Category description: Sometimes games aren't easily classified into a single category. Perhaps it's due to their unconventional gameplay or themes, or maybe it's the way that they meld various genres together into one coherent (or incoherent) package. In any case, these misfits are often some of the more interesting games available.
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Magenta's Maze

Views: 7,4902017FreewareMiscellaneous Gibdon Moon Productions
My math skills are rusty, and rather than trying to explain this game myself, here is the description by the developers … VIEW

Murder Cruise

Views: 6,6061987FreewareMiscellaneous Bruce Jaeger
Murder Cruise is a text-based sleuthing game which was according to the author inspired by a Commodore PET game called … VIEW

Oleg Sobolev's ASCII DOOM

Views: 15,9991999FreewareMiscellaneous Oleg Sobolev
Oleg Sobolev's ASCII DOOM was apparently made by someone named Oleg Sobolev, although his name does not appear anywhere … VIEW

One Arm Bandit

Views: 5,3241991SharewareMiscellaneous Computer Specialties
One Arm Bandit is a very simple slot machine simulation game, with an inordinate amount of documentation included. The … VIEW

P-Robots

Views: 9,7111988SharewareMiscellaneous David R. Malmberg
P-Robots was inspired by the similar game C-Robots which is similar but uses the C language instead of a Pascal-like … VIEW

P.O.D Wars

Views: 6,1901989SharewareMiscellaneous Merwin Updyke
POD Wars is an interesting text-mode exploration/strategy/action hybrid game that doesn't actually seem to be balanced … VIEW

PACMAN (Silverman)

Views: 4,4121984FreewareMiscellaneous Alan Silverman Computers
PACMAN is not noteworthy for the game itself; although it's premise is unique, it's not particularly well done or fun to … VIEW

Pass-Around Trivia

Views: 7,0981989SharewareMiscellaneous PAS Software
Pass-Around trivia is a Trivial Pursuit-like board game for 1-6 players. Players roll the dice, move to a square, and … VIEW

PC-Casino

Views: 4,6391988SharewareMiscellaneous David L. Fallen
PC-Casino is a collection of three different popular casino games, all done in text-mode: Video poker, slots, and keno. … VIEW

PC-Sherlock: A Game of Logic & Deduction

Views: 12,1671996FreewareMiscellaneous Yestersoft
This is a different game from the other "Sherlock" game listed on this website by Everett Kaser, if this isn't the one … VIEW

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