Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Archon: The Light and the Dark is a 1983 video game developed by Free Fall Associates and published by Electronic Arts. The concept is similar to chess, but with real-time fights between pieces to decide the winner.
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Sid Meier’s Pirates! is the original award-winning pirate life simulation game developed and published by MicroProse in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was also released for the Apple II, Amstrad CPC, and PC Booster.
Year: 1987 Genre: Simulation
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Elite is a famous space flight and trading sim created by David Braben and Ian Bell for the BBC Micro. The game was published by Acornsoft and Firebird and released for several home computers starting in 1984.
Year: 1985 Genre: Simulation
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Turrican is one of the most popular games of the '90s. It was designed and programmed by Manfred Trenz initially for the Commodore 64. The game is a sci-fi platformer, where a muta...
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Wasteland is a post-apocalyptic RPG developed by Interplay and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Apple II, DOS, and Commodore 64. It was later followed by Wasteland 2 in 2014, with a few failed sequels in between.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Laser Squad is a turn-based tactics game designed by Julian Gollop and his company Target Games. We are presenting here the 1989 Amiga version. Originally the game was created for the ZX Spectrum and released in 1988.
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Gunship is a combat flight simulator created by MicroProse Software and released initially for the Commodore 64 in 1986. Later it was ported to PC, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and other platforms.
Year: 1989 Genre: Simulation
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Pool of Radiance is a computer RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc and released initially for Commodore 64 and Apple II in 1988. It is the first official adaptation of the rul...
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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True Lies is a top-down action shooter developed by Beam Software and released in 1994 by Acclaim for both Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Based on James Cameron's action blockbus...
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Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an adventure platformer developed by Ubi Studios UK and released in 2001 by Ubisoft for Game Boy Color. This portable adaptation of Michel Ancel's cel...
Year: 2001 Genre: Platformer
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Odyssey is a side-scrolling platform adventure game developed by Unconscious Minds and published by Audiogenic Software in 1993. It was released exclusively for the Amiga. The game...
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing game developed by EA Canada and Piper Interactive and released in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance. This handheld adaptation of the console blo...
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Curse of the Azure Bonds is a computer RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1989 for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and MS-DOS. The Amiga, Atari ST, and Macintosh versions were released in 1990.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Batman Returns is a side-scrolling beat 'em up developed and published by Konami for the Super Nintendo in 1993. It's based on Tim Burton's dark sequel to his 1989 Batman film. The...
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