher is a
middle-aged virgin who lives in his
mother’s basement and hopes to get laid
his cheesy disco outfit perpetual use of
double entendres and bad luck with women
make it tough but the game is so funny
that it’s entertaining to try
number nine maniac mansion telltale
games recently made the point and click
game cool again with their Walking Dead
series but this title is widely credited
with starting the genre the evil dr.
fred has been sucking out people’s
brains and protagonist Dave Miller
suspects that his girlfriend might be
the villains latest victim you can take
two friends with you to rescue her and
whoever you choose the witty dialogue
and writing will help you enjoy the
journey
number eight sid meier’s pirates
before Sid Meier solidified his place in
history with his civilization series he
made this open-world strategy game you
start as a privateer for one of four
countries though since you’re a pirate
your allegiance can change fairly easily
many of the factors which affect your
experience such as diplomatic relations
between countries are randomized and put
out of your control but again being a
pirate sometimes it’s best to answer
diplomacy with a sword number 7 where in
the world is Carmen Sandiego
it
we all hated geography class but we had
a lot more fun with these games you had
to chase the titular villain and her
henchmen around the world all in the
hopes of arresting her before time runs
out
the game gave you clues about the cities
where you could find these suspects thus
teaching you about the world in the
process of your search the game has been
constantly remade throughout the years
to make use of new technology though the
foundations have always stayed the same
number six wasteland
many credit this turn-based RPG with
being the first post-apocalyptic game
and it started the genre well it begins
after a nuclear war between the u.s. and
the Soviets all but destroyed the world
and you have to help the American desert
Rangers to save survivors and fight bad
guys it may not look like much today but
for 1988 wasteland was considered to be
groundbreaking both in terms of
strategic gameplay and its graphics
number five Prince of Persia
this action-platformer started off one
of the most beloved series of all time
and this title itself was pretty great
in under an hour you have to defeat the
evil wizard Jafar free your love
interest and escape the dungeon you’ll
also face challenges like spike traps
guillotines and hostile swordsmen along
the way all of which keep things
interesting
additionally the animation was
revolutionary for the time though the
slower pace may throw off gamers today
number four Kings quest for the perils
of rozilla even before point-and-click
adventures were a thing
there were graphic text adventures where
you had to type in your input and this
series was at the forefront with the
fourth game featuring one of the
earliest female protagonists in video
games her name is rose Ola and she’s a
princess who you have to help get magic
fruit to save her dying father
the innovative gameplay takes place in
real-time over about a 24-hour period
and the beautifully drawn graphics were
equally impressive
number three Ultima 4 quest of the
avatar
preceded by three hack-and-slash games
this RPG title was more story-driven and
concerned with ethics creating fantastic
results instead of allowing you to
assign stats to your player his virtues
get determined by your answers to
ethical dilemmas making for a more
personalized and complex experience than
other RPGs at the time ethics aside
fighting your way around the world of
Britannia was a lot of fun which was
what really counted
number two the Oregon Trail
if you’re the right age you probably
remember this game from elementary
school but it still holds up beautifully
outside the classroom you play as a
settler tasked with getting his family
from Missouri to Oregon and you are sure
to encounter hardships like bandits and
diminishing supplies along the way
you’ll definitely learn something from
the experience no matter how many times
you die of dysentery
hmm before we get to our number one
let’s take a look at some honorable
mentions
number one Sim City
taking the top spot is a city simulator
that forever altered the landscape of
strategy games designer Will Wright
managed to make urban planning both fun
and educational all while creating one
of the most influential games ever made
it allows you to construct buildings set
tax rates and build power grids all in
the interest of developing your city to
its maximum potential most importantly
it allowed players to be creative in a
time when what you could do in games was
rigidly limited do you agree with our
list which PC game of the 1980s fills
you with nostalgia well done the people
of the South Pacific are happy to have a
treasure safe again for more classic top
10s published daily be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
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