Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Thunder Blade is an arcade released by Sega originally in 1987. The player controls a helicopter, the Gunship Gladiator, and must destroy all enemies using guns and missiles and defeat the dictator.
arcade coin-op conversion helicopter shooter
Football Manager II is the sequel to the original Football Manager created by Kevin Toms with Addictive Games in 1985. This sequel arrived in 1988, and it was released for Commod...
football sport management sports
Time Bandit is an action/adventure arcade written originally for the TRS-80 the ported in 1985 to Atari ST and Amiga by MichTron. The gameplay is similar to the popular Gauntlet,...
2 players brawler interactive fiction science fiction split-screen
Aleste, released outside Japan as "Power Strike", is a popular shoot-em-up developed by Compile. It was released initially for the SEGA Master System in 1988. Later, it was published for MSX2.
science fiction shooter top-down v-scrolling shoot-em up
Black Lamp is a fantasy platformer published by Firebird for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and Amiga in 1988. Later, it was ported in 1989 to Atari 8-bit. It's a game with a...
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
fantasy platformer
Backlash is a 3D shooter created by the British studio Novagen for the Atari ST in 1987 and ported to Amiga in 1988. The game was programmed by Paul Woakes and designed by Bruce Jordan, the founders of the company.
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Captain Fizz Meets The Blaster-Trons, also known as Mission Icarus, is a sci-fi shooter for two players released by Psygnosis in 1988. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum.
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a sci-fi RPG created by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released initially for MS-DOS in 1988, then ported to Atari ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga (in 1989).
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Alien Syndrome is a coin-op released by SEGA in 1986 and then ported to several home platforms. Home computer versions include Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, and ZX Spectrum.
2 players co-op coin-op conversion multi-directional shooter top-down
Carrier Command is a vehicle simulation and a real-time strategy game developed by Realtime Games in 1988 for the Atari ST. Later it was ported to several other platforms, includin...
3d atari st naval real-time science fiction strategy
Times of Lore is an action RPG created by Chris Roberts - author of Wing Commander - and published by Origin Systems. It was released for Commodore 64, Apple II, and DOS. Later...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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2400 A.D. is a post-apocalyptic top-down role-playing game by Origin Systems. Before starting a new game, I have the (maybe bad) habit of looking at the story of searching for a review.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
aliens post-apocalyptic real-time rpg science fiction
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a graphic adventure created by Coktel Vision. It is a videogame adaptation of the famous sci-fi novel by Jules Verne, written in 1870. The game was ...
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Star Command is a 1988 space role-playing game released by Strategic Simulations Inc initially for MS-DOS, then Amiga and Atari ST. One of the things I learned from the world of v...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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