Category
Retro Board and Card Games
Choose a computer opponent or a solo card table. The archive includes chess engines, several checkers rulesets and Klondike variations, alongside less familiar board games. Read the edition notes: move selection, compulsory captures, scoring and undo rules differ between programs.
Browse all 19 games ↓A few places to start
- Argo Checkers
Mouse-driven checkers with highlighted legal moves and compulsory captures explained in the illustrated help.
- Clueless
A beginner-oriented chess opponent with six levels and mouse-based move selection.
- Klondike Gold
Klondike solitaire with one-card or three-card draws, scoring variants and optional hints.
Archive entries
↑↓ Select · Enter Open| Game | Platform | Year | Genre | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3D Noughts & CrossesChallenge the computer in 3-D Noughts & Crosses, making a line of four across a board with four stacked planes. | DOS | 1988 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Argo CheckersPlay Argo Checkers with highlighted legal moves, mandatory captures and an illustrated help system explaining this edition’s rules. | DOS | 1993 | Board & Card | PLAY |
CentaurPlay chess against Centaur’s DOS engine, enter moves by coordinates and adjust its thinking level through keyboard menus. | DOS | 1990 | Board & Card | PLAY |
CheckersPlay a mouse-controlled game of checkers against the computer, moving dark pieces across the board and jumping over opposing pieces. | DOS | 1996 | Board & Card | PLAY |
ChenardPlay chess against Chenard, choose a thinking time for the computer, and move pieces with a keyboard cursor. | DOS | 1996 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Chess88Play keyboard-controlled chess in Chess88, choosing a side and search depth before moving pieces with the cursor, Delete and Insert keys. | DOS | 1984 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Chinese CheckersRace marbles across the star-shaped board in ImagiSOFT’s Chinese Checkers, with human or computer players and step-by-step move selection. | DOS | 1991 | Board & Card | PLAY |
CluelessPractice chess against a beginner-oriented computer opponent, choosing from six levels and making moves with the mouse. | DOS | 1996 | Board & Card | PLAY |
DotsoDraw lines to claim boxes against the computer in Dotso. Random starting lines and blocked squares give this DOS dots-and-boxes game an unusual board. | DOS | 1993 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Dynamo DraughtsPlay several international draughts and checkers variants against a configurable DOS opponent or another local player. | DOS | 1992 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Grid PokerPlace cards on a grid to build poker hands across rows, columns and diagonals, aiming for the highest total score. | DOS | 1994 | Board & Card | PLAY |
HexxagonClone or jump across a hexagonal board in Hexxagon. Convert nearby opposing pieces and challenge Craniac or another player in the original DOS shareware. | DOS | 1993 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Klondike GoldPlay Klondike solitaire with nugget scoring, one-card or three-card draws, replay options and optional hints in Klondike Gold. | DOS | 1994 | Board & Card | PLAY |
LanePlace, push and retrieve cards on a shared board, trying to surround the red scoring cards before your opponent does. | Game Boy Advance | 2022 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Monopoly (Esc Programs)Buy properties and collect rent in ESC Programs’ Monopoly, choosing players and the optional Free Parking rule before starting. | DOS | 1999 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Nero 5Play chess against Nero 5, select moves with the arrow keys and Enter, and save or revisit positions in its DOS interface. | DOS | 1999 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Nova ChessPlay chess through a mouse-driven board with adjustable search depth, takebacks and a menu that appears at the top of the screen. | DOS | 1996 | Board & Card | PLAY |
NumloCapture numbered squares against two computer opponents in Numlo, a three-color board game where the highest score matters more than the largest territory. | DOS | 1993 | Board & Card | PLAY |
Reno GoldPlay casino-style Klondike solitaire with imaginary money, a seven-column tableau and a choice of classic or reduced-suit variations. | DOS | 1995 | Board & Card | PLAY |
