Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Seven Cities of Gold by Ozark Softscape, is often considered one of the most groundbreaking strategy and exploration games of its era. Designed by Dan Bunten (later Danielle Bunten...
Year: 1986 Genre: Simulation
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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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The Patrician is a historical trading sim created by Triptychon Software and released in 1992 by Ascon for the Amiga and Atari ST. The MS-DOS version followed in 1993. Initially re...
Year: 1992 Genre: Simulation
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Railroad Tycoon Deluxe is an updated version of Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon, published by Microprose in 1993, three years after the original game. While the original game was rel...
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Comanche: Maximum Overkill is the first game of a series of flight sims created by NovaLogic. Published in 1992 for DOS only, the main feature is the usage of the NovaLogic's Voxel...
Year: 1992 Genre: Simulation
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SimFarm is a spin-off of SimCity, developed and published by Maxis Software it was released in 1993 for DOS. It was ported to other platforms in the subsequent years. Instead of a ...
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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Moonfall is a space combat and trading sim released in 1991 by 21st Century Entertainment, originally for the Commodore 64. The game was then ported to Amiga and Atari ST. The game...
Year: 1991 Genre: Simulation
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Sid Meier’s Pirates! is the original award-winning pirate life simulation game developed and published by MicroProse in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was also released for the Apple II, Amstrad CPC, and PC Booster.
Year: 1987 Genre: Simulation
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Flying Corps is a World War I flight combat simulation developed by Rowan Software and released in 1997 for MS-DOS. Designed by Rod Hyde and Mark Shaw, the game focuses on aerial c...
Year: 1996 Genre: Simulation
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Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi is the sequel to the original Wing Commander, and is the second in the Wing Commander series. The game is, like it's predecessor, a space combat simulator.
Year: 1991 Genre: Simulation
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Homeworld is a sci-fi real-time strategy/simulation game created by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra in 1999 for Windows PC. The game concept is very straightforward: ta...
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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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Magic Carpet, released in 1994 by Bullfrog Productions, was one of the most original and technologically ambitious games of its time. Designed and produced during Bullfrog's creati...
Year: 1994 Genre: Simulation
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Transport Tycoon is a simulation game created by Chris Sawyer and published by MicroProse in 1994 for PC MS-DOS. Chris Sawyer, who had started his career by converting Elite Plus...
Year: 1994 Genre: Simulation
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