Computer games set in fantasy worlds have always played a central role in gaming history, evolving across different genres and platforms.
Computer games set in fantasy worlds have always played a central role in gaming history, evolving across different genres and platforms.
King's Quest is an adventure game developed by Sierra On-Line and released in 1984, initially for IBM PC compatibles. It was also ported to Apple II, Amiga, Atari ST, and other platforms.
2d adventure agi engine fantasy graphic adventureWarlords, designed by Steve Fawkner and first released in 1990 for MS-DOS, is one of the foundational titles in the turn-based strategy genre. It predates many of the classics that would come later.
fantasy hotseat map-based historical multiplayer rpg elements strategy turn-based strategy wargameHocus Pocus is a fantasy platform action game developed by Moonlite Software and published by Apogee Software in 1994 for DOS. This game has nothing to do with the movie of the same title that was released in 1993.
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
fantasy platform-adventure platformerUltima III: Exodus is the third game in the Ultima series and the first to be officially released by Origin Systems, in 1983. It was developed on Apple II and ported to many platforms including Commodore 64, DOS, Atari ST, and Amiga.
Year: 1985 Genre: Role Playing
apple 2 original game fantasy party-based rpg top-down rpg turn-based rpg wandererSimon the Sorcerer is a point-and-click adventure game created by Adventuresoft and released in 1993 for the Amiga and MS-DOS. The Amiga AGA version, with 256-colour graphics and c...
adventure aga fairy tale fantasy graphic adventure mythology point and clickDiscworld II: Missing Presumed, released as Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! in North America, is the second title in the Discworld series. These of graphic adventures are based on Terry Pratchett's novels.
adventure fantasy graphic adventure point and clickKing's Quest I VGA was created by AGD Interactive, as a remake of the graphics adventure King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown. The original game was designed by Roberta Williams and released by Sierra in 1984.
adventure adventure game studio enhanced remakes fantasy graphic adventure point and clickUltima IV: Quest of the Avatar is a fantasy roleplaying game and one of the most important video games of all time. The fourth game in the series was created by the legendary Richa...
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
apple 2 original game fantasy freeware rpg top-down rpg turn-based rpg wandererBlood Omen: Legacy of Kain was developed by Silicon Knights and published by Crystal Dynamics. It was first released for the PlayStation in 1996. The Windows port was made by Semi ...
action-adventure action-rpg dark fantasy fantasy hack and slash rpg horror rpg elements top-down vampiresMagic Carpet, released in 1994 by Bullfrog Productions, was one of the most original and technologically ambitious games of its time. Designed and produced during Bullfrog's creati...
Year: 1994 Genre: Simulation
3d fantasy first-person flight sim simulationEye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor is a dungeon-crawling RPG developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in 1993 for MS-DOS. The game serves as the fi...
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
d&d dungeon crawler fantasy forgotten realms real-time role-playing rpgAgony is a surreal-fantasy side-scrolling shoot 'em up, created by Psygnosis in 1992 for the Amiga. The game has never been released on other platforms. The main character is an ow...
amiga original game extra half-brite fantasy h-scrolling shoot-em up parallax scrolling shooter side-scrollingBetrayal at Krondor is an adventure RPG game developed and published by Dynamix in 1993 for DOS. It was later ported to Windows in 2010. Betrayal at Krondor is inspired by and based on the Riftwar novels written by Raymond E.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
3d rpg fantasy party-based rpg turn-based rpgEye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon is a role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and the sequel to Eye of the Beholder. It used a improved version of the fi...
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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