Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
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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Silent Service is a warfare submarine simulator designed by legendary Canadian video game creator Sid Meier. MicroProse, the company co-founded by Sid Meier - known for the acclaim...
Year: 1986 Genre: Simulation
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Lost Dutchman Mine is an adventure/simulation video game developed and published in 1989 by Magnetic Images. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The title was desi...
Year: 1989 Genre: Simulation
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Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World is a historical strategy/simulation game created by SSG in 1989 for MS-DOS, Atari ST, and Amiga. Ian Trout, founder of Strategic...
Year: 1989 Genre: Simulation
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London is the sequel to Eagle Eye Mysteries, a first-person detective educational game developed by Stormfront Studios. It was published by EA*Kids in 1994 for PC.
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Mystery at the Museums is a strategy/puzzle educational game sponsored by Smithsonian Institution. The game was developed by Artech Digital Entertainments and published for DOS in 1993.
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Steel Panthers is a turn-based historical wargame developed by Strategic Simulations Inc and published by Mindscape in 1995 for MS-DOS. The game was designed by Gary Grigsby, consi...
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Colorado is an action-adventure and exploration game created by French company Silmarils in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game, designed by André and Louis‑Marie...
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Caesar is a historical city-building strategy game designed by David Lester at Impression Games and released originally for the Amiga in 1992. It was later ported to DOS, Atari ST, and Macintosh.
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Rome: Caesar’s Will is a lesser-known educational adventure released in 2000 by Montparnasse Multimedia. The French company is commonly associated with pure educational titles. S...
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Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio is an early managerial simulation created by George Blank for the TSR-80 in 1978. The game's source code (written in BASIC) was published in SoftSide magazine.
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D-Day: The Beginning of the End is a turn-based wargame developed by Impressions Games and released for DOS and Amiga in 1994. As you can imagine, the game recreates the scenario o...
Year: 1994 Genre: Simulation
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Napoleon vs. The Evil Monarchies: Austerlitz 1805 (or simply Austerlitz) is a tile-based wargame played in real-time. The player takes command of either French or Russo-Austrian ar...
Year: 1989 Genre: Simulation
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Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego is the 5th game in the Carmen Sandiego mystery educational series. It was released in 1991 for Apple II and MS-DOS. Where in America's Pa...
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