The most interesting games released in 1996

Action 12 June 1996

A unique adventure game based on the Doom Engin. At Strife, in addition to massacring hordes of enemies, you'll also have to talk to passers-by you meet, carry out assignments for them and collect items.

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Adventure 04 November 1996

A controversial horror/gore adventure game. You play the role of Steve, who has to remember who he is and what he does in a town that is broken to the limits of its capabilities.

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Adventure 11 August 1996

In Fable, an adventure game created by Simbiosis Software studio, we meet Quickthorpe, an inconspicuous young man delegated to perform a dangerous mission. The elders of the village of Balkhane, where our hero used to live in peace and quiet, send him into the world with the task of finding four magical crystals....

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Adventure 23 July 1996

Alien Incident is a classic adventure game, using the "point & click" interface. The authors resigned from taking into account simple orders, known from other productions of this type. All commands are executed automatically, so just click on the object you are interested in, and Benjamin himself will decide whether you can use, pick up or see it.

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Action 29 February 1996

The first person shooter is a summary of the adventures of brave Ellen Ripley from the first three parts of the film series. Alien Trilogy was created by Probe Entertainment studio. The game was launched in 1996.

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Strategy 21 March 1996

One of the first Polish real-time strategy games, developed by MDF studio under the lead of Miroslaw Dymka. We take the role of Mirko, the leader of a village belonging to the eponymous tribe of Polans, who returns after a war expedition only to find his home plundered and his subjects slaughtered. The young duke vows revenge on the hostile tribes responsible for the massacre.

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Strategy 15 September 1996

A real-time strategy that simulates the largest naval battles of the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries in which the British, Spanish, French and American fleets took part.

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Strategy 13 June 1996

The third installment of the Battleground series is a faithful recreation of the events that took place during the last battle of the Napoleonic War at Waterloo. Bonaparte's army fought with the allied forces of Prince Wellington and Marshal Blücher, suffering a shameful defeat.

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Strategy 15 February 1996

The Settlers II is the second installment of a series considered to be a real time strategy (RTS) classics. The player directs the actions of a group of settlers who are trying to build a colony on the newly discovered land. Developers from Blue Byte Software studio have prepared a captivating one-person mode campaign consisting of 10 missions and a fully functional, network multiplayer.

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Arcade 30 June 1996

Extremely colorful and funny platformer, in which Sonic has to free small birds, which a crazy scientist turned into robots and, most importantly, find the Emeralds of Chaos.

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Racing 10 December 1996

The second edition of NASCAR Racing, a simulation of some of the toughest closed circuit car races, very popular in the United States.

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Arcade 19 March 1996

A collection of arcade games belonging to the automatic classics. The set includes five games - Pac-Man, Pole Position, Galaxian, Dig-Dug and Pac-Man's 20th Anniversary. This is an ideal position for players longing for old good times.

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Strategy 20 November 1996

The first official expansion pack to Sid Meier's Civilization II. Conflicts in Civilization Scenarios is a set of twenty new scenarios. Interestingly, for those twenty scenarios only twelve were made by the developers. The remaining eight were created by the fans in the built-in map editor. Many of the scenarios proposed by the Microprose developers refer to historical conflicts, e.g. American Civil War, Alexander the Great's conquests, crusades or World War I.

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Puzzle 23 February 1996

Without a doubt, X-Tetris is the most original Tetris clone in the history of computer entertainment. The role of the blocks has been replaced here by women and men, and the player's task is to associate them in "pairs". The program is almost pornographic and is not recommended for younger users.

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Action 23 February 1996

Franko: The Crazy Revenge is a Polish answer to the battles like Double Dragon or Golden Axe, which once made a dizzying career in local gaming salons. We see our hero from the side, and the whole philosophy is to constantly walk to the right and delete the coming delicatessen.

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Strategy 22 March 1996

The official expansion to Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, the extremely popular RTS developed by the Blizzard Entertainment studios. The storyline of Beyond the Dark Portal is focused on the further development of the conflict between humans and orcs. Despite the destruction of the Dark Portal, a rift capable of condemning humanity to another plague of green-skinned invaders still exists in the world of Azeroth.

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Adventure 03 September 1996

A funny adventure parodying the film genre known as "spaghetti western". We play the role of Fillmore's shepherd, who turns into a hero searching for the legendary treasure of the Toltecs. The production was established in the mid-1990s, so it uses solutions typical for this period. An important feature of the game is a large load of good humour.

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Action 30 July 1996

Crusader: No Regret is a sequel to a great action game that once touched the gaming community with a huge load of violence, attacking from the monitor screen at a convulsive pace.

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Adventure 03 December 1996

An adventure game whose plot is a psychological horror full of unexplained murders and madness. The player takes on the role of Curtis Craig, a young man who left the hospital for the insane a year ago. The graphics use video sequences with live actors.

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Arcade 22 November 1996

A two-dimensional platform game set in the fairy-tale universe of Lemming, in which the title character has to face a bad magician and save his fellows.

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Simulation 12 September 1996

HIND: The Russian Combat Helicopter Simulation is a simulator of the Russian combat helicopter Mi-24 Hind, still considered to be the best assault machine of the Russian armed forces. We can test its true potential by participating in many dangerous missions in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Korea, among others.

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Strategy 15 June 1996

A suite of Command & Conquer add-ons offering several new scenarios for single player, both on the GDI and NOD side, as well as new maps for multiplayer gameplay.

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Racing 25 March 1996

Atypical car races, where the primary goal is not to be the fastest on the route, but to effectively demolish other vehicles participating in the struggle. Destruction Derby 2 was developed by Reflections Interactive studio.

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Action 15 April 1996

Developed in collaboration between id Software and GT Interactive, this is the official expansion to the 1994 cult FPS shooter Doom II: Hell on Earth. The expansion entitled Final Doom enriches the basic version of the game with two brand new episodes: Plutonia Experiment and TNT: Evilution, in which we follow the further fate of a lone soldier, fighting hordes of hellish monsters.

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Strategy 10 December 1996

The next installment of the legendary series of marine tactical games. Traditionally, the authors put the emphasis on realism. We have at our disposal numerous scenarios, from simple sea battles involving several vessels to complex air-desant operations involving hundreds of planes and ships.

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Strategy 31 July 1996

A strategy combining the best features of titles such as K-240, Civilization, SimCity, Outpost and Utopia. The action of the game was set in the distant future. The player's task is to expand the colony on the planet Gallius IV.

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Action 03 September 1996

The only official extension to Hexen, a fantasy FPS game. The plugin offers 20 premiere single player scenarios and a completely new Multiplayer mode that can be used by up to eight players at once.

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Arcade 30 November 1996

Arcade style whip, inspired by a series of films and comics about a man-notoper, more widely known under the pseudonym Batman. As we steer the hero, we travel through levels full of various enemies to save Gotham City together with our companion named Robin.

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Fighting 31 August 1996

One of the first battles constructed in full three-dimensional. The game was initially released on slot machines. Later it was converted into the Saturn segment, where it was in direct competition with the simultaneously published "Tekken" (PlayStation). PC owners received their conversion at the latest.

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Racing 15 November 1996

Screamer 2 is the second installment of the popular series of racing games. Compared to the original published in 1995, developers from the Milestone studio took care of, among other things, more attractive visual setting, more available cars and routes for racing, as well as a more realistic driving experience.

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Puzzle 31 October 1996

Chain Reaction is a logical and arcade game, similar to Xixit - both the idea and general rules have been copied, while the whole audiovisual setting has been changed. As in the case of the original, this program is signed with the Webfoot Technologies logo. This time, however, the company took care not only of its release, but also of its production.

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Strategy 02 April 1996

Award-winning real-time strategy game about the landing of Allied troops in 1944 on one of Normandy beaches - Omaha beach. Take on the role of commander of one of the warring parties and bravely perform your duties.

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Adventure 25 April 1996

A unique point-and-click adventure game, developed in cooperation by the creator of Earthworm Jim - Doug TenNapela, DreamWorks Interactive film studio, and Steven Spielberg himself. The Neverhood takes us to a plasticine world, where we control a character named Klaymen. Our hero’s task is to retrieve the crown of his creator and father Hoborg, which, after it was stolen, allowed the thief, Klogg, to take over the world of Neverhood.

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Strategy 09 November 1996

The continuation of the enthusiastically-received RTS title from the Westwood Studios company. In contrast to the purely fictional storyline of its predecessor, this time the developers have decided to provide the players with an alternative version of reality, in which Stalin decides to “liberate” the world from the hands of imperialists and subjugate it to Soviet authority.

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Action 13 May 1996

One of the most famous first-person shooters and, at the same time, the third installment of the series about the adventures of an arrogant hero. The title focuses on dynamics and effectiveness, serving a lot of humour at the same time.

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Adventure 01 April 1996

Action adventure game in the survival horror convention, which gave rise to a series that enjoys unflagging popularity around the world. The title was developed by Capcom, and its storyline draws heavily on horror films. In unexplained circumstances, bloodthirsty zombies appeared on the streets of a fictional city Raccoon City - to the rescue moves a special squad S.T.A.R.S.

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