Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Boulder Dash is a popular strategy/maze game initially created by Peter Liepa and Chris Gray for Atari 8-bit and released in 1984. The game, published by First Star Software, was p...
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Bruce Lee is a platform beat-em-up developed for Atari 8-bit and published in 1984 by Datasoft. The game created by Ron Fortier (with graphics by Kelly Day) became one of the most memorable and innovative action games of the mid-80s.
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The Goonies is the video game adaptation of the famous 1985 film written by Steven Spielberg and directed by Richard Donner. Developed by Datasoft for 8-bit platforms, the game was...
Year: 1985 Genre: Platformer
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Summer Games is the first game of the popular series dedicated to the Olympic games. It was created by Epyx and released initially in 1984 for the Commodore 64. The game was so suc...
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Seven Cities of Gold: Commemorative Edition is an enhanced remake of Dan Bunten's groundbreaking 1984 exploration and colonization game. The remake was developed by SEGA and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for MS-DOS systems.
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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The first revolutionary Football Manager was created by Addictive Games in 1982 for the ZX Spectrum and then ported to many other platforms. Kevin Toms created the first version of the game on a clone of the TRS-80.
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Frogger is an arcade created by Konami and one of the most popular video games ever created. It was released for the first time in 1981, and it has been ported to almost all platforms since then.
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Star Raiders is a space combat sim created by Atari and published in 1979 for the 8-bit computer series. Later, it was ported to Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari ST. The game was ...
Year: 1979 Genre: Simulation
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a text adventure by Infocom, based on the famous novel by Douglas Adams. The book, a comedy science fiction genre masterpiece, was written in 1979.
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The Chessmaster 2000 is the first title in the popular Chessmaster series created by The Software Toolworks. The game, developed initially for MS-DOS, was released in 1986 for PC, Amiga, Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and MSX.
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This is the unofficial conversion for Amiga of the famous coin-op Donkey Kong, based on the C64 version. It was released in the public domain in 1993. Despite many releases of Do...
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Montezuma's Revenge is a flip-screen platformer published by Parker Brothers and released for 8-bit platforms in 1984. Versions include Apple II, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others.
Year: 1984 Genre: Platformer
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F-15 Strike Eagle II, developed and published by MicroProse in 1989, is a combat flight simulator for PC. The game, released also for Amiga and Atari ST in 1991, places players in ...
Year: 1991 Genre: Simulation
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Super Breakout is an enhanced version of the popular arcade Breakout made by Atari. This new edition was released in 1978 as a coin-op, two years later the original game. Then in 1979, an Atari 400/800 version was published.
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Ultima (later renamed Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness), is the first game in the series of role-playing games created by Richard Garriott. The original Ultima was created for t...
Year: 1983 Genre: Role Playing
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Lode Runner is a puzzle platformer created by Douglas E. Smith and released initially for the Apple II, Commodore 64, Vic-20, and Atari 8-bit in 1983. It's one of the most popular video games ever created.
Year: 1983 Genre: Platformer
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Silent Service is a warfare submarine simulator designed by legendary Canadian video game creator Sid Meier. MicroProse, the company co-founded by Sid Meier - known for the acclaim...
Year: 1986 Genre: Simulation
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Mercenary: Escape from Targ is a sci-fi action-adventure game designed by Paul Woakes. It was released by Woakes' company, Novagen Software, initially for Atari 8-bit in 1986. It w...
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