Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
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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Dragon Quest, known as Dragon Warrior in the US, is a Japanese-style role-playing game created by Chunsoft for the NES and released in 1986. It's the first game of the famous Drago...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Joust is a popular arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. It was one of the first and most successful two-player cooperative games. The players control...
2 players arcade co-op coin-op conversion competitive platformer
Starquake, released in 1985 and developed by Stephen Crow, is one of the most beloved and innovative platform adventures on the Commodore 64. Originally created for the ZX Spectrum...
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Castlevania, released in 1987 in North America for the NES, marked the beginning of one of Konami’s most iconic franchises. Designed by Hitoshi Akamatsu (as later confirmed throu...
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Gradius is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Konami, initially in 1985 as an arcade. The game was ported to MSX and NES in 1986 and released outside Japan with the name "Nemesis.
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Marble Madness is an arcade created by Atari Games and published initially in 1984. You have to guide a rolling ball (a marble) down your path, viewed from an isometric perspective, avoiding obstacles and enemies.
2 players arcade coin-op conversion isometric rolling ball
Knightmare, known in Japanese as Majyo Densetsu, is a fantasy vertical shoot-em-up created by Konami for MSX computers in 1986. In this game, you are Popolon, and your task is to save Aphrodite from the Prince of Darkness.
2 players co-op fantasy msx shooter top-down v-scrolling shoot-em up
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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Romance of the Three Kingdoms by KOEI is a foundational title in the world of historical strategy games. First released in Japan in 1985 for the PC-88, it was one of the earliest a...
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Defender of the Crown is a strategy game created by Cinemaware and released in November 1986 for the Amiga. Designed by Kellyn Beck, this title is one of the first and most influential Amiga games ever.
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