GamesNostalgia

Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac

iten

Best Windows Games

This is the list of the best games for Windows currently available on GamesNostalgia. All packed with the correct emulator. If you don't see the game you are looking for, feel free to contact us and ask.

Starcraft windowsmac-osx

StarCraft is one of the most influential real-time-strategy games ever created and one of the most important video games of all time. It was developed by Blizzard Entertainment, and it was initially released in 1998 for Windows.

Year: 1998 Genre: Strategy

aliens freeware real-time rts science fiction strategy

Sid Meier's Civilization II windows

Civilization II, or simply Civ2, is the second chapter of the most famous turn-based strategy video game ever created: Sid Meier's Civilization. The game's objective is to "Build an empire to stand the test of time".

Year: 1996 Genre: Strategy

4x history strategy turn-based strategy

No One Lives Forever windows

The Operative: No One Lives Forever, also known as NOLF, is a first-person shooter/stealth game created by Monolith Productions. It was published by Fox Interactive for PC in 2000.

Year: 2000 Genre: Shooter

3d action-adventure cold war espionage first-person humour shooter spy stealth

Diablo windows

Diablo is a famous "hack and slash" role-playing game created by Blizzard and released at the end of 1996 for Windows. Two years later, it was released to Macintosh. It is not only...

Year: 1996 Genre: Role Playing

action-rpg fantasy hack and slash isometric real-time rpg

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars windows

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars if the first game of the famous series of point-and-click adventures created by Revolution Software. The studio also created Lure of the Temptress and Beneath A Steel Sky.

Year: 1996 Genre: Adventure

adventure europe graphic adventure hand-drawn animations history mystery point and click

Halo: Combat Evolved windowsmac-osx

Halo: Combat Evolved is a sci-fi first-person shooter created by Bungie Studios for Microsoft and released for the Xbox in 2001. GearBox later ported it to Windows and Macintosh in 2003.

Year: 2003 Genre: Shooter

aliens aviation first-person multiplayer science fiction shooter war

Thief: The Dark Project windows

Thief: The Dark Project, developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive, was released in 1998. It was a groundbreaking game that revolutionized the stealth genre.

Year: 1998 Genre: Action

Backyard Baseball windows

Backyard Baseball is a baseball game created by Humongous Entertainment and released for Windows and Macintosh in 1997. It's the first of a long series of successful titles, the last one of which was released in 2015.

Year: 1997 Genre: Sports

baseball cartoon scumm sports

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way windows

No One Lives Forever 2 is a first-person shooter with stealth elements created by Monolith and published by Sierra in 2002 for PC and Macintosh. As you may imagine, NOLF2 is the se...

Year: 2002 Genre: Action

3d action-adventure cold war espionage first-person fps humour shooter spy stealth

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings windows

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is a historical real-time strategy game created by Ensemble Studios. It was published by Microsoft in 1999 for Windows and Macintosh. As you can...

Year: 1999 Genre: Strategy

europe historical battle isometric medieval middle east real-time rts strategy

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines windows

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is the first chapter of a famous tactical game series created by the Spanish studio Pyro and published by Eidos. This first game, designed by Gonzalo ...

Year: 1998 Genre: Strategy

europe historical battle military rts squad management stealth strategy tactics war ww2

Maniac Mansion Deluxe windows

Maniac Mansion Deluxe is a fan-made revamped version of Maniac Mansion, the famous LucasArts adventure game. it features 256 colours graphics, digital sound effects and continuo...

Year: 2004 Genre: Adventure

adventure comedy enhanced remakes freeware graphic adventure point and click verb-based

Quake II windows

Quake II doesn't need any introduction. The first-person shooter created by id Software was released in December 1997. The legendary John Carmack worked personally on coding this gem, that was not planned to be a sequel to Quake.

Year: 1997 Genre: Shooter

3d first-person fps multiplayer science fiction shooter texture map

Homeworld windows

Homeworld is a sci-fi real-time strategy/simulation game created by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra in 1999 for Windows PC. The game concept is very straightforward: ta...

Year: 1999 Genre: Strategy

3d real-time rts science fiction simulation space management space sim strategy