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
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Vyper is a sci-fi shoot 'em up, clearly inspired to Galaga, created by TopDown Development for the Amiga and released in 1988..
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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
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Mortville Manor - Le Manoir de Mortevielle in French - is a graphic adventure created by Lankhor initially for the Sinclair QL. The original game was published in 1986, but in 1987 a new and improved version for Atari ST was released.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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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Fish! is a text adventure created by the British game studio Magnetic Scrolls. It was published in 1988 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS and other platforms by Rainbird.
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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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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
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Phantom Fighter is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Emerald Software for the Amiga in 1988. It was later ported to PC, though the conversion significantly altered the gameplay format from the original design.
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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...
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Virus (known as Zarch when initially created for the Acorn Archimedes) is a 3d shooter designed by David Braben. It is one of the first real 3D games ever made. Initially program...
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