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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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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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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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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Where in The USA is Carmen Sandiego is the second educational mystery game in the Carmen Sandiego franchise. It was developed and published by Broderbund in 1986 for Apple II and DOS.
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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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Bandit Kings of Ancient China is a wargame/strategy game created by Koei. It was released in Japan in 1988 for MSX2. In 1990, it was ported to the US/European markets for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Macintosh.
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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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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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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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Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck is the sequel to the cartoony side-scrolling platformer developed and published by Core Design. The game was released originally for SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis, then Atari ST and Amiga.
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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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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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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The Gold of the Aztecs is an action-adventure created by Kinetica and published by U.S. Gold in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game is set in Mexico. The hero, a sor...
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