Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Mega Man (aka Rockman) is a platform game developed and published by Capcom in 1987 for NES. It is the first in the Mega Man franchise, boasting a voluminous game library. Three years later, it was released for MS-DOS.
Year: 1987 Genre: Platformer
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Scorched Earth is a turn-based artillery game developed by Wendell Hicken for DOS and released originally as shareware in 1991. The game became one of the most popular shareware ti...
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Psycho Santa is a funny Xmas minigame developed by Bullfrog Productions and released as coverdisk of The One Amiga magazine between 1992 and 1993. Great graphics, excellent music, ...
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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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“Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” is one of the most popular retro games, as it was the very first in the line of the Carmen Sandiego series. This educational/strategy ga...
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Genesia (the US version was called Ultimate Domain) is a strategy game developed and published by Microids for the Amiga in 1993. The game was later picked up by Software Toolworks and ported out to the IBM PC.
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Chaos Strikes Back is the sequel/expansion to Dungeon Master, one of the first examples of dungeon crawling RPG. It was released in 1989 on several platforms, including Atari ST, Amiga, X68000, PC-98, FM Towns, and MS-DOS.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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SimEarth: The Living Planet is a life simulation game created by Will Wright and published by Maxis Software. It was released for MS-DOS and Macintosh in 1990, one year after the success of SimCity.
Year: 1990 Genre: Simulation
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Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is the sequel to David Crane's award-winning Pitfall. It was developed and published by Activision in 1984. It was released for nine platforms, including Apple II, Commodore 64, Colecovision, and Atari 5200.
Year: 1984 Genre: Platformer
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NASCAR Racing, released in 1994 for DOS, was the first game in the NASCAR Racing series developed by Papyrus started in 1994. Developed by Papyrus Design Group and released in 1994...
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King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne is the second chapter in the famous series of fantasy graphic adventures created by Sierra Online. Published in 1985 for Atari ST and Apple II...
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Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter! is the final episode of the famous series of side-scrolling platformers created by id Software. The game, published in 1991 by FormGen, wa...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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World Games is a multi-sport athletic simulation developed by Epyx and released for the Commodore 64 in 1986. It was ported to numerous platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIgs, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System, and more.
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S.W.I.V. is a top-down shooter for 1 or 2 players created by Random Access and published by The Sales Curve in 1991. The game was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and other platforms.
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