Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
The New Zealand Story is one of the most famous arcades created by Taito. It was released as a coin-op in 1988. Many home computer versions, including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum, were released in 1989.
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
arcade coin-op conversion multi-directional platform-shooter platformer
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion (or Dangerous Dave 2) is the sequel to the original Dangerous Dave. It was developed by Gamer’s Edge and id Software, and published by Softdisk Publishing in 1991 for DOS.
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
2d horror platform-shooter platformer side-scrolling
Duke Nukem II is the second game in the Duke Nukem franchise and was developed and published by Apogee Software for DOS in 1993. It has since been ported to multiple other platforms.
platform-shooter run and gun science fiction shareware shooter
Midnight Resistance is a popular platformer/shooter created by Data East and released initially as an arcade in 1989. It was later ported to several home computer platforms, includ...
2 players arcade co-op coin-op conversion cyberpunk platform-shooter run and gun shooter
Turrican is one of the most popular games of the '90s. It was designed and programmed by Manfred Trenz initially for the Commodore 64. The game is a sci-fi platformer, where a muta...
c64 original game commodore 64 mutants platform-shooter run and gun science fiction shooter walkabout
Wizball is a shooter/platformer with horizontal scrolling created by Sensible Software for the Commodore 64 in 1987. The game was designed by Jon Hare, whose name is tied to the Sensible Soccer series, and his co-founder Chris Yates.
2 players c64 original game commodore 64 multiplayer non-linear platform-shooter shooter
Assassin is a sci fi action platform game developed by Psionic Systems and published by Team17 Software in 1992 for Amiga. It was followed 2 years later by Assassin: Special Edition, with quite a few changes.
amiga original game platform-shooter science fiction shooter
RoboCop 2 is an action game based on the popular science fiction film released in 1990, featuring the famous cybernetic cop. Like many other movies-to-game conversions of the '90s,...
crime & punishment cyberpunk cyborgs ham mode licensed movies multi-directional platform-shooter run and gun shooter
Turrican 3 is a sci-fi platformer/shooter that was initially developed by Factor 5 for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis under the name Mega Turrican. It was later ported to Amiga in 1993 as a sequel to Turrican and Turrican II.
genesis original game mutants platform-shooter run and gun science fiction shooter walkabout
Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a side-scrolling action game developed by Treasure and published by Sega in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. Based on Osamu Tezuka's iconic manga and anime...
Year: 2003 Genre: Platformer
anime parallax scrolling platform-shooter platformer progressive beat-em-up robots science fiction side-scrolling
Cool Spot is a jump and run platformer created by Virgin Games originally for the Mega Drive/Genesis. It was then ported to Amiga, Master System, MS-DOS, SNES, and other systems. It was released in 1993.
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
2d genesis original game jumper licensed multi-directional platform-shooter platformer run and gun
Crystal Caves is a sci-fi themed side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS. It was later ported to Linux, Mac, and Windows in 2014. It...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
platform-shooter platformer science fiction
Duke Nukem: Episode 2 - Mission: Moonbase is the second chapter of the Duke Nukem I trilogy. It's a 2D side-scrolling shooter developed by Apogee Software in 1991..
platform-shooter platformer science fiction shareware shooter
Aliens: Alien 2 is a platform shooter created by Squaresoft and released exclusively in Japan for MSX computers. As you can imagine from the title, it's the official videogame base...
aliens horror licensed movies msx original game platform-shooter run and gun shooter