Ask HN: Which was the first 32bit DOS game?

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3 months ago

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Seems Links 386 Pro beat them to it in 1992.

“It employs Phar Lap's 386 DOS-Extender 4.1“

3 months ago

Wow, you right:

The official release date of Links 386 Pro was in the second week of July 1992. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_386_Pro

3 months ago

Watcom C/386 compiler version 7.0 was released in 1989 and was one of the first 32-bit compilers for DOS targeting the 386 CPU.

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Sierra) was published 1993 too - Sierra adventure games using Watcom C/386.

3 months ago

Release date of Gabriel Knight was 1993-11-22, Doom was 1993-12-10.

Bam.