Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Earth 2140 is a real-time strategy game released in 1997 for MS-DOS and later Windows. It was developed by Polish studio Reality Pump (then known as TopWare’s in-house team "Trans Fiction").
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Emerald Mine II, released in 1990 for the Amiga by Kingsoft, is the direct sequel to one of the most beloved puzzle games on the Commodore platform. The series, originally designed...
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Super Tennis, also known as Super Tennis World Circuit, is one of the early standout sports titles for the Super NES. Released in 1991, developed by Tose and published by Nintendo,...
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Racing Destruction Set, released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts, is customizable combat racing game for 2 players. It was a remarkably advanced racing game for its...
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms by KOEI is a foundational title in the world of historical strategy games. First released in Japan in 1985 for the PC-88, it was one of the earliest a...
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Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a wargame released in 1997 for Windows by Firaxis Games. Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs founded the studio after they departed from MicroProse. It marked a si...
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Rome: Caesar’s Will is a lesser-known educational adventure released in 2000 by Montparnasse Multimedia. The French company is commonly associated with pure educational titles. S...
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Chris Crawford’s Eastern Front (1941) is a wargame released in 1981 for the Atari 8-bit family. It is widely recognized as one of the earliest examples of a truly sophisticated computer wargame for home systems.
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Arkanoid: Doh It Again, released for the SNES in 1997, is a modern reinterpretation of the classic arcade game Arkanoid. The original game, released in 1986, was itself an evolution of Atari’s legendary Breakout.
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Seven Cities of Gold by Ozark Softscape, is often considered one of the most groundbreaking strategy and exploration games of its era. Designed by Dan Bunten (later Danielle Bunten...
Year: 1986 Genre: Simulation
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Akalabeth: World of Doom is often considered the first stepping stone in the evolution of Western computer role-playing games. Developed in 1980 by Richard Garriott, who was still ...
Year: 1980 Genre: Role Playing
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Contra III: The Alien Wars marked the debut of the iconic Konami run-and-gun series on the Super Nintendo in 1992. Developed and published by Konami, the game was created by a team that included veterans from earlier Contra titles.
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The Settlers III is the third chapter of the famous real-time/city-building strategy game by Blue Byte. It was released in 1998 for Windows. This third chapter stands as one of th...
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