Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Galaxy Force II is a sci-fi space shoot-em-up created by SEGA initially as a coin-op and then converted to many home platforms. Releases started in 1991 and include Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and others.
coin-op conversion science fiction shooter space space combat sim
Another Lifeless Planet and Me With No Beer is a rare interactive fiction/text adventure game that was released in 1989 for DOS. The game written by Dennis Drew takes place on a hostile alien planet where you have crashed your ship.
adventure interactive fiction science fiction shareware text adventure
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...
c64 original game commodore 64 freeware h-scrolling shoot-em up science fiction shooter side-scrolling
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat is a 3D vehicle combat sim game created by Activision and released in 1995 for MS-DOS. It was ported later to Windows and Mac, in addition to the console versions released in 1997.
Year: 1995 Genre: Simulation
3d 3d acceleration battlemech mecha science fiction simulation vehicular combat simulator war
Tyrian is a science fiction shoot-’em-up game developed by Eclipse Software and published by Epic MegaGames in 1995 for DOS. It became freeware in 2004 and has been ported to suit iPad and iPhone in 2010 and 2009, respectively.
freeware science fiction shooter v-scrolling shoot-em up
Steel Empire is an action-strategy game created by Silicon Knights for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS, released in 1992. Denis Dyack and Rick Goertz designed this title. It's the ...
action strategy hotseat mecha multiplayer science fiction strategy tactics top-down
Wing Commander: The Secret Missions is the first add-on to Wing Commander, the popular 3D space simulator developed by ORIGIN Systems. It was released the same year of the origin...
Year: 1990 Genre: Simulation
mission science fiction simulation space combat sim
Disposable Hero is an Amiga original game developed by Euphoria and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1993 for the Amiga and 1994 for Amiga CD32. The game is sci-fi horizontal scrol...
amiga original game h-scrolling shoot-em up science fiction shooter
R-Type II is the sequel to the original R-Type and is a side-scrolling arcade shooter developed and published by Irem in 1989 in arcades only. It soon made its way onto multiple pl...
aliens coin-op conversion h-scrolling shoot-em up science fiction shooter side-scrolling
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
cartoon fantasy genesis original game hop and bop platformer science fiction side-scrolling
Super Contra is an arcade game developed and published by Konami in 1988, also ported for Nintendo Entertainment in 1990 This installment is a sequel to the legendary Contra (19...
2 players aliens coin-op conversion multi-directional platform-shooter run and gun science fiction shooter side-scrolling
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a sci-fi RPG developed by SSI and released for DOS only in 1992. It's the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday. The game uses the so-called G...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
dungeon crawler gold box licensed rpg science fiction turn-based rpg
Wing Commander: Armada is a turn-based 3d strategy game set in the universe of Wing Commander. It was created by Origin Systems and released in 1994 for PC MS-DOS. It's the first Wing Commander game to feature a multiplayer mode.
multiplayer science fiction space flight strategy turn-based strategy
Released in 1991 by Core Design, Thunderhawk is a combat flight simulator that blends fast-paced action with light strategic elements. At a time when flight simulators on the Amiga...
Year: 1991 Genre: Simulation
3d amiga original game combat flight simulation helicopter military polygons science fiction simulation