Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
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: 1985 Genre: Simulation
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Little Computer People is an incredibly advanced life simulation game created in 1985 by David Crane. It was released by Activision for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and Apple II.
Year: 1985 Genre: Simulation
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F/A-18 Interceptor is a 3D combat flight simulator developed by Intellisoft and published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga systems in 1988. The game that allows the player to man a...
Year: 1988 Genre: Simulation
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Knights of the Sky is a World War I flight simulator developed by MicroProse and released for the Amiga in 1991. The game was originally created for PC and subsequently ported to t...
Year: 1991 Genre: Simulation
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Leader Board Golf is a gold simulation created by Access Software originally for the Commodore 64 and released in 1986. Leader Board redefined the sports simulation genre and introduced many players to the joys of computer golf.
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SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony is a simulation game inspired by ants and the ways of their life, created and published by Maxis. Released back in 1991 for the PC, it lets the player take control and run an entire colony of ants.
Year: 1992 Genre: Simulation
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Star Wars: Rebel Assault is a flight shooter based in the Star Wars universe and was developed and published by LucasArts in 1993 for Mac and DOS. The game renders actual footage and uses music from the movies.
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems. Continuing through 4 decades it has reappeared in ma...
Year: 1990 Genre: Simulation
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Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon (or, simply, Railroad Tycoon) is a trains management and business sim created by MPS Labs. It was released by Microprose in 1990 for MS-DOS and Amiga. In 1991 it was ported to Atari ST and Macintosh.
Year: 1990 Genre: Simulation
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Total Air War, released in 1998 by Digital Image Design and published by Infogrames, is one of the most ambitious and immersive flight simulators. Building upon the foundations of ...
Year: 1998 Genre: Simulation
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SimTown, released by Maxis in 1995, is a spin-off of the famous SimCity but with a much simpler structure aimed at younger players. Developed for PC and later ported to Macintosh, ...
Year: 1995 Genre: Simulation
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Seven Cities of Gold: Commemorative Edition is an enhanced remake of Dan Bunten's groundbreaking 1984 exploration and colonization game. The remake was developed by SEGA and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for MS-DOS systems.
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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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
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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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