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.
Heroquest is a conversion of the famous fantasy-themed board game into an isometric RPG created by Gremlin Graphics. It was released in 1991 for the Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and MS-DOS.
Year: 1991 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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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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Heimdall is an action RPG game developed by The 8th Day and published by Core Design. Released in 1991, the game was available on multiple platforms such as MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST.
Year: 1991 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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Dragon Quest, known as Dragon Warrior in the US, is a Japanese-style role-playing game created by Chunsoft for the NES and released in 1986. It's the first game of the famous Drago...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Amberstar is a fantasy RPG that was developed and published by Thalion Software in 1992 for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It was intended to be the first of a trilogy, but the project ...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action role-playing game developed and published by Mindscape for the Amiga in 1991. It is one of the most iconic and controversial games ever released on the Amiga.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragonflight is a fantasy RPG created by Thalion Software and released in 1990 for the Atari ST and Amiga, with a DOS conversion published in 1991. Erik Simon wrote the game concep...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate is a fantasy role-playing game created by Interplay Productions in 1988. It is the third chapter of The Bard's Tale's series. The game was rele...
Year: 1990 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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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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Spirit of Adventure is a fantasy RPG/dungeon crawler designed and programmed by Hans‑Jürgen Brändle and Guido Henkel, founders of attic Entertainment. It was published in 1991 for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.
Year: 1991 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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