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.
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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Realms of Arkania: Star Trail is the second in the Das Schwarze Auge-inspired series Developed by Attic Entertainment Software. It was published by Fantasy Productions (FanPro) in German and Sir-Tech in English for DOS in 1994.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Shadowlands is a fantasy role-playing game developed by Teque London and published by Domark in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. The player controls a party of 4 characters w...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Crystals of Arborea is a medieval fantasy role-playing game created by the French studio Silmarils. It was published in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It is the precursor t...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager is a fantasy RPG and sequel to Dark Sun: Shattered Lands, developed and published by Strategic Simulations. It was released in 1994 for DOS only. It...
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity is the last installment in the Ishar RPG series, and it was developed and published by Silmarils. It was released in 1994 for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight is the second chapter of the popular RPG series created by Interplay. It was published by Electronic Arts starting in 1985. The game was desi...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony is a role-playing game initially created by Origin Systems for the Apple II and published in 1985. The game was designed and programmed by Greg Malone.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Adventure Construction Set (ACS) is not a game but a game-maker tool created by Stuart Smith originally for the Commodore 64. Initially released in 1984, it was later ported to Apple II (1985), Amiga (1986), and MS-DOS (1987).
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth is a computer RPG published by Gremlin Graphics in 1990 for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. In Europe, it is known as Federation Quest 1: B.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus is the third chapter of the RPG series designed by Winston Douglas Wood for the SSI. Strangely, the second game was never ported to the Amiga, so after the first one, we go directly to the third.
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Death Knights of Krynn is the second game in the Dragonlance series of RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc. The game uses the Gold Box engine, and it was released in 1991 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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The Master of Magic is a top-down action-adventure/RPG, published by Mastertronic's Added Dimension originally for the Commodore 64 in 1985. The game was developed by Richard Darli...
Year: 1985 Genre: Role Playing
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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum is the first chapter of the popular RPG franchise created by New World Computing. The original game, developed for the App...
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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