Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 7 January 2026, 6:33 pm
Dungeons of Avalon is a first-person dungeon crawler developed by Zeret and Hakan Akbiyik for the Amiga and released in 1991. It was distributed as a coverdisk game with Amiga Fun (Apr/May 1992) and Amiga Mania (no. 4, Jul 1992). What makes this RPG remarkable is that, despite appearing on magazine coverdisks, it delivered genuine depth and quality that rivaled many commercial releases of the era.
The setup is pure fantasy comfort food: you create a party of adventurers, establish your base in a town hub, and venture into sprawling underground labyrinths filled with monsters, traps, and treasure. There's no pretense of revolutionary storytelling here—the plot exists mainly to justify your descent into increasingly dangerous depths. But honestly? That stripped-down approach works beautifully. This is dungeon crawling in its purest form, focused squarely on exploration, combat, and puzzle-solving rather than elaborate narratives.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 5 January 2026, 8:06 pm
Championship Manager 5 is a football management simulation developed by Beautiful Game Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in 2005 for PC. The game was designed by the team at Beautiful Game Studios after the original Championship Manager creators, Sports Interactive, had moved to SEGA to develop the Football Manager series.
This fifth installment marked a significant departure from the Championship Manager series' traditional formula, representing both an ambitious reimagining and a controversial evolution of the beloved franchise. After Sports Interactive's split from Eidos following Championship Manager 4, Beautiful Game Studios took over development with the daunting task of continuing one of PC gaming's most respected series.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 30 December 2025, 9:21 pm
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood is an adventure game created by Sierra On-Line and released in 1991 for MS-DOS and Amiga. The game was designed by Christy Marx, who crafted an engaging retelling of the Robin Hood legend that goes beyond simple action and theft to explore the moral complexities of medieval England.
Set in Sherwood Forest during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart, you play as Robin Hood himself, leading your band of Merry Men against the tyrannical Sheriff of Nottingham. What sets Conquests of the Longbow apart from typical Sierra adventures is its ambitious scope and the meaningful choices it presents. The game features multiple endings based on your actions throughout the story - how you treat enemies, whether you show mercy or cruelty, and the methods you use to achieve your goals all impact the final outcome. This branching narrative was quite progressive for 1991 and adds significant replay value.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 29 December 2025, 2:56 pm
Mean Arenas is an arcade game developed by Nite Time Games and published by International Computer Entertainment Ltd in 1993 for Amiga and Amiga CD32. The game combines classic arcade elements with maze exploration mechanics, offering a distinctive experience in the early 1990s Amiga library.
Presented as a futuristic television game show, Mean Arenas puts you in the role of a contestant who must navigate through 22 different arenas, collecting all the gold coins to advance to the next level. The game is divided into four themed zones - Robo Zones, Dungeon Zones, Rainbow Zones, and Starship Zones - each with its own challenges, robotic guardians, traps, and puzzles that test both reflexes and planning abilities.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 23 December 2025, 5:32 pm
Jazz Jackrabbit 2: Holiday Hare 98 is a free festive edition of Jazz Jackrabbit 2, developed by Epic MegaGames and released in 1998. The game features the character designed by Nick Stadler, continuing the holiday tradition that Epic started with the original Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 94.
This Christmas-themed add-on takes the fast-paced platforming action of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and wraps it in a winter wonderland package. Jazz, the green anthropomorphic hare with attitude, returns for three brand new holiday levels filled with snow, presents, and plenty of seasonal chaos. The expansion maintains the core gameplay that made Jazz Jackrabbit 2 so enjoyable - blindingly fast side-scrolling action.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 10 October 2025, 1:17 pm
Wonder Boy is a side-scrolling platform-adventure game originally developed by Escape (later known as Westone) for arcades in 1986. Home conversions appeared on the Sega Master System and the Commodore 64 in 1987. This colorful prehistoric adventure follows a young caveman on his quest to rescue his girlfriend Tina from the evil King, combining traditional platforming with unique survival mechanics that would establish the foundation for the acclaimed Wonder Boy series, which later evolved with Wonder Boy in Monster Land and reached new heights with the Metroidvania-style Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap.
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