Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Shufflepuck Cafe is a virtual air hockey-esque game developed and published by Brøderbund and released in 1988 initially for Macintosh. It was ported to other platforms in the following years, including the Amiga and DOS.
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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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Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero is the first chapter of the popular series of hybrid adventures/rpg created by Lori Ann Cole. The game was later renamed Quest For Glory. T...
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Street Rod is an American muscle car street racing game developed by Magic Partners with P.Z. Karen Co. Development Group and published by California Dreams in 1989 on DOS and Commodore 64.
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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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Batman: The Movie (or, more simply, Batman) is an action game based on the 1989 Batman film directed by Tim Burton. Developed by Ocean Software, it was released in 1989 for the Ami...
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Falcon: The F-16 Fighter Simulation is a flight-sim developed by Sphere and published by Spectrum Holobyte initially for MS-DOS and Macintosh in 1987. Two years later, it was ported to Amiga and Atari ST.
Year: 1989 Genre: Simulation
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Herzog Zwei is a real-time strategy game developed by Technosoft and released in 1989 for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis. This groundbreaking title stands as one of the most influenti...
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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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MechWarrior is a vehicle simulation game developed by Dynamix and published by Activision. The title was created in 1989 for DOS but was later ported to Sharp X68000 in 1992 and PC-98 home in 1993.
Year: 1989 Genre: Simulation
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Blazing Lazers (also known as Gunhed) is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter created by Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx-16. The game, released in 1989, is considered one of the best...
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Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax (a.k.a. Axe of Rage in the U.S.) is the sequel to Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior. It was developed and published by Palace Software in 1988 originally for MSX, ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64.
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Battlehawks 1942 is a historical flight sim set in the Pacific during World War II. The game was created by LucasArts and released between 1988 and 1989 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST.
Year: 1989 Genre: Simulation
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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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