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.
Isles of Terra is the third game in the Might and Magic series. It was released initially for MS-DOS in 1991, then ported to Amiga in 1992. Several other versions were published later, including Macintosh, Sega CD, and SNES.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Betrayal at Krondor is an adventure RPG game developed and published by Dynamix in 1993 for DOS. It was later ported to Windows in 2010. Betrayal at Krondor is inspired by and based on the Riftwar novels written by Raymond E.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is a fantasy roleplaying game and one of the most important video games of all time. The fourth game in the series was created by the legendary Richa...
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge, the sixth entry into the Wizardry series. It is a fantasy role-playing game developed and published by Sir-tech Software in 1990, originally for DOS.
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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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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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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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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Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World is the sequel to the original Might and Magic published by New World Computing in 1988. It was released for the Apple II and MS-DOS. Du...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Clouds of Xeen is the fourth title in the Might and Magic series created by Jon Van Caneghem with the New World Computing. The game was published in 1992 for PC. The game engin...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a sci-fi RPG developed and published by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1990 for Amiga, Commodore 64, and DOS. A slightly different version was released for the SEGA Genesis in 1991.
Year: 1990 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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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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Ultima VII: The Black Gate is a role-playing game and the seventh in the Ultima series designed by Richard Garriott. It was developed and published by Origin Systems and released for DOS in 1992.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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