Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Gradius is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Konami, initially in 1985 as an arcade. The game was ported to MSX and NES in 1986 and released outside Japan with the name "Nemesis.
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Captive is a sci-fi RPG created by Antony Crowther and published by Mindscape in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game uses a first-person perspective, with movements in the four directions in a pseudo-3D environment.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Archimedean Dynasty is a science fiction submarine simulator created by Massive Development and published by BlueByte in 1996 for MS-DOS. It is considered the first chapter of the AquaNox series.
Year: 1996 Genre: Simulation
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Elite is a famous space flight and trading sim created by David Braben and Ian Bell for the BBC Micro. The game was published by Acornsoft and Firebird and released for several home computers starting in 1984.
Year: 1988 Genre: Simulation
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Xenomorph is a sci-fi RPG set in space, developed by Pandora and published in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and - strangely - Commodore 64. The title is clearly inspired by the movie Alien.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Mean Streets is a dystopian cyberpunk graphic adventure developed by Access Software for MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1989. Later, it was ported to the Atari ST and Amiga in 1990. Th...
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Blood Money is a 2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up created by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1989 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. A Commodore 64 version was also released one year later.
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Ristar is a classic action platformer game developed by SEGA for the Mega Drive/Genesis console in 1995. The same team behind the legendary Sonic created this cartoon-style platformer.
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Electro Man (aka Electroman) is a sci-fi platformer-shooter created by xLand Games and released initially as shareware in 1992. It was later re-released as freeware in 2006..
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Reunion is a space strategy game created by the Hungarian studio Amnesty Design for the Amiga computers with AGA chipset and PC. It was released in 1994. The game follows the tradi...
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Diggers is a sci-fi puzzler created by Millennium Interactive originally for Amiga in 1993 and later ported to MS-DOS and Acorn 32-bit. The game, designed and programmed by Toby Si...
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Superhero League of Hoboken is an adventure role-playing game created by Steve Meretzky and published by Legend Entertainment in 1994 for DOS. This game is an amalgam of different play styles and genres, a match made in heaven.
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Mega Man 2, known in Japan as Rockman 2, is an action platformer created by Capcom in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was the second title in the Mega Man series a...
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
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Katakis is a sci-fi shooter inspired to R-Type, developed by Factor 5 and released in 1988 for the Commodore 64 and Amiga. The C64 version was created by Manfred Trenz and Andrea...
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