RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds (or simply Ultima Underworld 2) is the sequel to Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. It was developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems in 1993.
Year: 1993 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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Dragon Power is a classic NES game released by Bandai in 1986 and developed by Tose. Originally based on the Japanese manga and anime series Dragon Ball, the game underwent signifi...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragon Quest, known as Dragon Warrior in the US, is a Japanese-style role-playing game created by Chunsoft for the NES and released in 1986. It's the first game of the famous Drago...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Eye Of The Beholder II: The Legend Of Darkmoon is the sequel to the popular dungeon crawler RPG created by Westwood Associates. The game was published by Strategic Simulations Inc.
Year: 2006 Genre: Role Playing
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Black Crypt is a fantasy single-player roleplaying game by Raven Software, published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 1992. It was initially conceived of as a pen and paper roleplaying game by Brian Raffel and Steve Raffel.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is a fantasy roleplaying game and one of the most important video games of all time. The fourth game in the series was created by the legendary Richa...
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Stonekeep is a role-playing dungeon crawler developed and published by Interplay for the PC in 1995. The designer Peter Oliphant planned to complete the game in just nine months, b...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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The Faery Tale Adventure is an action RPG created by MicroIllusions originally for the Amiga and published in 1986. It was one of the earliest role-playing games published for Amiga.
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Dungeon Master II: Skullkeep, also known as The Legend of Skullkeep, is the sequel to the famous fantasy dungeon crawler rpg Dungeon Master. Developed by FTL Games, the same creato...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a sci-fi RPG developed and published by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1990 for Amiga, Commodore 64, and DOS. A slightly different version was released for the SEGA Genesis in 1991.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard’s Tale (or simply The Bard's Tale) is a role-playing game designed by Michael Cranford. It was developed by Interplay. Released initia...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge, the sixth entry into the Wizardry series. It is a fantasy role-playing game developed and published by Sir-tech Software in 1990, originally for DOS.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a sci-fi RPG developed by SSI and released for DOS only in 1992. It's the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday. The game uses the so-called G...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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