RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
The Speris Legacy is an action RPG created by Binary Emotions exclusively for the Amiga and published by Team17 in 1996. Designed by Andy Jolly, and created by a team of only 6 people, the title is clearly inspired by the JRPG genre.
Year: 1996 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragon Quest, known as Dragon Warrior in the US, is a Japanese-style role-playing game created by Chunsoft for the NES and released in 1986. It's the first game of the famous Drago...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II is the sequel to the 1987 RPG The Faery Tale Adventure created by MicroIllusions. The sequel was developed by The Dreamers Guild, a stu...
Year: 1997 Genre: Role Playing
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Eye of the Beholder is a popular role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates for Strategic Simulations Inc. It was released in 1991 for MS-DOS and Amiga. Later, it was also ported to SNES and SEGA CD.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragon Wars is a role-playing game created by Interplay for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1989. It was later released for MS-DOS, Amiga, and several other platforms starting in 1990.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Shadow Sorcerer is a fantasy RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc and released in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The title is tied to the famous Dragonlance Chronicl...
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a sci-fi RPG created by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released initially for MS-DOS in 1988, then ported to Atari ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga (in 1989).
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire is an isometric RPG developed by Mindscape, released in 1993 for the Amiga and MS-DOS. It's the direct sequel to Legends (also known as The Four Crystals Of Trazere), released in 1992.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Legends is a fantasy/sci-fi action-adventure, inspired by Zelda, created by Krisalis Software and published in 1996. it was released for Amiga models with AGA chipset and PC. When ...
Year: 1996 Genre: Role Playing
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Knightmare is a role-playing game created by Mindscape in 1991, released for Amiga and Atari ST. It's based on the TV show with the same name. The title was developed by Antony Cro...
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Questron 2 is the sequel to Questron, a fantasy RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1984 for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit. Four years later, the sequel was ...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Captive is a sci-fi RPG created by Antony Crowther and published by Mindscape in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game uses a first-person perspective, with movements in the four directions in a pseudo-3D environment.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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The Dark Queen of Krynn is the last game in the series of RPG created using the "Gold Box" engine and set in the Dragonlance D&D world. The game was released by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1992 for MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Amiga.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Death Knights of Krynn is the second game in the Dragonlance series of RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc. The game uses the Gold Box engine, and it was released in 1991 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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