Computer games set in fantasy worlds have always played a central role in gaming history, evolving across different genres and platforms.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Computer games set in fantasy worlds have always played a central role in gaming history, evolving across different genres and platforms.
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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Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor is the third and final chapter of the role-playing game series Eye of the Beholder. It was published by Strategic Simulations Inc.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Darklands is a historical fantasy role-playing game developed and published by MicroProse in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is set in medieval Germany during the 15th century, featuring...
Year: 1992 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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Dungeon & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun is an RPG created for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive by Westwood Associated and released in 1992. The game designed by Louis J. Castle i...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Nicky Boom is a side-scrolling platformer created by Microids and released in 1992 for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game designed and coded by Alain Lambin and Dominico Manfredi didn't reach great popularity.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Sir Fred: The Legend is a side-scrolling action game released in 1989 for the Amiga and Atari ST. Developed by Incal Product and published by Ubi Soft, the game puts you in the sho...
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Dragonstone is an action-adventure/action RPG created by Core Design for the Amiga and released in 1994. It's considered a sequel to Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun, although the two games are pretty different.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is a platformer developed by Westone and published by SEGA in 1989 for the SEGA Master System console. It's the sequel to Wonder Boy in Monster Land and the third chapter of the Wonder Boy saga.
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Rainbow Islands Extra is a vertical-scrolling arcade created by Taito in 1990. Rainbow Islands, also known as Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, is a sequel to Taito's hit title Bubble Bobble.
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Ruins of Cawdor is the third and final installment in the series of graphical multi-user dungeon (MUD) games originally launched by Sierra On-Line. Like its predecessors — The S...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero is the first chapter of the popular series of hybrid adventures/rpg created by Lori Ann Cole. The game was later renamed Quest For Glory. T...
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Elfmania is a 2D fighting game developed by Terramarque and published by Renegade Software in 1994 for the Amiga. Elfmania has some stunning graphics; most of the background is animated and looks 3D, fading into the distance.
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Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp is the home computer adaptation of Dragon's Lair II, the sequel of the laserdisc arcade game created by Don Bluth Studios. This version was released in ...
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