Paino

Paino is one of those tiny Finnish DOS games about which almost nothing survives — not even a period BBS blurb. The title translates as “weight”, but beyond that little can be said with certainty; the author and the exact year of release are unknown today.

The game comes from the Finnish home-computer scene of the 1990s, when hobbyists wrote small DOS games and spread them for free through bulletin board systems. With titles like this it is common that only the executable survives, with no documentation at all. International retro sites barely cover this scene, so the most reliable source left is the game itself.

The best way to find out what it is about is simply to try it — Paino runs right in your browser on OldGame.cz.