Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Maddie - Published: 10 November 2019, 4:18 pm
Fantasy World Dizzy is a puzzle platformer developed by Codemasters and released in 1989 for the ZX Spectrum. It was later ported to various platforms, including the Amiga in 1991. Created by the Oliver Twins, this adventure marks the third entry in the beloved Dizzy series, featuring the anthropomorphic egg character in his quest to rescue his girlfriend Daisy from the evil wizard Zaks. It's the sequel to Treasure Island Dizzy.
The Amiga version represents a faithful adaptation of the original ZX Spectrum game, maintaining the core gameplay mechanics and structure while benefiting from the superior hardware capabilities of Commodore's machine. The enhanced graphics feature more detailed sprites and backgrounds, though the fundamental visual design clearly betrays its 8-bit origins with relatively simple character designs and straightforward environmental layouts. However, compared to the predecessor, Treasure Island Dizzy, the graphics of the Amiga version of Fantasy World Dizzy are clearly superior.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 9 November 2019, 3:59 pm
Myst is a first-person graphic adventure created by Cyan and published by Brøderbund in 1993 for Macintosh and Windows 3x.
The game was incredibly successful, and it was ported later to 3DO, Amiga, CD-i, Playstation, SEGA Saturn, and many other platforms.
The player controls The Stranger, magically transported into the Myst island. He will have to explore the island and solve its many mysteries and puzzles. Somehow it reminds me of an interactive book rather than a video game. There are also several possible endings, depending on the player's choices.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 6 November 2019, 2:22 am
Uridium 2 is a sci-fi horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up created by Graftgold for the Amiga and published by Renegade in 1993.
The first Uridium was created for the Commodore 64, and it became one of the most popular shooters not only on the Commodore computer but in all 8-bit platforms.
Andrew Braybrook, the original author of the game, was responsible for coding this sequel. Actually, it's more an "enhanced remake" rather than a sequel since it's mostly the same game, just bigger and better.
In Uridium 2, you control a Manta Class Fighter, and you need to destroy 4 massive enemy dreadnoughts. To do that, you will have to survive waves of enemies and then find a way to land and plant bombs. As in the original game, the ship can change direction and move both to the left and the right, making the mechanics more peculiar.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 4 November 2019, 2:13 am
Backyard Baseball is a baseball game created by Humongous Entertainment and released for Windows and Macintosh in 1997.
It's the first of a long series of successful titles, the last one of which was released in 2015.
The idea of a videogame about kids playing baseball was developed by Nick Mirkovich, illustrator and animator. He presented the concept to the legendary Ron Gilbert (not only the creator of Maniac Mansion but also the founder of Humongous), and after a while, he approved. The design team was made of Mirkovich, Richard Moe (a programmer), and Mark Peyser (a graphic designer).
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Author: Tasha - Published: 23 October 2019, 12:38 am
Mega Man (aka Rockman) is a platform game developed and published by Capcom in 1987 for NES. It is the first in the Mega Man franchise, boasting a voluminous game library. Three years later, it was released for MS-DOS.
The PC version was developed by Hi-Tech Expressions, the studio that also created Mega Man 3: The Robots are Revolting.
Mega Man began his life as a humble cleaning robot named Rock (hence the Rockman moniker). He was created in a lab with several other robots, eventually becoming his enemies when one of the scientists decided to use the creations for world domination. Volunteering for an upgrade, Rock becomes Mega Man to try to stop the evil scientist and his mechanical minions.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 23 October 2019, 12:33 am
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die is the third episode in the Invasion of the Vorticons series and was developed by id Software. It was published by Apogee in 1990 for DOS.
Commander Keen, or rather an 8-year-old prodigy Billy Blaze, has already saved planet Earth under his belt when he decides to take the fight to the Vorticons’ home planet. By now, CK knows that the Vorticons did not attack Earth of their own volition; they are being controlled by the Grand Intellect. While on his journey to take out the Grand Intellect, it issues an order: Keen must die!
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