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.
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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Legends is a fantasy/sci-fi action-adventure, inspired by Zelda, created by Krisalis Software and published in 1996. it was released for Amiga models with AGA chipset and PC. When ...
Year: 1996 Genre: Role Playing
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Bad Blood is a post-apocalyptic action/role-playing game played from a top-down view. It was created for the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS by ORIGIN Systems and released in 1990. The gam...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Shadow Sorcerer is a fantasy RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc and released in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The title is tied to the famous Dragonlance Chronicl...
Year: 1991 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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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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Dragon Wars is a role-playing game created by Interplay for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1989. It was later released for MS-DOS, Amiga, and several other platforms starting in 1990.
Year: 1990 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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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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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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Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon is a role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and the sequel to Eye of the Beholder. It used a improved version of the fi...
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Obitus is a role-playing game created by Scenario Developments and published by Psygnosis in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. A conversion for the SNES version was released in 1994.
Year: 1991 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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Pools of Darkness is an RPG game published and developed by Strategic Simulations Inc. The title was released in 1991 for DOS, 1992 on Amiga and Mac, and in 1993 for NEC PC-9801. P...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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