RSD Game-Maker (partially lost video games made on MS-DOS game engine; 1991-present)

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Status: Partially Lost

RSD Game Maker is a DOS-based game engine that was produced between 1991 through 1995 by a company known as Recreational Software Designs, and sold through direct mail by KD Software. The engine was also sold in other places around the world such as Canada, UK, Belgium, Argentina, South Korea, etc. It was the first ever general-purpose graphical game maker for DOS-based PCs. Later on, the source code for version 3.0 was released on GitHub by original coder Andy Stone under the MIT license.

Being that it was mostly used by people at their home instead of actual companies, it was more likely for them to become lost. Some games were distributed through BBS, and some were even put on CD compilations, while others were never distributed at all. Multiple games have been preserved throughout the years, but multiple others are currently lost.

A website does exist out there for RSD Game Maker, and the games developed for it created by Aderack, who has developed several games himself.[1]

List of Games

Adam Tyner

Game Title Year Status
Alan '95 1995 Found
Alan '96 1996 Found
Alan B-Day 1994 Found
Alan! 1994 Found
Bear Fun Show 1994 Found
Blip! 1995 Found
Bone! 1996 Partially Found
CGA Hell 1995 Found
Frisbounce 1995 Found
Jon '95 1995 Found
Mister Spiff 1 1994 Found
Mister Spiff 2 1994 Lost
Mister Spiff 3: Freeze! Mother! Freeze! 1994 Found
Mister Spiff 4 1994 Found
Power Flux 1996 Found
Questor Unknown Lost
Questor 2 Unknown Lost
Questor 3 Unknown Lost
What the...?!? 1995 Found

Alan Caudel

This one is by far one of the most complete when it comes to Game-Maker developers with games made in multiple decades. This is because he has managed to preserve almost all of the games he made for the engine since the early 1990s to be played by anyone.

Game Title Year Status
Adam '96 1996 Found
Adam '97 1997 Found
Adam 98 1998 Found
Adam '99 1999 Found
Adam 2000 2000 Found
Adam's B-Day 3: the Saga Continues 1995 Found
Adam's Birthday Game 1992 Found
The Adam's Birthday Saga Continues 1993 Found
Advanced Techniques Demo 2014 Found
Adventure 1995 Found
Alan Fun Game 1998 Found
B 1998 Found
Big Fat Tank! 1994 Found
Bionic ComMANd 2012 Found
Coin Toss 2013 Found
The Complete Bone Adventures 1996 Found
Doom 1996 Found
Draw 2013 Found
DropBlok 2013 Found
Dummy Duck 1(A.K.A. Off the Page) 1992 Found
Dummy Duck 2 1996 Found
Dummy Duck 3 1996 Found
Dummy Duck 4(A.K.A. DD4: Canadian Boxing Day) 1998 Found
Dummy Duck 5 1999 Found
Dummy Duck 7 2013 Lost
FallDownGoBoom 2013 Found
Farmer! 2014 Found
Fireaxe 1994 Found
Godzilla 1996 Found
Hamsterman 1995 Found
Jet! 1995 Found
Kozmo Kat 1992 Found
The Legend of Budd 1996 Found
Lighting 2013 Found
Lil' Choklit Donit Man in: Choklit Terror!! 1995 Found
Man Game 2011 Found
Man Game Fire! 2013 Found
Man Game RPG 2011 Found
Man Game Stairs 2011 Found
Metals Torm 2014 Found
Mine-Maker 2011 Found
Mr. Berkel Derkel 1995 Found
Nathan Rocks! 1994 Found
NBA Jams 1995(newer version released in 2015) Found
Palladia: the Game 1996 Found
Power Budd! 1995 Found
Power Fights A.C.: Power Moves 2 1995 Found
Raiden 2 1994 Found
Return of the Jedi 1994 Found
Robo-Wars 1995 Found
Roll the Dice 2013 Found
Rooftop 2014 Found
Scurvy the Squirrel 1993 Found
Ski 1996 Found
Snake 2014 Found
Sneaky 2014 Found
Space Harrier 2011 Found
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 1996 Found
Stickman Die!! 1995 Found
Timecode 2014 Found
Trees 1996 Found
Virtual Apartment 1997 Found

Alan Caudel & Adam Tyner

They are known to have collaborated on what specific set of games, the Star Avenger series. Whether, or not they collaborated on other games is uncertain.

Game Title Year Status
Star Avenger 1995 Found
Star Avenger 2 1995 Found
Star Avenger 3 1995 Found
Star Avenger 4 1996 Found

Alex Reimann Cunha Lima

He briefly mentioned making games on the engine on a computer with more than enough power to make, & run games on.

Angelo Felix

Game Title Year Status
Shanna 1993 Partially Found

Antares Bros

Game Title Year Status
Reptalia 1994 Found
Time After Time 1994 Found

Brandon Enterprises

All games made by Brandon Enterprises have been found in their entirety, making it one of the 2 most complete sets of them all so far.

Game Title Year Status
Anime 2001 Found
Droid 1999 Found
Fox Party 2001 Found
Fox World 2001 Found
Foxy Dimensions 2001 Found
Penguin War 1997 Found
Raven 2000 Found
Seal Boarders 1998 Found
Seal Boarders 2 1998 Found
Skate Board 1999 Found
Skatenig 2001 Found
Slot Car 2000 Found
Terra 2001 Found
Ulysses 1999 Found
Void Raiders 2001 Found
Zarlor 2 2001 Found

Brandon Whitton

None of his games have survived according to him as he lost them all. It's unknown as to how many games he had made.

Chris Lavioette

Game Title Year Status
The Adventures of Kody & Tika Unknown Lost
Pogman Unknown Lost
Roady Rabbit 2 1998? Found
Roady Rabbit 3 Unknown Lost
The Saturn Challenge Unknown Lost
Sonic the Hedgehog Tribute Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Techno Pac-Man Unknown Lost
World Warriors Unknown Lost

Ciro Duran

Game Title Year Status
Pac-Mania Unknown Lost
Prison Game Unknown Lost
Untitled Platformer Unknown Lost

Cly5m

Game Title Year Status
Blob 1994 Found
Intec 1995 Found
Pipes 1993 Found
Shooter 1995 Found

Daniel Turner

Supposedly he made about 8 games, & 2 of them were released to the public. Bella said that one of his games starred turtles.

Game Title Year Status
Unknown Game 1 Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Unknown Game 2 Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Unknown Game 3 Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Unknown Game 4 Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Unknown Game 5 Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Unknown Game 6 Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Unknown Game 7 Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Unknown Game 8 Unknown Existence Unconfirmed

Dattorz

Game Title Year Status
Blipp In: Power Panic! 2014 Found

David Barras

Game Title Year Status
Bonus Game Unknown Lost
The Descent 1994 Found

David Carchedi

Game Title Year Status
Zackpin Unknown Lost
Zackpin 2 Unknown Lost

David Wallin

Game Title Year Status
Dudle Unknown Lost
Slinker 1993 Found

Dean Tersigni

Game Title Year Status
Unknown Game Unknown Lost

Dwight Sanchez

Game Title Year Status
Arcade Ricky 1994 Found
Scrubber 1994 Lost

Dylan Durdle

Game Title Year Status
Virtual Mario 1997 Found
Virtual Zelda Unknown Existence Unconfirmed

Eric-Jon Rossel

Like with Alan Caudel, this is one of the most complete sets of Game-Maker games out there.

Game Title Year Status
A-J 3 1995 Found
A-J's Quest 1992 Found
The Adventures of Fred Earwigian 1994 Found
Beware the Gremlin 1995 Found
The Bounerim 1993 Found
Bounerim 2: the Bounce Back Unknown Non-existent
Bubble And Squeak 2014 Lost
Builder 2011 Found
Castle Test 2012 Lost
Cireneg's Rings 1993 Found
Clyde & Zeke 1994 Found
Crullo: Adventures of a Donut 1994 Found
Did I Ever Tell You About the Time I Was Taken By a Vampire One Night 1996 Found
Dusk Rose 1993 Found
Explorer Jacko 1993 Found
Fantastic Adventures of Byron Solomon 2015 Lost
Fluffy Ralph 1993 Found
Friction 1995 Found
Glubada Pond 1994 Found
Gridline 1993 Found
Jario! 1994 Found
Linear Volume 1993 Found
Link vs. Gannon 1993 Found
The McKenna Chronicles 1995 Found
Nejillian Flux 1993 Found
Ninja Tuck 1995 Found
Ninja Tuck 2: Booka 1995 Found
Octolris 1994 Found
Operation Killbot 1993 Found
Overworld 2010 Found
Pac 1993 Found
The Patchwork Heart 1994 Found
Peach 2: Pair of Ducks In Time Unknown Non-existent
Peach the Lobster 1994 Found
PersiaTron 2014 Found
The Return of A-J 1993(improved upon later on) Found
Ricci's Cow Hunt 1995 Found
Rodip: Rover of the Deep 1994(picked up for completion in 2011) Found
Sign of the Hedgehog 1993 Found
Sign of the Hedgehog 2 1993 Found
Sushi-X Breaks Loose 1993 Found
Tony & Me 1993 Found
Unicorn Bird(actually the work of his daughter) 2016 Lost
Watch Me Die! 1996 Found
Zark 1994 Found
Zoom 2: Enter Zip Unknown Non-existent
Zoom the Super Bear 1993 Found

Erwin Bergervoet

Game Title Year Status
Erwin 1998 Non-existent
Geen Zuurstof 1998 Non-existent
PC-Man's World 1998 Found
QiQ: Please Peace 1998 Found
The Ultimate Off-Road Racing Unknown Existence Unconfirmed

Felix Leung

Game Title Year Status
Die Blarney! 1995 Found
Xenoblaster: Attack of the Xorg 1995 Found

Fernando Sarmiento

Game Title Year Status
Renxo Booper In Booperland 1996 Found
Snowkid Flake 1997? Lost

Firefall Softwarez

Game Title Year Status
Firefall 1992 Found

Flip Industries

Developer of the Super Kid Icarus fan game, he said that he made a couple of games on this engine. None of them seem to have survived.

Gabriel Harper

Supposedly he had the software, but due to having an 8086 he couldn't play the games he made.

Gary Acord

Game Title Year Status
Anyworld 1 1993 Found
Capn Zapn 1: Kozmik Journeys 1992 Found
Dogs 1 1992(re-released in 1993) Found
The Head 1 1992(re-released in 1993) Found
Icemare With Sgt. Super 1992 Found
Jaxon Zoose 1: Zapped By the Light 1992(re-released in 1993) Found
Major Marvel 1 1992 Found
Pakdream 1 1993 Found
Pakmon 2010 Found
Spacecraft 1 1993 Found
Street Wolf 1 1992(re-released in 1993) Found
Superheroes 1 1993 Found
Ultimare 1 1993 Found
Zapak 1: The Zap-Pack! 1993 Found
Zapman 1: the Fantastic Zapman 1993 Found
Zapper 2 1993? Existence Unconfirmed
Zapper 3 1993? Existence Unconfirmed
Zapper 4: Escape From Neverwhere 1992(possibly repackaged as Zapper 4 in 1994) Found
Zapper 4: Escape From Neverwhere(pre-Zapper 4 version) 1992? Existence Unconfirmed
Zapper 4-B: Holy Neverwhere! 1992(possibly repackaged as Zapper 4-B in 1994) Found
Zapper 4-B: Holy Neverwhere!(pre-Zapper 4-B version) 1992? Existence Unconfirmed

Glop Demon

He didn't really create games himself, more so goofed around with other projects. None of his hacks are known to have survived as of yet.

James Faux

Like Brandon Enterprises, all of his games have been found, & preserved, making it one of the most complete sets so far.

Game Title Year Status
BM Mid 1990s Found
Eclypse 1994 Found
Ego Force 1995 Found
Gapper 1994 Found
Havok 1995 Found
The Mist 1996 Found
Moonchild 1995 Found
Mortal Harvey 1995 Found
Mr. Chalk 1994 Found
Puzzle 1995 Found
Section-Z 1997? Found
Thunder-Snot Johnny Mid 1990s Found

James Hoffman

Only one of his games has been confirmed to exist. Apparently he made countless games, & most of them were unfinished due to locked doors not opening properly.

Game Title Year Status
Teatime Game 2014 Found

James W. Morris

Game Title Year Status
Crystal Mania 4: Space Pirates From the Planet of the Pygmie People 1993 Found
Crystal Mania 5 Mid 1990s Lost
Crystal Mania 6 Mid 1990s Lost
Fantasy Adventure Game Unknown Lost
Hoverboard Game(Prototype version of Super Hamster) 1992? Lost
Jetpack Game Unknown Lost
Super Hamster: Curse of the Kooky Cult 1993 Found
Superhero Game Unknown Lost
Undersea Exploration Game Unknown Lost

Janet L. Groth Productions

Game Title Year Status
Dungeon Erghuck 1993 Found

Jeremy LaMar

Game Title Year Status
Blinky 1993? Lost
Blinky 2: the Return of Blinky 1994 Found
Blinky 3 1995 Found
Blinky 4 Unknown Lost
Jet-Pack Unknown Lost
Tank Battle Unknown Lost

John Donald Carlucci

Game Title Year Status
Baxter And Art Gecco Unknown Lost
Baxter vs. the Brain Snatching Aliens 1994 Found

Jon Bolden

Game Title Year Status
Firehouse Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Greek Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Jon Bon Jovi Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Rascal 1996 Found

Joshua Eric Turcotte

Game Title Year Status
Cube Unknown Lost
Orb: the Derelict Planet 1994 Partially Found
Orb 2 Unknown Lost

Justin Meisse

Supposedly his games had gotten corrupted which led them to becoming lost. The brother of Stefan Meisse.

Game Title Year Status
Cyborg Empire Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Justoman Unknown Existence Unconfirmed

Kevin Vance

Apparently he made a bunch of other games on this engine, but only 4 of them have been confirmed to exist.

Game Title Year Status
Breakout: the Rescue 1994(re-released in 1995) Found
Hi-Tech Demo 1993(re-released in 1994) Found
Kirk Voodia 1993(re-released in 1994) Found
Kirk Voodia 2 1993(re-released in 1994) Existence Unconfirmed

Kris Asick

Game Title Year Status
EGA Combat Gladiators Arena 2018 Found

Mark A. Janelle

Game Title Year Status
Barracuda 2: the Escape 1994? Existence Unconfirmed
Barracuda 3 1994 Existence Unconfirmed
Barracuda: Secret Mission 1 1992(gameware edition released in 1994) Found

Mark Cidade

He used the KD Software version while he was an employee at Microforum.

Mark Donald

Game Title Year Status
Eco-Warrior 1996 Lost

Mark Hadley

Game Title Year Status
Bonus Game 1994? Existence Unconfirmed
Parsec Man 3D 1994 Found
Progress Or Congress 1994 Found

Martin Salomon And Robin Ward Inc.(M & R Inc.)

Game Title Year Status
Crystal Quest: Thal's Quest For Crystals 1992 Found

Marty Valenti

No information on this person exists online, & like Firefall Softwarez, only one game is known to have come out.

Game Title Year Status
Flying Guts 1995 Found

Mary Martin

Game Title Year Status
Maria Sister 1995 Found

Matt Bell

Game Title Year Status
All Quiet 1994 Found
Arctic Survival Game Unknown Lost
Barney Spoof Unknown Lost
Ofer Unknown Lost
Paper Airplane 1993 Partially Found
Rocket 1993 Found
Sperm Game Unknown Lost
Yuphex 1994 Found
Yuphex 2 1995? Lost

Matt Dabrowski

Game Title Year Status
Weird Worlds Unknown Lost

Matt Tasker

He only developed one game, & this game was seemingly never finished. He thinks that it might still exist in his parents' house.

Game Title Year Status
Scrolling Shooter Unknown Lost

Matt Wears

A friend to Alan Caudel.

Game Title Year Status
Benny 1992 Found
Dexter the Alligator 1997 Found

Matthew Groves

Game Title Year Status
Jet Driver 1994 Found
Mystery Caves 1994? Lost
Mystery Mansion 1994 Found
Space Cadet 1993(re-released in 1994) Found
Space Cadet 2 1994? Lost
Space Cadet 3 1995? Lost

Matthew Saul

Game Title Year Status
Marley's Quest 1996 Found
Popa: Invasion If the Green Things From Ickubackal 1996 Found

Mike Perrucci

Game Title Year Status
Invasion of the Blobs! 1996 Found
Invasion of the Blobs 2: the Evolution Revolution 1998 Found
Invasion of the Blobs 3: Zib Rolls On! Unknown Lost
Invasion of the Blobs 3: Zib Springs Into Action! Unknown Lost
Luigi's Heroic Debut 1996 Found
Party of Four 1997 Found
Wordlock 2013 Found

PPP Team

Game Title Year Status
4 To Save Toon Land Mid-Late 1990s Found
Badman 1995 Found
Badman 2: He's Back Again! 1996 Found
Badman 3: Badboys Are Back! 1996 Found
Biokid 1995 Found
Bloodwar Unknown Lost
Blork Carnage: the Adventure of Jack Booster 1995 Found
Calimero 2 1995 Found
Commander Xeen 1995 Found
Cosmo War 1995 Found
Dragon Ball Z 1994? Lost
Dragon Ball Z 2: the Death of Vageta 1995 Found
Dragon Ball Z 2 Remix 1995 Found
Droid In the Fire Cavern 1995 Lost
F1 Eater Mania 1995 Found
Froggy Story 1995 Found
Futurboy Unknown Lost
Grungee Unknown Lost
Martin Bros. Unknown Lost
Panzer 1945 1995 Found
Panzer 2019 1995 Found
Panzer 3 1995 Found
Pengo Adventure 1995 Found
Spector Unknown Lost
Twinbee Land 1997 Found

Recreational Software Designs

Game Title Year Status
Animation 1991 Found
Dungeon Game 1991 Lost
Game-Maker Demo 1995 Found
Game-Maker Tutor 1993 Found
Graphics Tools 1993 Found
Houses 1991 Found
Isometric Game 1991 Lost
Nebula 1991 Found
Penguin Pete 1991 Found
Pipemare 1991 Found
Sample 1991 Found
Terrain 1991 Found

Roger Levy

Game Title Year Status
Andy In Asunderland Mid-Late 1990s Partially Found
Fireworks 1997 Found
KonoTest Late 1990s Found
RPG Test Late 1990s Found

Roland Ludlam

Game Title Year Status
Bonus Game 1994? Lost
Hurdles 1994 Found
John's Archaeological Adventures - Episode 1: the Tomb 1995 Found
John's Archaeological Adventures - Episode 2: the Mayan Tomb 1995 Lost
John's Archaeological Adventures - Episode 3: Civilization On Mars 1995 Lost
Mech Mid 1990s Found

Ron Cavagnaro

Game Title Year Status
Armadillos Unknown Lost
Bounty Hunter Unknown Lost
Christmas Sheep Game Unknown Lost

Ronnie Toon

Quite possibly one of the stranger sets of Game Maker games as some of the games are seemingly expanded versions of levels from Viki: Escape From Videoland. However though, it might be vice versa, & that all Viki games were seemingly combined into one.

Game Title Year Status
Santa Is Back! 1993 Found
Viki: Adventure In Space City Early 1990s? Existence Unconfirmed
Viki: Escape From Videoland 1993 Partially Found
Viki: Hot Balloon Early 1990s? Existence Unconfirmed
Viki: Lost In Hidden Maze Early 1990s? Existence Unconfirmed
Viki: Madness In Crazy Island Early 1990s? Existence Unconfirmed
Viki: Return To Bubble Land Early 1990s? Existence Unconfirmed
Viki: Revenge of the Chomp Chomp Monster Early 1990s? Existence Unconfirmed

Roy Sr. Person

The only surviving game of his as of now is a hack of Pipemare simply titled Pipes.

Game Title Year Status
Bonus Game 1993 Existence Unconfirmed
Pipes 1993 Found
Solar Quest Unknown Existence Unconfirmed

Rylie James Thomas

Game Title Year Status
Terror Tower 2014 Found

Sean McNulty

Game Title Year Status
Chad's Crazy Adventure Unknown Lost
Dead Awakening 2002 Found
Demonika 2003? Lost
Monkey Mission: Project Replevin Unknown Lost

Sheldon Chase

All 4 of his games have been preserved, & made playable. Note that the Woman Warrior games are incorrectly labeled on the Internet Archive.

Game Title Year Status
Desert Defender 1993 Found
Earth Vs the Flying Saucers 1993 Found
Woman Warrior And the Attack From Below 1994 Found
Woman Warrior And the Outer Limits 1994 Found

Sherwood Forest Software

Game Title Year Status
Adventures In Melgratta 1992 Found
Air-Strike 42 1992 Found
Amaze-ing 1993 Found
Attack of the Killer Dandelions Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Big Bob's Drive-In 1992 Found
Bonus Game Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Dino Hunt 1993 Found
The Old Rimshaw Place Unknown Existence Unconfirmed
Operation: Tiger 1992 Found
Pedestrian Panic 1993? Found
Preggers 1993 Found
Rascal In Numberland 1994 Partially Found
Rascal's Alphamaze 1994 Partially Found
Robo Wars 1994 Partially Found
Rocket Fighter 1993 Found
Safari Sam: Jungle Explorer 1992 Found
Shootout At Dodge 1992 Found
Shoplifter 1993? Lost
Shoplifter 2: the Second Caper 1994 Partially Found
Way Out Willy's Circus Unknown Existence Unconfirmed

Stefan Meisse

Game Title Year Status
Caves 1994 Found

T3 Software

Game Title Year Status
Bird of Prey Unknown Lost
Dude Unknown Lost
Fat Boy Unknown Lost
The Legend of Zelda: Harry's Awakening 1995 Found
Star Wars Tribute Unknown Lost
Super Mario 5 Unknown Lost
Untitled Kirby Game Unknown Lost
Untitled Winnie the Pooh game Unknown Lost

Terry Chatman

Game Title Year Status
Ballie D. Plumber Episode 1: Ballie In D. Pipes 1994 Found
Ballie D. Plumber Episode 2 1994? Existence Unconfirmed
Ballie D. Plumber Episode 3 1994? Existence Unconfirmed
Bonus Game 1994? Existence Unconfirmed
Shorty Da Pimp: Aliens Stole My H**! 1994 Partially Found

Tony A. Rowe

Supposedly he has a disk filled with Game Maker stuff. Whether, or not he has found it yet is uncertain.

Tyler Pantella

He made several games using lots of Sample terrain as he hated making his own. He couldn't get in contact with any other Game Maker users at the time.

Yurik Nestoly

Game Title Year Status
Ninja 1996 Found
Nuke Late 1990s Found
Star Wars 1995 Found
Stickman!!! Die 1995 Found
Twister, Argh! 1996 Found
Yurik 2 1997 Found

Others?

Considering that this was made for general use, it might mean that other games made on this engine still exist out there, & are still recoverable. In spite of its general use, the amount of games made on the engine is currently unknown, & it's still counting up to this very day as we discover more people known to have used it.

Reference

  1. The Game-Maker Archive page. Retrieved 15 Nov '20