CGA Games

Note: I have moved all the technical details for the Color Graphics Adapter (that's what CGA stands for) to a new page in the computer section. There you can find a list of all the graphics modes and such. This page is solely about games that used the CGA graphics modes.

A Selection

Here are a few examples of games that use the most common mode, 320×200 with the standard palettes, black background. I have chosen those that make good use of the adapter, those that show what CGA could do.

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Pac-Maine
Pac-Maine
Popcorn
Popcorn
Reversi
Reversi
Solitare
Solitare
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Hunchback
Hunchback
Link-Four
Link-Four
Automated Othello
Automated Othello
Digger
Digger
Slime
Slime
Wilf II
Wilf II
Mr. Muncher
Mr. Muncher
Rollo
Rollo

The Full List

This is a full list in the sense that it links to every game that has either an article here or is on Download Central. I have not included games that only have a gallery on Svatopluk's DOSBox, since there is an index of CGA DOSBox Screenshots for that. Games that have an article here are included only if CGA was the best graphics mode that they supported.

PC-Man Arcade 82 US Greg Kuperberg
Paratrooper Arcade US
3-Demon Pac-Man 83 US  
Digger Arcade Ca  
Alley Cat Arcade 84 US IBM
PC Pool Challenges sim US
Boulder Dash Puzzle US  
Castle Wolfenstein Action US  
Flightmare Action US Peter Adams
Snake Snake Norway Roar A. Lauritzsen
Wizardry I RPG US  
Xonix Qix Ru Ilan Rav, Dani Katz
Zaxxon Arcade US  
AntiXonix Qix 85 Ru Dmitry Pavlovsky
Artworx Strip Poker Strip Poker US  
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein Adventure US  
Carmen Sandiego edu US  
Chess88 Chess   Don Berg
Creative Contraptions Puzzle US  
Reversi Othello US James Oh & Associates
Spacewar Space War US Bill Reiser
Striker Action US Derek Williams
The Fourth Protocol Adventure UK  
Wizardry II RPG US  
Anti-Ballistic-Missile Missile Command 86 US Ed Davis
Automated Othello Othello US Jeffrey S. Clary
Karateka Fighter US  
Link-Four Connect Four Ca  
Magnetik Tank Action Fr Loriciel
Marble Madness Arcade US  
Othello by Jon Shemitz Othello US hi-res
Astrotit Arcade 87 US Jon Wesener
Chekkers Board US  
Roadwar 2000 strat US  
The King of Chicago   US  
Wizardry III RPG US  
Elite   UK  
MACH 3 Arcade Fr  
Landmine Puzzle 88 US Larry Ludwick
Pac-Maine Pac-Man US Raymond T. Albert
Rimtrix Puzzle UK Richard L. Wright
Soko-Ban Puzzle US Spectrum HoloByte
Space Adventure Arcade No Robert Schmidt
Wizardry IV RPG US  
Wizardry V RPG US  
Acuario Arcade Es  
Popcorn Breakout Fr Frédérick Raynal
Pyramids of Egypt Arcade 89 US John Romero
Hunchback Arcade No Robert Schmidt
Quest for the Timebird Adventure Fr  
Zombi Adventure 90 Fr  
Arctic Adventure Arcade 91 US George Broussard
Slime Ataxx US Spencer Menlove
Spelunker sim US  
Wilf II Pac-Man UK Graham Cluley
Mr. Muncher Pac-Man 92 US Darren Embry
Stakan Tetris 93 Ua  
Lumpy's Tetris Tetris 95 Ie Paul Egan

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