Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is the first in the franchise of side scrollers of the same name, developed by id Software. The game was published by Apogee Software in 1990 for DOS.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Jazz Jackrabbit is a popular side-scrolling shooter/platformer developed by Epic MegaGames and released in 1994 for the PC. The game was named Arcade Game of the Year by PC Format.
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Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War is a historic real-time strategy game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and Midway Games and published in 2006. In 2008 a free version of the game was released supported by the US Air Force.
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Fantasy General is a turn-based strategy game published by Strategic Simulations in 1996. It is set in a fantasy world with some steampunk/high-tech elements represented with a hex map.
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System Shock is a first person action shooter developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems in 1994 for DOS. There was only one sequel to the game, Syste...
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Jagged Alliance is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Sir-tech Software and released in 1994 for MS-DOS by Madlab Software. I remember watching my father play Jag...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Apogee Software and released for DOS in 1992. The game has many references to another Apogee title, Duke Nukem (one of my favorites), throughout.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Klax is a puzzle game created by Atari Games and published in 1990 for arcades and home computers. The object is to catch assorted color-falling tiles and create rows, columns, or diagonals of a single color.
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Xenon 2: Megablast is a vertical scrolling space shooter designed by Bitmap Brothers, originally produced for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1989. It was later converted to the PC, Sega Master System and other platforms.
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Bloodwych is a first-person dungeon crawler role-playing game, developed for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1989 by Image Works. It was ported to MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum in 1990.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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Mega Man X is a popular platform game developed by Capcom, released for the SNES in 1993 and ported to PC in 1995. It holds the distinction of being the first Mega Man game for the...
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Aces Over Europe is an action flight simulator and the sequel to Aces of the Pacific, developed by Dynamix. It was published by Sierra On-Line in 1993 for DOS. This game improves...
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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Dark Sun: Shattered Lands is a computer RPG set in the AD&D universe, created by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1993 for DOS only. Being based on the AD&D campaign known as Dark Sun, it is set in the desert world of Athas.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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