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.
Temple of Apshai, the first game of the Dunjonquest series, is a dungeon crawler RPG developed by Automated Simulations (now Epyx) initially in 1979. It was then ported to DOS and Commodore 64 in 1982.
Year: 1982 Genre: Role Playing
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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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Little Samson is a fantasy platform game developed by Takeru and published by Taito in 1992 exclusively for the NES. After its release in Japan and the USA, it also arrived in Europe in 1993.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Wrath of the Demon is a side-scrolling action adventure created by Abstrax and Readysoft in 1990 for the Amiga. Later it was ported to Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The game ...
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Pools of Darkness is an RPG game published and developed by Strategic Simulations Inc. The title was released in 1991 for DOS, 1992 on Amiga and Mac, and in 1993 for NEC PC-9801. P...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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The Dark Queen of Krynn is the last game in the series of RPGs created using the "Gold Box" engine and set in the Dragonlance D&D world. The game was released by Strategic Simulations Inc.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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The Lords of Midnight is a mix of strategy and adventure games created in 1984 by Mike Singleton for the ZX Spectrum. In the following years, the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC versions were also released.
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The Master of Magic is a top-down action-adventure/RPG, published by Mastertronic's Added Dimension originally for the Commodore 64 in 1985. The game was developed by Richard Darli...
Year: 1985 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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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum is the first chapter of the popular RPG franchise created by New World Computing. The original game, developed for the App...
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Wonderland is a text adventure developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Virgin Mastertronic in 1990 for DOS. It was ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, and Acorn 32-Bit the following year.
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Conan: The Cimmerian is an action-adventure with RPG elements created by Synergistic Software for PC and Amiga and released in 1991 by Virgin Games. The game is officially based on...
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Enchanted Land is a fantasy platformer created by Thalion Software in 1990, initially for the Atari ST, then ported to the Amiga. The game was coded by Nic Thisell, a former member...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Genesia (the US version was called Ultimate Domain) is a strategy game developed and published by Microids for the Amiga in 1993. The game was later picked up by Software Toolworks and ported out to the IBM PC.
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