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.
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero is a remake of the Sierra adventure/role-playing game Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero. The game was designed by Lori Ann Cole. ...
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Master of Magic is a fantasy turn-based strategy game created by Simtex and published by MicroProse in 1994 for MS-DOS. In this turn-based 4X strategy game, which some defined the ...
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Warlords, 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.
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Torin's Passage is a point-and-click adventure designed by Al Lowe (the creator of Leisure Suit Larry series). It was published by Sierra On-Line in 1995 for PC and Mac. Unlike t...
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Heroquest is a conversion of the famous fantasy-themed board game into an isometric RPG created by Gremlin Graphics. It was released in 1991 for the Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and MS-DOS.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action role-playing game developed and published by Mindscape for the Amiga in 1991. It is one of the most iconic and controversial games ever released on the Amiga.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction/text-adventure and the most popular computer games ever created. ​Released in 1977 for the PDP-10 mainframe, Zork is a seminal tex...
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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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Warlords II is the successor to the original Warlords, and it was developed and published by Strategic Studies Group in 1993 for DOS. It later made its way onto Mac and then eventually Windows Mobile.
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Wonder Boy in Monster Land is the second game in the famous series of 2d platformers created by SEGA. Released originaly as an arcade in 1986, the game was ported to Master System ...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Eye of the Beholder is a dungeon crawler role-playing game based on the AD&D rules developed by Westwood Associates. It was published by Strategic Simulations Inc at the end of 1990.
Year: 2006 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny is the fifth entry in the role-playing video game series Ultima. It was released initially in 1988 for DOS, Apple II, and Commodore 64, later followed by other platforms.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Shadow of the Beast II is the sequel to the popular side-scrolling platformer Shadow of the Beast, created by Reflections and published by Psygnosis. The sequel was released in 1...
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