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Windmolen — The MSX Tower Defense Game Before Tower Defense Existed

Windmolen (1989) was an MSX game where players defended Dutch polders using windmills to pump out water. Created by a water engineering student in Wageningen, it pioneered tower defense mechanics years before the genre had a name.

IJstijd — The MSX Platformer Set in a Frozen Dutch Landscape

IJstijd (1987) was an MSX platformer set during the Little Ice Age in the 17th-century Netherlands. A solo developer from Den Bosch created a Hendrick Avercamp painting come to life.

Kabeljauw — The Lost Dutch MSX Fishing Game from 1988

How a small MSX game about North Sea fishing made in Delft became one of the rarest Dutch video games ever produced. Only 150 copies were sold.