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 III: Exodus is the third game in the Ultima series and the first to be officially released by Origin Systems, in 1983. It was developed on Apple II and ported to many platforms including Commodore 64, DOS, Atari ST, and Amiga.
Year: 1985 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima VII: Forge of Virtue is an expansion/DLC for Ultima VII, the famous seventh chapter of the RPG series Ultima created by Richard Garriott. Forge of Virtue was released in Sep...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima (later renamed Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness), is the first game in the series of role-playing games created by Richard Garriott. The original Ultima was created for t...
Year: 1983 Genre: Role Playing
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Abandoned Places: A Time For Heroes is a role-playing game developed by ArtGame for the Commodore Amiga and published by Electronic Zoo in 1992. International Computer Entertainment released the MS-DOS port.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor is the third and final chapter of the role-playing game series Eye of the Beholder. It was published by Strategic Simulations Inc.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Darklands is a historical fantasy role-playing game developed and published by MicroProse in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is set in medieval Germany during the 15th century, featuring...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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2400 A.D. is a post-apocalyptic top-down role-playing game by Origin Systems. Before starting a new game, I have the (maybe bad) habit of looking at the story of searching for a review.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Star Command is a 1988 space role-playing game released by Strategic Simulations Inc initially for MS-DOS, then Amiga and Atari ST. One of the things I learned from the world of v...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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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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Eye of the Beholder is a popular role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates for Strategic Simulations Inc. It was released in 1991 for MS-DOS and Amiga. Later, it was also ported to SNES and SEGA CD.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis, released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance, is a deep and richly layered tactical RPG. It was developed by Quest Corporation, the same studio behind the original Tactics Ogre and Ogre Battle.
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Ruins of Cawdor is the third and final installment in the series of graphical multi-user dungeon (MUD) games originally launched by Sierra On-Line. Like its predecessors — The S...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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Legend is a 3D Isometric fantasy role-playing game developed by Mindscape and published by The Software Toolworks in 1992. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. The title, known in the U.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Gateway to the Savage Frontier is a role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates for Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) and released in 1991 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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