EGA Games

Mode 10h, 640×350

This is a list of games using EGA mode Dh, 640×350, 16 colors out of a palette of 64. Unlike in the table for mode Dh, I have here included games that supported VGA as well. I did not include Dark Seed, which used mode 10h, but, as far as I know, required VGA. Under VGA, the 16 colors can be chosen from the full 216,000 color VGA palette.

There's an EGA 10h screenshot gallery as well.

The Beginnings: 1985–88

Before 1989, only a few pioneers used EGA. The first and most remarkable game is Cyrus, which shows a mastery of this mode rarely ever achieved again.

Cyrus Chess 85 UK  
EGA-roids Arcade 86 US  
Aldo's Adventure Arcade 87 US Dave and Ben Ibach
PCMan Pac-Man 88    
Snarf Arcade US Everett Kaser
Sorry! Ludo US Joe Glockner

Big Time: 1989–92

1989 was the first year mode 10h was widely used, and it was the year this mode was used most. More 10h games were released in 1989 than in any other year.

Aldo Again Arcade 89 US  
Ark… Breakout US Scott Demers
Dammit! Card US Robert Roberds
egaint Tetris US Eric Ng
Guzzle board US Robert Roberds
McPop! Arcade US Robert Roberds
Pachisi board US Supports VGA
PC-Fender Defender US Bruce Mealey
Quinta Gomoku US Lester Penner
SimCity strat US  
Beetris Tetris Se  
CD-Man Pac-Man Se  
Blockout Tetris Pl  
Blue Angel 69 MaxIt De  
Ooze: Creepy Nites Adventure De  
Tet42 Tetris De  
EGAWalls Breakout It Michelangelo Policarpo
Magnetic Crane Puzzle Ru  
Welltris Tetris Ru  
Mens erger je niet Ludo Nl H.A.B. Smals
PowerChess v5.3 Chess At H. Heiss, W. Wild
Apples & Oranges Othello 90 US Charles A. Hardy
Bounce Zone Pong US Compute! Publications
Hex Jump Peg Solitaire US Alan Meiss
Leong Puzzle US Robert Roberds
Mosaic Puzzle US Joshua Klayman
Rammer Tetris US  
SITris Tetris US Paul Tupaczewski
Chain Reaction board   A.R. Wright
Xaptron Arcade   Rinzai Satori
Cascade Strategy UK Adrian Millett
Člověče nezlob se! Ludo Cz Ariel Software
EGAPET Tetris Ru  
Tetriller Tetris Ru  
Frac Tetris Se  
Frac4D Tetris Se  
Troff II Snake At Nickolay Soumarokov
Aggression Board 91 US Thomas B. Hardy
Dungeon Explorer RPG US John Murphy
Gorillas Artillery US  
HowTwo Puzzle US Christopher G. Gunn
Oilcap Pipe Mania US William Soleau
Yatz Yahtzee US Michael Wollert
Satori Puzzle   Rinzai Satori
7 Colors Puzzle Ru Supports VGA
Filler Puzzle Ru  
Kalakh Mancala Ru  
Flip-It Othello UK Supports VGA
Lin Wu's Challenge Puzzle De  
Snake 3 Snake No Sverre H. Huseby
Boxcars Puzzle 92 US Jim Radcliffe
Chinese Checkers board US  
Elevators from Hell Arcade US John Shramko
Eye of Horus Arcade US John Shramko
Fairy Godmom Arcade US John Blackwell
Flagger Puzzle US James A. Sausville
A-Train strat Jp Supports VGA
Addix MaxIt UK Adrian Millett
Tetris (SHH) Tetris No Sverre H. Huseby
Tetrix Tetris Cz Miroslav Nemeček
Velká privatizace Atoms Cz Miroslav Nemeček
Trubis Tetris Lv  
Color Lines Puzzle Ru  
Kosynka Cards Ru Sergey Ryzhkov
Zmeyelov Tetris Ru  

Phasing Out: Since 1993

It is a unique phenomenon in PC history that mode 10h was dropped in Europe before it was dropped in the US. The drop in the number of 10h games released in 1993 compared to 1992 is only due to European developers abandoning it.

1993tris Columns 93 US  
4-In-A-Row Connect Four US Keith Cohen & Mike Walston
Catch Simona Puzzle US Ben Shoval
Cubicmaze Puzzle US Lee C. Dickinson
EGA-Solitaire Cards US John A. Junod
PhantomTris Tetris US Jason Bertschi
Crimefighter   De Peter Steffen
3-D Pitfall Blockout 94 US John Shramko
Pharmacy Dr. Mario US Paul Tidwell
Tetrics Tetris US Serge N. Fokin
Marble Cooking Puzzle Jp  
Pretty Girl Campaign RPG Tw  
Bombs Away! Puzzle 95 US Dave Dobson
Wari (ImagiSOFT) Mancala US  
Ludo Ludo 96 Dk  
Flight Action Flight Sim 97 US Axisim Software
3DX 3D Tic-Tac-Toe 98   Paul Scott


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