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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Castles II: Siege and Conquest is a strategy game designed and developed by Quicksilver Software for the Macintosh, Amiga, and DOS. The game was released for MS-DOS and later porte...
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Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego was the fourth game based on the popular character Carmen Sandiego. It arrived after Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the U.S.A.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Where Time Stood Still is an isometric arcade adventure game developed by Denton Designs and published by Ocean Software in 1987. The game was developed *exclusively* for ZX Spectrum 128K, Atari ST, and MS-DOS.
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Betrayal is a medieval strategy game created by Rainbird for Amiga and released in 1990. It was also ported to Commodore 64, Atari ST and MS-DOS..
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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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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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