Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
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Article Published: 16 October 2021, 12:18 pm
If you own a computer today, it's either a PC or a Mac. Instead, not too many years ago, the world was full of crazy, tiny - and marvelous - machines called home computers. They had fancy names such as Apple II, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800, BBC Micro, Amiga, Atari ST, and more. It was the golden age of 8-bit and 16-bit technology.
Article Published: 12 September 2019, 5:19 pm
Disney's Tarzan (also known as Tarzan Action Game) is a platformer created by Eurocom Developments and published by Disney in 1999. Released for PlayStation and Windows, later, it was also ported to Nintendo 64.
Year: 1999 Genre: Platformer
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Dangerous Dave in the Deserted Pirate's Hideout is a 1988 computer game by John Romero. The famous game designer will become later co-founder of idSoftware and designer of Doom, Quake and many other games.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Contra is a run-and-gun style platformer developed by Konami and published by Erbe Software in 1987. It was released in arcades and on ZX Spectrum and Amstrad PC to start with. The...
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Claw is a 2D platformer developed and published by Monolith Productions as a PC exclusive in 1997. Despite the fanmade adaptations and the repeated attempts to continue the story officially, it did not receive any sequel.
Year: 1997 Genre: Platformer
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Disney's Aladdin, one of the most successful ports from a movie to a videogame, is a 2D side-scrolling platformer developed by Virgin Games. It is based on the 1992 Disney motion picture.
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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The Lion King is the video game adaptation of the Disney movie with the same title. It was developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in 1994. ...
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Mario Forever is a freeware clone/unofficial remake of the famous Super Mario Bros. It was created by Buziol Games, and it was released for Windows only in 2004. After many request...
Year: 2004 Genre: Platformer
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Prince of Persia is a fantasy cinematic 2D platformer originally developed and published by Brøderbund and designed by Jordan Mechner. It was initially released in 1989 for the Apple II.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Prehistorik 2 is the sequel to the platform game Prehistorik and was developed and published by Titus Interactive. It was released for DOS and Amstrad CPC in 1993. In this humorous...
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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Jazz Jackrabbit is a popular side-scrolling shooter/platformer developed by Epic MegaGames and released in 1994 for the PC. The game was named Arcade Game of the Year by PC Format.
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Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive in 1996 for PC, Sega Saturn, and PlayStation. Eidos Interactive, formerly known ...
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Ghosts 'n Goblins Remake is a freeware clone of the 1985 popular side-scrolling platforming game developed by Capcom for arcades..
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Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame is the sequel to the original Prince of Persia. It was developed and published by Brøderbund Software and it was released in 1993. T...
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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Lode Runner: The Legend Returns is the sequel/remake of the original Lode Runner created by Douglas E Smith. It was developed by Presage Software and published by Sierra On-Line in 1994 for DOS, Mac, and Windows 3.
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Disney's The Jungle Book is a platformer created by Virgin Interactive (aka Virgin Games) based on the 1967 Disney animated film. The team behind Aladdin (including David Bishop an...
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is the first in the franchise of side scrollers of the same name, developed by id Software. The game was published by Apogee Software in 1990 for DOS.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Another World, also known as Out of This World, is a cinematic platformer action-adventure designed by Éric Chahi for Delphine Software. It was released in 1991 initially for Amig...
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Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is a side-scrolling platformer produced by Epic Games (at that time under Epic MegaGames). After Arjan Brussee accidentally confirmed its existence in 1994, it was published for Windows in 1998.
Year: 1998 Genre: Platformer
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Skyroads is a remake of the driving game Kosmonaut. Both games were made by Bluemoon, a small studio based in Estonia. The game was released in 1993 for PC MS-DOS only. Compared t...
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