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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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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Dungeon & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun is an RPG created for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive by Westwood Associated and released in 1992. The game designed by Louis J. Castle i...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva is the third and last chapter of the RPG saga created by attic Entertainment. It was based on the German board game "Das Schwarze Auge". The ga...
Year: 1996 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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Castle of the Winds is a roguelike fantasy RPG developed by Rick Saada for Windows 3.1 and released by Epic MegaGames in 1993. It's the first episode of a quite famous series and o...
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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The Return of Medusa is a video game developed by X-Ample and published by Starbyte Software. This game was released in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS platforms. It is a sequel to Rings of Medusa, released in 1989.
Year: 1991 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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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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Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny is the first chapter of the series of fantasy RPGs Realms of Arkania. It was based on the German pen & paper roleplaying rules "Das Schwarze Auge" (The Dark Eye).
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Phantasie is a role-playing game designed by Winston Douglas Wood and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. It was released initially in 1985 for Apple II and other 8-bit platforms.
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon is a single-player action RPG designed by Richard L. Seaborne and published by Activision in 1989 for the MS-DOS. Wars and rebellions are commonplace in a world dominated by a tyrant named Krellane.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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The Dark Queen of Krynn is the last game in the series of RPGs created using the "Gold Box" engine and set in the Dragonlance D&D world. The game was released by Strategic Simulations Inc.
Year: 1992 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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