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.
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon is a single-player action RPG designed by Richard L. Seaborne and published by Activision in 1989 for the MS-DOS. Wars and rebellions are commonplace in a world dominated by a tyrant named Krellane.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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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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Legends of Valour is a 3D RPG created by Synthetic Dimensions and released in 1992 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game's main feature is the engine, which is entirely 3D. This technology was not new but wasn't used in RPGs yet.
Year: 1993 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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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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Black Lamp is a fantasy platformer published by Firebird for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and Amiga in 1988. Later, it was ported in 1989 to Atari 8-bit. It's a game with a...
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
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Gnome Ranger is a text adventure with graphics created by Level 9 Computing and released in 1987 on several 8-bit and 16-bit platforms. Releases include Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and others.
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DragonStrike is a fantasy flight simulator created by Strategic Simulations Inc set in the AD&D world of Dragonlance. The game was released for the Amiga, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS in 1990.
Year: 1990 Genre: Simulation
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Gauntlet II is the sequel to the popular hack and slash fantasy arcade created by Atari Games. Released in 1986, one year after the original game, Gauntlet II was ported to the Ami...
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God of Thunder is a rare Zelda-style arcade/strategy game by Adept Software developed in 1993 for DOS and released as freeware.
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Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse is an action RPG with adventure elements created by Cyberlore Studios. It was published by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1994 for MS-DOS. This is a game that made me very curious.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Spirit of Excalibur is a strategy-adventure game created by Synergistic Software and published by Virgin Mastertronic. it was released in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and later ported to Apple IIgs.
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