Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth (or just War in Middle Earth) is a strategy/wargame created by Synergistic Software. As you can imagine, it's set in the Lord of the Rings universe.
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Chicago 90 is an isometric action game by Microids, released in 1989 initially for Atari ST, then for Amiga, DOS, and other platforms. Sometimes the games with the simplest premise are the ones that catch our attention the most.
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Bio Challenge is a science fiction platformer developed by Delphine Software International and published by Palace Software in 1988. It was created by well-known french game designer Paul Cuisset.
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Black Orchid is a fantasy turn-based strategy game created by Mundane Software for Atari ST and initially distributed via mail order. In 1989 it was ported to Amiga and distributed by Actual Screenshots (CRL) with the name Legend.
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Exolon is a flip-screen, run-and-gun platformer with puzzle elements designed by Raffaele Cecco. The game was released by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum in 1987. It was su...
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Cave Runner is a Boulder Dash variant released in the public domain in 1989. It was created by Gaz Dickson, Neil Cooper and Rudi Martin..
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Dogs of War is a shooter created by Vectordean for the Atari ST and then ported to Amiga. It was published in 1989 by Elite. The game, for one or two players, is heavily inspired b...
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Myth: History in the Making is a 2D fantasy action platformer created by the British company System 3 in 1989, initially for C64 and ZX Spectrum. The game, also known as "Myth," wa...
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Beyond Dark Castle is an action-adventure platformer created by Silicon Beach Software for Macintosh. It was initially released in 1988 for Mac and later ported to Amiga and Commodore 64.
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Chaos Strikes Back is the sequel/expansion to Dungeon Master, one of the first examples of dungeon crawling RPG. It was released in 1989 on several platforms, including Atari ST, Amiga, X68000, PC-98, FM Towns, and MS-DOS.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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Operation Thunderbolt is a rail shooter coin-op released by Taito in 1988 as the sequel to Operation Wolf. It was ported to Zx Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga ST, Amiga, and other platforms in 1989-1990.
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Red Storm Rising is a submarine simulation game released and published by MicroProse in 1988. The game was based on Tom Clancy's novel, also named Red Storm Rising. Taking the play...
Year: 1989 Genre: Simulation
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Wonder Boy in Monster Land is the second game in the famous series of 2d platformers created by SEGA. Released originaly as an arcade in 1986, the game was ported to Master System ...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Galdregon's Domain is a fantasy RPG created originally for the Amiga by Pandora Software and released in 1989 for Atari ST, DOS, and Commodore 64. Two years later, Spotlight/Cinemare released it in the US with the title Death Bringer.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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