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.
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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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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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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Shadoworlds is an RPG created by Krisalis/Teque and released in 1992 as a sequel to Shadowlands. It was published by Domark. While the predecessor was a classic fantasy RPG with ...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Galdregon's Domain is a fantasy RPG created originally for the Amiga by Pandora Software and released in 1989 for Atari ST, DOS, and Commodore 64. Two years later, Spotlight/Cinemare released it in the US with the title Death Bringer.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga. The game allows you to control 4 mercenaries, with a split-screen that show...
Year: 1993 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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Champions of Krynn is the first chapter of the role-playing games series created by Strategic Simulations Inc. It is based on the Dragonlance settings of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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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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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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The Speris Legacy is an action RPG created by Binary Emotions exclusively for the Amiga and published by Team17 in 1996. Designed by Andy Jolly, and created by a team of only 6 people, the title is clearly inspired by the JRPG genre.
Year: 1996 Genre: Role Playing
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Legends of Valour is a 3D RPG created by Synthetic Dimensions and released in 1992 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game's main feature is the engine, which is entirely 3D. This technology was not new but wasn't used in RPGs yet.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Questron 2 is the sequel to Questron, a fantasy RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1984 for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit. Four years later, the sequel was ...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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