Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
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
aliens rpg science fiction space exploration squad management turn-based rpg
Vyper is a sci-fi shoot 'em up, clearly inspired to Galaga, created by TopDown Development for the Amiga and released in 1988..
science fiction shooter v-scrolling shoot-em up
The Black Onyx is a Japanese RPG created by Bullet-Proof Software originally in 1984 for the NEC-PC 8801. It was the first role-playing game developed in Japan, taking inspiration from big western hits such as Wizardry and Ultima.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
dungeon crawler fantasy first-person japan party-based rpg turn-based rpg
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 v-scrolling shoot-em up
Fright Night is a game released by MicroDeal in 1988, based on the 1985 horror/comedy film "Fright Night". Good graphics and excellent music by David Whittaker, but gameplay-wise, the title is not very original.
action-adventure flip-screen horror licensed movies platform-adventure vampires
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
Wayne Gretzky Hockey is an ice hockey simulation created by Bethesda Softworks for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS and released in 1988. There were also Macintosh and NES versions, while the C-64/128 version was never completed.
2 players hockey licensed sports top-down winter sports
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.
basic language business simulation history hotseat management medieval multiplayer political resource management strategy
Questron 2 is the sequel to Questron, a fantasy RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1984 for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit. Four years later, the sequel was ...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
c64 original game multi-directional rpg sword and sorcery top-down top-down rpg wanderer wizards and witches
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
boardgame conversion mecha rpg science fiction tactical-rpg top-down turn-based rpg war
Target Renegade is a side-scrolling beat 'em up developed by Imagine Software and published by Ocean Software in 1988. The game was originally conceived as a follow-up to TechnÅs ...
arcade brawler commodore 64 progressive beat-em-up side-scrolling violence
Obliterator is an arcade adventure game developed and published by Psygnosis in 1988 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and Atari. It was ported to DOS, ZX Spectrum, and MSX the following year.
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
aliens platform-shooter platformer science fiction
After Burner is a popular arcade created by Sega in 1987, inspired by the movie Top Gun, where the player is the pilot of an F-14 Tomcat jet. This fast-paced combat flight simulato...
arcade aviation behind-view shoot-em-up coin-op conversion shooter